Looking green!
Greener and greener! The garden is beginning to produce! I started most everything from seed, so it lags behind other gardens a bit, but the wait has been worth it! […]
Property and Structures
Land and Buildings at Mons Domus
When it breaks down
The repercussions of overdoing it this Spring have trickled down well into Summer. This Spring, the busiest time of year for my gardening business, I also bushwhacked and established a […]
Last day of Spring, First EVER National Juneteenth
I wish I had kept up with the blog better this Spring. So much happened, but working so hard, I would be up at 5:30 and in bed by 7. […]
Rehumaning
Yup. After about a week of being eaten alive by bugs; shredded and impaled by raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, Devil’s walking stick, locusts, and greenbriar; endured thousands of demands from hungry […]
A busy busy spring
I took on too much. I foster baby wild birds and release them back into the wild each spring. This is the fourth year. The first year, I had 6 […]
Final touches on the garden
Today, I installed some black 2″ polyfence on top of the field fence, and also formed a groundhog-befuddling flange along the bottom. All 20 yards of compost has been distributed, […]
Eastern Phoebes and a Black Cat
I have a pair of Eastern Phoebes nesting in the eave of the shed. I will take this as a sign that parts of the compound are being integrated fully […]
Starting the Mountain Garden
Work began on the monastery garden this week. A lot touching a corner with mine had been clearcut by its previous owner. The housing association didn’t like that, and prevented […]
Improvements to the grounds
Gardening! It’s been a hectic couple weeks with soil and earth deliveries, the fencing contractors, and moving garden to the new site. The current location of the garden is the […]
Vandals
Differences among people’s world views can be challenging and enriching to overcome. Some individuals take their worldview seriously, others float through life in a less anchored way, perhaps not even […]
Rooting
Plants have a distinct quality from people that is shared with more strictly segmented life, such as some worms and some invertebrates. In many cases you can lop a limb […]
Technology and Monasticism
… is the title of an unwritten dissertation. In my monastic experience, I’ve taken a tack that welcomes some tech and shuns others. I don’t think there’s a single approach […]
Making room for the rest of the week
Mondays are my days where I clear out business so I don’t have so much to worry about the rest of the week. Today, I picked up meds, took care […]
This is for the Birds
I need a lot of windows. I knew this after living in a couple homes that didn’t have enough. When I designed my house, I thought about monastic life, and […]
Main Dwelling Specs
Summary Two-level. 1129 finished square feet interior, total. 954 finished square feet interior ground, floor. Greatest height: ~24′-25′ above ground level at the SE corner of the structure. Elevations Click […]
Studio
The Studio is a small (interior is 9′ x 11′) off-grid structure. Fully finished inside and out, this small building will be used for quiet, creative, and data-free activities. I […]