deeAuvil: 2024

The Community Assistance League runs Bizarre Bazaar...upscale resale and distributes all proceeds through grant and scholarship applications back into Bonner County.

supports Meals on Wheels

https://www.calsandpoint.org/

Habitat for Humanity has a Re-Store in Sandpoint

http://www.iphfh.org/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070398105796

Friday, April 12, 2024

Beekeeping

Friendly Beekeeping for Beginners 119k

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2218791258180957/

Beekeeping Basics 324k

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1254979707869481/

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LOCAL to ME

Bonner County Beekeepers Network

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1949616375314325

* lots of supplies at the Co-op in Sandpoint

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Herbalists without Borders

https://hwbglobal.org/

https://www.facebook.com/Herbalistswithoutborders/

https://www.instagram.com/herbalistswithoutborders/

https://www.youtube.com/c/HerbalistsWithoutBorders

The Inland Northwest/Spokane Chapter was established in late 2018 as a function of the Four Seasons Herbal Guild.

The Spokane Herbal Faire is our main fundraiser, all monies raised support HWB and local herbal events and classes.

https://www.fourseasonsguild.com/hwb

Native Plant Societies

Idaho Native Plant Society

https://idahonativeplants.org/

https://www.facebook.com/IdahoNativePlants/

https://www.instagram.com/idahonativeplantsociety/

Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society in Sandpoint, Idaho

https://www.nativeplantsociety.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NativePlantSociety/

North Idaho Native Plant Arboretum in Sandpoint, Idaho (managed by Kinnikinnick)

https://communityofgardens.si.edu/items/show/12224

Washington Native Plant Society

https://www.wnps.org/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WashingtonNativePlants/

https://www.instagram.com/washingtonnativeplants/?hl=en

Oregon Native Plant Society

https://www.npsoregon.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NPSOregon

Montana Native Plant Society

https://mtnativeplants.org/

https://www.facebook.com/MTNativePlantSociety

California Native Plant Society

https://www.cnps.org/

https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaNativePlantSociety

Monday, March 18, 2024

Sandpoint Gardening

https://bcgardeners.org/

https://www.facebook.com/bcgardeners

University of Idaho

Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center

https://www.uidaho.edu/cals/sandpoint-organic-agriculture-center

Master Gardeners Program

https://www.uidaho.edu/extension/county/bonner/horticulture

East Bonner County Seed Library

https://ebonnerlibrary.org/seed-library/

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Beekeeping

https://deeauvilstockphotographer.blogspot.com/2024/04/beekeeping.html

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THIS IS A GROUP WHERE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS

North Idaho Local Gardening Forum 5.9k

https://www.facebook.com/groups/896007637212716/

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I got this idea - to encourage people to join their local gardening groups - from my niece - Amanda Dixon from Wild Moon Flower Farm And check out your local library's Seed Library!

Thursday, February 22, 2024

ROOT CELLAR

Root Cellar in side of mountain - Bluecreek - photo by Catherine dee Auvil

Have always wanted a root cellar. I have so much to do here I don't know if I have time. Meanwhile, my house gets too hot in the summer to store food. My barn gets too cold. There is a room inside my barn and I am thinking I may be able to insulate it so it would work. I am reading:

Available from Amazon

Root Cellars forum

https://www.facebook.com/groups/333207063687880/

A great resource is Mary's Nest. Mary Bryant Shrader has a popular YouTube channel where she cooks from scratch and preserves food with traditional techniques like canning, fermenting, and drying. I bought her cookbook:

Available from Amazon

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

BUFFALO (animal)

InterTribal Buffalo Council

https://itbcbuffalonation.org/

https://www.facebook.com/ITBCouncil/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterTribal_Buffalo_Council

https://www.youtube.com/@intertribalbuffalocouncil1109

Blackfeet Nation Buffalo Program

https://www.facebook.com/BlackfeetBuffalo

Bring Them Home / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya

https://www.redfordcenter.org/films/bring-them-home/

MARYLAND history resources

Maryland State Archives

https://msa.maryland.gov/

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Charity Navigator

I wanted to know which is the best water charity (mission is for clean water) so I went to Charity Navigator, which is the only place I know where they evaluate charities. I think they do a pretty good job? I used filters: water, environment, 4 stars (their highest rating) and largest charities - over 50 million budget - I chose this filter because I want a charity that has a worldwide scope. This is what I got:

Rocky Mountain Institute

https://rmi.org/

https://www.facebook.com/RockyMtnInst/

https://www.youtube.com/user/RockyMtnInstitute

https://www.instagram.com/rockymtninst/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMI_(energy_organization)

Southern Environmental Law Center

their focus is the US South

https://www.southernenvironment.org/

charity: water

https://www.charitywater.org/

https://www.facebook.com/charitywater/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity:_Water

Environmental Defense Fund

https://www.edf.org/

https://www.facebook.com/EnvDefenseFund

https://www.instagram.com/environmental_defense_fund

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_Defense_Fund

Friday, February 9, 2024

Tennessee History Resources

Tennessee Genealogical Society

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TNGen

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

YouTube many hour ambient videos

These are some of my favorite YouTube videos for sleep or meditation

Escape Stress with Virtual Fireplace & Crackling Sounds by Beautiful Relaxation. This is my favorite, it is just as effective as meditation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTHHsWcx7Wc

This is the one that got me started on walking tours:

Walk in Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Provence, One of the most beautiful French Village, South of France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is1Q9D_T0o4

Some of my favorite walking tours:

Inside Louvre Museum Paris, Mona Lisa (Part 1) 🇫🇷 France [4K HDR] Walking Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vuFh6NNa70

Inside Louvre Museum Paris, Napoleon Apartments (Part 2) - 🇫🇷 France [4K HDR] Walking Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRmvCQM-XGU

Central Park, New York Walking Tour 4K60fps with Captions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AU9_H47w7k

I've also heard that "space station", "European Blizzard" and waterfall are good searches but I haven't looked for my favorites there yet.

I've done walking tours of every major city. They are all good. I think I liked Mexico City the best.

I also like to search "grocery stores" and see what grocery stores are like in other countries.

Startpages

RefDesk

https://www.refdesk.com/

Arts & Letters Daily

https://www.aldaily.com/

Monday, January 29, 2024

ASK

Loc Ask a Librarian

https://ask.loc.gov/

Ask Metafilter

https://ask.metafilter.com/

Ask Reddit IDK, there are 45 million members. I don't know if this is a good place to ask a question. I have never tried it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/

AskHistorians at Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/

Snopes - pretty good to check on rumors

https://www.snopes.com/

Seattle Pacific Library Ask A Librarian

https://spu.edu/library/research-help/ask-a-librarian

https://spu.edu/library/about-the-library/faculty-and-staff/librarians-by-discipline

Ask New York Public Library

https://www.nypl.org/get-help/contact-us

at Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/185-what-s-the-name-of-that-book

Evernote Search Shortcuts for Windows

Ctrl Alt F = Search

Ctrl Alt 5 = search tags

Ctrl F = search within note

If you want to see if you have any notes without tags search for:

-tag:*

Friday, January 26, 2024

WASHINGTON History Resources

Washington Digital Archives

https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/

Washington State Library

Ask a Librarian

https://www2.sos.wa.gov/library/ask_form.aspx

Washington State Genealogical Society

https://wasgs.org/

https://wasgs.org/cpage.php?pt=85 list of regional societies

https://wasgs.org/cpage.php?pt=87 list of museums

https://wasgs.org/blog/

Washington Museum Association

https://washingtonmuseumassociation.org/

Fiske Genealogical Library - Seattle

https://fiskelibrary.org/index.html

https://fiskelibrary.org/browse/default.htm

North Central

Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society

https://www.wags-web.org/

https://www.wags-web.org/?page_id=241 search archives

https://www.wags-web.org/?page_id=19514 photos

Eastern Washington

https://www.newgs.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NortheastWashingtonGenealogicalSociety

Eastern Washington Genealogical Society

Eastern Washington Genealogical Society covers Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane and Stevens County (Region 7 of Washington State Genealogical Society).

https://www.ewgsi.org/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/807287173025976/

https://stevenscountyhistoricalsociety.org/

https://www.facebook.com/StevensCountyHistoricalSocietyMuseum

https://stevenscountyhistoricalsociety.org/photo-collection/

https://stevenscountyhistoricalsociety.org/contact-us/

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

FORAGING & Wildcrafting

Does foraging need its own link list?

Inland Northwest Foraging (Eastern Washington & North Idaho)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/427469761051349

Wild Food & Foraging Community

https://twitter.com/WildfoodLove

https://www.instagram.com/wildfoodlove

The Wild Food Assoc

https://twitter.com/wildfoodassoc

Cooking with Wild Plants & Fungi

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cookingwithwildfood/

Identifying plants

Idaho Plants 12.1k members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/262442567460388/

Identifying Mushrooms - there are so many mushroom groups on FB. I will just list the ones with the most members

Mushroom Identification Page (worldwide) 261k members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/352940311570379/

Pacific Northwest Mushroom Identification Forum 63k members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1752805481661732/

CHEWELAH

I guess I should start a post of Chewelah links

Crossroads photo archive

https://crossroadsarchive.net/collections/browse

Historic Eastern Washington

https://www.facebook.com/historiceasternwa

Chewelah Historical Society (museum)

https://www.facebook.com/ChewelahHistoricalSociety

You Know you are from Chewelah when...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/228129233894899/

Northern Lights Public Radio

https://www.kchw.org/index.html

The Beauty of Stevens County, WA

https://www.facebook.com/groups/478068993676530

WATER

A good YouTube video on water:

Emergency Water: How to Find, Store and Treat Water With Jim Phillips by The Provident Prepper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDBNndG7TCo

Jim Phillips recommends this pdf from FEMA:

Food & Water in an Emergency

https://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/f&web.pdf

Jim Phillips recently passed away (may he rest in peace) but here is his website and YouTube for more of his wisdom:

https://www.jimsway.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeHarborAlliance/videos

Worldwide charities : there are so many I will try to find the best. Working from this list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_water-related_charities

local to me

Spokane Riverkeepers

https://www.spokaneriverkeeper.org/

https://www.facebook.com/SpokaneRiverkeeper

Search for Books

these are the main sites to search for books

archive.org

https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?

Digital Public Library of America

https://dp.la/

Google Books

https://books.google.com/

Online Books Page (search for where a book can be found online)

https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

Bookfinder (books for sale compares prices)

https://www.bookfinder.com/?ref=bf_s2_hd_1

Here is a link to the World Digital Library that is somehow connected to the LOC. I don't understand this at all. Did it used to exist and this is just an archive you can access? Did they stop uploading to this?

https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-digital-library/about-this-collection/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Digital_Library

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FamilySearch.org you can search for family history books, many can be read online

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/

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If you can't find the book you need to read right now you could see if the kindle edition is available at Amazon https://amzn.to/3ScSlhQ (Affiliate Link)

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this link is just for me (log in to my local library)

Monday, January 22, 2024

Green Roofing

I want to install a green roof this summer.

Green Design Ideas - Plants, Living Walls, Indoor Gardens, Green Roofs 7.4K members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreenDesignIdeas/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_roof

https://greenroofs.org/

Friday, January 19, 2024

Herbalist and Ethnobotany Associations

Herbalists without Borders

https://hwbglobal.org/

https://www.facebook.com/Herbalistswithoutborders

United Plant Savers - Medicinal Plant Conservation (Rosemary Gladstar)

For the research, education, and conservation of native medicinal plants, fungi, and their habitats.

https://unitedplantsavers.org/

https://www.facebook.com/unitedplantsavers

International Herb Symposium (Rosemary Gladstar)

https://www.internationalherbsymposium.com/

Sustainable Herb Program - American Botanical Council

https://sustainableherbsprogram.org/

Herbalists

https://www.facebook.com/groups/herbalistss/ 29.5k members

American Herbalist Guild

https://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/

https://www.facebook.com/americanherbalistsguild

Herbal Research Chapter of the American Herbalists Guild

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1900310653543876/

The Practical Herbalist

https://www.facebook.com/thepracticalherbalist

Herbal Medics: Field Medicine and Community Enrichment 30k members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ahgherbalmedic

World Herbalists Sharing Web

https://www.facebook.com/groups/herbalistsweb/

Wild Medicine Conference

https://www.wildmedicineconference.com/

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

https://maps.org/

Society for Ethnobotany (formerly Economic Botany)

https://ethnobotany.org/

Herb Rally roundup of herb education

https://www.herbrally.com/

https://www.facebook.com/herbrally

https://www.instagram.com/herbrally *****

https://www.youtube.com/@HerbRally

Learning Herbs

https://learningherbs.com/

https://www.facebook.com/LearningHerbs

https://www.instagram.com/learningherbs/?hl=en *****

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Groups local to me

Idaho Herbalists

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1010954230264206

Idaho Native Plant Society

https://idahonativeplants.org/

https://www.facebook.com/IdahoNativePlants/

Four Season Herbal Guild - Spokane (works with Herbalists Without Borders)

https://www.fourseasonsguild.com/

https://www.facebook.com/FourSeasonsHerbalGuild

The guild sponsors the annual herbal faire as a way of fundraising for their work with Herbalists without Borders

Northwest Herbal Fair

https://www.nwherbalfair.com/

https://www.facebook.com/NWHerbalFair

associated with:

Michael Pilarski "Skeeter" Friends of the Trees Botanicals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EKBQxkJoeM

https://friendsofthetreesbotanicals.com/

Podcasts

Real Herbalism

Herb Rally

Herb Mentor by Learning Herbs

Permaculture?, homesteading?, sustainability?

I'm trying to find a name for all the organic gardening, homesteading, fruit & nut tree growing, greenhouse, root cellaring interests I have so I can find my people. Well, it's all chaos right now. I guess "Permaculture" is close but it doesn't really cover everything. Hmmm. I think I will try to organize some resources and then figure it out later!

Permaculture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture

Permies - Permaculture & Homesteading Goofballs

https://permies.com/

Permaculture Practical Designs 78k members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2491499617529478/

Permaculture Association (UK)

https://www.permaculture.org.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/PermacultureAssociation

Women's International Permaculture Association

https://www.facebook.com/groups/womensinternationalpermacultureassociation/

One of my favorite permaculture farms

Matt Swarbrick and his wife Jenny decided to leave behind city life to “grow cabbages and children” on 80 acres of former quarry land at the North West corner of Wales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul2kfTpZBw0

https://linktr.ee/henbant

https://www.youtube.com/@kirstendirksen

Permaculture - Local to me

Inland Northwest Permaculture

https://inlandnorthwestpermaculture.com/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064342972968

Northeast Washington Permaculture Guild

https://www.facebook.com/NEWAPermGuild

Spokane Permaculture

https://www.facebook.com/SpokanePermaculture

Sustainability

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability

Sustainable Herb Program - American Botanical Council

https://sustainableherbsprogram.org/

Small Farm, Sustainability & Homestead Living 204.5k members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SmallFarm/

Small Acreage Sustainability & Homestead Living 87k members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Smallacreage/

Sustainable Homes

Earthships

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Reynolds

https://earthship.com/

Green homebuilding Ask the Experts

https://www.greenhomebuilding.com/ask_the_experts.htm

Natural Building Blog

https://naturalbuildingblog.com/

Kirsten Jacobsen

https://www.ecobuildlab.com/

https://linktr.ee/ecobuildlab

https://www.instagram.com/ecobuildlab

AirBnB

The Off Grid Guru

https://theoffgridguru.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd-H_38-JCLboV8bxiBGrrw

Tiny Homes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny-house_movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurt

Homesteading

U.S. Homesteading for Beginners- Off the Grid, Canning, Gardening & more! 956k members (that's insane)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/homesteadingforbeginners/

Mary Jane's Farm

https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/

https://www.farmgirlsisterhood.org/

Ladies Homestead Gathering

https://www.nlhg.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NLHGorg

there is a local group in Sandpoint but I don't have a link for them

North Idaho Off Grid & Homesteaders

https://www.facebook.com/groups/156632968250358

North Idaho Homesteaders 17.7k members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/877411085614776

Stevens County HOMESTEADING CLASSIFIEDS 7.9k members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/227393401918497/

Homestead Rescue

https://www.discovery.com/shows/homestead-rescue

I do think that Mother Earth News covers a lot of my favorite topics

https://www.motherearthnews.com/

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Virginia History Resources

Work in Progress

Virginia Genealogical Society

https://www.vgs.org/

Library of Virginia

https://www.lva.virginia.gov/

https://www.facebook.com/LibraryofVA

Search Virginia Newspapers

https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=p&p=home&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------

Research Guides and Indexes

https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/#_guides-VirginiaLandOfficePatentsandGrants

Search Virginia Land Patents

https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/land-grants

Virginia Museum of History and Culture

https://virginiahistory.org/

https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaHistory

Virginia Colonial Records

https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Virginia_Colonial_Records

Virginia Genealogical Society

https://www.vgs.org/

Virginia Genealogy Network 14k members

https://www.facebook.com/groups/219540584747499

w.vgs.org/

Idaho History resources

Idaho State Archives

https://history.idaho.gov/archives/

Idaho State Historical Society

Idaho State Museum 610 Julia Davis Dr, Boise, ID

https://history.idaho.gov/

https://www.facebook.com/IdahoStateMuseum/

Museum of Idaho

https://museumofidaho.org/ 200 N Eastern Ave, Idaho Falls

Museum of North Idaho

https://museumni.org/

List of Museums in Idaho

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Idaho

University of Idaho digital collection

https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/

Thursday, January 11, 2024

RICE

While trying to find out the best way to preserve rice, I stumbled on this video, Which Rice Is The Healthiest? It's Not What You Think. by Dr. Liu. Her YouTube channel is Healthy Immune Doc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wCtPZ1bK9Y

She covers everything!

VIDEO TOPICS: ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 00:00 Introduction 01:14 Glycemic Index 01:37 Lower The Glycemic Index of Rice 02:18 Amylose vs amylopectin 02:43 Retrogradation & resistant starch 02:59 Storage 03:37 Which Rice Is Healthier: Long or Short Grained? 04:56 Blood Sugar & Hemoglobin A1c 06:40 Diabetes & Rice 07:44 Insulin & Insulin Resistance 11:05 Lose weight with rice? 12:46 Fat 13:53 Which is Healthier: White or Brown Rice? 15:39 Beri Beri & White Rice 16:10 Vitamin B1, thiamine 17:48 Arsenic 18:25 Which Country Has the Highest Arsenic In Their Rice? 19:05 How To Remove Arsenic

Preserving

I'm still trying to find out the best way to preserve rice. I did not know that canning and preserving is a highly controversial right now! I did learn, for a fact, that you can't, so far, preserve brown rice because the oils in it will just make it go rancid quickly. Damn! If I find the best way to preserve rice I will post it here.

Rice: Types and Storage by RedRose Homestaead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8mf0EDIhLM