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Alternative Living Spaces & No Waste: One Year In A Dumpster

November 9, 2013 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Alternative Living Spaces, Austin, No Waste

The Find

October 13, 2013 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

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……

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Filed Under: Food & Drink, No Waste, Surprises Tagged With: cast iron pan, cast-iron reconditioning, cast-iron restoration, rusty cast iron

No Waste: Cooking With Sweet Potato Greens

August 5, 2013 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

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…

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Filed Under: Food & Drink, Kitchen Gardening, No Waste, Recipe, Surprises Tagged With: saute sweet potato greens, sweet potato greens, sweet potato leaves

No Waste: Capturing The Moment With Rain Barrels

July 27, 2013 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

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…

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Filed Under: Austin, Kitchen Gardening, Nature, No Waste Tagged With: kitchen gardening, rain barrels, rain collection, rain water collection, solar powered watering, water collection

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