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Garden 2018
June 14, 2018 Yeah, the garden is finally all planted. I put the last of the seedlings – watermelon and cantaloupe -in yesterday and today we are having a nice soaking rain. It is so satisfying to see all the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bean teepee, brassica cages, compost, greenhouse, hothouse
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Workaway 2018 – Lucas
June 13, 2018 Our first Workaway for 2018 left today. Lucas is from Belgium and stayed with us for seven weeks. Two of those weeks he was on his own, house/dog/cat/plant – sitting for us while we were on vacation. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food, Fun, Gardening, Landscaping, Wild Edibles, Woodworking projects, Workaway
Tagged cattails, dandelion honey, greenhouse, Lucas, nettle, solar oven, splitting wood, vegan, Workaway
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European Vacation 2018 – Part 2 England
May 6 to 19, 2018 After 6 days in and around Amsterdam we travelled to London, England by bus. We took the ferry across from Calais, France to Dover England. The first glimpse of England we had was the white … Continue reading
Posted in Fun
Tagged Arundel Castle, Bath, Bayswater Inn, Beatles, Beatles Story, Box Hill, Brighton, England, Harry Potter, Liverpool, London, Lovelace Bridges, Lucas, Magical Mystery Tour, Purezza, Stonehenge, Surrey Hills, The Making of Harry Potter, Warner Brothers Studio Tour, Workaway
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European Vacation 2018_Part 1 Amsterdam
May 6 to 20, 2018 OMG, its June already. Time does fly when you are busy and we’ve been super busy this May. On top of getting the spring yard work and gardening done, we did a two week European … Continue reading
Posted in Fun
Tagged Amsterdam, Anne Frank House, Dutch Weed Burger, England, Ghente, Heineken Experience, Holland, Keukenhof, Klompen, London, Marken, Rikjs Museum, tulips, Van Gogh Museum, Volendam, Windmills, Wooden Shoes, Zaanse Schans
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Grey Water Woes
April 8, 2018 File this one under “Live and Learn”. Most of what we do out here on the Ponderosa, does not come with a manual. We make it up as we go along. Sometimes it works out great, but … Continue reading
Posted in Water
Tagged cisterns, grey water, holding tank, rain water, rain water collection
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Digging Out – After the Storm
March 7, 2018 All dug outMarch 4 and 5, 2018 – this was our first major winter storm of the season. Over the two days, we had approximately 40 cm of snow dumped on us, along with stiff east … Continue reading
