Thursday meandering

I have been thinking a lot lately about affordable housing and small house living. I see alot of videos and posts about single people and even small families crammed together in miniscule abodes that over time will prove unsustainable. Why not use another alternative. During the post ww2 era mobile homes became the fad for youngins and the retired set. They are somewhat energy inefficient but for useability they are a wonderful affordable alternative. The Trash homestead is centered on an old 1970something double-wide (roughly 1400 sq feet). Granted it has its flaws but for the price of a newer car I have 3 bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an exterior garage area. While its not a mini house and its def not a mcmansion it is an obvious alternative for the green-minded.

happy earth day and belated 420

ol Trash has been busy this week in the labs. On Friday I did some work in the lab and then went over and did some freelance work for one of my clients. When done I went over to the 420 celebration where this pic was taken . I met up with an online buddy and we enjoyed the ritual together. I came home to a dinner of pizza and a fresh fruits and veggie salad that the mrs and our daughter made. Delicious.. Saturday was spent working in the garden and today we are going to celeb earth day with a BBQ and some relaxation. I planted a bed of collards, red cabbage, bok choy and kohlrabi. yumyum. We also picked up some cheap petunias and geraniums to add color. oh boy. I DO LOVE SPRING.

Sunday pics

We finally are getting some rain at the stead which is allowing things to grow.. without the use of city water. Natures water is always better.

easter sunday

the lilacs are almost in bloom .. a sure sign of spring. Work is continuing around the homestead on bed prepping and garden cleanup. The collards have sprouted as have the sweet peas and lettuces. Time to start some other stuff in the garden. Joy Joy.
Son called yesterday that he had scored 4 boxes of real hardwood flooring from the dumpsters and wanted to know if I wanted. Of course I do. Gave him some gas money and enjoyed an evening with son, my wife and I . Good people, good smokes and conversation. Evening enjoyed.
Happy Easter

good friday video

been a busy week in the labs. Not much time for my projects. But alas. My projects only further knowledge and expand visions. Plenty of time for that

sunday morning the april fool

Spent the week real busy in the lab. Working hardly on many different projects and listening to some great podcasts. Comic Book Men, Rudy Rucker and Survival Podcast. 2 of which you can find links to the sites on the left. They make for some entertaining and motivational listening.
The weather has been warm to hot this last week so extra watering has had to take place. I hooked up the hose last weekend in order to nourish the soil and i am also experimenting with using the dead leaf detritus as mulch. So far so good. We planted a cuppla rows of beets, radishes and collard greens and turnip greens in some of the beds. I do not want to go hog wild yet as snow and cold weather is still possible. But planning goes forward.
After the dry spell of video podcasting that I have been experiencing over the past few months I am almost ready to start up again. Should be be coming with the advent of the spring season. Hopefully soon after Easter I should have the studio reformulated and ready to go.

barefootin'

After spending an hour or two this morning on FB catching up on my friends I decided to endure the knee pain and work a tad in the yard. Raked up some leaves and crap and began the tedious jobs of gettin the beds ready. After about a half hour the knee hurt too bad so I am taking a break. Dam old age. The Hollyhocks are also now showing thru the ground as are some of the other seed plants from last year . Spring is coming early at the stead. Kind of scary thinkin its not even the end of March yet.
I will have to take some pics later today or tomorrow as a starting point so y'all can see the progress.
I need to begin the process of nutrifying the soil with some organic manure and compost to prepp the beds and get some organic potting soils for the pots. Maybe a bag or tow this weekend and then more each weekend from now on. The only way to grow prosperous its to fill the beds with nourishment. Soil is your friend.
Happy Saturday.
BTW here is the progress on the green onion experiment.. Guess it works