It’s been a while since an update. Honestly, I’d been hoping for more news to report but again we’ve been at the weather’s mercy and progress has been dreadfully slow. We had our killing frost late last week, so that’s it for the growing season. Thankfully we did manage to harvest most if not all [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Dome Sweet Dome
Posted in earthbag, earthbag building, natural building, passive solar design, Sustainable living, tagged earthbag building, earthbag domes, natural building, sandbag building, Sustainable living on September 20, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Our Wild & Wonderful Community
Posted in off grid, Sustainable living, tagged community, homesteaders, natural building, permaculturists, preppers, self sustaining, survivalists, Sustainable living on September 10, 2010 | 8 Comments »
We’ve met a lot of new people in the course of our building and gardening adventures. Preppers, doomers, natural builders, gardening enthusiasts, permaculturists, homesteaders, as well as a whole new wave of people “dropping out” for various reasons. It’s quite the ragtag community. Not everyone’s “in it” for the same reasons, but the goals are [...]
What is This?
Posted in gardening, polyculture, raised bed gardens, tagged gardening, pests, potatoes, squash on September 9, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Okay, so I’ve already copped to the fact that I’m new to this whole food production thing. As such, I don’t know what I’m dealing with in some cases. I need help. My potatoes are of particular concern. We’ve gotten quite a lot of good ones but “something” is drilling into them and I don’t [...]
