Monday Meme – Build a New Model…
You can learn more about Buckminster Fuller through this documentary on youtube.com titled “Thinking Out Loud” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8NGNhDxzzw
Monday Meme – No Wonder We’re Getting Sicker
There are many documentary films and books that educate and inform us about threats to our food supply and reliance on pharmacuticals. You owe it to yourself and your loved ones to watch this film or any of the others on the subjects.http://www.foodmatters.tv/
Fascinating Reading
Follow the link below to read about the Nacirema culture. What a strange culture!?!?http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/aa.1956.58.3.02a00080/pdf
Cat Duplex
We have transitioned our indoor/outdoor cats to reside outdoors permanently. We built them a house on the railing of the deck so they could find shelter from the elements. They seem to be enjoying it! Roxy sleeping in her new house. Coco can be seen through the far window. There is an archway separating the
12 Little Chicks
We woke up to find Henrietta’s eggs hatching. Within a few hours all 12 eggs hatched!
Tomato Harvest
When I was a kid I didn’t eat tomatoes on their own. I thought they tasted funny and when I cut into them I thought they looked like they weren’t done yet. All those seeds suspended in the gelatinous goo just didn’t look appealing. Since then my taste buds have changed and so has my
Bandit!
Our new dog, Bandit, is a young Rhodesian Ridgeback mix given to us by a friend. We hope he works out as a good dog around chickens and cats… we think lots of training will be in his future.
Chicken Coop
We have just finished our coop (more or less). The coop measures a little smaller than 4’x8’. We have an enclosed run that measures 12’ x 8’ with a 6’ high fence, but the birds will be free range as much as possible during the daytime. There is no top to the run, but it
The Garden After 1 Month
After a month of watching the garden take off we’ve started to harvest lots of greens and herbs, and some radishes. We’ve been told that one of the biggest mistakes new gardeners make is starting too big, so we only started with 5 raised beds this spring. We are looking forward to adding more beds
Making Our Own Lumber
One of our best investments has been a good chainsaw and a chainsaw mill. We had to cut down some trees to make room for the garden area. Some of those trees are large enough to mill and get quite a bit of lumber. We use an Alaskan chainsaw mill to convert logs into whatever