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Man fix dryer, ugh

Saturday, February 13, 2010

When something breaks at my house, everyone turns to look at me. Not to accuse me of breaking it, although often enough … but in expectation that I’ll fix it.  Computer to clothes dryer, apparently, I have the tools and skills. Of course, I really don’t.  What I have in the family is the most [...]

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Urban farm fall slide

Friday, October 30, 2009

Yeah, we’re a bit busy around here and all of my writing juice has been dry of late.  Part of this has been doing a serious effort with homeschooling for the girls this year.  They did a sample of regular day school at the start of September, decided with us that the family is happier [...]

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Chickens + feed = eggs

Monday, September 22, 2008

Just an anniversary note, we found the first eggs from our chickens on Sunday 21 September. Just in time to celebrate the equinox.  They are right on (one of the) schedules. So far, it is the Aruacanas who are laying the most, with multiple large, green shelled eggs. When everyone slows down from feasting on [...]

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Miniature dinosaurs in my garden

Friday, June 13, 2008

Working today on solving a long-standing SSL problem with amqp.org, here in the garden is where I came to escape the Harry Potter + Lego fest in the living room. Five of the buff orpington hens are on their first outing ranging around our garden. This side of the property is a bit weedier than [...]

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Wiki gardening in the garden

Monday, May 26, 2008

Today is a holiday in the US (Memorial Day), and I’m spending part of mine working on the Fedora Project wiki migration. To be honest, I’m not a big BBQ party type of person, and living in a beach community that is the target of tourism, sometimes it is nicest to enjoy a holiday from [...]

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Girls love chicks

Thursday, May 1, 2008

My daughters have been mainly happy with the chicks, and not happy with the new chores, but we had a minor epiphany last weekend. Around a dozen girls were here, ages 2 to 11, for Saskia’s 7th birthday party.  All of them are currently or were in the same homeschooling program. Somewhere in there the [...]

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Chicks and chicks – the livestock report

Saturday, April 19, 2008

As per my earlier Twitter: We found the last place w baby chicks of and 4 girls are on the go. Mo Blog Later. … which was written on the go, while I was on a last house errand after we strapped my two-year-old neighbor in the back with my six-year-old and her eight-year-old friend.  [...]

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Random acts of self-sustainability

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Without meaning to, I’ve made this blog mostly devoid of thoughts and happenings here on our happy urban farm. Time to stop that. Last September we closed a deal to be tenants-in-common on the property next door, with the part under our control approximately 2350 square feet/218 square meters of raw backyard to garden. Since [...]

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Chicken excitement

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

We’re getting ready to finally get chickens for the first time. Our neighbor, who we’re sharing the flock with, has done it before. Micah has been a great help in motivating, as well as working with me to get the henhouse in order and figure out the semi-permanent coop and ongoing daily living situation. Reading [...]

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