We live for Jesus, looking forward to an eternal perfect Heaven but doing what we can now in this world to bring Jesus' perfection here now.
We are frugal, Nancy is one the best shoppers out there. We have been doing what Dave Ramsey says and winning financially because of it.
We care about the environment. We choose to eat healthy, natural foods when ever we can. Free range chicken, organic vegetables, venison, and ice cream are some of our favorites.
New Blog in the Clouds
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If you’re seeing this then you’ve connected with my new blog setup! Yeah!
Leave a comment to let me know the transition worked. If you notice
anything odd(...
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Pin it I have a post up today at Natural Parents Network, and I really love
it! Here’s a small taste “On our little farm in Connecticut, sugaring
season is...
Buying a farm, updated
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When I was little I wanted to be the first to volunteer to colonize other
planets. Yes, I am dissappointed that now I am older, the chance has passed
me by...
The travellers return
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We were away for just two weeks but when we returned and drove into our
little lane, it felt like we'd been gone a lot longer than that. The trip
home was...
There Is Nothing Like A Walk In The Woods
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By: Notes From The Frugal TrenchesI've been a mother to two for six months. Adopting two children who have quickly become the lights of my life! As they are ...
30 days all things Maple Valley Farm - day 12
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All ages helping around the house and farm, even at age 2.
Children love to feel part of the bigger picture and thrive on
responsibility...
Reclaimed Wood for Tiny Houses
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Pat Crowe of Echo Reclamation recently sent some photos of a modified
Tumbleweed Lusby he completed using reclaimed materials. He wanted to let
me know tha...
Why lie?
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"We've decided to hire someone with totally different skills than yours..." and then they hire someone just like you, but more expensive and not as good. "We...
On the Road Again
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Remember when I mentioned a month or so ago that Mr Chiots and I were
headed to Florida to film a few events? Well, these past two weeks we were
on the ro...
It’s That Time of Year
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I started the first round of seeds today. Despite the snowy landscape,
when we do see the sun it has some warmth. We’ll be planting before we
know it! So...
More Babies!
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Yet again, we have had more adventure than we hoped for yesterday. My
5-year-old Alpine, Onyx, delivered 2 beautiful bucklings this morning. At
7 this mo...
Around and About Where We Live
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It just hit me that I've neglected to post about our little neck of the
woods. Here's a picture of the small community garden that lies wi...
Cleaning Decorative Marbles
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Hubby got me flowers for Valentine's Day. I love Carnations!
They last forever and they smell so clean and fresh, just like spring.
And in the torn apart k...
Step-By-Step Cabin Design
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As many of you know, I am working on a DIY cabin design course and have
available the first three steps for you to download and review. What you
will learn...
some finished knitting...
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The *simple yet effective shawl* is finished,
and I love it.
Made with fingering weight merino wool,
it is soft and feathery light,
but drape it over...
10 Challenges Facing Information Design Today
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When I first set foot on my path as an information designer, I never
thought the field would explode in popularity as it has today. Where there
was once a ...
From sap to syrup part two
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There is this general assumption that if you don’t have the right tools,
you cannot possibly do x, y or z. This is complete nonsense. All my years
of cobb...
Photo Themes from January and February
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It has been a couple months since I collected all the photos that I shot in
one place. Instead of going chronological I decided to group them
organically t...
GOOD NEWS!!
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I had pictures downloaded and then my browser shut down on me and its
getting late.. So I will Try again tomorrow!!...
*BUT I had to share the good news!!* ...
Everything That's On My Mind
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You know, I've been thinking.
A dangerous pastime.
I know....
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately - but that's part of what the Winter months are all a...
Organic Farming Conference
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Last week, most of the Rock Spring Farm crew traveled to La Crosse for the
MOSES Organic Farming Conference. I traveled over on Tuesday in his role as
co...
Save Your Home Ideas With Pinterest!
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Dreaming of building a new home someday, but not quite ready? It's never too early to start the planning process. In fact, making a list of what you like a...
making magazines talk
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One of the talks I've got coming up is at Making Magazines on March 16th. I'm trying to work out what to say for that. The brief is to do something about the...
Designer Aquaponics System
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When I was a member of the team that developed the AeroGarden (2003 –
2009), our entire design focus could be summed up in one thought – We were
taking hyd...
Blizzard of 12
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Getting dumped on today. This is the biggest snow storm of the entire
winter so far. I'm not doing the garbage route today in all this so this
will ...
Fresh Milk (Part 2)
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As we mentioned in our Fresh Milk! post and the Meet Honey post, we are
getting in to jersey cows and raising them for fresh milk (I really don’t
like the ...
A Hurco SLV-40 arrives at the MCRR!
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Hahaha...some of you are probably asking "what the **** is a Hurco SLV-40?"
(A plea to the machinists of the world...please skip the next few
paragraphs!)...
What's Up...
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While the outside world is still covered in snow and ice, inside our
little greenhouse celery and onions are beginning to germinate...and oh so
slowly do ...
First Chicks of 2012 and the Kids Learn the Ropes
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This morning I moved 11 eggs to the hatching incubator....the first one was
already starting to pip...
As of this evening the first chicks of 2012 have begu...
—1825—Sugar Maple Trees
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#91
*Collecting Maple Sap in 1906 * (photo link for historical information)
*If the farmer wish to save his sugar-maple trees he ought not to tap them
in...
Our One Year Sabbatical - Update
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First and foremost, my husband and I are now keeping our facebook page up
to date almost weekly. So if you want to add us over, go here. Just be
sure to t...
Nike Just Does It, Again and Again
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Yet another good example of Nike getting out and doing things to help people become better at their sports, not just saying things to them through advertisin...
Slippery news
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One of the things needed, if you're going to strive for rationality- is
"facts" that have some chance of being real. And it's getting harder to get
hold o...
Broccomole - a yummy recipe for broccoli stems!
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I was busy this morning blanching and bagging loads of broccoli for winter. It feels to good to have a full deep freezer, with lots of yummy healthy foods th...
Unified Search and Address Bar In Safari
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Apple has just announced Mountain Lion, the next update for the Mac
operating system. As I was looking through the screenshots from developers
who got to...
town hall meeting slides
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Hey all, For those of you who missed (or forgot!) our town hall meeting last night, I've attached the slides below. The subject last night was this question:...
Satsuma Plums
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Sharon has just harvested a load of Satsuma plums from the community
orchard, I’m so excited that these are the red fleshed variety of plums
that I dream a...
Booklist 2010
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So, I was going to post this uhm, last year, but then I just kind of forgot
about it, and then I discovered that I had literally lost my booklist from
20...
"It's Lambing Season!"
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One of our ewe's, Lassie, lambed in December!
It's always so much fun to have babies on the farm!
The little ewe, Holly, and Mama
It's supper tim...
Mohammad is following Jesus
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My name is Mohammad. When I was 16 years old I lost my father then mother. I have 3 brothers and one sister. I used live as a bad person. I had many Christia...
Monistary visit in Calistoga, CA
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The Kids playing by the koi pond
A saint for every day on one icon
Kassi so princessly.
These koi like cheerios
A lovely day in Caliostoga.
The koi wer...
Deliberatism
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I’m taking a short break from ideasonideas. (Don’t worry—I’ll be back.) I’m
doing so in order to find a little time to work on a new project that I
feel st...
Repurposing Wool Fibers
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Despite my interest in frugality, I'm relatively new to thrift stores.
Generally I don't enjoy shopping, but there are a couple of Goodwill stores
on ro...
Masonry Heater Part III: A Finished Finnish
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My 22" finnish contraflow heater core is finished. It probably isn't
precision perfect, but considering I had never laid a brick before in my
life; I'm pre...
Conquered the Clutterbug Nests!
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Hello everyone!
I hope you are all well and have had a good weekend. I had a busy weekend
and am happy to report that I have finally conquered the 2 worst ...
My Interview on The Setup
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My Interview on The Setup:
I’m a fan of Daniel Bogan’s The Setup and am honored to be on a short list
of interviewees alongside heroes like William Gibson...
Everything Starts Somewhere
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In the overall scheme of things a new desk might not be the biggest news
item for our family. But since I'm the one that handles all the family's
paperwork...
2012 Jump Start!
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This is where we started January 1, 2011. The Littles were really little.
Please forgive me for stealing this from Baby Bangs, a blog that I adore
and fol...
Tiny House Living – January 16, 2012
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Tiny House Living is a newsletter on tiny houses, simple living, and
sustainable architecture. The following are excerpts from news recent
articles. Tiny H...
It Ain't Over Yet
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We are all home now, and reflecting on all that God did in our lives, and
in the lives of the people of Kalavai Irular Colony. Many things didn't go
"right...
Short-Term Stored Foods at Year-End
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Barely a week past the solstice, but the chickens can tell the days are already getting longer - two eggs yesterday, another one today. We last got eggs in m...
The momentum of Steve Jobs - Satellite - Craig Mod
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The momentum of Steve Jobs
*Note: I wrote this a few days after Steve’s death, but due to an intense
work schedule, and being generally overwhelmed and wa...
A Year of Ideas, Volume Three
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Chris Butler’s mixbooks are an reversal of the popular trend towards
e-books: they scrape and un-digitize and materialise bits from the
internet, regressin...
OWS needs a new home.
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I've been thinking about OWS a lot lately. I'm excited that people are
finally standing up and saying "the system is broken!" and demanding
something chan...
Individual Cuts vs. The Whole/Half Hog
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I thought I would expand a little on the cuts vs. whole/half animals post a
little since there were a couple of comments on my previous post. First of
all ...
Birthday Skydiving!!
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Holy crap!! Let me tell you jumping out of a plane is a very freeing and
cleansing experience. Knowing that this could be the last couple of minutes
on ear...
KinderGARDENs Winners
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I've spent the last couple of days going over our series and your wonderful posts. I am amazed by the tenacity of we gardeners! We've had unprecedented droug...
Glorious Complications
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We need to re-rethink our city garden philosophy. This year the intensive
companion planting got way out of control. Our approach, knowing that we
would ...
Moving Day!
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Farmer’s Daughter has moved to its own domain! You can find me from now on
at http://farmersdaughterct.com In other news, I’ve also made this cute FD
butt...
AND 2011: What Questions Are You Asking?
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What kind of questions are you asking? For years, many of the questions have seemed to orient around “product” questions. Church leaders scrambled to find th...
“We’re Spent”
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Some of you may remember me writing about ideas around the participation
economy back in Spring 2009. One of those articles was entitled “The Post
Consumpt...
Parting Shots: Samurai Girl in Chicago
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After leaving our friends at the Japanese Cultural Center to head to Big
Bowl (our favorite restaurant in Chicago, and a site of great
sentimentality since...
Garden dreaming...
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My poor garden has been so sadly neglected but as my energy returns I have
trying to do a little here and a little there. Recently (um, in January,
actual...
TAD's Greatest Hits
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It's always bothered me that the blog, (unlike the book), goes in reverse
chronological order, so I thought I'd make a (probably final) post of
greatest hi...
Commercial Aquaponics Training
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On March 21 to March 24, Green Acre Organics is offering the first ever
mainland training course for the popular Hawaiian aquaponics system created
by Frie...
Etsy shop and MITTENS!
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Hey everyone,
I've not been posting here and I apologize! I guarentee that it's not
because I haven't been crocheting, I have! I also learned to knit th...
Train Travel
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My spouse, her sister and their mother are taking a train to California. I
dropped them off earlier today at the terminal.
I just received a MMS Photo o...
End of the Line #2
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The Okefenokee Swamp Layout was cut out of the room today. A sad event and
a I wouldn't let the guys take pictures.
The good news is all the lumber has be...
Sands of time
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Sands of time slipping through my fingers
Flowing like streams of water
Not to worry
They flow back
In to the endless ocean of sand
Without hurry ...
This blog has moved
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This blog is now located at http://sugarmtnfarmblog.blogspot.com/.
You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here.
For feed subs...
Packing Up and Heading Out
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This is it. My final Typepad post. I’ve packed up and headed over to my new site. All the same content, slightly different look. You can subscribe to the new...
Quick Story: Monjou
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Most Excellent Friends and Family!
I apologize for not being able to post formally through an internet
connection. In addition to having a pretty break-nec...
Issue 16: How To Design & Build a Home
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Tiny house design and construction is my favorite topic. In this issue
we’ll discuss how to approach this somewhat challenging task. I’m also very
happy to...
A guess? Anyone?
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Does anyone have any idea what my two youngin’s are doing? My ten year old
is wielding an ax and appears to be chopping ice? All the while, his little
sist...
A Fresh Start
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As I had mentioned in this post, I am starting over. I've taken the last 2 years to quell my fears in the kitchen and now am embarking on a journey to actua...
DIY
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*(I thought I'd cross-post this here--it's also on my blog, Milk and Ink.
My husband, whom I am still teaching the fine art of email (for over 6
years...),...
SMILE school
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We went from dinner to the home of Pastor Job, where we met the pastor and
his wife, along with another churchplanter (Ebenezer) and pastor (Moses).
T...
Next writing project announced!
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Okay, so the next step in my new writing project is the other new blog:
Thoughts You Can Think About (or not) I’m treating it similarly to this
blog, but I...
Mystery Shopping
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I am convinced that if I did not have a family or anything else to do I
still could not support myself on Mystery Shopping. Here is a picture of my
paperw...
We've Moved
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I packed the cart, straightened the joint up, and moved over to the new
place today. Hope you'll come visit, and hope you'll adjust your bookmarks
accordin...
BLAH what a long time since I have been here
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I have loads of excuses but it does not matter much I have neglected this
blog and I am sorry to those who have been looking forward to listening to
me bab...
Final Entry from India
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Friday after breakfast, we shared our impressions of India and the work.
Many years ago John D preached a sermon about the many people who have yet
to be t...
Headed Home!!
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Update - Jack just called me (Sami) and asked if I would post and let you
know that he and Raj and Prema just took the teams to the Chennai airport
where t...
Tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!
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Well tomorrow is the big day. We are leaving Japan after living here for
two years. The way I reckon it Logan has spent half of his life here. We
have had ...
Bent...Not Broken.
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Hi. I know it's been a long time. I'm sorry. Really. I could try and tell
you all the reasons I haven't blogged for about a month...which may
actually be i...
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