Kate Martignier

Kate writes at ARealGreenLife.com – an exploration into thinking differently and living a more natural, connected, and sustainable life.

May- 2022 -

9 May

Animals

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Deep Litter Composting With Chickens

An earth floor, deep-litter system has big benefits for the health and well-being of chickens, and it’s also the easiest…
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Apr- 2022 -

11 April

Plants

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Mexican Tarragon

It took me a while to begin to appreciate the sheer beauty of the Mexican tarragon in my garden. Then I…
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Mar- 2022 -

17 March

Animals

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Happy Meat, Happy Ecosystems, Happy People

What is “happy meat?” Is meat-eating inherently destructive, or can we have “happy ecosystems” along with happy meat? What does meat-eating…
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10 March

Plants

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Farm Update: In the Garden

Pictures and commentary from our garden. Plants that get a particular mention are pawpaws and sweet potatoes, and there are…
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Feb- 2022 -

17 February

Society

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Moving from Control toward Intelligent Interaction, in Gardening and in Life

What gardeners do is somewhere on a continuum from controlling the life (and death) cycles in the garden, to managing…
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9 February

Plants

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Bananas for Mulch Production and Erosion Control

The possible uses for bananas–the fruit, the foliage, and the trunks–seem almost endless. In this article I share lots of…
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2 February

Food

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One Garden Meal per Day

I’m convinced that the best way to get more effective at growing your own food is to make it as…
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Jan- 2022 -

13 January

Society

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Difficult Emotions are Allies in Disguise

This started from a gathering of a few recent entries in my personal journal and grew into a post about…
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7 January

How to

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5 Questions to Help You learn from Last Year and Make the Most of This Year

This year instead of just setting New Year intentions, I looked back first to see what I could learn from…
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Dec- 2021 -

23 December

Plants

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Connections in a RealFood Garden

My definition of a “RealFood garden” is a garden that’s easy to maintain and meets real, basic, every-day needs for…
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13 December

Food Plants - Perennial

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Ginger in a RealFood Garden

Ginger has thrived at our place since I learned to think about what it gives and what it needs in…
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2 December

Society

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Get Off the bus

In this article, the “bus” I’m talking about is entire populations of people all gabbling without listening to one another…
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