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Improvements to the Water System

Last weekend we improved our water system in a major way, increasing our water security on the “homestead” and making our lives easier in the process. We’ve known since early last winter that a failing valve under the winter water … Continue reading

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Feast or Famine

Even though we garden, our existence often relies on hunter/gatherer mentality. Particularly, anthropologists tell us that hunter/gatherer societies operated on feast or famine. Relying on found foods, they sometimes went without. Other times they had more food than they would … Continue reading

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