Wood harvesting DONE RIGHT.
Brush fires are scary. They can destroy forests, crops, and all your landscaping efforts — not to mention your home and loved ones — in a very short amount of time. You may be surprised to learn just how common they are in the US, and how dangerous. 1) One in every four fires is… Read More
No matter where they live, most people must heat their homes for at least a portion of the year. Here in Vermont, the saying goes that there are eight months of winter and four months of bad sledding, so heating the home is an important issue. In southern states, warming the house may only be… Read More
Ben Falk is a busy guy. He’s got a business to run and he’s busy transforming his ten acres in the Mad River Valley of Vermont, into a living-laboratory and demonstration farm. Ben is the founder of Whole Systems Design, an innovative landscape architecture firm that works with families to make their homes…into homesteads. He… Read More