Starting an Orchard in Vermont, Part Five: Protecting our TreesGFriday, November 20th, 2015 Yesterday morning, as I drove to the Bocoup office in Boston, Tara texted me a pair of photos and a single word message: Fuckkkkk. We'd really hoped the odiferous garlic clips we used on the trees would be enough to deter animals, but alas...
Finishing the OuthouseGSunday, November 15th, 2015 For the past couple of weeks, I've been working on the outhouse, finishing tasks that remained after we bade farewell to our friends Shlomy, Britney, and Nehemiah. While it seems that winter should really be on its way by now, we've recently been t...
Building a WoodshedGSaturday, November 14th, 2015 I am pleased to report that Tyler and I have just set a new homesteading record. We designed and built a pretty sizable structure—a three-sided shed to protect our newly-sawn lumber—in three measly days. This was by far our least difficult build ev...
Milling Trees into Lumber: Complete!GSunday, November 1st, 2015 With the milling process nearing its end, Tara and I spent the morning hurriedly preparing a place to store our new wood supply. I knew we needed to do this weeks ago, but the importance of this task didn't really register until the lumber started ...
Welcome, November. Welcome, Mountains.GSunday, November 1st, 2015 Hello, November. Sometimes I have trouble with your ever-encroaching, increasingly ominous darkness. It makes me want to curl up and hibernate from the first of your days to the end of January's. Mercifully, our woodland fills me with a sense...
