Archive for March, 2009

Solutions That Aren’t the Answer - Forex Hound

Friday, March 27th, 2009
Solutions That Aren’t the Answer
Forex Hound, NY
On the demand side, governments should expand homesteading programs that permit and help low-income people to take over vacant housing—but only after it finds its way into city hands. To be sure, these programs were only marginally successful in the

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Urban gardener makes the most of small spaces - San Francisco Chronicle

Friday, March 27th, 2009
Urban gardener makes the most of small spaces
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
The underlying theme of the book, though, has nothing to do with pastured eggs and local honey, but more immediate concerns for our future survival in a world where we’ve forgotten how to perform the simplest homesteading tasks.

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Close Friend Remembers Dr. Gary Keith Bryson - WBKO

Friday, March 27th, 2009
Close Friend Remembers Dr. Gary Keith Bryson
WBKO, KY
“A great story about Keith is, he has a beautiful log cabin that he had renovated and spent lots of time and effort building himself,” Thornton explains. “When his father saw it for the first time, his father looked at it, he was so taken by it he said

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ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Uses e-log Siding On A Second … - PR Web (press release)

Friday, March 27th, 2009

PR Web (press release)
ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Uses e-log Siding On A Second
PR Web (press release), WA
The homeowner’s dream was to have a log cabin. Using the 12″ diameter e-log and PRI’s newly patent pending “saddle notch” corner system provided the look of a full log home, exactly what everyone was striving to do. One of the main driving forces at

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Police say suspicious fire destroyed Ark. church - WXVT

Friday, March 27th, 2009
Police say suspicious fire destroyed Ark. church
WXVT, MS
Fire officials say the church burned with an unusual intensity. Faulkner County sheriff’s deputies told the Log Cabin Democrat newspaper of Conway that they have no suspects in the fire. Arkansas State Police troopers are assisting with the investigation.

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Connaught breathes new life into Birmingham youth organisation - 24dash

Friday, March 27th, 2009

24dash
Connaught breathes new life into Birmingham youth organisation
24dash, UK
Connaught plc has come to the rescue of a rundown Log Cabin to help revive the fortunes of a youth organisation in Birmingham. Earlswood Log Cabin & Campsite, which is part of the Birmingham Federation of Clubs for Young People (BFCYP),

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Spend the day in Dayton, a durable little town - The Olympian

Friday, March 27th, 2009
Spend the day in Dayton, a durable little town
The Olympian, WA
In 1859, cattle ranchers started homesteading, then giving way to grain farmers and loggers. An 18-mile-long flume brought logs from the Blue Mountains to the town mill. Dayton was wide-open to bad behavior from 1876-78 with 15 saloons, gambling and

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MOTHER EARTH NEWS ARCHIVE DVD: 1970 - 2008 - Mother Earth News

Friday, March 27th, 2009
MOTHER EARTH NEWS ARCHIVE DVD: 1970 - 2008
Mother Earth News, KS
You’ll have access to every article we’ve published including homesteading, organic gardening, alternative energy and more. Nearly 8000 articles on sustainable living archived in one convenient, searchable disk. Access what you want, when you want it,

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‘Engulfed in history’: Spend the day in Dayton, a durable little town - The Olympian

Friday, March 27th, 2009
‘Engulfed in history’: Spend the day in Dayton, a durable little town
The Olympian, WA
In 1859, cattle ranchers started homesteading, then giving way to grain farmers and loggers. An 18-mile-long flume brought logs from the Blue Mountains to the town mill. Dayton was wide-open to bad behavior from 1876-78 with 15 saloons, gambling and

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KENNEDY: To some Republicans in Grand Prairie, political … - Fort Worth Star Telegram

Friday, March 27th, 2009
KENNEDY: To some Republicans in Grand Prairie, political
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX
First, Caviness refused to meet with the county’s Log Cabin Republicans club. Now, she’s bucking the county party chairman for criticizing her. Quoting the state party position that homosexuality “tears at the fabric of society” and “leads to the

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