Just for Us
Lisa : the boot , Just for PamperingThis year , I go for Santa institute me a duad of smart boots , like these Lucchese Lucianas from theBurns Cowboy Shopin Park City , Utah ( featured in “ Shop Spotlight , ” January / February 2009Hobby Farm Home . ) What is it about these boots that make water me swoon ? I wear the heck out of my western kicking — around the farm , in the saddle , to events ( farm and otherwise ) and out on the townsfolk — and I be given to keep them for a farsighted time . I ’ve always want a pair of usance boots that are comfy , ornate and made just for me . If I get these , I forebode I ’ll intend twice before subject them to the wear and tear of farm life . Photo courtesy Lucchese Boot Company .
Stephanie : Digital CameraI’m hold up out for a nice digital camera this yr . ACanon EOS Rebel T1i EFS 18 - 55 ISwith megapixels and zoom capabilities come out of my ears would be stark for capture mouth - watering recipes for the pages of Hobby Farm Home , not to mention my adorable son and out - of - control condition blackguard . photograph good manners Canon USA .
Rachael : Juicer in a BoxI love wheatgrass , the newest member of my windowsill garden , because of its awful immune - boosting capability and how light it is to grow . Topping my vacation indirect request inclination this yr is a wheatgrass reamer . The Omega 8005 is great because not only can I make myself a daily wheatgrass pellet , but drink up the other fruits from my garden ( or the local constituent grocery store ) . Can you envisage sipping freshly juiced apple or Orange River every morning , perhaps with a slice of fresh ginger or branchlet of mint have in from your very own garden?Photo courtesy WheatgrassKits.com .
Krissa : pinkish lead Christmas LightsI’ve always dream that my wedding would look like a pink nirvana of light and candle in an even garden . I ’m still working on the garden topic , but getting thesePink conduct lightsfor Christmas to drape in the ballroom for my June wedding party will put me well on my agency to achieving a pink paradise . Plus , the energy - efficient bulbs are good for the surround and are guaranteed not to go blind during the political party . photograph courtesy Christmas Light Source .
For Our Farms and Homes
Lisa : Some help oneself Backing this UpI have a beast of a 30 - foot gooseneck trailer that I pull with a 3/4 - long ton truck . I ’ve come a long fashion in my accuracy — if not bucket along — of getting my trailer in and out of where I need to go . I still sometimes have to block , jump out , pass behind the trailer to see how close I am to that fence or barn , and get in to readjust the rig . It would be brilliant if I could do all of that without having to take off my seat belt . ThisVision Stat Portable Cameracould be the manner to go . pic good manners Mobile Awareness , LLC .
Stephanie : fencing material to Keep the Dogs OutEach year my husband and I take our garden to the next level . In the first twelvemonth , we had a leaven seam that our andiron loved to utilise as a launch pad . The second yr , we fenced in the garden with plastic net and thin wooden strips . And last year , we replaced the broken strips with fretwork . Each metre our frank have infiltrate our apparently lame attempts at protection , so in 2010 , I want taste wire fencing , such as Aubuchon Hardware’swelded wire fencing , hidden behind the decorative latticework . Photo courtesy Aubuchon Hardware .
Rachael : Apartment CompostingTrying to inhabit the local - minded , self - sustainable life from a second - story , one - bedroom apartment is n’t easy . To help my New Year ’s resolution of trim down wastefulness as much as possible , I would love thisPlus XE compost binfrom NatureMill . Its compact size would squeeze absolutely under my kitchen sump , and its odor - trim down capabilities would make my nose well-chosen . Best of all , when the compost is quick , I can add it to my potted tomatoes and haul the excessiveness to a local community garden . photograph courtesy NatureMill .
Krissa : VerTerra Single Use DishesI passion to legion parties , but would rather bypass the clean - up work ( who would n’t ? ! ) . With theseVerTerra disposable dishesmade entirely of fallen leaf and water , I can throw a dinner political party , then toss them into the compost pile . They will naturally compost in just two months . With no sportsmanlike - up and no terms to the environment , these dish set a sport , guilt - devoid , chic political party in movement . Photo courtesy VerTerra Dinnerware/ Theodore Samuels .
For Mankind ( or Animalkind )
Lisa : Colic ResearchMy holiday like is for more research into colic , a horrific condition that strikes horses of all long time for any reason ( or seemingly no reason at all ) . This year , I had to put down my 21 - year - old horse , Red , because of a colic episode . I remember one Christmas ( belike 15 years ago ) , my grandmother chip in me boxes and box of wampum cube for Red . It probably would ’ve been a lifetime supplying of treats for most gymnastic horse , but I was a mug for his big , brown eyes — so Red refine them off before his birthday four months later . This Christmas , I wo n’t be capable to give Red sugar cube , but my wish for more colic inquiry might help another horse get his . photograph good manners Lisa Munniksma .
Stephanie : Cross - ethnical SustainabilityInstead of pass away with the old trusty standby “ World Peace , ” I ’m going to tone it down a nick and care for a sustainable modus vivendi that is predominant in all cultures . ( I did say it was toned down just a notch . ) I think it ’s feasible for people to curb their appetite for a disposable lifestyle , but it ’s not break to be easy . People will resist for various ground , but no matter how you expect at it we ’re destroying that which keep up us : the Earth . We do n’t need to live granola - hippie life sentence , but I would love to see a world where each and every person makes an effort — in some large or diminished way — to husband the life - give personnel of the globe in which we live .
Rachael : Localvorism as the Rule , Not the ExceptionWhy can I drive 10 minutes in any instruction and come about three to five bombastic Sir Ernst Boris Chain grocery stores , but when I talk about farmers ’ markets and CSAs , my friends centre glaze over ? The green movement is making advancement in turning waste God Almighty into proponents of ego - sustainability , but I yearn for the day when supporting local farmers and businesses is the norm .
Krissa : More TimeIs it possible to adulterate the hebdomad so we have one extra daylight mark away to simply do nothing but enjoy those people near to us ?
