PIEDMONT BIOFUELS’ VERMICULTURE PROJECT January 18, 2008 AMANDA FEEDS 50 POUNDS OF WORMS ON A BRIGHT WINTER DAY First, she takes these food scraps from the Chatham Marketplace and grinds them up. Sometimes the food gets stuck and Amanda has to take a two by four to the hopper. This reminded us of […]
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COMMUTING THE OLD FASHIONED WAY – BY FOOT How to walk the a 1.4 miles from Oilseed to Industrial in thirty-five to forty-five minutes January 11, 2008 OVERVIEW Oilseed Community is at the bottom of the map. It is marked Camelina, which is the name of our house. To walk from Oilseed to Industrial
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS December, 2007 – Issue #79 In which Bob and Camille enjoy a nice, quiet month in their new home. A BEAUTIFUL PLACE The sunset from our front porch. SHARING FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP Jessi stops by with fresh produce on a Tuesday. For only ten dollars a week, Piedmont Biofarm supplies us with
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My Parents’ Farm 1985 The car Camille learned to drive on in 1969. The barn which is crammed full and even in 1985 had all kinds of rodents and insects nesting and burrowing through the layers of boxes. Dad goes to auction religiously and hauls back boxes, primarily full of books. The dodge dart was
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The Pittsboro Christmas Parade! December 2, 2007 MASTER OF CEREMONIES The Mayor stands outside the courthouse and waits for the parade to come to the round about. COOKIE WAITS, TOO Cookie waits for ponies across the street from the Chatham County Courthouse. IT ALL BEGINS WITH MARCHING BANDS Generally the first to come up the
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OUR NEW HOME – NORTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE Especially this time of year when the trees are turning color. We took the opportunity for a walk in this park outside Durham after unloading our household at ilseed and dropping off the U-Haul. TIME TO PAUSE AND REFLECT Moving can
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS November, 2007 – Issue #78 This month we were reminded that sometimes, the journey IS the destination. We began November with a 1500 mile road trip across the south, as we relocated from the suburbs of Denton, Texas to a rural community of green and groovy people in central North Carolina. A
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BEAUTIFUL WASHINGTON STATE November 16 through 22, 2007 A HOUSE WITH MANY VIEWS This is the view outside our bedroom window at the Atomic Ranch House in Olympia, ashington, which is where we stayed for three nights with Frankie. Bob and Frankie were in town to attend a Mushroom Cultivation Seminar and Camille was along
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FUNGI PERFECTI MUSHROOM SEMINAR November 17 and 18, 2007 SO MANY KINDS OF MUSHROOMS! King Oyster, Oyster and Turkey Tail. Lion’s Mane and Enoki. HUH? I’ll need Bob and Frankie’s help with these. AND THESE I believe the mushrooms on the left are reishis. MUSHROOM MASTER WITH TWO PRIMORDIA Frankie, Paul and
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A WALK THROUGH THE HOH RAINFOREST November 20, 2007 A PLACE OF MOSSY ABUNDANCE TOLKIENESQUE WOODS TINKLING STREAMS MUSHROOMS A WIDE RIVER BED AND SIGNS OF HUMANS/OR SASQUATCH
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