RealityPivots

Creating fences to protect gardens must have been part of the Agricultural Revolution. You have time to think about such things while attending to the fact that deer will get down and squirm under fences if you leave a gap. I’ve abandoned the maze defense.

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While I dither, I dig. I’m leveling a spot next to the kitchen porch for a patio. I imagine a wall to the North as a windbreak and a roof of clear poly carbonate sheets keeping off rain and letting in sun. A concrete block nook three feet high and 20 feet long facing South [...]

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In the past I made a pact with the gods that I would be satisfied with Enough if I just didn’t have to go to work day after fucking endless boring day at some job. Fair’s fair, I’ve never worked steadily and yet here I am alive and reasonably healthy. So I’ve made my bed. [...]

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The Basilicum was pretty much of a bust. I discovered once again that I don’t really like to garden in a green house during the summer and the Basil starts didn’t do very well. The beans and squash seemed to have been helped to an early start however. I trimmed up the dozen or so [...]

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I started keeping track of the Gulf oil spill through a web site, The Oil Drum. It’s a great source for all things relating to Peak Oil. One of its contributors has become a favorite — Ugo Bardi. I’ve enjoyed a number of his posts but I just went bananas over “Peak Civilization”: The Fall [...]

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I’ve been putting a fence around the garden at the West end of the property. Lisa started it but she has transferred herself and 97.5% of her attentions to the garden she’s making at her place in town. How can you keep them down on the farm After they’ve seen PeeTeeeee? I finally faced facts [...]

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