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Category Archives: DIY
Building my broody a box
Calamity Jane has been broody for three months now. Although she failed to successfully hatch the fertile donor eggs in April, she was not clearly at fault, so I have decided to let her try again. Yesterday I stopped by … Continue reading
Posted in baby chickens, broody hen, chicken coop / run, chickens, DIY, eggs, update
Tagged broody box, building, isolating broody hen
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Installing Cisterns
Acquiring Cisterns I did a lot of calculations before deciding on the what and how-many of our cisterns. I also sought expert advice. I met Nikola Davidson, the one-woman show that is Earth Systems Northwest, through a mutual friend. In … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, rain, spring, Sustainability, vegetable garden
Tagged brick path, crushed gravel pad, rainwater collection, runoff water
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Holy Shiitake Mushroom Log!
Three years ago we bought shiitake mushroom spawn. The instructions recommended hardwood, specifically oak, as a substrate. Biking around town we found an oak tree chopped into logs on someone’s lawn. We knocked on the door, obtained permission from a … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, DIY, Fungi, Scientific
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Starting with Cisterns
I have been dreaming of a sustainable water collection system since long before we moved onto our little urban farmlet. I dreamed and schemed, but could not get far – the project was too big for my brain. An all-or-nothing … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, olla irrigation, rain, Sustainability, vegetable garden
Tagged runoff water, water collection system
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