Thomas Tusser

"Sweet April showers do spring May flowers." - Thomas Tusser

Richard Jefferies

"This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness." - Richard Jefferies

Guillaume Apollinaire

"Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony." - Guillaume Apollinaire

I Was Wrong About the Limits of Solar, PV Is Becoming Dirt Cheap.

I Was Wrong About the Limits of Solar, PV Is Becoming Dirt Cheap.

E. O. Wilson

"Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine." - E. O. Wilson

Charles Eastman

"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature." - Charles Eastman

e. e. cummings

"The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful." - e. e. cummings

Growing a garden in an unused pool.

Growing a garden in an unused pool.

Forests in the olden days

Forests in the olden days

Made some Deep Fried Dandelion Flowers

Made some Deep Fried Dandelion Flowers

Clarence Day

"Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first." - Clarence Day

Elias Hicks

"The fulness of the godhead dwelt in every blade of grass." - Elias Hicks

Video explaining keyline in a very understanable way

Video explaining keyline in a very understanable way

I wrote a Practical Guide on How to Grow an Organic Vegetable Garden, its free this weekend on Kindle!

I wrote a Practical Guide on How to Grow an Organic Vegetable Garden, its free this weekend on Kindle!

Hand Digging a WELL... Need a HomeStead Well? Grab a shovel!

Hand Digging a WELL... Need a HomeStead Well? Grab a shovel!

Clean Eating Grocery And Shopping List Download PDF

Clean Eating Grocery And Shopping List Download PDF

Roots of the Food Crisis by Cristopher Cook. Change can not be made by consumers because the choices aren't there. We need to work on policy change and local food sovereignty by claiming land.

Roots of the Food Crisis by Cristopher Cook. Change can not be made by consumers because the choices aren't there. We need to work on policy change and local food sovereignty by claiming land.

Made this app to help me forage. Take a photo in the middle of the woods to mark a spot, then get back to it on foot later by following the arrow. Hopefully it helps you, too!

Made this app to help me forage. Take a photo in the middle of the woods to mark a spot, then get back to it on foot later by following the arrow. Hopefully it helps you, too!

Ray Bradbury

"We are an impossibility in an impossible universe." - Ray Bradbury

Peter Benchley

"If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct." - Peter Benchley

National averages of 57 home improvement projects. For me this justifies doing most everything yourself around the house and property.

National averages of 57 home improvement projects. For me this justifies doing most everything yourself around the house and property.

Off the grid - Stephen Fry

Off the grid - Stephen Fry

The Incredible Soap Nut: A Sustainable Laundry Solution

The Incredible Soap Nut: A Sustainable Laundry Solution

O. Henry

"We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us." - O. Henry

Top 10 Tips For Urban Homesteading

Top 10 Tips For Urban Homesteading

A fun project idea.... A Mad Idea Fueled By Gin: A riverboat steam tub!

A fun project idea.... A Mad Idea Fueled By Gin: A riverboat steam tub!

Samuel Butler

"Self-preservation is the first law of nature." - Samuel Butler

Hosea Ballou

"Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature." - Hosea Ballou

Samuel Daniel

"The stars that have most glory have no rest." - Samuel Daniel

The Looming Threat of Avian Flu

The Looming Threat of Avian Flu

How the world can stop overfishing - a case study of successful fish stock recovery in the U.S.

How the world can stop overfishing - a case study of successful fish stock recovery in the U.S.

Red mites are a chicken keepers worst nightmare. Find out how to prevent red mites in your chicken coop using natural products.

Red mites are a chicken keepers worst nightmare. Find out how to prevent red mites in your chicken coop using natural products.

Susan George

"If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees." - Susan George

Jean Ingelow

"When sparrows build and the leaves break forth, My old sorrow wakes and cries." - Jean Ingelow

Neil Young

"Earth is a flower and it's pollinating." - Neil Young

SoilSurfer.com, It's like an 'Airbnb' for gardens: Property owners can get paid to share their yard with a local urban farmer.

SoilSurfer.com, It's like an 'Airbnb' for gardens: Property owners can get paid to share their yard with a local urban farmer.

How one man got the world making pesto by hand

How one man got the world making pesto by hand

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

"A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee." - Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Incredible Permaculture Farm Created in Just 3 Years

Incredible Permaculture Farm Created in Just 3 Years

Mainstream Environmentalism Protects Industrial Capitalism

Mainstream Environmentalism Protects Industrial Capitalism

Plant Companions And Fungi Preferences

Plant Companions And Fungi Preferences

SoilSurfer.com, It's like an 'Airbnb' for gardens: Property owners can get paid to share their yard with a local urban farmer.

SoilSurfer.com, It's like an 'Airbnb' for gardens: Property owners can get paid to share their yard with a local urban farmer.

Antoine Lavoisier

"I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed." - Antoine Lavoisier

Douglas Wilson

"Use plants to bring life." - Douglas Wilson

Robert Fortune

"One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers." - Robert Fortune

Treating Soil A Little Differently Could Help It Store A Huge Amount Of Carbon

Treating Soil A Little Differently Could Help It Store A Huge Amount Of Carbon

New discoveries into how an ancient civilization conserved water

New discoveries into how an ancient civilization conserved water

Joseph Conrad

"The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness." - Joseph Conrad

All Nitrogen Fixers Are Not Created Equal

All Nitrogen Fixers Are Not Created Equal

Silvopasture: An Agroforestry Practice (4 pg PDF)

Silvopasture: An Agroforestry Practice (4 pg PDF)

29 Valuable Lessons I've Learned from 5 Years of Homesteading

29 Valuable Lessons I've Learned from 5 Years of Homesteading

Using pallets to create a chicken run (x-post r/poultry)

Using pallets to create a chicken run (x-post r/poultry)

Single Oil Cold Process Soap Lather Tests - ingredient comparisons for DIY soap making

Single Oil Cold Process Soap Lather Tests - ingredient comparisons for DIY soap making

daywalker - episode_01 - short introdution to biogas {1:21}

daywalker - episode_01 - short introdution to biogas {1:21}

Regenerative Water Harvesting & Land Restoration Course

Regenerative Water Harvesting & Land Restoration Course

Permaculture and Homesteading – 4 Essential Books for the Self-Sufficient Lifestyle

Permaculture and Homesteading – 4 Essential Books for the Self-Sufficient Lifestyle

The worm has turned: how British insect farms could spawn a food revolution - With meat prices expected to soar, agricultural entrepreneurs believe invertebrate livestock can provide the protein we need. But will the mainstream ever be ready to eat mealworms?

The worm has turned: how British insect farms could spawn a food revolution - With meat prices expected to soar, agricultural entrepreneurs believe invertebrate livestock can provide the protein we need. But will the mainstream ever be ready to eat mealworms?

Charles Dudley Warner

"What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it." - Charles Dudley Warner

Tertullian

"He is a man, who is to be a man, the fruit is always present in the seed." - Tertullian

Pat Buckley

"I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment." - Pat Buckley

University develops leak-proof food bowls from leaves

University develops leak-proof food bowls from leaves

Starting a Garden: Soil Preparation, Biochar, Compost etc

Starting a Garden: Soil Preparation, Biochar, Compost etc

Alexander Smith

"Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well." - Alexander Smith

Easter 2016

 

We spent a lovely week with Abe's mom and brother. The boys were delighted to see them, as we haven't visited since Halloween.

They got to go to Living Desert, a zoo type thing with lots of indigenous species. They also decorated Easter eggs, which turned out super awesome, and then went around the yard on Sunday finding them. One of the daily highlights was driving the Mule (a cross between a four-wheeler and a golf cart), and Leo is now convinced that he could start driving our little Toyota to school - mmmm, not sure that I quite agree with him!?

It is a shame that we don't get to see both of our families more often. The boys really love the kind of attention that only family can give.

Now that we're home, we face a couple of weeks of intensive gardening. All kinds of stuff to plant and transplant. It's a fun time of year as everything blossoms and greens out. The only problem is that we have so much other stuff to do. Oh well, such is life.

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Easter 2016