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This proves it. Chickens are hot.

November 4, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 14 Comments

It’s a classic design school project: redesign an everyday object (the stapler and the chair are popular picks.) Maxime Evrard, a student at the Ecole de Design Nantes, chose to redesign the chicken coop. You thought the Eglu was cool? Maxime’s Cocorico looks like a spaceship. With a tent attached. Would this be a good […]

Filed Under: Critters and wildlife, Green Gardening & Living Tagged With: chickens, design, homesteading, Sustainability

Farm it now

August 27, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 5 Comments

Ever fantasize about going “back to the land”? Growing your salad and side dishes, making your own goat cheese: that kind of thing. But, you tell yourself, it can’t be done. Not until you own that idyllic farm. Bollocks, argues 26-year old Jenna Woginrich in her Mother Earth News blog post titled “A Renter’s Homestead.” […]

Filed Under: Inspiration, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: homesteading, Jenna Woginrich

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