Today is World Water Day, when most of us do nothing, and when a tiny sample of the world’s richest nation’s population comments briefly and maybe even thinks about the resource that is essential for the life of everyone on the planet.
This is the kind of post the woman I love finds mortifying, not because she disagrees with it but because it’s just not seemly to talk about these things.
What could be more delectable than picking your own shitake mushrooms? Turns out that dream is more attainable than most people realize, and now we hope we’re on our way at Longleaf Breeze.
The metal hexagrid fence we purchased from McGregor Fence Co. is fairly heavy, so it needs to be well-supported. That’s the job of the monofilament line that will constitute the top of our deer fence. This week, with Amanda gone to California, I had the chance to install the monofilament […]
You probably already know that I have had a roaring case of composting toilet envy. I read everything I can find about them. This week, with my bride in California visiting our children, I decided to take the plunge and build us one. Who knows, my friend, where this journey […]
It was in late February when Amanda and I started setting the posts for our deer fence. This post is about how we did it.
I was cleaning the video camera off yesterday because it was full, and I came across some old files from November. Great fun to see what we were doing then and how Veg Hill has changed.
In general, the Farmers Borden look with skepticism on any modern gadgets and use them only when there’s no lower tech alternative. We made an exception when it came to what we have come to call lovingly “the Measuring Twins,” and we’re glad we did.
Amanda and I are hard at work getting our deer fence installed. Trust me, you’ll hear all about it shortly. In the meantime, I wanted to share with you a little nugget we’ve learned about using a transit.