Author Archives: Green In Oak Park

Root Riot Madison and Forest Park Farmers Market update

Posted on 2010/07/02 by Green In Oak Park

Here’s how it looked yesterday. All the plots are looking really good. Also, I went to the Forest Park Farmers Market today. I tried Flavour Cooking School‘s gazpacho, which was really tasty and created there at the market with ingredients … Continue reading →

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Dehydrating food

Posted on 2010/07/01 by Green In Oak Park

Preserving food was not a skill I was taught when I was young, so what little I currently know, I’ve had to learn myself. One of easiest method of preserving food, aside from freezing, is dehydrating. I posted this image … Continue reading →

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Solar panel calculator and research

Posted on 2010/06/30 by Green In Oak Park

Homeowners – are you interested to see how many solar panels you’d have to add to your roof to offset X% (up to 100%) of your electricity usage from your local utility? Here is a calculator that will estimate how … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on 2010/06/30 by Green In Oak Park

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Attack Of The Giant Zucchini

Posted on 2010/06/29 by Green In Oak Park

When I left to go camping last weekend, my Root Riot Oak Park community garden plot contained a bloom here and there on my squash and zucchini plants. Today, after about 9 days, I came back and found one tiny … Continue reading →

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Where was I?

Posted on 2010/06/28 by Green In Oak Park

I was camping. Thank whatever deity you do or don’t worship/talk to while walking down the street for this creek because it was about 95 degrees F with tons of humidity during the day in the Ozarks last week. Don’t … Continue reading →

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Does the Gulf oil spill mean living green is an exercise in futility?

Posted on 2010/06/24 by Green In Oak Park

Does the Gulf oil spill mean living green is an exercise in futility? Lately I wonder. But let me back up a bit. Like many people, I’m trying hard to do my part and to reduce my footprint on this … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on 2010/06/23 by Green In Oak Park

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Raising a green dog

Posted on 2010/06/22 by Green In Oak Park

Having a dog can be expensive and resource-heavy. Dogs are omnivores, but they are closer to true carnivores than humans are. Most animal nutritionists will say that dogs require about 75% meat and bone content to 25% vegetable content in … Continue reading →

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The Hierarchy of Expense and Difficulty

Posted on 2010/06/21 by Green In Oak Park

We already know that some green choices are very easy, convenient, and inexpensive, and some really aren’t. Some are a walk in the park (maybe literally), and some are a walk uphill both ways in a blizzard. With no shoes. … Continue reading →

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