Wendell Berry

Posted: 23 June 2010 – 12:23 pm

Wendell Berry - Life and WorkNoted Kentucky author and agrarian Wendell Berry decides enough is a enough and pulls his loaned papers from the University of Kentucky after they rename Wildcat Lodge to Wildcat Coal Lodge.  He felt it was just the last straw of movement in a direction that was counter to his beliefs and the way he has lived his life.   Berry is someone I have meant to mention here on the blog before now, but this gives a good reason to label him as a hero here on the blog and say a bit about him.  To begin, he is a 75 year old poet writer who is also regularly labelled as a ‘mad farmer’

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Planter Box – Palette

Posted: 11 June 2010 – 2:30 am

Planter BoxFinding contentment without the farm, I embarked on a project to build a planter box last weekend for some tomato plants.  I was looking to build it on the cheap and have something that I could easily repeat, at least somewhat in the future.  To that end I used an wood palette (that was up for recycle purposes) as a source for the wood.  Aside from the minor electricity I used, I was out .99 cents for the small brad nails and have enough left for a second box to be constructed.

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Compost Pickup

Posted: 3 June 2010 – 12:15 pm

Compost - RecycleOne of my usual sources for inspiration is things I hear on the radio, especially NPR.  Recently heard was a bit about compost pickup service.  I was impressed.  Not only am I inspired to write about it, but I am going to have to see about what is involved in trying to get such a service started here in Central Kentucky.  Here is what I know about it so far…

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Patio Garden

Posted: 31 May 2010 – 4:32 pm

Geraniums and VinesMy wife and I have taken up residence in a townhouse for time being.  It is going to be a bit longer before getting farmland of some sort or another.  So in the meantime, I am contenting my desire to grow and produce with small bit of gardening on the patio.   Granted, a good deal of these plants are just flowers, but there are also tomatoes and herbs.

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Horse Trailer

Posted: 11 April 2010 – 10:06 pm

trailerA couple of months ago I purchased a horse trailer.  Been a long while since I have had one in my possession.  What a different kind of feeling it has made.  Kind of hard to explain if you are not a farm/rancher type, but I am going to try to just a bit… but first a bit of background is order.

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