Deep Green Garden Co-op

03/08/2017

Great idea as spring approaches for turning over your beds without having to use a shovel and probably saving your back!

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post which outlines how to build your own broadfork, also from Matt. In a situation where fossil fuels have become scarce or unavailable, the use of tractors and mec…

02/10/2017

One of Deep Green's members has started a new venture, the Low Technology Institute, where he's working to create solutions for the post-fossil-fuel future. Check it out their blog, podcast, and research at Low Technology Institute.

06/13/2016

Recent rain barrel installation.

06/11/2016

Come visit us tomorrow on the Sustainable Backyard Tour! We're number 27 on the tour descriptions.

3306 Wyoming Street, Sunday from 11--4.

http://www.sustainablebackyardtour.com/grassrootsgreenstl.com/Home.html

Read the hosts’ descriptions of their yards under the “Tour” tab. Choose locations nearest you that most match your goals or interests. Use a street guide or map app to plot your very own customized route for Tour Sunday. Pack your sunscreen, water bottle, hat, and head out! Tour yards will be open…

05/28/2016

Insulated coop with roof-top garden.

05/28/2016

Last week we finished a chicken coop with a roof-top garden! It is now the home of four barred rock hens. Now we're bus with a chicken run and rain barrels---more pictures and videos to come soon.

05/19/2016

A quick video showing the construction of a parabolic solar oven.

05/17/2016

We've hired new sanitation workers. Our chickens help turn over our compost by digging the top out into a "playpen." Then I pull the back compost forward and toss their dug-through portion into the back. Over time, the whole pile is turned over. The chickens get extra snacks (worms and kitchen scraps), and the compost breaks down much faster.

05/06/2016

We've hired a new crew of lawn-care techs. We move the wing net over time and the chickens mow and fertilze the small lawn.

04/30/2016

Cool your house with the wind. Ancient cultures across the Middle East used an architectural feature called a Wind Catcher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher) to cool their indoor spaces.

In a two story house, open the top floor windows, which creates a low-pressure zone as the wind blows through the hottest part of your house. Close all windows on the main floor and open one window in the basement, the window facing the oncoming wind. This creates high pressure in the basement, which is cooled by being in contact with the earth. Cool air moves up and through the house.

In a drier environment than Saint Louis, you could pair this with an evaporative cooler in the basement to get even better results.

04/24/2016

A video showing a nucleus (travel hive) of bees being put into a full-size hive. Note, this is a first-time beekeeper and therefore not very instructive, but it's at least fun to see the bees!

04/20/2016