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How I downsized, Again

My cousin is quoted as saying “four moves is a fire”. I had to ask exactly what that meant. It means that after you’ve moved three times you often get rid of so much stuff it’s as if your house caught fire. My house has indeed caught on fire. After being in single family homesContinue reading “How I downsized, Again”

Curry Roasted Pepitas

I found pepitas at the grocery store and immediately wondered what to do with them. Basically, they are pumpkin seeds, or we might call them Winter Squash seeds, or to even be more precise, it is the inside of the Winter Squash seed. I had not seen anything like this myself until I broke openContinue reading “Curry Roasted Pepitas”

Three Sunrises and a Sunset

Urban Food Garden Thoughts

My two main mentors for urban food growing are Novella Carpenter of Ghost Town Farm fame, and Joan Dye Gussow. Their books tell the story of their own urban and suburban farm endeavors. Novella created such a great harvest in her empty lot in Oakland, California that she decided to take an entire month whereContinue reading “Urban Food Garden Thoughts”

Winter Solstice Pictures

Crescent Moon, Jenner Headlands Sunrise, Vineyard, Sonoma County Dew on Winter Vine, Vineyard, Sonoma County Mist over Ocean, Jenner Headlands Sunset, Jenner Headlands

10 Random Things for your Fall Garden

I started this small vegetable and herb garden in the fall. I wanted to keep the critters out, increase soil fertility, get some kind of harvest, and have fun! Gophers were my first priority! Free! I had a lot of the supplies on hand with recycled coffee grounds, used wire fencing and other found andContinue reading “10 Random Things for your Fall Garden”

Let me Catch You Up

I’ve done a number of projects in the last couple of months. Now that I’m settled to some extent the projects are getting more and more random, but domestic for the most part. Enjoy! The local health food market sells alfalfa seeds for you to grow your own sprouts. So I did. First time workedContinue reading “Let me Catch You Up”

Free Pergola Designing

I love to provide design services for free, no pressure! Any kind of money that changes hands for my services makes me nervous and unimaginative, so I sometimes volunteer myself for a job. This particular job, my services were not needed, and possibly not wanted, but I handed over the papers and they were gratefullyContinue reading “Free Pergola Designing”

How I Forage Black Walnuts and Acorns

I moved during the summer so don’t have a garden harvest this year. Since I don’t yet have a garden at my new place, I had time to forage! Acorns and walnuts are available in late summer to early fall before it starts raining. Black Walnuts are easy to gather but hard to process IContinue reading “How I Forage Black Walnuts and Acorns”

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Latest project: waste less time on sites with too much advertising. Have you ever heard of Search Engine Optimization? Here is a solution to circumvent all those annoying websites that spend all their time getting to the top of the Google, Yahoo, Bing or whatever search engine you are using – there is even aContinue reading “Scroll down Five Times”