Extreme Water Salvage

I've written before about water independence and will surely write about it again, because I happen to feel that it is a very important topic.  It may not seem so to most, and indeed, if you feel comfortable and confident in the ability of the public water supply (and the distribution thereof which is completely dependent on a petroleum platform) then you have no need to worry about water independence.  If however, you are like me and are concerned that the petroleum industry and everything it supports are in their waning years, then you may want to spend some time pondering water filtration and rainwater harvesting.  Hence my project of the morning.

Barrels of Hope

My sweetheart and I took a drive up to Horse Cave, KY yesterday morning to follow up on a lead for the first stage of our rainwater harvesting system.  I know, I know, how could I possibly be thinking about rainwater during this massive drought?  Truth be told, rain is almost the only thing I think about these days.  I watch my tomatoes cook on the vines and I think about rain.  I watch even the weeds in the yard wilting and I think about rain.  I feel how warm the water in the creek has become and I think about rain.

Life on the Road to Nowhere

Good afternoon folks!  Well, we've just got all sorts of things going on here today.  Our trees arrived yesterday afternoon, so, since today was rainy, we did a lot of research to be sure we knew exactly where and how to properly plant these new babies.  We have: walnuts, pecans, filberts and chestnuts.  For fruit we have: apples, plums, blueberries, and one pomegranate.  So there are many different planting situations called for.  Tomorrow the weather should clear,

A Thing of Beauty is a Joy to Behold

I'm a little crabby this morning. It is a drippy dismal day outside, we watched a horrible film last night (Hobo With a Shotgun - sounds hilarious but is really just gross), AND they graded our road this morning.  I'll come back later to why this last irritates me so, but in the meantime, not wanting to spread crabbiness about, I will share the most beautiful thing in my yard this morning.