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Transition Honesdale
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Category Archives: Skill Share
Reserve Your Bed at the Community Garden
By Kate Baxter Welcoming All Gardeners! The Community Garden at Ellen Memorial Health Care Center on Golf Hill Road, Honesdale, has openings for gardeners to rent raised beds for 2013. Here’s a great way to get started growing your own food with … Continue reading
My Inspiration: Jane Goodall
By Barbara Lewis As we search to find meaning and purpose in our lives in relation to the conditions that surround us, certain figures emerge as guiding lights to encourage and inspire us. For me, Jane Goodall is the most inspiring … Continue reading
Local Libraries receive book collections
By Barbara Lewis and Amanda Avery The Wayne County Library system and the Honesdale High School library have both been recent recipients of collections of books and DVD’s that can provide the public, as well as high school students, an abundance of … Continue reading
Transitioning Into Spring
by Kate Baxter Time for another winter walk, though it’s already mid-March. The sun is shining and I need to step outside and really stretch my legs, breathe the fresh air, think about Transition out under an open sky. I need to exert … Continue reading
Fun with Food Preservation
by Julie Hudson I can’t possibly tell you all there is to know about the myriad ways to preserve food in one short article, but I hope to inspire and enlighten a few folks to explore these time-honored traditions that … Continue reading
Posted in Local Food, Self-sufficiency, Skill Share
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Hunt or Peck? The Ethics and Aesthetics of Animal Harvest
by J.P. Befumo To say that I’ve been a hunter since the age of sixteen (I’m now 60) would be a blatant distortion. A more accurate characterization would be to say I was a reluctant participant in this Neolithic ritual, … Continue reading
Posted in Self-sufficiency, Skill Share
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Light Bulb Food Dryer Workshop
Light Bulb Food Dryer Workshop Learn how to make a low-cost simple food dryer out of wood and two light bulbs at this DIY idea-sharing workshop organized by the Transition Honesdale SkillShare Network. Kevin Hoffman, Jim Martin and Katie Baxter, … Continue reading
Posted in Community Garden, Local Economies, Local Food, permaculture, Self-sufficiency, Skill Share
Tagged DIY, food dryer, local foods, skillshare
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The DIY Bride: Something Borrowed, Something Green
By Monique Milleson My sweetheart and I are finally tying the knot this fall. Delving into the elaborate world of The Wedding, I’ve discovered that as with so many things, the sky’s the limit, and the cost can be sky-high, … Continue reading
Perennial Garden Design, Perennial Beauty
Learn how to design a garden that will please you year after year at a SkillShare workshop entitled “Introduction to Perennial Garden Design,” featuring Jessica Nutt of Lake Ariel, PA. Nutt has been gardening for over ten years and homesteading … Continue reading
Posted in Community-building, Local Food, permaculture, Self-sufficiency, Skill Share
Tagged design, gardening, perennial, skillshare
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Cloth Diapering, here we come!
Diapers! Gotta love ‘em. But like us, you probably don’t love the cost, the full trashcan, and knowing that diapers are pilling up in landfills at an alarming rate. [And, interestingly enough, not only are baby diapers an issue, but … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Self-sufficiency, Skill Share, Waste Reduction
Tagged children, DIY, self-sufficiency, simple living, skillshare, sustainability, Waste reduction
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