On these virtual pages you’ve seen tales of folks living in school buses, in shipping containers and on trailers, but an Austin professor is taking things even further, at least for a year. Jeff Wilson, environmental science professor and dean at Huston Tillotson University, will be residing in a re-furbished dumpster. He’ll have only 33 square feet…
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The Find
There’s a certain type of story you’ll encounter a lot in DIY or crafting circles. I call it “The Find.” The story generally starts at a garage sale, in a grandparent’s attic or barn, by the side of the road, or at some other unlikely location for discovering anything of value. But there is is……
No Waste: Cooking With Sweet Potato Greens
Remember way back at the beginning of this gardening season, before daily 100-degree heat advisories set in? I had finally filled up my raised beds with soil and, lacking any other planting opportunities, I plunked some sprouting store-bought sweet potatoes in the ground in my enthusiasm. Yeah, they didn’t look very promising. They got even…
No Waste: Capturing The Moment With Rain Barrels
In Central Texas, we’ve got plenty of sunshine. Also, plenty of bugs — this time of year you feel like you’re wading through a sea of grasshoppers as you walk through the yard, as they scatter with high jumps all around you. What we don’t have enough of is rain. It’s really quite dire. People…