Entry #61 – Constructing free-stacked mortar-less rock walls
Sometimes I think my dad and I have a little Inca blood in us. We both love building rock retaining walls and between the two of us have built thousands of feet of them through [...]
Entry #60 – Homesteading now & then – Sustainability when it was a necessary way of life
I love American history, especially when it comes to the development of the west. I know the story of Lewis and Clark in detail and can tell it like a bedtime story. I did my [...]
Entry #59 – The chickens have finally come home to roost
One of my goals for this past winter has been to complete our new chicken coop before the end of March. Most commercial chicken growers here in Idaho hatch their first wave of [...]
Entry #58 – ‘Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without’
Last Sunday the Idaho Statesman printed a story by Chris Butler on their front page highlighting people who lived through the Great Depression. It was really an enlightening article that many even living here in [...]
Entry #57 – Sunday’s lesson – A horse in harness
Using Sunday to snake out firewood in 1975 Nancy & Hope riding Sunday when she was in her 30's Sunday's daughter Monday still going strong In the summer of 1972 [...]
Entry #56 – A Sustainable vision for a sustainable life
Tri & Nancy with old dog Blue - 1970 Tri & Nancy @ Timber Butte 2009 Nancy & Brook at the cookstove - 1980 Nancy & Brook [...]
