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DIY WinterDreams

http://diywinterdreams.blogspot.com/

this website focuses on my quest to become self sufficient and sustainable, with emphasis on green building, growing your own food, permaculture and living off the grid. I will also discuss creating creative spaces and making art, and creating community.

• Added on: Feb 22nd, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: lisa winter
• Listed in: Green Environmental Activism
• Tags: DIY homesteading self sufficiency permaculture growing food sustainablity

Recent Posts

• Gone For A Couple of Days

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 10:40 in permaculture design, resource analysis

  My hubby and I, and all the dogs, are going to be gone for a couple of days. We are going down to our property. This is the property to which we will be moving. It is the property where we are slowly building a house, starting gardening beds and tryi...

• Some Permaculture Thoughts

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 12:37 in sustainability, sustainable, permaculture, design systems

  Last fall, I went to a basic permaculture training. It was two weeks in New York state. I loved it. It is time for me to revisit some of the ideas I learned and I thought I would do that through this blog so I could share the thoughts and information...

• Tree Grafting and Factor E Farm

  Posted on Wednesday March 4th, 2009 at 14:37 in sustainable, propagation, factor e farm, veggie oil tractor, grafting workshop, tree propagation

  Wow, what a cool way to spend a Saturday afternoon. I mean, yes, it was cold, but oh so cool. Lisa and I drove up to Maysville, Missouri from Kansas City for a plant propagation workshop at The Factor E Farm. Here is the group of us, Marcin Jakubowsk...

• Food That I Can Grow

  Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009 at 21:25 in self sufficiency, growing your own food, food we eat

  In my quest to become self sufficient and sustainable, I've been making a list of the foods that I can grow to eat. My goal, within the next two years is to be producing around 70-80% of my own food. Right now, I don't have much growing space, just a...

• Sad Plants and More

  Posted on Sunday March 1st, 2009 at 22:22 in seeds, perennials, seed saving, seed savers

  I had been bringing my plants in and out of the house so they could get some sunlight. Due to the fact that I don't have enough windows letting in enough light. However, about 4 days ago it cooled off drastically here. The last day I tried to put my ...

• Some Eye Candy

  Posted on Thursday February 26th, 2009 at 13:02 in art, ink, swap, pastel, color pencil, marker, chunky book pages

  Here's a few pages that I made for a chunky book swap on Illustrated ATCs. A chunky book pages measures 4x4 and for this swap everyone had a theme in which we made cards for. So, without further ado, here's a couple of my favorite pages that I made f...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Gary M Renick

You have a wonderful blog. I too am working at a sustainable lifestyle of sorts. I want be off the grid within five years. I already grow most of my own vegetables. I hope you get to live your dream soon.

Posted: March 4th, 2009 | More Reviews From askgaryada | Report This Comment

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