Yearly Archives: 2008

Great Quote

14 Jul Filed under Farming. No comments.

This quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower applies to our legislators, media and city folks in general: Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.

Smoke House Plan

11 Jul Filed under Food. No comments.

Smoke House PDF of the smoke house plan. Yes it’s an old plan, but why reinvent the wheel? This plan has worked for so many years I see no reason to change it.

Yum!

11 Jul Filed under Family & Friends, Food, Garden. 8 Comments.

Sitting here thinking about BBQ tomorrow and drooling like some whacked out senior in an old folks home! We’ll be doing a 7lb shoulder (butt), a few pounds of lamb for my kosher brother and who knows what else. Maybe some grilled corn slathered in … Read More →

Global food prices up 75% – Why?

9 Jul Filed under Financial, Food, Transportation. 2 Comments.

Biofuels are the culprit according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. The figure emphatically contradicts the US government’s claims that plant-derived fuels contribute less than 3% to food-price rises. It will add to pressure on governments in Washington and across Europe, … Read More →

Wall Construction

9 Jul Filed under Housing. No comments.

Yesterday I was trying to explain to someone how we would build the walls of the home. They just could not understand what I meant. Basically we’ll be doing dry stack block construction. In this method the blocks are dry stacked just like Legos. Normally … Read More →

Rainwater Collection

7 Jul Filed under Water, Weather. No comments.

So I was sitting here this morning mulling over rainwater collection ideas. I’ll post more about this in a few days but looking around the cisterns in the size I want (>1200 gal) are expensive given what they are – big plastic barrels. But with … Read More →

Seed Balls

3 Jul Filed under Garden, Recreation. 2 Comments.

Though not really related to our property this was too good to pass up – Simply drop them where you want plants to show up (flowers and etc.). How to make seedballs

Housing Part II – The Floor Plan

3 Jul Filed under Housing. 2 Comments.

OK so it looks like below is the winning floor plan. It gives us the open space we want though a bit larger in square footage so it may shrink a few feet. It’s roughly 58 x 40 or 2320 square feet. There are some … Read More →

Housing

1 Jul Filed under Housing. 9 Comments.

Wow, where to begin… This last week and a half has brought on a flurry of reading, thinking and planning. I’ve been working on ideas for our house in Missouri. Lot’s of things have changed too. The house will now be located towards the southern … Read More →