November 10 - 13 Thursday: Well, another whirlwind adventure! My parents arrived after dark on a Thursday evening so natural first thing was to get unpacked and tour the charmingly "Abominable" Snowmansion lodge/art gallery that we help caretake as part of our work trade here in Arroyo Seco. [gallery...

I've been working on various ferments since our first weeks here. I made a bottle of Chili Peppa Water, Chili Garlic Paste, fermented Basil Habeñero Pesto, fermented fruit salad, and rice wine vinegar. Rice Wine Vinegar I bought a $3 mini bottle of sake from Walmart and...

13 hours of travel allows plenty of time for reading. Here is my take on the book Jiva told us to read. "Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture" was one of the first books to consolidate and bring to the public public eye the idea...