Orkoskey Nature Photography Blog
Welcome to the Orkoskey Nature Photography Blog. Here you'll find articles I've write mostly about a lot of stuff, including nature photography, other types of photography, ecological issues, social issues, fine art, design, and more. Oh I also write warnings about some truly terrible companies. Does this all relate to nature photography? No, maybe not, but I need some place to put some of it so here it is. Enjoy!
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Latest Posts
![Featured image for “Fall 2014 Straw Bale House Update”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/houseslide.jpg)
Fall 2014 Straw Bale House Update
November 24, 2014: Pittsburgh photographer and designer provides his fall 2014 straw bale house update on the natural home he’s designing.
![Featured image for “Hillside Hugelkultur Revisited”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/GatorGarden-Minette-Testing.jpg)
Hillside Hugelkultur Revisited
February 27, 2014: Hillside Hugelkultur Revisited by Pittsburgh photographer and permaculture designer Don Orkoskey shows what 6 months of natural erosion looks like.
![Featured image for “Small Engineered Wetland & Climate Change”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2022-01-30_06-48-03.jpg)
Small Engineered Wetland & Climate Change
October 25, 2013: Photographer, artist, and designer Don Orkoskey talks about small engineered wetland & climate change mitigation.
![Featured image for “Summer 2013 straw bale house building update”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/houseslide.jpg)
Summer 2013 straw bale house building update
August 23, 2013: Pittsburgh photographer and designer Don Orkoskey provides a summer 2013 straw bale house building update, a periodic check in on the project.
![Featured image for “Experimental Permaculture: Steep Slope Stabalization”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/51868939481_9579686676_k.jpg)
Experimental Permaculture: Steep Slope Stabalization
June 23, 2013: Pittsburgh photographer and designer Don Orkoskey reports on his experimental permaculture project: steep slope stabilization in Pittsburgh.
![Featured image for “Western PA Permaculture Crop List”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/garden.jpg)
Western PA Permaculture Crop List
March 6, 2013: Pittsburgh photographer and designer talks about the plants that will be a part of his property in his western PA permaculture crop list.
![Featured image for “Natural Building Progress”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/houseslide.jpg)
Natural Building Progress
January 22, 2013: Pittsburgh photographer and designer Don Orkoskey talks about the natural building progress on his straw bale house project.
![Featured image for “Straw Bale & Cob House An’at”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/houseslide.jpg)
Straw Bale & Cob House An’at
January 19, 2013: Pittsburgh photographer and designer Don Orkoskey talks about his straw bale and cob house he plans to build near Pittsburgh.
![Featured image for “Battery Free Power Storage Challenge”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/coal.jpg)
Battery Free Power Storage Challenge
December 28, 2012: Our Natural House If you are a regular reader you know my wife and I are building a natural building out of straw-bales, earthen plasters, and sustainable harvested woods. The latest rendering of the house looks something like the image below. We’re planning to do grid-tied solar power because we feel obligated to not only use the sun to power
![Featured image for “The Sustainability of City Living”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20220107_140849-scaled.jpg)
The Sustainability of City Living
February 6, 2012: Don Orkoskey talks about the sustainability of city living in this think piece about urban food growing and the benefits of urban density.
![Featured image for “House update – Jan 2012”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/houseslide.jpg)
House update – Jan 2012
January 16, 2012: Don Orkoskey gives his periodic House update – Jan 2012. Don is building a natural home near Pittsburgh, PA.
![Featured image for “The Amazing Benefits of Wattle Fences”](https://orkoskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pexels-photo-4554341.jpeg)
The Amazing Benefits of Wattle Fences
December 6, 2011: Don Orkoskey talks about the amazing benefits of wattle fences. Both sustainable, and beautiful these are truly incredible antient tech.
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