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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
*A Leafy Retreat:
Treehouses Provide Communion with Nature, by Kevin LeShane, as
published in E, The Environmental Magazine Vol. XIX, No. 2, March/April
2008 (posted May 2008)
*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
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