http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/ alternative energy, solar power, green, green living, natural living, hydrogen power, global warming, environment, energy efficiency en triciajaneedgar@gmail.com Copyright 2011 2011-11-28T17:22:28+00:00 http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/growing-water-wise/ http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/growing-water-wise/#When:20:04:46Z It’s the heat of summer. The plants are wilting rapidly in the garden, and you reach for the hose. Wait a moment. If you want to be water wise, you might want to reconsider your watering habits. If you live in a desert, chances are that… Natural Living 2010-08-12T20:04:46+00:00 http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/growing-networks-growing-food-community-food-security/ http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/growing-networks-growing-food-community-food-security/#When:14:13:17Z Food security: it sounds so formal, but the concept is actually very simple. If you can eat fresh and healthy food every day, you are food secure. If you struggle to buy or grow or glean enough food for yourself and your family, you are food insecure.… Natural Living 2010-07-24T14:13:17+00:00 http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/it-is-getting-warm-yet-its-summer-time-for-winter-gardening/ http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/it-is-getting-warm-yet-its-summer-time-for-winter-gardening/#When:09:35:15Z It’s summer. While the sun might be sporadic in many places, it’s time to plant your winter garden. Winter garden? Yes, that’s right. Planting a winter garden is a summer time activity, however hot it might be right now. Plants need… Natural Living 2010-07-16T09:35:15+00:00 http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/local-produce-is-fungi/ http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/local-produce-is-fungi/#When:00:23:19Z Growing your own? It never looked so good. The grow it locally movement is growing in leaps and bounds, and with it come new trends in urban gardening and foraging. Stinging nettles and dandelions are on the list for foragers in urban areas. Bees in… Natural Living 2010-07-01T00:23:19+00:00 http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/growing-soil/ http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/growing-soil/#When:01:09:43Z It’s spring. The birds are singing, the plants are growing, and at garden stores across the nations there is a run on potting soil and other soil amendments. Everyone is heading out to buy soil. I confess to buying soil upon occasion,… Natural Living 2010-05-26T01:09:43+00:00 http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/super-green-home-turf-houses-in-norse-era/ http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/super-green-home-turf-houses-in-norse-era/#When:11:29:37Z Talk about a green home! This website documents some ancient turf home reconstructions that date from the Norse Era in Canada and Iceland. The… Natural Living 2010-05-18T11:29:37+00:00 http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/sharing-the-urban-jungle/ http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/sharing-the-urban-jungle/#When:19:13:45Z This afternoon, I crept outside in the rain, into the mud that surrounds the yard of my townhouse. I surreptitiously pulled a package of seeds from my pocket and began to plant them just beyond my fence. A line of buckwheat: it will be my first experiment… Natural Living 2010-03-27T19:13:45+00:00 http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/rural-dreams-urban-living/ http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/rural-dreams-urban-living/#When:20:58:02Z There’s a debate amongst those of us suburban dwellers who have rural fantasies. We dream of chickens, of eggs, or sheep and spinning our own wool and knitting it into fantastic sweaters. We dream of mornings on the farm, pulling out pristine,… Natural Living 2010-02-10T20:58:02+00:00 http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/rebranding-cloth-diapers-menstrual-products-and-toilet-paper/ http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/rebranding-cloth-diapers-menstrual-products-and-toilet-paper/#When:08:23:17Z Come on, now. You don’t want to talk about it? Why not? It’s not polite? Well then. I have a four-year-old. I can talk toilet with the best of them. I just finished writing a short “how to” book about cloth diapering.… Natural Living 2010-02-07T08:23:17+00:00 http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/7-dangerous-foods-that-you-should-avoid/ http://www.neutralexistence.com/blog/7-dangerous-foods-that-you-should-avoid/#When:18:28:51Z Mercola.com, the popular personal health website, has a list of seven dangerous foods that you should avoid to lead a healthier lifestyle. Of course, these foods are not the only ones that you should avoid in the supermarket, but they are some of the… Natural Living 2010-01-31T18:28:51+00:00