How to Use USGS to Create a Base Map
There was a time when I had no clue where to get started with making a base map. I taped together six to eight sheets of paper, trying to get something big enough to work with. I quickly got irritated,...
View ArticleA Kickstarter Campaign Worthy of Our Support
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View ArticlePlans for Winter Hot Water
So here’s what I’m thinking for our hot water this winter: I love the calm, simple way “Hadley” explains his system. For the first couple weeks in our “new” house we will probably be heating water on...
View ArticleFreaky Fukushima Vegetables
Check out this compilation of photos on Real Farmacy from Japanese citizens of their mutant vegetables due to the Fukushima atrocity. Can anyone say RESPONSIBLE technology? Mutant Vegetables...
View ArticleChinampa Video
This is the only live coverage of a chinampa I have ever seen on the Net! A classmate shared it on our facebook page. I haven’t figured out how to embed the video yet, but here is the link to the...
View ArticleMentor Check-in
My husband and I grabbed the opportunity tonight, the niche in time, to catch up with my permaculture mentor, Doug Crouch. He’s been in Portugal for the past five months, so we really enjoyed hearing...
View ArticleRocket Mass Class
This video is making rocket mass heater science clear to me finally. There are many excellent snippets of information. It’s worth an hour of your time if you are curious about how these heaters work....
View ArticleFeeding Chickens Without Grain
Here is a great short video documentation Geoff Lawton did of a man in Vermont who has been feeding his chickens without grain since the 90s. He feeds them early stage compost. Check it out:...
View ArticleLiving in Two Places
A LOT has happened since I wrote last, and at the same time, not much. I began our move into the little house in Forkland with grand permaculture ideas and ideals. Then, life happened. Need I say more?...
View ArticleInnovation
I had fun today. Hubby gave me a day alone to ruminate. While the hubby’s away, the gardener will play. . . . Guess what happens when your sweet eight-year-old daughter plays with your phone while you...
View ArticleNigerian STR Visa
This was the most helpful link I found for figuring out what is required for the Nigerian STR (Subject to Regularization) visa. I had to use my own links to figure out where to go to get the...
View ArticleGet Back up Again
So, Toby Mac has a song that has encouraged me countless times – “Get Back Up.” The chorus goes, We lose our way, We get back up again It’s never too late to get back up again, One day you’re gonna...
View ArticleTo Share or Not to Share?
Should I? I have a super great illustration I want to share, but . . . . I think my family would die of humiliation. To share or not to share? I’ll think about it. It kind of goes along with the poop...
View ArticleThat’s Why I…!
(Pt. 1 of 2) Have you ever wondered, Why do I do that?! Why do I get so frustrated about this? Why am I so opposite from my husband/wife/kid/friend? If you haven’t, I’m sure someone else has wondered...
View ArticleThat’s Why I…! (Pt.2)
(Pt. 2 of 2; Here’s Part 1.) Recap So yeah, sometimes you feel crazy, or other people think you’re crazy. I felt like I was going batty, because life looked so perfect. I had no reason to be “in the...
View ArticleSaturday Didn’t Go…
…the way I planned in my mind. Do you do that? Before you get out of bed you get a “vision” of how perfect and awesome your day is going to be. Me Envisioning I’m going to use all the vegetables in the...
View ArticleRaw… Squirrel!
Haha, made you look! No, but seriously, have you ever taken a big emotional risk & confided in someone in a moment of pain & suffering, and their reaction was basically, “Squirrel!?” That...
View ArticleThree Months to Live
So, we got the call a week ago that Mom has three months to live. What started in 2010 as a battle with liver cancer, through no drinking, hepatitis or known cause, has culminated into metastasis in...
View ArticleMy Wholesaling Back Story
2017 – UPW, Rule 1 February 2018 – File my first LLC with the Secretary of State, pursue first business idea. Christmas 2018 – Return to USA from Nigeria, sick and half-dead 2019 – Regain strength,...
View ArticleDay 1: 30 Days to My First Flip
October 19, 2021 – Determine to find and close on (within 30 days) a property to flip for a healthy profit ($30,000+). Day 1: 5:45 a.m. Alarm goes off. Takes me a few minutes to wake up. Time of month...
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