I want to document my journey as I step outside the box. Thursday, September 1, 2011. It has a new blog, a portfolio of my work, my resume, a bio, and ways to purchase my paintings. You gave me a great start and a way to get my thoughts out there.

My family adventures in nature, photography, and gardening. In the practice of arboriculture. Management, and study of individual trees. Arborists generally focus on the health and safety of individual plants and trees, rather than managing forests. Though the professions share much in common.

I am moving my blog in 2014 to Blogspot which makes it easier to post. Pickles and 32 pints of Beans. Roasted Chilies and Canned Tomatoes. Harvested July 13th and like onions, preserved in the frig.

Thursday, July 2, 2015. I graduated from college a little over three weeks ago. So what becomes of my blog? .

Learning urban self-sufficiency in the age of peak everything. Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Trees- growing to the sky. I was working in the backyard last week with Hunter, a fellow blogger- whose blog has also gone partially dormant. We were making cider from apples he had foraged from around town, and the last of a batch that I had gotten from an orchard near Le Sueur. We had a lot of apples to work through and it took most of the afternoon. Are things really different this time? .

The chickens are earning their keep! Now that they have been out their for awhile they are trimming down the weeds and mowing the lawn. I am so excited to see what havoc they will reek on the raised beds when I unleash them in there this week. Now we are just counting down until our one and only butcher day and also for when our layers will start producing.

Orangevale, come GROW with us! About the Orangevale Grange Garden Project. Here Are 66 Things You Can Grow In Containers. Tropical fruits can also be surprisingly easy to grow indoors, even in non-tropical climates. 26 Other squashes, like acorn and pumpkin.

Growing food, family and connection. Resisting evil where I find it. Offending delicate sensibilities as often as I can. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Or, I did move a long time ago. I moved my blog over to wordpress in January 2010 and inadvertently kept this blog open. So if you google me you will find this now-defunct site. Boo! Please stop by and see me at Grow and Resist. Sunday, January 10, 2010. How old is your little one? SHE is 2.