Living Simply for a Better Life
Mung bean and alfalfa are probably the best known of all the edible sprouts, but there is quite a variety of seeds that are good for sprouting. The list of possiblities is so long that I will only share the ones I have heard of. Some spice and herb seeds that […]
Over the weekend Roy and I visited a “junk sale” at an old house nearby. We each found something we’ve been wanting a long time – Roy got an anvil for his blacksmithing and I got a big cast iron kettle for cooking over a […]
They are called evaporative chillers or swamp coolers. They work on the principle that heat is required to evaporating water so if the water evaporates it takes heat out of the air as the water turns into gas. Evaporative coolers work best in low humidity so […]
The garden is coming along well, except for the potatoes. We aren’t sure if the hail storm set them back too far to recover, or if there was some other factor. A few are still growing, but most have died back and those produced very […]
We finally got the chicken coop finished and occupied. Frederick the First and Chicky moved in day before yesterday and look lost in such a big space all alone. We anticipate filling the coop with a whole flock in the near future, though. We used a red oil […]
Once Roy had the coop under roof, we took some time off for other things on “the list”. This weekend we got the run started with a 4 foot fence. The final step in construction will be the roof of the run. Roy has come […]
Three weeks after the big hail storm, the garden had completely recovered. Suprisingly, nothing was lost, not even the “broccoli” tomato. I am including pictures of the garden from the last three weeks. It is amazing how quickly everything grows. Now, at almost a month after […]
We have added a few new pages under Housing. Check out the details of how we made our container and FEMA trailer home. Roy also added a page detailing how to wisely purchase a FEMA trailer if you decide to do so.