Krystal Trammell
WebDev, writer, and biz coach at www.KrystalTrammell.com. Permaculture-minded hippie + mother of five unschoolers.
The first frost date is something that most gardeners view with apprehension, especially when there are green tomatoes on the vine.
Will their plants get to produce a decent harvest, or will a cold snap dash all their hopes and...
Every year, it seems like people get hyped up over holiday shopping earlier and earlier.
By Halloween, the Winter-holiday pressure is already on. You'll hear Christmas carols being piped into department stores already.
Did you ever wonder why it's called Black...
Over 200,000 gallons of crude oil were spilled on Thursday, due to a breach of the hotly contested Keystone pipeline near Standing Rock, North Dakota.
The reason for the spill was due to a loss of pressure inside the pipeline's structure,...
Have you ever heard of the book Gaia's Garden, by Toby Hemenway? It's the best-selling book about permaculture in the world!
It's a classic among permaculture enthusiasts and sustainable living folks, thanks to its practical approach to growing food in...
Students in a Midland, Texas high school this October were shown this slide as part of a school presentation, which incorrectly states that it's illegal to not stand during the Pledge of Allegiance.
The actual code of law regarding the pledge in...
This article is part 3 of a longer series, called Does Unschooling Have Natural Limits? Please subscribe to get future installments.
Freedom can be a tough concept to grasp for adults, let alone kids.
Where exactly do we draw the boundaries? How can we all...
This article is part 2 of a longer series, called Does Unschooling Have Natural Limits? Please subscribe to get future installments.
I came to unschooling as a young mother, looking for alternatives to the carrot-and-stick (or recreate-the-schoolroom) approaches I saw with typical homeschooling methods.
However,...
This article is part 1 of a longer series, called Does Unschooling Have Natural Limits? Please subscribe to get future installments.
Awareness of others' needs and wants doesn't come naturally to everyone--and it's something that many young people fail to...
Are your plants just not happy and you don't know why--? It could be that you're watering wrong.
But--HOW can you water "wrong"? You just put water on the plant and you're done, right? Well, not exactly.
Especially in a drier...
In Japan, you can see pagodas erected 1500 years ago, withstanding typhoons and earthquakes alike. How are those old buildings still standing?
These complex buildings are the product of a master craftsmanship technique that's still alive today--called Kanawatugi, or Kanawa...
Milliennials--the generation born between 1981-2004--are creating confusion and fear in seasoned financial analysts, who are baffled by their buying habits.
In fact, there's an entire list of industries and products being murdered by millennials, because they can't seem to sell to the younger...
Growing strawberries is one of the best things about fall gardening. Who doesn't love fresh juicy strawberries, picked right off the plant and ripened to perfection?
Strawberries are hardy to zone 2, and grow quickly, so they're an excellent fall...