Living in an area known for it’s abundant rainfall, and clean water, you might think we have a blasé attitude about water usage. We don’t. Maintaining our own watershed and water supply is perfect insurance that we work very hard to NOT waste water. Most of the hubbub in the news is about peak oil - [...]
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Water - harvesting, using, and protecting
Posted in Belly Acres (rant), agriculture, farm as desired, farm life, frugal living, hydraulic ram, lost skills, sustainability, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed, tagged agriculture, clean water, farm life, frugal living, hydraulic ram pumps, self-sufficiency on June 22, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Stay in the ruts!
Posted in cattle, farm as desired, farm life, frugal living, hydraulic ram, lost skills, pastured poultry, recipes, sustainability, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged farm life, frugal living, rotational grazing, scratch cooking, zero mile foodshed on April 22, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Finally, today it seems like a normal PNW spring. I awoke several times at night to hear rain on the roof. You would think I wouldn’t want rain, but when I wake up and it’s quiet, that means snow. I’ll take the rain.
Today, I’m transitioning back into grazing. This past week of taking hay out [...]
Boop diggy po pap sappa happa doodud boodud
Posted in easily amused, farm life, greenhouse, hydraulic ram, wildlife, tagged Australian Shepherds, easily amused, farm dogs, farm life, greenhouse on March 27, 2008 | 8 Comments »
WARNING
If you don’t get silly over your dogs and your kids, you won’t find this even mildly interesting.
The title of this post is the name my daughter, (at age 4) gave our dog Belle. Other names, she went by where: Bikkie, Crapper Treek Belle, Boop Diggy, and Dog Bags. My husband and I could never remember how to say that [...]
“I need a wife!”
Posted in Belly Acres (rant), farm as desired, hydraulic ram on February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Every time I say that, my dear husband lets out a big sigh and replies, “be careful what you wish for…” Now what do you think he means? This private joke always comes up frequently. This past weekend was certainly qualified as one of those times. We are both planners, but often something comes up [...]
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