the secret society of baling wire

get your hands dirty and join the secret society of baling wire. that's what her blog said and i loved it. my first and only purchase for a long time was baling wire. i want to be part of that secret society. so in my insomnia i did a little research on the fancy web and realized i had to fill out a form to homeschool in new mexico. oops. also, i need a sewing machine. also, i have this terrible problem where i want to do everything at once and each time i try and then realize it is truly impossible i want to hit the bottle. okay, rough and tumble sentiments aside, just how do i slow this down to a reasonable pace? and why can't i figure out how to put a roof on the greenhouse? i'm leaving for seattle and a much needed break from the 'stead and so will be away but while i'm gone - pray, light a candle, lay in a field for me, whatever you do to bend the universe to your will, do it now and send some love.

grandmother moon

after another long day of hiking and farm work, the full moon rose from behind the mountains as we sat, relaxed, and drank a glass of wine on the deck. my cousin, the apprentice, and i talked about family and regretted somewhat, all the while celebrating, that she must return to her home on tuesday. the seed is here, the drip line set-up is on its way, and i used the handy claw-tool i found at the Re-store to tear up and aerate the very first bed. the only bummer in all of this is that i will be in seattle for a week (where i get to visit my 2 best girl friends and my sister) and cannot plant the seeds until i return. this will seriously change my plans, but i am needed elsewhere... i hope all of my friends, new and old, enjoyed the moon.

fine, fine cast-away wood

one of my early morning rituals, especially when i cannot sleep, is to 'surf' the internet, how else do you find ecorazzi?, random sites i find that i've been meaning to return to, there are so many worth mentioning like the Ranting Jamaican who is currently pissed at american airlines, and so i scoured craigslist for local materials, as usual, and found what can only be described as a giant mound of good lumber, cast away by a dweller of 'the pueblos', our newest green subdivision that looked like it had eaten up a bit of desert habitat from my vantage, poor homeless little whipsnake said sustainable my ass, but i happily loaded up the studs and strips and 8 and 12 foot long boards that he was giving away as firewood... ah! and now to my point, the point, is, that now it is my greenhouse! ta-dah!





the only purchased items so far include wood screws and some metal joiners, and of course the 6 mil plastic i bought because i couldn't find it used anywhere though i asked everyone i knew, and found a post somewhere in michigan or north carolina giving away some greenhouse plastic, but i broke down and went to town and got it and now i'm in about 60 bucks in all, a number that will grow as i learn to put a roof on that measures my liking, something slanted for rainwater catchment that has a vent... stay tuned.