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Hella Delicious Recipe Calendar 2012

hellaD — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:12:06 +0000

This 2012 calendar features 12 of my favorite seasonal, local, homegrown, easy-to-make, delicious grain-free, gluten-free, paleo, GAPS and SCD friendly recipes.
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Slow Money? How About No Money?

hellaD — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:31:15 +0000

Gifts bring out the best in humankind and speak to our strengths. Growth is Over. Every culture started as a gift economy. This is well suited to survival.
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HD 204 – Urban Antipasto

hellaD — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:14:56 +0000

Homegrown urban antipasto recipe. Tomatoes, eggplant, herbs and mozzarella.
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Garbage Incinerators for Metro Vancouver

hellaD — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:43:14 +0000

Read the Wilderness Committee article about developing more sustainable waste management systems in Vancouver: Environmentalists Urge Minister Penner to Reject Incineration Due to Toxic Ash in Burns Bog Landfill. About a month ago I sent in a message to Metro Vancouver after reading about the garbage issue on www.wildernesscommittee.org (great group working for the environment [...]
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Soapnut Dishwashing Detergent

hellaD — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:26:08 +0000

It is very easy to make liquid soap from soapnuts. I use it for my dishes, the floor, cleaning the bathroom and washing delicate items. Very handy to have around the house. It also can be used as a shampoo. 100g soapnuts 3 quarts (litres) water Method: Add the soapnuts to the water. Bring the [...]
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Soapnuts in Tea Towels

hellaD — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:30:51 +0000

Soapnuts and upcycled laundry pouch for sale. Earth-friendly and sustainable.
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Emerging Spontaneously

friggaN — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:41:31 +0000

Last year I started reading The Lost Language of Plants by Stephen Harrod Buhner right around this time of year. I enjoyed it so much that I had to save the rest of it for later, which ended up getting put of for a full year. So, now that I have finally finished it I [...]
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Masanobu Fukuoka on “Work”

hellaD — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:38:06 +0000

The One Straw Revolution -- Wonderful, life changing book by a Japanese farmer who rejected industrial farming, and even traditional farming! He learned to work with Earth's natural diversity.
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Mowed – Greenway Guerrilla Garden

hellaD — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:17:56 +0000

On the evening of August 20th 2009, I took my 20 minute walk, laden with water for my garden. It was the night of the black moon but I was happy loping down the hill the my little bit of greenspace. When I arrived and realized the garden had been mowed to the ground I [...]
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Uses of Soapnuts

hellaD — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:58:41 +0000

I’ve been using soapnuts for just about everything lately. They are especially handy for doing laundry. All you have to do is tie up 5 berries in a muslin or net bag and toss it in with your laundry. I like to add a few drops of musk oil, and a bit of hydrogen peroxide [...]
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