Living green

Lessons In Raised Beds

by emily on March 13, 2012

Growing a successful organic garden is a little like searching for natural ways to cure mood swings: you know there are several options, but figuring out the best ones, and then the one that works for you, takes time. Once you find “the way”, though, you realize your time was a good investment. I’ve been [...]

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My Spring 2012 Garden

by emily on March 2, 2012

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Welcome back to another episode of the “Weird Is Great” podcast! Today I won’t be focusing on one particular topic. I will camp around our homestead update for a few minutes, but the bulk of this show is going to be “The Crunchy Coach Tells All.” What will I be telling about? The joy of [...]

Why Green Cleaning?

by emily on December 8, 2011

Why green cleaning? Are conventional cleaners really that bad? Well, let me ask you this question: Say you have a three-year-old who wants to help you clean the toilet. Would you let him or her do it with the toilet bowl cleaner you have on hand? No? Well, why not? Chances are, you don’t have [...]

WIG 19: Eco-Friendly Laundry

by emily on November 12, 2011

Is there an eco-friendly laundry solution that really gets things clean? Tune in to hear my journey, as well as my opinion on the subject. This episode includes a surprising admission and confession from The Crunchy Coach.

WIG Episode #17: How Green Is Your House?

by emily on October 29, 2011

Do you live in a green house? Wish that you did? Me, too! And Jerry, Benjamin and I will eventually. So to find out what truly constitutes “green”, I’ve done a lot of digging in the area of alternative building during the past year or so. This Weird Is Great episode is a culmination of [...]

WIG Episode 16: The Crunchy Coach Tells All

by emily on October 19, 2011

Okay, so I don’t exactly reveal every single personal detail of my life in this episode. But I do begin a new segment for the Weird Is Great podcast entitled, “The Crunchy Coach Tells All.” And in the main section I explain why I live the lifestyle that I do. So, why do I live [...]

What questions should you ask when buying land? Particularly, raw land? If you listened to the last episode of the “Weird Is Great” podcast, you heard about how our dream is beginning to come alive: we are about to purchase five acres of raw land in the beautiful mountains of Southeast Oklahoma. Talk about healthy [...]

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Why You Need To Care About The Environment

by emily on September 27, 2011

Because certain folks have gone overboard about the environment, caring more for the plight of arctic seals than the plight of unborn babies, certain other folks have leaned completely the other direction, claiming that anyone who cares about environmental isues is “evil” or “ungodly” or (gonna be Southern here for a moment) “out of their [...]