Wonderbag Non-Electric Portable Slow Cooker with Recipe Cookbook, Blue Batik: Amazon.com: Grocery & Gourmet Food Le lombricompostage : comment fabriquer un lombricomposteur ? Si vous avez des questions sur le lombricompostage ou les lombricomposteurs, n’hésitez pas à laisser un commentaire. Nous vous répondrons rapidement et avec plaisir ! Régulièrement avec nos amis de la Greenteam*, nous abordons un thème commun mais chacun avec sa propre approche. Pour le mois de février, c’est le thème « ça vient d’ailleurs » que la Greenteam a décidé de développer et de notre coté, nous avons voulu réaliser un article sur le lombricompostage. Lombricomposteur Eco-worms En France, le lombricompostage a tendance à se démocratiser et le nombre de modèles de lombricomposteurs proposés à la vente augmente constamment. Alors, si vous souhaitez vous équiper d’un lombricomposteur et que le prix vous rebute, sachez qu’il est très facile d’en fabriquer un soi-même. Quel matériel ? 3 boîtes en plastique opaques. J’ai trouvé l’ensemble du matériel à la Coop Brico+Loisir de Martigny. Les bacs en plastique et le couvercle pour fabriquer le lombricomposteur Il suffit de : Quels vers ?
Why You Should Never Throw Away Orange or Banana Peels The peels of fruits hold some of the most incredible nutrients in the world. There are dozens of uses, both medicinal and practical, for orange and banana peels that are unknown to most. Next time you think about throwing away one of these peels, you may want to have this information handy. Always try and minimize your pesticide levels by selecting organic oranges, but since they’re very low in the pesticides, it’s not essential and a good cleaning with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of white vinegar in 1 cup of water will remove almost any pesticide remaining within the outer peel. Orange peel and apple skin are similar since most of the nutrients and benefits are in the skin of these fruits. Medicinal Properties of Orange Peels As per Ayurveda, orange peel is tikta (bitter) and it improves digestion and removes sluggishness in the abdomen. Due to its pacifying properties, orange peel powder helps dissolving phlegm in respiratory systems and alleviate cough, asthama etc.
Acheter en vrac: la 1ère étape d’une cuisine zéro déchet La première fois que j’ai prêté attention à la possibilité d’acheter des aliments en vrac, c’était lorsqu’à travers les dédales de mes lectures quotidiennes, je suis tombée sur cet article au sujet de Béa Johnson en novembre 2012. Faut-il encore présenter cette franco-américaine aujourd’hui reconnue comme étant la reine du zéro déchet? Béa Johnson: mon inspiration Bien qu’ébahie par sa réussite et convaincue du bien fondé de ses démarches, ses accomplissements me semblaient tellement exceptionnels et inatteignables, qu’à ce moment-là je ne me suis pas sentie concernée. Curieuse et perplexe, j’ai tout de même commencé à suivre son blog Zero Waste Home (en anglais), et j’ai profité de la sortie de son livre Zéro déchet pour en savoir plus. Mes premiers petits pas vers le zéro déchet Acheter en vrac: toute une réorganisation Voici donc les 4 étapes clés par lesquelles je suis passée et qui me permettent aujourd’hui de privilégier la consommation d’aliments en vrac en toute simplicité.
Caring For Your Abeego Reusable Food Wrap A little love will ensure a lasting relationship with your Abeego. With proper care, you can expect your Abeego to last over a year. Hand-wash Abeego in COLD water and eco-friendly dish soap. In COLD water the beeswax coating will be stiff, providing a stable surface to clean. For a heavily soiled Abeego or if you have many to wash, run a bit of COLD water in your sink, add soap and immerse your Abeegos. Dry your freshly washed Abeego with a towel for immediate use or place over a dish rack. Biodegradable, alcohol-free soap is the best. Tree resin and beeswax are soluble in alcohol. Here are a few of our favourite soaps: Stains and creases are normal. All materials used are natural so deeply pigmented foods may contribute to the personality of your Abeego. A word about heat. Abeego is not suitable for the dishwasher, microwave oven, direct heat or high temperatures. Allow food to cool slightly before covering and avoid placing hot food directly on your Abeego. Cutting your Abeego. Half cut.
6 Vegetables You Can Grow Again. And Again. And Again. And Again. No matter what season you find yourself in or headed towards, a jumpstart in growing time is always useful to keep your organic vegetable garden producing (that’s one reason transplants are so commonly utilized). Melissa Melton and Aaron Dykes demonstrate how easy it can be to regrow food scraps from their leftover organic produce. Throw whatever you decide not to regrow into your compost bin, and keep the organic matter recycling back into a healthy and productive soil – Learn more with this important book on soil health, compost, mulching and organic gardening in Texas (or anywhere). Kitchen Scraps You Can Regrow: 1. Spring Onions are a wonderful choice because they are so easy, grow back in full in about a week, spruce up window space and add flavor to any number of dishes and soups. 2. Celery can be regrown after the useful and nutritious stalks are juiced (our favorite), tossed into a salad or chopped into a stirfry. 3. Editors Note: Check out this Little Girl's Experiment on Budnip 4.
How To Grow Your Own Antibacterial Bandages As I work on turning this one acre homestead into a self-sustaining Garden of Eden, I have two requirements for every single plant I consider putting in the ground: they must be either edible or medicinal. Preferably both. Why? More and more people are beginning to see the benefit of having a garden and growing your own food, but growing your own medicine could be equally as vital to your well being. As I plan my medicinal garden, I choose what to grow by studying different medical emergency scenarios and learning which plants I would be able to use if it ever came down to that. One day as I was doctoring up one of my kiddos, the thought crossed my mind, “What if I couldn’t get any more of these band-aids? Wooly Lamb’s Ear. It’s one of my favorites because it’s medicinal AND edible. A Natural Antibacterial Bandage Wooly Lamb’s Ear, botanical name Stachys byzantina, has been used for centuries as a wound dressing on battlefields. Other Medicinal Uses Still More Uses You can eat it as well. 1.
This is What Happens When You Decide To Create Your Own Food Security This is What Happens When You Decide To Create Your Own Food Security If you’re fed up reading labels in the grocery store trying to find some real food that won’t kill you, I feel your pain. Not to worry, there is a solution and it’s awesome. All you need is a bit of space (provided you don’t live in a cave, in which case you’d have to settle on button mushrooms). This used to be a lawn. It started with eight 6’x4′ raised beds with 1″x10″x10′ reclaimed redwood barn siding. The beds were lined with cardboard, sprayed down with a hose, and then filled with fresh compost. Many seeds were sown directly, some were germinated in a backyard hoop cloche. Setting up an irrigation system might be a little extra work, but it sure paid off quick! The pathways were covered in cardboard and wood chips. Cinder blocks were filled with compost and used as a border to contain wood chips. Some beautiful arugula came first. Next came the spinach, which too benefited from the nitrogen rich compost. Tomatillos.
DIY Project: Build a Cabin for Less Than $2,000 Illustration by Kagan McLeod It ain’t the Ritz, but it’ll be a place to warm your bones. Materials Walls2 2"x4"x16' PT bd.4 2"x4"x16' bd.2 2"x4"x12' PT bd.4 2"x4"x12' bd.40 2"x4"x92 5/8" precut studs18 4'x8' sheets ext. rev. board1 32" door & knob2 24"x36" windows Deck10 cinder blocks2 2"x6"x20' bd.11 2"x6"x12' bd.2 6"x6"x12' bd.6 ¾"x4'x8' OSB8 1"x6"x12' bd. Roof 11 12' trusses (4/12 pitch)10 7/16"x4'x8' OSB4 2"x8"x10' bd. #15 felt (2 rolls)Shingles (4 sq.) MiscellaneousCaulk (1 tube) 8d galvanized nails (10 lb.)8d common nails (10 lb.)16d common nails (15 lb.)Rfng. nails (10 lb.) Directions:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Click here for more skills, projects and hacks.
15 Things Stopping You From Moving Forward In a culture that seeks quick results, we must learn the beauty of effort, patience, and perseverance. Be strong, present, and steadfast. Have you ever told yourself that you’re going to make something happen and then nothing happened? That’s because you didn’t follow-through. You didn’t have the right rituals in place – little things you do each day that build up and gradually condition your body and mind to make things happen. Rituals define you. If you’re out of shape and overweight, you have different rituals than someone who’s physically fit. This may be a bit of a generalization, but it’s not far from the truth for the average able-bodied person. In all walks of life, you don’t suddenly become successful. Failure occurs in the same way. You fail to check the books.You fail to make the call.You fail to listen to your customers.You fail to innovate.You fail to push yourself to do what must be done.etc. And then one day you wake up and your business has failed. Closing Exercise Your turn…
8 Forgotten Survival Skills Your Great Grandparents Used Everyday By Idealist Revolution Our modern society is highly dependent upon the “system.” Not only do we rely upon utility services to bring us electricity, water and natural gas, but also on an incredibly complex supply chain which provides us with everything from food to computers. Without that supply chain, most of us wouldn’t know what to do. This situation is actually becoming worse, rather than better. If we extrapolate it back, we can see that my father’s generation knew even more – and my grandparent’s generation even more. But if we were to have a breakdown in society, those skills which we never bothered to learn would become essential. Here are 10 skills our grandparents knew that most of us have long forgotten: 1. During World War II, there was a campaign for people to plant “Victory Gardens” at their homes. This custom of having a vegetable garden in one’s backyard survived for many years after the war was over, but it gradually died out. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Jade Small More Posts