The Outsiders

We finished the compost bin. Hinges and a latch and we're already putting in the food scraps!  Now, this week...onto the worm composter!

I built a compost bin today!

All hands were on deck (palettes actually) to make our compost bin from upcycled materials today.  Yay!  We should be ready to add the kitchen waste by this time tomorrow.  Super easy - if you've been thinking about doing it - we say, "Go for it!"

Here are two great books to fuse a celebration of National Poetry Month with the cultivation of biophilia!  We are tried and true believers in the adage, "You won't save what you don't love."  It is super hard not to fall in love, or at least under a spell of enchantment with the natural world, while reading these beautiful poems.  We...

Today we learned about Silvopasture (we might be able to weave this into our land management at The Outsiders' Ranch) and we learned about BioChar (which we think we completely accidentally accomplished making this past month with the first timer "yard waste burn" we attempted!). We are very interested in figuring out if BioChar burn...

Hello!  I'm Caroline - I am ever running to keep up with my two earth-loving, wildly creative, inventive, and high energy homeschoolers.  We are off to an inspired start for this year's eco-challenge and are excited to see our team grow and hear about how our friends, family, and other climate-action-activists are making positive changes this...

hello my names cal and I'm 12 years old, and I like Bees and Gardens