Having suffered with Mold Toxin Illness and Chronic Lyme Disease for half a dozen years, along with health challenges my wife has had including a cancer scare, we have uncovered some disturbing aspects of the medical industrial complex that more people really should be aware of – before they get sick. As I was thinking […]
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World events are increasing the need and demand for local food security. Now is the perfect time to learn how, what, when and where to plant – including how microclimates can boost your productivity. We’ll also discuss what’s possible if you want your garden to pay for itself.
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I always say I’ll try anything once. Eventually I might regret that, but overall I’m pretty adventurous. Every once in a while you might suffer in some way from being adventurous, but that doesn’t mean you have to regret it. The way I look at it is summed up in one of my favorite sayings:
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That sounds like a ridiculous question. But rumors abound. Hmmm. Let’s get to the bottom of this. Our alpha hen, Java, goes around crowing like a rooster, but gets all the privileges of being a hen. For example, I mentioned in a previous post how I had thrown a big grub to Old Whitey and
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Sabbatical Ranch wouldn’t be the same without a woman’s touch. My wife and youngest daughter are an enormous blessing! They love staying busy and help in various ways with all the projects I report on, plus they work on their own projects. They enjoyed a much-deserved, special, fun day this week. The only project I
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We’re looking forward to restarting our Superadobe building projects, but the winter break has allowed us to get a lot of other stuff done. One of the most important is installing many water-harvesting earthworks that will help stop erosion of our topsoil and will help build living soil which will enable abundant food production. Rainwater
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We got snow last night and the picture shows it on the mobile chicken coop. Go to the ant, O sluggard, observe her ways and be wise, which, having no chief, officer or ruler, prepares her food in the summer and gathers her provision in the harvest. (Proverbs 6:6-8) Can you learn from ants and
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Do you ever wonder how pioneers 100 years and more ago survived? Talk about some rugged souls! As we experienced some of the extremes over the last week I thought about this. And then I walked by a photography studio yesterday and took a picture of the display (photo above) because I thought it quite
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Life just got a lot busier for me! In order to fund the development of Sabbatical Ranch I’m launching Resilient Agriscaping. It’s all about helping you achieve your ultimate, elegant, edible landscape. I’m pleased to announce a few free introductory classes, both online and off. You’ll love what you’re going to learn! Agriscaping Technologies Founder
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A year ago next week we drove from our winter sabbatical spot in southern Texas to Arizona. We arrived with windy snow and freezing weather at Thunder Mountain Alpaca Ranch, a very hospitable working ranch near Coronado National Memorial. We stayed and helped out for a few months while scoping out properties for Sabbatical Ranch.
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