Yesterday we harvested our 21 remaining Cornish Giants. As we neared the day, I began using the word "harvesting" instead of "butchering" to offset some of the dread I was beginning to feel. I love the power of words...it helped a bit! We enlisted … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2009
Gotta Love them Fossils
Since Friday of last week Alvin and I have been excavating for the earthship. This is not a trivial job. We are leveling an area approximately 45'x100'. At one end of the excavation we are building up the ground where one of the retaining walls … [Read more...]
An exhausting week!
We are 3/4 done our excavation. What a lot of dirt! Chris and Alvin have been moving about 20 dump truckloads of dirt a day. About six inches below the surface is a layer of ash from the mill fire in 1973...the one just before my father bought into … [Read more...]