Thankfully some ideas are still safe in my brain have not yet been imitated. An artist can draw inspiration from the strangest places (trust me) so it’s no surprise that the ‘Orbs’, the ‘Geodes’ and the planters have united to become awesome Rock and Concrete Geode...
Necessity is the mother of all life lessons, not to mention inventions. This unoriginal thought crossed my mind when I examined my gap-toothed grin in the bathroom mirror yet again. I have endured nightmarish dental woes—true stories that would flip the tooth fairy...
Which one would suit you best?
Home insulation may not be fun, but more money in your pocket is.
Even if you’ve never entertained the notion of raising chickens, Signe Langford’s Happy Hens & Fresh Eggs: Keeping Chickens in the Kitchen Garden, with 100 Recipes has the power to pull you into the renaissance movement. Those who are already part of the growing...
Lower equipment costs and innovative new projects are starting to make headway into the mainstream energy mix.
Heating a drafty farm house entirely with wood is nearly impossible. It can be done, but parts of the house will be cozy and lovely, while other parts, well... Our family has spent many a night, reading and chatting with our feet in the open door of the wood...
We’ve had some really frigid days this January, with many nights well below minus 20°C. I often wonder how they managed in past times; keeping themselves warm, while tending their animals outside, where simply keeping the water from freezing in their stalls would have...
The cordless drill has emerged to become one of the most versatile and valued tools you can own—no matter where you live.
It’s not every day that a family meal can boast views of a lake, bald eagle sightings overhead and the hoot-hoot of a great horned owl at night. But for Tim Agar and his family of four, that’s exactly what’s in store—at breakfast, lunch and dinner. In fact, it was the...
Remember when geothermal systems were a top talking point when it came to energy efficiency in homes? Wondering why geothermal systems haven’t taken over homes nationwide, we sought out Denis Tanguay, president and CEO of the Canadian GeoExchange Coalition (CGC),...
My partner and I sold our 150-year-old stone house in Galt, Ontario, in August 2016. We sold it on Facebook, actually, but that’s another story. Since then, we’ve zigzagged back and forth from Prince Edward County to Northumberland to Point Pelee to Long Point,...
For Casey Grey, founder and CEO of The Conscious Builder Inc., building his eco-friendly house was about more than building his dream home: it was also about showing others what can be done. “We knew we wanted to build something we felt good about and that aligned...
Summer is a time when many of us head to mountains, woodlands and seasides hoping to unwind and recharge. But when we head out on vacation with our smartphones, tablets, cameras and radios we find recharging them daily more challenging than keeping deer flies at bay....
Nikola Tesla was the odd, overlooked genius of the Electric Age. He was a Serbian genius who despised Edison and Marconi, was badly used by Westinghouse and was finally abandoned by his patron J.P. Morgan at the end of his remarkable but tragic life. Tesla solved the...