Tiny house workshop hosted by big fan of living small
Former Dallas resident B.A. Norrgard Breen will be leading a workshop on tiny houses on April 21 and 22 at Earth Day Texas in Dallas. Courtesy of EDTX.
April 17, 2017
North Texas
Chick Pics! Fowl fans flock to North Texas poultry show
Maranda Haschke of Decatur brought her prize-winning Belgian d'Uccle rooster, Billy, to compete at the North Texas Poultry Showcase at Fair Park in Dallas on April 8. Photos by Andrea Ridout.
April 17, 2017
Dallas native opens vegan cowboy boot store in Big D
Dallas native Kat Mendenhall opened MendRT, a vegan cowboy boot store, in the Design District. The store offers faux leather western fashion, expanding from her successful online business and features custom-made boots. Mendenhall aims to attract mainstream shoppers, despite most customers being from outside Texas.
Lunch & Learn: Lancaster STEM students grow food with aquaponics
Students planted seeds in an aquaponics lab in January and harvested the organic lettuce last month. Photos courtesy of Lancaster Middle School.
April 11, 2017
LANCASTER – Elsie Robertson Lancaster Middle School STEM students dined on food they grew in the classroom at their Lettuce Harvesting Luncheon in March. The organic produce was grown using aquaponics; a skill that combines STEM disciplines – science, technology, engineering and math – and farming in order to raise fish and grow fresh produce without soil.
Dallas rehabber says wild rabbit rescues multiply in spring
In 2016, Wild Rescue rehabbed over a thousand cottontails. Photos courtesy of Wild Rescue unless otherwise noted.
April 11, 2017
When it rains, it pours… bunnies. Spring deluges wash young cottontails out of their nests. Often found suffering from hyperthermia or gravely battered, they must be rushed to treatment if to survive, then raised to adulthood and released.
DFW nature lovers challenged to compete in iNaturalist bioblitz
North Texas nature lovers are encouraged to grab their smart phones and head outside for a DFW-wide bioblitz on Easter weekend. During April 14-18, Dallas-Fort Worth is competing with metropolitan areas across the U.S. to see which city can post the most observations on iNaturalist.org, the citizen science website.
Green Tip Guy: Green car washing tips
Jason offers some water saving tips for washing your car. Remember to use eco-friendly soap!!
Green Tip Guy: Landscape with edible plants
Jason’s guest Professor Ruge-Jones from Texas Lutheran University shows how edible landscaping is both beautiful and practical.
Avian experts nest in tiny house in Dallas County
Wildbird trainers Lindsey and Simon McNeny share a tiny house with their birds on the property of Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Hutchins. Photo courtesy of Kim Louis Design.
April 3, 2017
Little by little the bird makes its nest. - French Proverb.
Fort Worth nonprofit turns 'trash' into classroom materials
Vanessa Barker, left, and Taylor Willis created the Welman Project to repurpose material and help underfunded schools.
March 29, 2017
Surplus material from offices and events that would have gone to a landfill is being repurposed into much-needed classrooms materials, thanks to a new Fort Worth nonprofit.