We don't usually get a lot of rain here. We live in Idaho's "high desert" climate, where it gets really cold in winter and really hot in summer, but we seldom get even an inch of precipitation in a month. Which makes the last few days unusual---we've had more than an inch of rain this … Continue reading Our Arc Afloat
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Chickens & Pickles! Autumn hits Idaho…
As of last weekend, our little Idaho "homestead" is up in population by seven, thanks to the adoption of seven (long-awaited!) laying hens for the chicken-house we've been all summer building. With the kids incoming for the weekend, I contacted everyone on Craigslist who was offering chickens, and we lucked out by hooking up with … Continue reading Chickens & Pickles! Autumn hits Idaho…
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
According to my Urban Dictionary, the above phrase dates from early days in Las Vegas, when a standard gambling bet was two dollars, and most casinos offered a three-piece chicken dinner for $1.79. Anyone who won a bet would have the price of a chicken dinner (winner winner)! One of our neighboring Idaho towns has put another … Continue reading Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Our Little Patch of Plantation
The current buzz-word for this practice is Urban Homesteading, but "urban" doesn't quite describe us. Our little place isn't within the city limits of any town (and if it were, even Idaho's capital city barely qualifies as "urban")... Perhaps in our case we should call it "backyard homesteading," or just plain "turning-a-regular-home-into-a-mini-farm." Whatever you choose … Continue reading Our Little Patch of Plantation
Barter ECOnomics & the Much-Maligned Art of Packrat-ism
I'm a little embarrassed. One of the lovely side-effects of living below the poverty-line is the realization that most money-saving behaviors are thoroughly environmentally friendly. I'm embarrassed because it shouldn't have taken a detour into destitution for us to put this type of lifestyle into practice. A matter of putting my money where my mouth … Continue reading Barter ECOnomics & the Much-Maligned Art of Packrat-ism
Home to Roost
Never mind the "Secret Lives of Bees"--I'm intrigued by the Secret Lives of Kids. I would never guess what's going on in my own kids' heads if I didn't chatter and play with them. Case in point: our 11-year-old son, Christian, has been harboring a long-standing wish to own chickens. I had no idea. He … Continue reading Home to Roost
Summer, Synchronicity, Sewage, Stones, & Super-Powers
My "Radio Silence" over the last week is (I'm happy to say) the result of having been quite thoroughly engrossed in the activities of a first-week-of-summer-holidays with the kids... I started to write a few times, but never got as far as hitting "Publish," so here it is, all at once...Sat, June 2: Summer Holidays, … Continue reading Summer, Synchronicity, Sewage, Stones, & Super-Powers
Kana's Chronicles 