Edible Landscape

Posted June 2nd, 2010 by Michael Janzen and filed in Food, Garden

Ran across this article on The Oil Drum today that summarizes how to get started with setting up an edible landscape. This is something I keep talking about doing so running across articles like this helps move me in the right direction.

Edible Landscape

Foraging Guide

Posted December 30th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Food, Self-Sufficient

I just ran across this incredible little list of edible items and when they are in season. This would be very useful to any freegan for sure, or a great knowledge prep for hard times. There are 12 PDF files to download, one for each month of the year.  Foraging Guide

Curb your appetite for stuff

Here’s another great post on Frugal Dad called 10 Secrets To Curbing Your Appetite For Stuff. He writes a pretty good blog headline too don’t you think? But I digress… what I like about Frugal Dad is that he comes at the whole downsize/simple living thing from the financial side not just the green side. This opens up learning about the benefits of reducing debt and turning away from consumerism to many more people who still think that green means liberal.