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Ah, my beloved KTRU, 91.7FM. Rice Radio. I will miss you.

I remember when I first found you, about 20-25 years ago. Late, late at night, I finally had control of the radio. And what did I find? KTRU.  I believe it was a show called Clubhouse. I discovered the other side of ( Read more... )

A really cute garden fence, but my dogs would step right over it.

Fence revival - hanging pots on a fence. I might get some of these hangers for my patio and for mom's birthday present

Man hole cover for patio table

A fence with salvaged items used as pickets

Tin cans as planters

I finished the reading and "reviewing" Comeback Farms and processed some useful information.

Now I am reading Holy Shit and I'm about 1/2 through it. ETA - finished the book, well, sorta. I started skipping points when I was disagreeing too much with what he said, or the way he said it.

So far, the most new-to-me concept is the manure pack.  This ( Read more... )

I'm only 3/4 through this book, so I'll be coming back and updating this post. ETA: I finished the book. New comments are added to this post in blue.

Why I read this book: I am studying pastured cattle farming because I want to learn techniques that will help me keep my horse grass fed on one acre. I feed hay, but not grain. I also want to take ( Read more... )

( Veggie garden pictures behind the cut... )

Last post for today, I promise!

By some strange happening, all of my inter-library loans came in quickly and at once. Even the librarian was surprised. I have 18 items checked out.
( My list includes: )

Perhaps we have found the reason for the horse's strange behavior of panicking and insisting on being in the front yard ( Read more... )

I'll be adding to this post later.

I still want Mexican Saltillo tile in the kitchen and entry way.  I just need to make sure that whatever wood floor I put next to it does not clash.

Stenciled Wood Floors

Wall papers

My current favorite for the bath - Bradbury & Bradbury Boingo in Pink completely not what I started out looking for

shop.ebay.com/ ( Read more... )

For the first time since November 2007. That's 3 1/2 years ago.

The horse was so good, so soft, so relaxed, he didn't forget a thing. I initially meant to hop up so that I could pick some mulberries, but then I walked him in the yard. Then trotted. Then had a great canter - I missed his canter!

After about 2o minutes, I hopped off and walked him ( Read more... )

The tree we thought looked like a birch is a mulberry, of all things! (I think, anyway.) I wonder I can eat the berries, and I wonder if the horse will eat too many berries and give himself an upset stomach.

I also think I have a pomegranate tree. There are also two trees that are growing in the same spot as the pom, so I'll probably be cutting ( Read more... )