Category: Technology

  • Biochar

    Biochar

    So we live in big clay land out here in most of the PNW. That means soils that aren’t very conducive to growing anything but PINE, FIR, CEDAR, and ALDER. Well, we want to put in a small orchard. That’s been a thought tickling the back of our minds since we started looking at land.…

  • Homemade for the Holidays

    Homemade for the Holidays

    Well, I know this isn’t exactly homestead news fresh off the presses but the holidays started in October this year with a wedding and we’ve been swamped since then so I’m just coming up for air. Honestly, since we decided not to preserve this year because of the likely move come the spring I feel…

  • Trail Cameras

    Trail Cameras

    Boy, oh boy. I could talk a lot about trail cameras. They’ve become a real obsession of mine as late. With 40 acres to shoot pictures on and the full variety of PNW mammals present on our land I really love our trail cameras. There’s little that gives me as much joy as getting a…

  • Lions and Tigers and Trespassers?

    Lions and Tigers and Trespassers?

    So 40 acres in the PNW, what could go wrong?  INNUMERABLE things, that’s what (Note the unordered list to follow): Bears Mountain Lions Trespassers with guns Crazy neighbors Spraining an ankle at the bottom of our 300′ incline hill. Eating an incorrectly identified mushroom Honestly, though the one that keeps me up at night is…