Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
How to find an egg
Eleven young laying hens. Four fresh eggs. Three hungry farmers.
The numbers weren’t adding up.
Our hens are very free range. Sometimes we even see them wondering in our neighbor’s field. We have nice hay-filled laying boxes available, but for some reason several hens think a brush pile looks more inviting.
You can find …
No Comments » - Posted in Animal Rights,Animals,Challenges by Brittany
Monday, October 29th, 2007
Piglet
Brittany and Ronny went to Jamesport last Monday and returned with a mouser cat and a sow piglet. The piglet ran away immediately, it was so scared.
We said bye bye piglet. We sighted it a couple of times, in the next two days, and one time it came back right to the goat …
1 Comment » - Posted in Animal Rights by Marcin
Monday, October 29th, 2007
Online presence.
Finally, our website is on. See the miracle at:
FactorEFarm.orgÂ
it is a constant work in progress. I hope you would enjoy it.
-Ronny
No Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments,Computer,Factor e Farm,Open Source Ecology by Ronny
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
The Volunteers Experiment.
Hey,
Yesterday’s post was delayed because I got a nasty food poisoning. Canned beans are sure a big no no for me. More over, I spent all yesterday on cutting woods with our chainsaw and almost cut my left leg off. I actually sliced through my black jeans. Two inches deeper and Factor E Farm …
No Comments » - Posted in Construction,Diet,Volunteers by Ronny
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Signs of the season
Jack Frost leaves two types of trails: sparkling crystals that shimmer in the morning sunlight, reminding one to put away shorts and get out sweaters; and a spattering of black leaves.
It is the second sign that glues a farmer to the weather forecast during the spring and fall seasons.
A wise farmer anticipates frost at …
No Comments » - Posted in Open Source Agroecology (OSA) by Brittany
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Lister Ailments
Here’s a surprising one on equipment failure. We’ve been running our 1 cylinder, 6 horsepower Lister engine on filtered waste vegetable oil for 2 years now. It’s the backbone of our off grid power. Yesterday, it lost compression. So today, I opened up the cylinder head, and examined the inlet and outlet valves that …
1 Comment » - Posted in Challenges by Marcin
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Logs and cookies
Howdy,
 We worked hard for the last to days in order to show you guys the picture above. The addition is almost complete. A half day’s work and it will shine like a diamond. It really made me reconsider my plans about my future humble hut. If that amount of work by three people takes …
No Comments » - Posted in Construction,Diet by Ronny
Saturday, October 20th, 2007
From Humanure to Hawthorns
The worm should never be doubted for its ability to turn waste into want.
And yet I did.
When we mixed our first load of humanure with a handful of red worms, I thought we had given them the death sentence. Only months later did I witness the true abilities of the red worm, the master …
No Comments » - Posted in Open Source Agroecology (OSA) by Brittany
Saturday, October 20th, 2007
State of Survival
The state of survival in advanced civilizations today is a joke. Isn’t it interesting that with ever increasing technology, and productivity yields beyond the imagination of people 100 years ago – that we still have to work harder and harder to make a living? Something has gone incredibly wrong. The average industrialite works longer …
3 Comments » - Posted in Global Geopolitics by Marcin
Friday, October 19th, 2007
The greatest construction in human history.
True enough.
It took two days, without any knowledge or preparation – but we did it. Sabrina and I constructed this magnificent piece of advanced architecture that will hopefully stand through test of time and nature.
Surely, future generations will be puzzled by this achievement.
- Ronny
