It’s, oh so still. (For now) :) In about ninety minutes, thirty-six little peeping chickens will arrive and I am quite sure the quietness will go away. Here’s how things look this morning :) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/36013428@
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In vino veritas
As part of becoming more self-sufficient and ensuring that the food (and drink) being consumed comes from a good place, I’ve decided to try making some wine :) A Cabernet Sauvignon, to be exact. It takes four to five weeks
One (large) step backwards
Something has happened to half of my tomato plants. Not sure what, yet, but it doesn’t look good. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/36013428@N08/3532484510/] Decided to trim off all the sickly looking leaves; there were a lot
First catch
Went fishing yesterday for the first time – caught my one (and only) trout thirty seconds into the trip :) One of the other guys caught one a few minutes later, and then that was it for the day. Good experience; would
My recurring visitors
One of the things I really appreciate from no longer living in a concrete jungle is how close I am to nature – in most cases, just a few feet away. With the woods cleared out [http://www.flickr.com/photos/
Where there’s life, there’s hope
After the transplant, quite a few of the seedlings looked like they probably wouldn’t make it. With the right conditions, though, they’ve recovered. A good lesson for life as well as plants :) [http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7d1H3pSFIWw/SfGu9lKtmRI/
It’s still not real food
It is easy to take almost any belief in life to an extreme (including The Primal Blueprint). One of the unfortunate commercialistic side-effects of the rise in vegetarianism is the creation of meat-like products: “food” based on soy and a
Just for reference
This is closer to what my tomato plants should look like at this point. Got some plants from the gardeners I’m learning from :) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/36013428@N08/3456811132/]
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