I had fun today. Hubby gave me a day alone to ruminate. While the hubby’s away, the gardener will play. . . . Guess what happens when your sweet eight-year-old daughter plays with your phone while you are cleaning your gardening mess? You arrive back on WordPress a week later to find a MASSIVE photo …
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Living in Two Places
A LOT has happened since I wrote last, and at the same time, not much. I began our move into the little house in Forkland with grand permaculture ideas and ideals. Then, life happened. We began in the middle of winter by living in two back bedrooms of the house, as the rest of the house …
Feeding Chickens Without Grain
Here is a great short video documentation Geoff Lawton did of a man in Vermont who has been feeding his chickens without grain since the 90s. He feeds them early stage compost. Check it out: http://www.geofflawton.com/fe/59960-feed-chickens-without-grain
Rocket Mass Class
This video is making rocket mass heater science clear to me finally. There are many excellent snippets of information. It’s worth an hour of your time if you are curious about how these heaters work.
Mentor Check-in
My husband and I grabbed the opportunity tonight, the niche in time, to catch up with my permaculture mentor, Doug Crouch. He’s been in Portugal for the past five months, so we really enjoyed hearing the progress on his work there. He asked about what I’ve been reading, progress on the land purchase process, my …
Chinampa Video
This is the only live coverage of a chinampa I have ever seen on the Net! A classmate shared it on our facebook page. I haven’t figured out how to embed the video yet, but here is the link to the Financial Times’ page: http://video.ft.com/2855453694001/Mexico-Citys-water-farms/World
Freaky Fukushima Vegetables
Check out this compilation of photos on Real Farmacy from Japanese citizens of their mutant vegetables due to the Fukushima atrocity. Can anyone say RESPONSIBLE technology? http://www.realfarmacy.com/mutant-fukushima-fruit-vegetable-pictures-go-viral/ If this link breaks in the future, try going to http://realfarmacy.com and typing Fukushima in the search box.
Plans for Winter Hot Water
So here’s what I’m thinking for our hot water this winter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pnuyEkM0xg I love the calm, simple way “Hadley” explains his system. For the first couple weeks in our “new” house we will probably be heating water on top of the woodstove, but I hope to graduate to this system once we feel comfortable that …
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How to Use USGS to Create a Base Map
There was a time when I had no clue where to get started with making a base map. I taped together six to eight sheets of paper, trying to get something big enough to work with. I quickly got irritated, because I like precision, and I could not seem to get my sketch adequately accurate. …