This is a dutch photo project, created with helvetica lead type.  I can remember in middle school hand setting type with individual characters in helvetica.  the quote reads in Dutch: ‘een thuis -een thuis weet ik nog, dat is onder je grond en ruimte boven je en daar dan zijn en weten waarom.’
‘ a home - a home I still remember, it’s ground beneath you and space above and being there and knowing why.’
The english version could easily be rendered in your favorite art form as a gift:  stencil, cross-stitch, …

The New York Times features a review of cabin living and a slide show of cabins ranging from the mid 6 figures in price down to the more reasonable 5 figures.

“One of the biggest environmentally friendly trends we’re seeing is the use of local materials,” said Dale Mulfinger, an adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Minnesota and the author of “Cabinology: A Handbook to Your Private Hideaway.” “Once you start shipping things long distance, that’s not so friendly — there’s the cost of shipping as well as the …

Bill and Sharon Kastrinos move to a small space is featured on Friday’s CNN, along with a link to accompanying “iReports” from citizen journalists about their move to smaller living.  The CNN story also makes the connection to Jay Shafer of the Tumbleweed Tiny House.  Shafer has recently been on a road show with his design.
The story does capture one essence of smaller living:
By sizing down, he says he’s living on a total of $15,000 a year. He doesn’t have to worry about not making a mortgage payment and gets …

Is garlic mustard weed edible?
The young leaves of garlic mustard weed are edible as salad greens and are high in vitamins A and C. Mustard weed was brought to America by early settlers, who used it as a spring potherb and to flavor other foods. The common name results from the faint garlic odor of the leaves when crushed. Although it may be an attractive plant and it is nutritious, it can take over a woodland area in a very short time, choking out other desirable native flora.
From The Old …

Is there something I can do in the garden this fall to control bugs that will eat my vegetables next season?
If you till your garden in the late fall, you will expose insects hiding there to harsh winter conditions and reduce their populations next year. Fall tilling may help kill corn borers, cucumber beetles, squash bugs, earworms, and vine borers. Tilling has the added benefit of making the soil easier to work in the spring.
From The Old Farmer’s Almanac.