Entry #15 – “Quaerite Primum Regnum”
One of my all time favorite western movies is Lonesome Dove. If you’ve seen it you may remember the scene where the two main characters Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call were intently discussing [...]
Entry # 14 – Readiness
Readyness from Vineyard Boise on Vimeo.
Entry # 13 – Building a Root Cellar Part 4 – Ready to use
A root cellar is an amazing thing. Our cellar maintains a constant temperature of 40 to 50 degrees year round – day and night, while holding a humidity level of approximately 95%. For roots [...]
Entry #12- Building a Root Cellar Part 3 – Worn out, used up, rejected old tires – the perfect functional thing
If you have been following my entries this past week you know that I have been sharing about my experience building root cellars. To catch up you might check out the last two entries [...]
Entry #11 – Building a Root Cellar Part 2 – Getting started
Putting up the sign at Timber Butte Ranch. When I dug the hole for the first root cellar (Better known as the Hole) on the old ranch I used a pick and shovel. The ground was [...]
Entry #10 – Building a Root Cellar Part 1 – Revisiting the “Hole”
The "Hole" on the old ranch. When Nancy and I moved onto the original old ranch after we were married in the early 70’s (See about us) one of the first projects [...]





