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Dorchester, New Hampshire

 

      D Acres of New Hampshire
                             Organic Farm & Educational Homestead

 

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Articles & Useful Links...

 

Here are some articles that have been written by the folks at  D Acres of New Hampshire....

(depending on your internet connection, pdfs may take a moment to load)

 

Alternative Building

 

 

 

*Building with the Earth in Mind & Hand by Josh Trought, as published in Permaculture Magazine No. 44 Summer 2005 (posted February 2005)

*Alternative Building Workshop Guide July 2004 (pdf) by Alex Edleson & staff (posted July 2004)

*Alternative Building Weekend Workshop Guide August 2004 (pdf) compiled by staff and interns (posted August, 2004)

*Alternative Building Workshop Guide September 2004 (pfd) compiled by staff and interns (posted October, 2004)

*The D Acres Cob Oven Project 2002/2003 by Joy Payton (posted Spring 2004)

*Homemade Earthen Plaster by Lisa Pezzino & staff (posted December 2004)

 

Forestry

 

 

*Woodlot To Woodcraft by Abby Holm, as published in Small Farmer's Journal Summer 2005 (posted May 2005)

*The Trees of D Acres by Brandon Grossman (posted August 2005)

*Trail Guide - a map of the woodland trails at D Acres, by Brandon Grossman (posted August 2005)

*Sustainable Forestry by Sam Payton (posted August 2004)

*Sustainable Forestry with Oxen workshop handout (pdf) by Josh Trought and Abby Holm (posted March 2005)

*A Guide to Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation (pdf) by Jenn McCoy (posted June 2004)

 

 

Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*D Acres Hosts Innovative Solar Research Project by Laura Richardson (posted Jan 2008)

*Running on Empty : Searching for Transportation Solutions by Josh Trought (posted Dec 2006)

*Biofuels by Josh Trought (posted Jan 2007)

 

 

Herbal and Natural Medicine

*Natural Medicines of the Northern Forest by Lauren Buyofsky (posted July 2007)

*Getting to Know Our "At Risk" and "To Watch" Native Medicinal Plants by Micki Visten (posted August 2004)

*Preparing Medicinal Oils & Salves by Micki Visten (posted August 2004)

 

 

Gardening

 

*We're On You Tube with the Urban Healer Check out this brief video clip to learn about the benefits of organic tomatoes, healing properties of calendula, and nutritional healing:

Live from D Acres

 

*Compost this Newspaper! by Josh Trought (posted June 2004)

(Click on a photo to enlarge the BackHome article or click on the link below to read the text to A Guide to Creating a No-Till Garden)

 

*A Guide to Creating a No-Till Garden By Michelle Nowak (posted Feb. 2006)

*Perennial Forest Gardening by Josh Trought (posted April 2005)

*Preparing A Vegetable Plot - Workshop Handout (pdf) by Josh Trought & Micki Visten (posted October 2004)

* Pruning  (pdf) by Josh Trought (posted March 2007)

*North East Food Poverty by Josh Trought (posted Jan 2007)

 

 

Kitchen

 

*Making Tempeh compiled by The Tempeh Wizard's Guild - ringleader Alex Edleson (posted October 2004)

*Maintaining our Health in Winter by Micki Visten (posted February 2005)

*Brewing A recipe for Pale Ale compiled by Sam Payton and Josh Trought with many thanks to our teacher John Morrissey (posted October 2005)

 

 

The Movement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Diversity in Community: Animals in the D Acres Integrated Farm System, by Lauren Buyofsky and Bill Errickson, as published in Permaculture Activist No. 68 Fall 2007 (posted December 2007)

*Food From Waste: Getting Piggy with Integrated Waste Management by Josh Trought, as published in Permaculture Activist No. 67 Summer 2007

*Making use of Waste by Josh Trought (posted March 2006)

*The Rainbow Caravan for Peace by Josh Trought (posted July 2004)

*Expectations by Josh Trought (posted February 2005)

*Over-Consumption by Josh Trought (posted Jan 2007)

*How to Avoid Hazardous Waste in the Home by Josh Trought (posted Jan 2007)

*New Years Resolutions by Josh Trought (posted Jan 2007)

 

And some websites that you might find useful...

 

Association Gaia Argentina

 

Audubon Society of New Hampshire

 

The Earthen Spirituality Project & Sweet Medicine Womens Center

 

EarthHaven
 

Fedco Seeds

 

Global Ecovillage Network

 

Intentional Communities

 

La Caravana Mobile Eco-Village

Maine Organic Gardeners Website

 

Maplehill Community Farm

Educational programs, animals & art

1329 John Fowler Rd; Plainfield VT; 802.454.1166

 

New England Internships

 

New Hampshire Outdoors

 

New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association

 

Northeast Organic Farmer's Association of New Hampshire

 

Organic Volunteers

 

Permaculture Activist

 

Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initative

 

Quincy Bog

 

Solar Energy International


United Natural Foods (Food Coop)

 

United Plant Savers