Category Archives: Four Oaks

Garden Update, mid-June

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

What used to look like this: Has now become this: Amazing what a few weeks can change, isn’t it? Our vegetable garden is small this year because we will be gone for several weeks. (Note to potential thieves, our housesitter … Continue reading →

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Trapping a Hive

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

Mark has gone from zero to bee-man in just a few months. He reads and googles and you tubes constantly in his quest for beekeeping knowledge. He has, apparently, learned how to trap a hive. In fact, luck was with … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned:

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

How to skirt a fleece. Apparently my sheep have nice fleeces. One has a really nice fleece and I’m excited to send it off for processing. It should only be better next year when she should have had less stress … Continue reading →

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Suburban Homestead Update

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

It’s Spring and we’ve been busy doing the obvious springtime things: tilling; amending; spreading compost; mulching; planting; getting bees. Getting bees? Yes! Mark has been a busy bee himself and totally obsessed with bees and, to be honest, bigfoot. Bigfoot … Continue reading →

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Closet. Complete.

Posted on February 21, 2011 by

Our closet is finally, *finally* finished. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to be able to dress in my own bedroom and not to have to toddle down to the laundry room every blooming morning to find clothing … Continue reading →

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Imbolc

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

We enjoy celebrating the traditional festivals of our ancestors on the quarters and cross-quarters of the year. This often confuses folks when they find out that I am not Wiccan. Like they say in Scotland, ‘Ach, weeel…’ Imbolc is the … Continue reading →

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On the Need for Community and Integrity

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

Yesterday Mark cut down a few trees in our yard. You see, we want to put our garden in the back of the stretch of yard up there, in front of the big cedar. In order to get some light … Continue reading →

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Ships!

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

Confession: I love sheep. Needlefelting is also an incredibly attractive passtime for me. I love making little dolls and toys and things. So wool sheep (as opposed to meat sheep) seemed like the perfect thing to bring into our little … Continue reading →

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Baaaah…Buzzz…Zzzzzz

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

Most days the most difficult thing I do is to wake up and get out of bed. Most people hate the sound of the alarm clock, the thought of a boring or stressful job, or something about what they look … Continue reading →

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Bathroom Reno Update

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

This is our shower. Our shower in our bathroom that is almost finished after months of excruciating work and expenditures and sleeping in the living room and sharing a shower with the children. This is the shower portion of our … Continue reading →

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