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Brain Tanning Hides for Buckskin & Fur
A Wetscrape Method of Brain-Tanning for Goat and Sheep Hides
(Warning: Graphic Content)
Introduction
Step 1: Skinning
Step 2: Washing
Step 3: Storing
It's Always Sunny in Herland
Ruben details his thoughts on Herland, one of our reading list books
Making Bonemeal
Lindsay describes our methods for utilizing animal bones
Reviving Rocky Mountain Oysters
Lindsay shares a recipe for a new favorite food
Brain Tanning Animal Hides
Andrew shares initial thoughts on preserving animal hides
Entering the Winter Womb
Lindsay reflects on the coming winter
An Experiment in Forest Pasture
Lindsay describes our latest chicken project
The Mushroom Hunt is On!
Oana explores Windward's hidden forest
The Emotional Reality of Animal Husbandry
Andrew describes the giving and taking of life
Winter Awareness
Ruben describes getting winter-ready
The Creeping Chill
Oana mulls on our ability to conquer the cold
Rabbit Care and Breeding for 2011
Sarah updates this year's developments
Making Beet Sugar
Lindsay explores a sugar source we can grow
Washing Wool
Andrew explains the economics, science and practice of cleaning wool.
The First Snow of Winter
A key timing signal comes early this year
Overwintering Goldfish
Ruben and Oana to the rescue
Finishing the Water Vault
Walt describes the latest improvement to our water system
Of Chainsaws and Milking Goats
Lindsay notices a connection
Big Ideas in the Middle of Nowhere
Lindsay describes a nearby project we admire
An early "snowfall"
tending to a fall chore
Visiting Oneida
Walt and Opalyn visit the archive
Cycles Great and Small
Andrew reflects on how time changes us
Living in Community
Lindsay reflects on how our land teaches us
Seeding the Summer Pasture
Andrew gives a report from the field.
On the Brink of Fall
Lindsay gives a september garden update
End of Summer Goat Update
checking in with the kids
Hands
what our bodies say about us
Sat Mount Conversion
converting a geosynchronus mount
A Zero Ohm Resistor
Walt describes a bit of Windward history
Baby Birds Arrive
Opalyn picks up a box of Silkies
Wheat Bucket Brigade
Ryan's description of how we unload wheat
Kotomi's Journal for August
braiding garlic
Duckponics Update
Michael describes this year's system improvements
Mike's Fish Manual
Michael's guide for taking care of our newly set up fish tanks
Hiking Snyder Canyon
Lindsay, Andrew, Ryan, Mike and John-Michael's overnight aventure
The Garlic Harvest
Lindsay bows to nature's timetable
Kotomi's Journal for July
Returning to Windward
Working on Big Blue
Walt describes some maintenance and repair
On Sexing our Fish
Michael studies telling the boys from the girls
Watching the Grass Grow
Andrew's observations about recent forage work
Continuing the Northumbrian waterline
Michael moves a longterm project forward
Doorway to a Studio
Opalyn describes adding a side door
Tales of beekeeping
Lindsay's July hive report
Coming up for breath
Lindsay's July garden update
50 Gallon Tank Setup
Michael sets up our first tilapia tank
Summer Solstice Brings New Life
the chick hatch starts and Aria delivers her first litter
Flax
Lindsay talks about land selected crops
Gathering Hay Duff
for our feed pelleting experiments
Auditing Audie
Walt shears the last ewe
Extending our LAN
Opalyn creates a tree tunnel
Shearing Dolly
an annual rite begins
Spring Garden Report
May 20 ‒ as the garden grows
May 12 ‒ of seeds, buds and blossoms
May 6 ‒ spring in the garden
April 21 ‒ cool soil and potatoes
April 5 ‒ working with walnuts
March 30 ‒ starting on the spring garden
March 29 ‒ pecan trees in the nursery
Birth, Death and One more iteration of the great Cycle
Andrew's thoughts on losing Alison
Excerpts from Kotomi's May Blog
May 11 ‒ early mornings
On Becoming a Nursing Assistant
Ruben describes his new vocation
Birth ‒ Life ‒ Death
Opalyn descibes this year's kidding
Excerpts from Kotomi's April Blog
April 21 ‒ First Day Preparing Lunch For The Crew
April 20 ‒ Sourdough Starter, Potatoes, Ryan, & Luna
April 6 ‒ pre-Portland photos
April 5 ‒ baby sheep!
April 2 ‒ BABIES!
Working on the Permagarden
Lindsay describes some improvements
Building Chick-run
April 11 ‒ finishing the southern wall
April 3 ‒ placing posts for the southern wall
March 22 ‒ finding the corners of the southern wall
March 17 ‒ why a new chicken structure
The Natural Beauty of Windward
Nicole creates a moss garden
Tanning a Bison Hide
Nicole takes on a challenge
New Road Sign
displaying the new entrance's new name
Stone Culvert
making use of what we've got
Parking for Herland
getting ready for visitors
Starting Seeds
the promise of a new season
Routing Around the Ducks
getting ready to upgrade Duckponics
A Definition of Sustainability
Freeman Dyson's perspective
Chest-freezer Root Cellar
Lindsay gives a mid-winter report
Tate and Felicity
a pair of model bunnies
February Harvest
Melting snow reveals fresh veggies
Installing a Culvert
late winter is the time to dig!
Seeds, Branches and Twigs
Lindsay tracks down herloom trees
Deer Fence
Lindsay tries a new strategy
Mid-winter Chick Update
Opalyn reports on sex-linked developments
Creating Space for Winter Squash
Lindsay's puts a winter warm spell to good use
The Ebb and Flow of Being on the Plateau
Oana offers a perspective on how the Notes pull us together
Stories of Wind
Lindsay's perspectives on the damage from the winter storm
Pineapple Blowdown
Walt tells of the impact of a type of winter storm common to the Pacific-Northwest
Winter Dreamscapes
Sarah's photographs from a wet and sunny January morning
Winter Ravioli
Sarah prepares a home-made treat
Andrew's Winter Update
animal feed projects: bugs and pellets
From Life to Mitten
Oana works with rabbit pelts
Letters from Another Time
Sarah starts a new tradition
A Year Observing
Andrew on the personality of our forest
Running in the Snow
Lindsay describes one of her favorite things
Notes Vol. 70 - last Year's Newsletter Our 2010 Blog/Newsletter
Notes Vol. 69 - what we were doing two years ago Our 2009 Blog/Newsletter
Notes Vol. 68 - what we were doing three years ago Our 2008 Blog/Newsletter
Notes Vol. 67 - what we were doing four years ago Our 2007 Blog/Newsletter
Notes Vol. 66 - what we were doing five years ago Our 2006 Newsletter
Index for older Volumes
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