by Petru Paler | Jan 29, 2022 | Homestead, Permaculture
Long term, the hope is that the food forest will establish and grow such that additional water inputs will be minimal or not needed. Capture and infiltrate as much water as possible during the rainy season, then minimize hot season evaporation by covering and shading...
by Petru Paler | Jan 20, 2022 | Homestead, Tools
I like doing things well. Planning, measuring, following instructions, iterating until they’re as good as I can do them. I also like making progress quickly – continuously, if time allows. Starting to dabble with woodworking has introduced me to a different...
by Petru Paler | Jan 9, 2022 | Homestead, Permaculture
Sometimes you discover a topic, get interested, and dive right in. You pick a project, gather supplies, and quickly do an impressive job for what is the first attempt in an unknown field. This post is not about one of those occasions. During the last two years, both...
by Petru Paler | Dec 31, 2021 | Family
Growing up, I remember feeling a sense of getting ready for something. It seemed like everything I learned and did as well as the passage of time were helping me get there. The feeling went away – at some point in my twenties, I’m not sure – before I could...
by Petru Paler | Dec 11, 2021 | Family
Living at Alo Land follows a 15 years stint as a software engineer – most of it in SRE, for those in the know – at a tech company. In hindsight it was a great change, but at the time it felt miserable. I had burned out.I first noticed something was off in the autumn...
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