by Petru Paler | Jun 23, 2022 | Homestead, Permaculture
A high resolution, up to date aerial image of the land is very useful for designing, implementing, and maintaining a permaculture system. That’s even more so when using a GIS system, since the image will be the base layer for your project most of the time....
by Petru Paler | Jun 16, 2022 | Homestead, Permaculture
Summer is almost here and nature is doing its thing. Flowering: zinnia (left), sunflower (middle), butterfly bush (right) There’s been a whirlwind of work, a lot of it focused on dealing with the wind and watering. Suffering from wind and/or thirst, but hanging...
by Petru Paler | Mai 6, 2022 | Homestead, Recipes
Baking sourdough bread necessarily involves obtaining and maintaining a starter culture. After experimenting with several ways of doing it, I settled on the lowest effort yet still effective one I found: the NMNF (“No Muss No Fuss”) starter, courtesy of...
by Petru Paler | Mai 2, 2022 | Homestead, Permaculture
After a year and a half of living here, it feels like the wind never stops. Its temperature and intensity vary, but most of the time there is a noticeable breeze. And now, we’re learning a new lesson: many of the young trees don’t like it. March and April were warm...
by Petru Paler | Mar 18, 2022 | Homestead, Recipes
It began with a bread maker. We were happy with the fresh warm bread from Coop but I somehow got it into my mind that homemade would be better. The research for a good bread maker uncovered an intriguing tidbit: many people only ever use their bread maker a couple...
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