Articles: water
7 Factors to Consider When Choosing a Planting Site
With spring starting soon, now is the perfect time to start planning out your garden. For those new to gardening or homesteading, the location of your planting…
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Growing Food in the Face of a Hotter, Drier Land
Climatic uncertainty has become “the new normal,” and many farmers, gardeners and orchard-keepers in North America are desperately seeking ways to adapt their food production to become…
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It’s Raining, It’s Pouring, the Rain Garden is Growing
With temperatures rising and the summer heat in full swing, your plants and crops need as much water as they can possibly get. What better way to…
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The Right Way to Hydrate
Everyone knows water is important, but advice on how much to drink is wildly different. “Drink your weight in ounces of water each day”, “drink before you’re…
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Beavers: A Short History
If you’re not already a “Beaver Nut”, Derek Gow has a couple of reasons you should be: Firstly, land that housed beavers was historically preferred by British…
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What is Water?
Since his bout with throat cancer, ForeWord Editor-in-Chief Matt Sutherland has been hot to discover the most reputable integrative health and wellness books that address alternative approaches…
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Hope for a Thirsty World
Judith D. Schwartz is a journalist whose recent work looks at soil as a hub for multiple environmental, economic, and social challenges and solutions. She writes on…
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How to Design Swales for Optimum Water Flow
Swales are small earthen embankments used to irrigate trees, plants, and pastures. They also capture runoff to help protect soil and plants from excessive rainfall that might…
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Minerals in Your Farm’s Water
Minerals from soil and outside water sources find themselves in irrigation systems. When you water your land, these minerals infiltrate the soil and change its composition. Your…
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Water Connects Us All
Water is always changing and impacting the environment around it; storms form, droughts occur, and floods damage. It seems that the level of water on Earth is…
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Heat Your Home and Water with the Wind
Paul Gipe, wind energy expert and author of Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Home- and Community-Scale Wind Energy Systems, introduced me to the idea of using…
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