Category Archives: globalgreenie

Secret I Almost Don’t Want to Tell You

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Al

This weekend is the return of the North American Organic Brewers Festival.  You’ll recall that I attended two days last year.  It’s free to get in, but if you want to buy the compostable…

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Another Farmers’ Market

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Al

So far this year, we’ve visited the King, Beaverton, and Hollywood Farmers’ Markets in the Portland, Oregon metro area.  Last weekend was our first trip to Hollywood in quite a long…

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Organic Beer from the Ground Up

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Al

I was chatting with Andy from Rooftop Brew the other morning and told him my hop plant was covered with aphids this year. Turns out he had just released some ladybugs on his plant. Mine is swarming…

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The Worms Moved . . . again

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Al

My handmade wood worm bin rotted through fairly quickly, so I’ve reverted to a plastic bin system again. And now I’ve become a vermiculture model. Yes, those are my legs, hands, and…

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The New King Farmers’ Market

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Al

Portland has a new Farmers’ Market and it’s practically down the street from me!  We rounded up our next-door neighbors to go on the opening day.  Two other sets of neighbors from across…

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Earth Day Activities

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Al

I hope you got a chance to do something for Earth Day. My employer had a number of cool activities going on, but I opted for the tour of the vermiculture program. Eventually the worm bins will…

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An Afternoon at the Community Cycling Center

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Al

I have an interesting new group of friends here in Portland.  We share a desire to do some good in the world, or — at least — in our city.  We have some fun social outings, like bowling…

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Ward, I’m worried about the bees . . .

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Al

I’ve had mason bee houses for many years now and the adults have always, without fail, emerged by this time of year, and usually by the end of March.  I worry that our bizarre winter…

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Bayou Bailouts

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Al

When Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal criticized spending for volcano monitoring, those of you outside of the Pacific Northwest might have nodded in agreement.  In this economic climate, it’s easy…

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Worm Bin World

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Al

There’s a new layer on the worm bin.  I built it in about 1/2 hour from recycled fence posts.
I had to add a “third story” because the worms slow down in winter and our food scraps…

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