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They installed their first array in 2006 and a second in 2009.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fullsizeoutput_1229.jpegfullsizeoutput_1229When Chuck and Karen Tennessen’s windmill was struck by lightning and destroyed last year, they found it most economical to replace it with a 10 KW solar panel system that powers their all-electric home. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fullsizeoutput_120f.jpegfullsizeoutput_120fKathy Cahill considers her 9 KW solar panel system, installed in 2014, to be an excellent investment. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0016.jpgDSC_0016Roger and Gayl Stewart built their home on the west edge of Dodgeville in 2005 and added solar panels to the roof in 2007. 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IAs we pulled our rakings off the field, we developed a keen appreciation of what it's like to be a draft animal.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/doug-in-the-distance.gifDoug-in-the-distanceSee Doug way over there on the other side? Sometimes our little field felt pretty darn big.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hay-painting.gifhay-paintinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/loading-tarp.gifloading-tarphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mowing.gifmowinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mattocking.gifmattockingDoug goes after the bigger roots with his trusty mattock.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hay-stack.gifhay-stack2016-09-21T17:01:57+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/04/22/earth-day-2014-at-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/underhill-living2.gifUnderhill-Living2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0029.gifDSC_0029https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0035.gifDSC_0035https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/0311.gif031https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/031.gif031https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0177.gifDSC_0177https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/010.gif010https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fwaq0q0z.giffwaq0q0zhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the-site1.gifthe-sitehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0083.gifDSC_0083Selecting the trees for branching, unmilled timbers.2016-09-06T17:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2016/02/07/learn-more-about-the-driftless-area-this-winter-at-bmap/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/timbercouleedanbraun_700x281.jpgTimberCouleeDanBraun_700x281https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/tiffany-wetlands-photo-credit-denise-thornton.jpegTiffany Wetlands photo credit Denise ThorntonTiffany Bottom State Natural Areahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bmap-wetlands-lecture-photo-credit-julie-raasch1.jpegBMAP wetlands lecture photo credit Julie RaaschBMAP'S first 2016 Conservation Conversationhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bmap-wetlands-lecture-photo-credit-julie-raasch.jpegBMAP wetlands lecture photo credit Julie Raasch2016-02-07T17:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2015/11/30/uw-madison-at-the-paris-climate-talks/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/eiffel-tower-photo.jpgeiffel-tower-photohttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/news-climate-change-con-11262015.jpgNews-Climate-Change-Con-112620152015-12-14T02:18:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2015/09/30/tagging-monarchs-at-goose-pond/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6788.jpgIMG_6788Tagged Monarch about to be released.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/photos-library1.jpgPhotos Libraryhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6785.jpgIMG_6785https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/photos-library.jpgPhotos Libraryphoto credit: http://valleyvision.org/events/cleaner-air-partnership-smart-farming-solutions-that-benefit-air-qualityhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/b9315804220z-1_20150113170957_000_g0n9kn87j-1-0.jpgB9315804220Z.1_20150113170957_000_G0N9KN87J.1-0https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6771.jpgIMG_6771Goose Pond Wildlife Sancutary2015-09-30T20:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2015/08/27/lets-support-the-sustainability-weekend-at-folklore-village/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/summer_banner1.jpgsummer_bannerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_4912.jpgIMG_4912Tour nearby Underhill House, a smorgasbord of resilient building ideas.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dotkent.jpgDotKentDot Kent will be calling nightly square dances.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/music-gathering-pic.jpgMusic-gathering-picDot Kent will be calling nightly barn dances.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2009-01-01-12-01-251.jpg2009-01-01 12.01.25The Aslak Lie House. Come build with us during Sustainability Weekend.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sustainability.jpgsustainabilityhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/summer_banner.jpgsummer_bannerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2009-01-01-12-01-25.jpg2009-01-01 12.01.252015-08-27T16:15:55+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2015/06/24/using-our-insect-pals-to-battle-insect-pests/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/long-legged-fly.jpgLong-legged flyI photographed and ID'ed this is a long-legged fly. Adult flies consume thrips, aphids, a variety of other small insects and, of course, spider mites (which by the way, are not insects, but belong to the spider family). https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_5941.jpgIMG_5941https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/doug-and-others-assessing.jpgDoug and others assessingDoug and two classmates getting hands-on experience at the Ag Station.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_5962.jpgIMG_5962This class was information rich. We soaked it up.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/spraying-460x276.jpgspraying-460x276This is the way NOT to encourage beneficial insects.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/banner4.jpgbanner4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/beneficialinsects_cover.jpgBeneficialInsects_cover2015-07-02T15:01:09+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2015/06/16/fencing-veggies-in-and-varmints-out-at-underhill/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_5724.jpgIMG_5724https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_5905.jpgIMG_5905Susan's beautiful garden.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fullsizerender-1.jpgFullSizeRender (1)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_5916.jpgIMG_5916My friend, Susan, gave me this sign.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_5683-1.jpgIMG_5683 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Sambucushttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_00161.jpgDSC_0016Red Oak Quercus rubrahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0016.jpgDSC_0016https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0028.jpgDSC_0028Tamarack, Larix laricinahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_00481.jpgDSC_0048Highbush Cranberry Viburnum trilobum https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image-4-17-15-at-8-03-pm.jpgImage 4-17-15 at 8.03 PMhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0048.jpgDSC_00482015-05-06T03:17:38+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2015/04/11/snowy-owls-phone-home/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/snowy-owl-eyes-11294429118hij.jpgsnowy-owl-eyes-11294429118HIjhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/species-bubo-scandiacus-18.jpg2015-04-12T01:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2015/02/18/join-this-mooc-and-learn-about-changing-weather-and-climate-in-the-great-lakes-region/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cow-mooc.gifCow-MOOChttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/participating-libraries.gifParticipating-Librarieshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/7141958673_417e6e1ba7_k.gif7141958673_417e6e1ba7_kVonderauvisuals South Loop Lightning Storm 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(1)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/19c0u2mpn4funjpg.jpg19c0u2mpn4funjpghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/images.jpgimageshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/two-pigeons.jpgtwo pigeonshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/passenger-pigeons_woodcut-from-the-1870s-shows-passenger-pigeons-being-shot-in-louisiana.jpgpassenger-pigeons_woodcut-from-the-1870s-shows-passenger-pigeons-being-shot-in-Louisianahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/passenger-pigeon-photo-researchers2.jpgpassenger-pigeon-photo-researchers-2015-05-07T01:44:02+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2015/01/21/curb-magazine-puts-underhill-house-on-its-cover/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/everyone-750x400.gifEveryone-750x400The students who produced this issue of Curb.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/denise_03.gifDenise_03https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/denise_04.gifDenise_04https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/denise_06.gifDenise_06https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/denise_01.gifDenise_01https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_5303.gifIMG_53032015-01-22T00:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2015/01/08/research-at-risk-what-does-that-mean-to-you-and-me/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/aerogel14_3014.jpgAerogel14_3014As seen on Feb. 11, 2014, Shaoqin “Sarah” Gong (left), a researcher at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) and associate professor of biomedical engineering, graduate student Qifeng Zheng (center), and Zhiyong Cai (right), a project leader at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, have recently created and patented a new aerogel technology that may offer a cheaper and greener method to absorb oil and heavy metals from water and other surfaces. Pictured here, Gong (left) holds a sample of the aerogel substance and Zheng (center) holds a sample of the aerogel that has absorbed red-dyed diesel fuel from a beaker of water. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/neuroscience_lab11_2926.jpgNeuroscience_lab11_2926 On Feb. 1, 2011, Lindsay Pascal, a graduate researcher in the Neuroscience and Public Policy Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, works in the lab of Brian Baldo, an assistant professor of psychiatry, at University Research Park. Pascal's dissertation research focuses on the brain's role in regulating eating behavior. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mailick_ssec_tour14_1908.gifMailick_SSEC_tour14_1908 Jerrold Robaidek, left, describes satellite weather imagery displayed on computer monitors as Marsha Mailick, vice chancellor for research and graduate education, tours the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) Data Center in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences (AOSS) Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Dec. 4, 2014. Robaidek is program manager of the SSEC Data Center. At right is Steven Ackerman, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, and director of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS).(Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/biobulb_lab13_6030.jpgBiobulb_lab13_6030From left to right, undergraduates AnaElise Beckman (wearing pink shirt), Michael Zaiken and Alexandra Cohn prepare a bacteria culture for their Biobulb project while working in a research lab at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Oct. 10, 2013. WID Frontier Fellows, the three are developing an idea for a light bulb that is driven by microbes in a self-contained ecosystem. The project received one of 24 crowdsource-funding slots in Popular Science magazine's #CrowdGrant Challenge. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/spirometer_lab_mceng09_1129.jpgSpirometer_lab_mceng09_1129Students (from left to right) Andrew Dias, Jeremy Schaefer, Andrew Bremer and Jeremy Glynn work together to create a low-cost spirometer in the Engineering Centers Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on March 11, 2009. The device is used to measure lung function and could be used in low-income countries to diagnose and manage respiratory disease. The work is part of a Biomedical Engineering Design class project designed by postdoctoral fellow David Van Sickle.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bumble_bee_rfid_tag14_8358.jpgBumble_bee_RFID_tag14_8358Graduate student Jeremy Hemberger and Claudio Gratton, professor of entomology, attach small radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to bumblebees in a lab at the Wisconsin Energy Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 8, 2014. The tags will provide information to study the bee's foraging habits in several environments in and around Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)2015-01-09T02:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/12/23/lighting-a-holiday-tree-with-candles/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0027.gifDSC_0027https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0018.gifDSC_0018https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0013.gifDSC_0013https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5200-1.gifIMG_5200-(1)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5173.gifIMG_5173Heading to Folklore Village.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_51691.gifIMG_5169How those toddler spruce have grown!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5169.gifIMG_5169https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dscn0468.gifDSCN0468Our toddler trees in 2004 in front of the hill into which Underhill House has since been built.2014-12-23T22:56:50+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/12/15/planting-prairie-in-a-december-fog/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dscf9287.gifDSCF9287That's me. Try to see other seeders in the fog.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dscf9257.gifDSCF9257https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0008.gifDSC_0008A handfull of prairiehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5162.gifIMG_5162https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5166.gifIMG_5166https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dscf9227.gifDSCF9227Jim divides seed for each of 21 areas.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dscf9216-1.gifDSCF9216-(1)Marci processes seed.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5161-5.gifIMG_5161-(5)2014-12-16T04:35:44+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/10/22/the-three-power-packed-pigments-that-create-autumns-color/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0335.gifDSC_0335Tamarack needles turn such an intense yellow, they seem to be lit from within.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_00531.gifDSC_0053A walk at Wyalusing State Park where the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers converge.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0161.gifDSC_0161https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0181.gifDSC_0181https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0306.gifDSC_0306Our mail box.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/northern-border-oct-05.gifnorthern-border-oct-05What our view to the north looked like 10 years ago.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0327.gifDSC_0327Young red oaks that were knee high 11 years ago and now are 12-18 feet tall.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0053.gifDSC_0053A walk in Wyalusing State Park.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_03291.gifDSC_0329Coming up our drive.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0329.gifDSC_0329Coming up our drive.2014-10-22T21:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/08/22/giving-clothes-get-their-time-in-the-sun-so-theyll-last-longer/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4738.gifIMG_4738https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4730.gifIMG_4730https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4728.gifIMG_4728https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4727.gifIMG_4727https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4667.gifIMG_4667https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4733.gifIMG_47332014-08-26T14:27:39+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/08/15/hanging-up-a-bat-house-and-hanging-onto-hope/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/use-this.gifuse-thisphoto credit: www.flashscreen.comhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/10263278-a-group-of-six-bats-flying-3d-render-with-digital-painting.jpg10263278-a-group-of-six-bats-flying--3d-render-with-digital-paintinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/unnamed.jpgunnamedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/use-this-one.gifuse-this-oneBats in Eastern US with White Nose Syndrome. Poor, little things. They won't wake up.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4503.gifIMG_4503https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4501.gifIMG_4501Garden gold. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0001.gifDSC_0001This Little Brown Bat preferred the upper walls of our lean-to greenhouse.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0011.gifDSC_0011They love these beams!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/for-blog.jpgfor blog2014-08-16T15:58:07+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/08/08/our-reluctant-decision-to-spray-roundup/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4600.gifIMG_4600https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0050.jpgDSC_0050https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4581.gifIMG_4581https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4570.gifIMG_4570https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/normal_iil-ian-jh-0043.jpgSpraying herbicide on a farm field.Herbicides are often overused.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/right_column_how_glyphosate_affects_plants_and_soil.jpgright_column_how_glyphosate_affects_plants_and_soilhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/round-up-weed-killer.jpgRound-Up-Weed-Killerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/wollershiem.gifWOLLERSHIEMYou can't grow great grapes like they are doing at the nearby Wollersheim Winery in a field of weeds. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0045.gifDSC_00452014-08-13T19:02:16+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/07/29/growing-our-first-garlic/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/garlic-in-hand.gifgarlic-in-handhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fig1a.pngfig1aA garlic field in Californiahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4533.gifIMG_4533https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4539.gifIMG_4539https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2818.gifIMG_2818https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2817.gifIMG_2817https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2815.gifIMG_28152014-07-29T03:59:20+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/07/22/10x-lens-ticket-to-a-new-world/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0057.gifDSC_0057https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0035.gifDSC_0035https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0017.gifDSC_0017https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0028.gifDSC_0028https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ant-on-milkweed.gifant-on-milkweedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0020.gifDSC_00202014-10-25T01:08:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/03/31/7834/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3746.gifIMG_3746Popeye never had it so good.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3744.gifIMG_3744https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3742.gifIMG_3742https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3719.gifIMG_3719https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3689.gifIMG_3689https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3735.gifIMG_3735https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3734.gifIMG_3734https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0055.gifDSC_0055Any signs of spring around here in March? Nope!2018-01-22T21:36:53+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/06/12/a-path-along-our-icy-past-traveling-the-ice-age-national-scenic-trail/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/images.gifimagesOne of the many parts of the Ice Age Trail I haven't walked or worked on yet.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4145.gifIMG_4145This part of Wisconsin is not only rich in glacial remains - it is also rich in microbreweries.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4130.gifIMG_4130This prairie has been cleared and kept burned by volunteers.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4137.gifIMG_4137Standing on a jutting rock that did not get washed away to look down into the gorge.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4144.gifIMG_4144https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/volunteers.gifvolunteershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4126.gifIMG_4126Gary Werner holds a map while Dr. David Mickelson describes the geology of the trail.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4127.gifIMG_4127A walk in the woods.2014-07-21T22:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/05/03/eating-locally-including-your-bowl/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-3-11.gifphoto-3-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bowls-on-table.gifbowls-on-tablehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-3-1.gifphoto-3-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_39251.gifIMG_3925https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_3925.gifIMG_3925Christy cleans kiln sand from the bowls.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/kiln-building.gifkiln-buildingChristy cleaned the kiln sand off the fresh-fired bowls.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/firngparty.giffirngpartyLooking into the dragon's mouth.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/0kv66vxx.gif0kv66vxxhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/feeding-the-kiln.giffeeding-the-kilnhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fpof2k9c.giffpof2k9c2014-07-21T22:30:02+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/03/04/planting-into-the-polar-vortex/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/first-salad.giffirst-saladOur first home-grown salad of 2014!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lettuce.giflettucehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/watering.gifwateringAn interesting contrast between the concrete outside and inside the glass. And all that wonderful warmth inside is solar - no propane or wood needed when the sun is shining, and for quite a while after.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/transplant.giftransplanthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3468.gifIMG_3468Don't these little spinach have an adorable Dr. Seuss quality?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lettuce-feb-14.giflettuce-feb-14New born lettucehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3437.gifIMG_3437I'm still sweeping snow off the greenhouse every few days so it can start warming up.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3333.gifIMG_3333I had one of these wonderful farmers' market apples today.2014-03-12T01:15:42+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/02/19/we-all-have-a-role-to-play-in-how-we-create-and-use-enegry/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ln0gxszb.gifln0gxszb2014-02-19T21:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/02/12/the-vanishing-flowers-of-winter/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_00011.gifDSC_0001https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_00141.gifDSC_0014https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0037.gifDSC_0037https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0001.gifDSC_0001https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0023.gifDSC_0023https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0035.gifDSC_0035https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/goldenrod.gifgoldenrodhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0010.gifDSC_0010https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0014.gifDSC_0014https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ulsw251s-copy.gifulsw251s-copy2014-03-18T15:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/02/04/when-the-ancient-wisconsin-river-flowed-east-new-discoveries/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/5te1iakf-copy.gif5te1iakf-copyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2bktb5st-copy.gif2bktb5st-copyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/8x3ybske-copy.gif8x3ybske-copyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/winter-river.gifwinter-riverhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/winter-river.jpgwinter riverWisconsin River in winter2014-02-05T03:42:49+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/01/31/how-will-global-warming-affect-wisconsin/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/avdn0zqg1.gifavdn0zqghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/avdn0zqg.gifavdn0zqghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/3zrzxlnk.gif3zrzxlnk2015-04-19T14:31:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/01/15/staying-warm-in-the-bitter-cold/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alefl2k0.gifalefl2k0https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/e1d79hsm.gife1d79hsmhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/5et34u15-copy.gif5et34u15-copyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_3089.gifIMG_30892014-01-16T13:59:00+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2014/01/06/foiling-deer-browse/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/r1t9vp2t.gifr1t9vp2tHang in there, Prairie Spy!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/05rjskky.gif05rjskkyWe are trying to encourage white oaks up hill from Underhill House.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/uutighs0.gifuutighs0https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0022.jpgDSC_0022So long, excess deer!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ffvcuriy.gifffvcuriyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0025.jpgDSC_00252014-01-07T19:32:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/11/11/where-is-your-honey-from/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_2884.gifIMG_2884Rich in bee benefits.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_2877.gifIMG_2877https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/jcqmnpvs.gifjcqmnpvshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_2878.gifIMG_2878https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pzkgb46p.gifpzkgb46pThanks, Ms. Bee! photo credit: USGS Bee Monitoring Lab http://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/with/9736472207/2013-11-24T17:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/11/06/spending-the-day-with-straw-clay-infill/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0118.gifDSC_0118https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0114.gifDSC_0114https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_01121.gifDSC_0112https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0112.gifDSC_0112https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0090.gifDSC_0090https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0083.gifDSC_0083https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0077.gifDSC_0077https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0071.gifDSC_0071https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0054.gifDSC_0054https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0034.gifDSC_00342013-11-24T17:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/10/10/no-mow-fescue-and-annual-rye-planted-just-in-time/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_25991.gifIMG_2599https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2599.gifIMG_2599https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_1877.gifIMG_1877https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2608.jpgIMG_2608Our buried boulder is just to the left behind the solar panels. Rest in peace.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rock-sept-27.gifrock sept 27On the north side (our last section) the tiller hit a rock, but when we tried to dig it out, we were never able to find the edge where the rock stopped. At this point we knew we could not move it ourselves, so we just reburied it.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2592.gifIMG_2592On the east side, the annual rye (future prairie panting) has a head start on the fescue to the right. We worked on small sections at a time, so the grasses are coming up in successive stages.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2585.gifIMG_2585The ground below the garden will be pollinator-friendly priaire plants.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_25251.gifIMG_2525Our terraced garden site, we cover cropped in annual rye, then tucked it in under a thin blanket of straw.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2525.gifIMG_2525https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2522.gifIMG_25222013-10-17T14:41:13+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/09/28/see-underhill-house-on-the-2013-solar-tour/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0022.gifDSC_0022Cozy in winter and cool enough in summer. Come see how.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ze7ma7jk.gifze7ma7jkphoto credit: Hudsonobserver.comhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/xedf2jak.gifxedf2jakhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0090.gifDSC_0090Our control center where solar heated water is stored and circulated.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pex-tubing-april-23-2012-031.gifpex-tubing-April-23-2012-03PEX tubing, the material that has made infloor heat so practical, being installed in our lower level.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pex-tubing-april-23-2012-03.gifpex-tubing-April-23-2012-03PEX tubing, the material that has made infloor heating so practical, being laid out in our lower level.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/u1z0iy8f.gifu1z0iy8fhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/underhill-w4.gifUnderhill-W4Solar panels to the left (north) cob oven to the right. 2013-10-17T14:42:52+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/09/11/mowing-the-roof-at-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/underhill-w5.gifUnderhill-W5https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/jyye2oy8.gifjyye2oy8https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p0r6nyn5.gifp0r6nyn5https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gqcnlz25.gifgqcnlz25https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/glbdcmqy.gifglbdcmqyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/rolling-mat.gifrolling-mathttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0045.gifDSC_0045This was sifted top soil with extra organic material. Unfortuately, as is always the case, a lot of that organic material was weed seed.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/underhill-road4.gifUnderhill-Road42013-09-13T13:44:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/08/16/building-a-terrace-garden/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/from-porch.giffrom-porchI can't imagine a better view from one's front porch than the garden where one's food is growing. We are going to cover crop it this fall, and then start planting in part of it next spring. It's big enough that we can always have part of it in cover crop. As I heard in a song once: Only two things that money can't buy -- true love and home-grown tomatoes.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wide-angle.gifwide-anglehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ready-to-grow.gifready-to-growThis view shows our garden in the distance. In the foreground is the drive way and the leveled area where we will plant grass for now, and eventually hope to build a garage.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/good-dirt.gifgood-dirtThe top 1-2 feet of dirt is very special soil. It came from the next valley where the Prairie enthusiasts are restoring a stream to its pre-settlement conditions. That means removing all the dirt that eroded from the top of the hills as soon as settlers started to plow the prairie. This is the rich stuff that the tall prairie plants flourished in. It's an honor to have it in our garden!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/filling-layers.giffilling-layershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/after-a-rain.gifafter-a-rainhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/filling-gravel.giffilling-gravelTom builds walls to last. (Not like the one these stones were used for previously.) Doug helped him place landscape cloth against the side of the wall that interfaces with dirt. Then a generous layer of washed gravel called clear stone was places against the stone. Now when the soil gets saturated with water and then freezes, the water runs right on through the gravel and does not expand as it freezes - gradually pushing the rocks out of place.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/adding-reclaimed-soil.gifadding-reclaimed-soilAs the rock wall went up, Bruce would bring in soil. First he used top soil he had scraped off the building site. It was o.k. soil.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/adding-dirt.gifadding-dirtTom started setting the stone.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/before.gifbeforeWe had always planned to have a garden in the sunny area down hill and to the west of the house.2013-08-17T05:21:06+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/07/16/7596/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/underhill-living2.gifUnderhill-Living2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0005.gifDSC_0005https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0008.gifDSC_0008https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0018.gifDSC_0018I know for a fact there have been easier timbers to straw bale around, but not too many more lovely ones.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bedroom-for-desktop.gifbedroom-for-desktopThe tree was put in place last summer, but the bedroom was a little hard for me to visualize.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0023.gifDSC_0023https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/034.gif034https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fan-black-walnut-painting.gifFan-Black-Walnut-paintingIt was sanded and painted with the other timbers.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscn1208.gifDSCN1208So far - so good!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fan-walnut-peeling.gifFan-Walnut-peeling2013-07-16T22:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/07/09/timber-framing-with-friends-sweat-love-and-a-little-drama/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_00751.gifDSC_0075How wonderful to get to share in this experience.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_03111.gifDSC_0311This was not good -- not good at all.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0286.gifDSC_0286https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0097.gifDSC_0097https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0085.gifDSC_0085https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0075.gifDSC_0075https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0073.gifDSC_0073https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0054.gifDSC_0054https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0025.gifDSC_0025https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0017.gifDSC_0017Sunday some rafter were added and the end of the house. Then the jin pole was brought back into play for the other half of the ridge pole.2013-07-11T06:29:34+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/07/01/saying-it-with-flowers-can-curse-the-environment/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1209egte.gif1209egteIt doesn't even look good here -- it's obviously very aggressive. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/drb3kspg.gifdrb3kspgA bouquet of wolves in sheeps' clothing!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/xy0cusm5.gifxy0cusm5They looked harmless enough.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nys8semr.gifnys8semrOur daughter, Della, took this photo a few years ago when visiting her grandmother.2013-07-03T18:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/06/25/a-gorgeous-way-we-can-help-native-pollinators/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rattlesnake-master-and-cob.gifrattlesnake-master-and-cob-Rattle snake masterhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/purple-prairie-clover.gifpurple-prairie-cloverPurple prairie cloverhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/butterfly-weed.gifbutterfly-weedButterfly weedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/black-eyed-susan1.gifblack-eyed-susanhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rattlesnake-master-closeup1.gifrattlesnake-master-closeuprattlesnake masterhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rattlesnake-master-closeup.gifrattlesnake-master-closeuphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/black-eyed-susan.gifblack-eyed-susanhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bird.gifbirdhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wildflower-garden.gifwildflower-gardenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golden-rod.gifgolden-rod2013-07-01T16:13:38+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/06/21/sod-roof-success-at-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/underhill-road1.gifUnderhill-Road1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/underhill-w4.gifUnderhill-W4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/underhill-e2.gifUnderhill-E2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/zsarkt3v.gifzsarkt3vhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/38wgcqcw.gif38wgcqcwWe have weeded the roof several times already. Our top soil came with plenty of seeds at no extra charge.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3Junegrasshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/side-oats-grama-grass1.gifside-oats-grama-grasshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/side-oats-grama-grass.gifside-oats-grama-grassSideoats grama grasshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/s6am0rpk.gifs6am0rpkBoy, were we happy to see these little grass seedlings popping up!2013-06-23T13:33:27+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/06/14/raising-the-unmilled-timberframe-of-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wide-view1.gifwide-viewhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/76-roof-rafters.gif76-roof-raftersUnderhill House - framed up just a year ago. It's been a busy year.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/75-roof-rafters.gif75-roof-raftershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/77-denise-up-high.gif77-Denise-up-highThe rafters weren't the only thing hoisted into the air that day. I got a chance to take some bird's-eye shots.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/74-roof-rafters.gif74-roof-raftershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/73-roof-rafters.gif73-roof-raftershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/72-roof-rafters.gif72-roof-raftershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/70-roof-rafters.gif70-roof-raftershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/69-roof-rafters.gif69-roof-raftershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/68-roof-rafters.gif68-roof-rafters2013-06-16T23:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/06/12/cover-cropping-to-create-a-soil-community/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6pnu8aa9.gif6pnu8aa9https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mulching.gifmulchingI love tucking the little babies in under a sprinkling of straw. We are putting the bales left over from our walls to good use.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/seeding-in.gifseeding-inDoug sows the seed mix.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/road-to-root-cellar.gifroad-to-root-cellarWhen this hole in the hill is a functioning root cellar, then the rest of the seeding will be done.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wide-view.gifwide-viewhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/guestroom-window-hole.gifguestroom-window-holeWe filled this hole with the rest of the gravel.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/more-guestroom.gifmore-guestroomRemoving extra gravelhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wild-flowers.gifwild-flowersNative wildflower bed beginning to grow!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/native-flower-bed-2.gifnative-flower-bed-2My new native flower bed -- "before" shot.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dike.gifdike2013-07-21T21:02:19+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/06/07/excavating-a-root-cellar-at-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/l3v9t57r.gifl3v9t57rhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/4t1tofzv.gif4t1tofzvhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/f3hjmdwy.giff3hjmdwyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jrfgshcy.gifjrfgshcyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/omevwwp3.gifomevwwp32013-06-12T19:28:03+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/05/31/redosier-dogwood-update-the-best-way-to-plant/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/final.giffinalOur new Redosier Dogwood thicket all mulched in and taking off.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/twig.giftwighttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hormone.gifhormonethe twig on the right is smaller, but the root hormone has really kickstarted its leaves.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/w-pond.gifw-pondhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/w-house.gifw-househttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/april-28-2013-from-drive.gifApril-28-2013-from-drivehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wide-angle-from-lloyds-lane.gifwide-angle-from-lloyds-lane2013-05-31T16:31:56+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/05/28/wheatland-the-best-traditional-music-fest-in-the-midwest-or-possibly-the-whole-universe/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nails.gifnailsKids Hill is not staffed in the spring, so the kids come up with their own activiies like this.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/packing-up.gifpacking-uphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/shard.gifshardhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dining-close.gifdining-closehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/notorious.gifNotorioushttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fiddle-class.giffiddle-classPassing fiddle tunes from teachers to students.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stage-close.gifstage-closeIn the spring, the audience is small enough to sit and dance the stage with the performers.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stage-wide.gifstage-wideIn the summer most of this lawn is filled with audience.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fall.giffall2013-05-28T21:07:57+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/05/21/planting-our-roof-a-prairie-in-the-sky/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/completed-seeding.gifcompleted-seedinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rock-edge.gifrock-edgehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wide-view-half-way.gifwide-view-half-wayhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/roof-corner.gifroof-cornerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rolling-out-mat.gifrolling-out-mathttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/seed-and-sawdust.gifseed-and-sawdusthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/depth.gifdepthhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/here-comes-a-bucket1.gifhere-comes-a-buckethttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/emptying-bucket.gifemptying-buckethttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/here-comes-a-bucket.gifhere-comes-a-bucket2013-05-24T04:43:17+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/05/10/decline-in-snow-cover-spells-trouble-for-many-plants-animals/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn6789.gifDSCN6789"Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone?" Joni Mitchellhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn4236.gifDSCN4236https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/barn-from-westfallia-ridge.gifbarn-from-westfallia-ridgehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscn2290.gifDSCN22902013-05-10T15:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/05/07/a-seedless-grape-vineyard-begins-with-tree-clearing/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/on-roof-with-doug.gifon-roof-with-DougOn the roof with Doug, surveying our many in-process projects.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vineyard-from-north.gifvineyard-from-northAlmost ready for the next step -- which is not pretty either. It rhymes with sound-up.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0008.gifDSC_0008There goes one of the taller box elders. I can't even imagine how long it would have taken Doug and I to clear the vineyard site with our own strength and a chain saw alone.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/doug-versus-box-elder.gifDoug-versus-box-elderThese are trees, that if we had known what we know now -- we would have cut out with a loppers 10 years ago.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0040.gifDSC_0040The power in these machines is awesome and truly scary.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0032.gifDSC_0032https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0001.gifDSC_0001Now the sun and wind can get to the grapes.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/view-to-east-before-clearin.gifview-to-east-before-clearinThis is blocking sun and wind from the east.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vineyard-from-road-cleared.gifvineyard-from-road-clearedNow, you don't!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vineyard-from-road-before.gifvineyard-from-road-beforeAbout 100 spruces - now you see them.2013-05-08T13:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/05/01/what-a-bit-of-colored-glass-can-do/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/installed-2.gifinstalled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/installed-1.gifinstalled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/install.gifinstallhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fitting-1.giffitting-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/high-street.gifhigh-streethttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/chagall.gifChagallhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/church-window.gifchurch-windowphoto credit http://www.nycsalt-blog.org/?p=431 2016-10-27T17:54:19+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/04/25/every-yard-should-have-a-bit-of-elderberry/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/close-up-flower.gifclose-up-flowerphoto credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/7147684@N03/1292362374/sizes/o/in/photostream/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/doug.gifdoughttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jar-of-twigs.gifjar-of-twigshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1photo credit http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elderberries2007-08-12.JPGhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/just-opening-flowers.gifjust-opening-flowersphoto credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosasay/5331007983/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/branches.gifbranchesphoto credit http://pixabay.com/en/black-elderberry-sambucus-nigra-9917/2013-04-28T12:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/04/16/transplanting-red-osier-dogwood-to-start-our-yard/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/red-twig-bed.gifred-twig-bedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/planting-red-twig.gifplanting-red-twighttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/doug-pounding-in-peg.gifDoug-pounding-in-peghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/red-twig-in-bucket.gifred-twig-in-buckethttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/red-twig-in-prairie.gifred-twig-in-prairiehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dogwood-flowers.gifDogwood-flowershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/yard.gifYARD2018-05-05T16:47:19+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/04/13/slipping-in-a-prairie-burn-before-the-rain/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/glade-burned.gifglade-burnedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/burning-glade-2.gifburning-glade-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/break-raked.gifbreak-rakedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/burning-glade-3.gifburning-glade-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/doug-in-glade.gifdoug-in-glade2013-05-03T13:44:50+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/03/31/wading-in-the-water-cycle/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-71.gifUntitled-7It's kind of like running into your little Cousin Eddie after 10 years, and instead of patting him on the head, you are cranking your head back to smile into his bearded face.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-51.gifUntitled-5https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gulf-of-mexico1.gifgulf-of-mexicohttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gulf-of-mexico.gifgulf-of-mexicohttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/water-cycle-map.gifwater-cycle-maphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-31.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-6.gifUntitled-6https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-13.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-7.gifUntitled-72013-04-02T23:09:42+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/03/20/painting-with-fire-and-prairie-plants/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-5.gifUntitled-5We are done packing with this paper.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-12.gifUntitled-1I admit it. I love to play with fire and having a legitimate reason to do so.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0056-2.gifDSC_0056-(2)Lloyd's Lane no more.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/hoary-puccoon.gifHoary-puccoonHoary Puccoon Lithospermum canescens, aren't they gorgeous?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-21.gifUntitled-2We have been opening this prairie jewel box wider each year.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscn8418.gifDSCN8418The glade has been one of our favorite work sites for many years. Now we can walk there in a few minutes.2013-04-02T23:07:41+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/03/15/the-pros-and-cons-of-trapping/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/untitled-1.gifUntitled-12013-04-11T23:59:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/03/01/shoveling-out-at-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/porch.gifporchhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/vineyard.gifvineyardhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/doug-close.gifdoug-closehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/me.gifmehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/more-me1.gifmore-mehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/more-me.gifmore-mehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/doug-distant.gifdoug-distanthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/drive.gifdrive2013-05-11T18:21:35+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/02/12/how-we-chose-the-wood-stove-for-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/stove.gifstoveThe bright flames at the top are the smoke burning. It's both beautiful and more efficient.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/emissions.gifemissionsWood burning is not the cleanest possible heat source.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/permit.gifpermitWe used our very first fire, which came right after our final building inspection to ceremonially burn our Building Permithttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gray-day.gifgray-dayWe're having a string of gray days.2013-02-12T03:49:04+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/02/08/turning-tree-trunks-into-kitchen-shelves/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/kitchen.gifkitchenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hammering.gifhammeringhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/shelf.gifshelfLater Jacob taught me to go all the way across the slab with the grain in a narrow swath then do another until I am done. That allowed me to keep from having lines where brush strokes have already dried. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/4-shelves.gif4-shelveshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/timbers-in-barn.giftimbers-in-barnhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/timbers-and-barn.giftimbers-and-barn2013-02-08T19:31:58+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/01/25/moving-into-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ricky.gifRickyPoor Ensign Rickyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/office.gifofficehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shelves.gifshelvesshaping shelves.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tarps.giftarpsNothing in life prepared me for watching this huge tarp smash into and rake across my bedroom window while the wind howled.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/prairie.gifprairieThe work station outside my office door.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/messy-kitchen.gifmessy-kitchenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/moving-bed.gifMoving-bedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/moving-truck.gifMOVING-TRUCK2013-01-26T19:50:24+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/01/16/in-the-eastern-u-s-spring-flowers-keep-pace-with-warming-climate/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2010-07-30-mountain-daisies-wp.jpgMountain Daisieshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/4600125469_98000bf0d0_b.jpg4600125469_98000bf0d0_b2013-01-17T04:08:35+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/01/05/open-house-showcases-old-and-new-at-underhill/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0037.gifDSC_0037https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_1502.gifIMG_1502https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0074.gifDSC_0074https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0012.gifDSC_0012https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0021.gifDSC_0021https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0025.gifDSC_00252013-01-09T18:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2013/01/01/shedding-some-light-on-the-great-flourescent-bulb-phase-out/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/our-lights.gifour-lightsThe big one on the left will get an LED, the small one on the right will get a CFL.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/piggy-bank.gifpiggy-bankhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/led.gifLEDhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cfl.gifCFLhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3Still using Edison's original plan.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/untitled-4.gifUntitled-4Running into the store for a light blub? Be prepared for a slog.2013-01-02T15:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/12/23/firing-up-the-solar-panels-for-winter-solstice/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0066.gifDSC_0066https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/floor.jpgFLOORhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0067.gifDSC_0067https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/panel-in-snow1.jpgPANEL IN SNOWhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/panel-in-snow.jpgPANEL IN SNOW2012-12-28T03:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/12/14/7162/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_00061.gifDSC_0006My office door will soon also be painted white. We picked it up at the ReStore in Madison. Reuse!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0003.gifDSC_0003One of my office windows. How am I ever going to get anything done when all I want to do is look at and out of the window?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_00011.gifDSC_0001These live edge pieces looked really beautiful on the rack. One of the many beautiful but ephemeral stages in the construction of Undershill House.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo-of-trimming.jpgphoto of trimmingDella and Jacob painting at warp speed using rollers.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0024.gifDSC_0024KJ and Della painting trim the day after Thanksgiving.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0009.gifDSC_00092012-12-23T07:37:15+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/12/11/birds-eye-view-and-a-free-tree/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_14841.gifIMG_1484https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_1493-2.gifIMG_1493-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_1502.gifIMG_1502Site of solar panelshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/xmas-livingroom-05.gifxmas-livingroom-05We've been thinning these trees and turning our living room into a winter wonderland since we bought the land.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_1488.gifIMG_1488https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_1484.gifIMG_1484Charles has given us a opportunity to look down on our little spot in the world and see it in context. I love the way this shot puts our 44 acres into its surrounding section of the Driftless Area’s undulating landscape. 2012-12-21T02:27:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/12/07/mapping-the-secrets-of-our-straw-bale-walls/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0012.gifDSC_0012Doug took the measurements. I took the notes.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/closeup.gifcloseuppine strips drawn tight from outside to inside with twisted wirehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0007.gifDSC_0007The exterior plaster has been hardening in place for a number of weeks, and now it is time for the interior straw bale walls to get plastered!2012-12-07T18:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/12/04/the-first-pizza-from-our-cob-oven/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0001.gifDSC_0001https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0006.gifDSC_0006https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0021.gifDSC_0021https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_00161.gifDSC_0016https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0019.gifDSC_00192012-12-05T19:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/11/30/the-solar-panels-are-up-for-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0021.gifDSC_0021https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/window.jpgwindowhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/closeup.gifcloseuphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/photo.jpgphotohttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0017.gifDSC_00172012-12-03T07:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/11/27/finishing-concrete-floors-simply/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_00233.gifDSC_0023https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0015.gifDSC_0015https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0011.gifDSC_0011https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0026.gifDSC_0026Initial cleaning of the floorhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0008.gifDSC_00082012-12-19T06:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/11/20/7079/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/painting-in-the-dark.jpgpainting in the darkPainting in the dark is not ideal, but sometimes necessary.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/low-voc-paint-3.jpglow-voc-paint-3low-VOC painthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/doug-on-ladder1.jpgDoug on ladderhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/doug-on-ladder.jpgDoug on ladderhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ladder.jpgladder2015-07-30T18:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/11/13/the-perplexities-of-painting-underhill-house-part-one/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jacob.jpgJacobJacob, a very experienced painter, says this ceiling is the most difficult ceiling he has ever painted.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/can.jpgcanhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_00232.gifDSC_0023https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_00231.gifDSC_0023https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/photo4.jpgphoto(4)Walls - yes. Ceiling - no.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0012.gifDSC_0012This ceiling is NOT Painting 101.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/photo31.jpgphoto(3)Doug primes the outside of the pantry.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/photo3.jpgphoto(3)Doug primes the outside of the pantry.2012-11-14T04:22:43+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/11/06/patching-punctured-pex/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0030.gifDSC_0030https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0023.gifDSC_0023https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0027.gifDSC_0027When heated, the PEX is clear and flexible. When it cools again, it returns to its original shape.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0020.gifDSC_0020https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0003.gifDSC_0003https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0002.gifDSC_0002https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0025.gifDSC_0025This tree arched a bit to the north, and that pushed the bedroom door a few inches north as well.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/016.gif016https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/014.gif014https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/untitled-1.gifUntitled-12015-02-13T15:53:21+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/10/30/overview-of-underhill/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct-29.gifOct-29https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/august-2.gifAugust-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/july-30.gifJuly-30https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/july-18.gifJuly-18https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/july-16.gifJuly-16https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/june-16.gifJune-16https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/may-29.gifmay-29https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/april-14.gifapril-14https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/march-26.gifmarch-262012-10-31T22:50:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/10/26/new-lighter-drywall-is-winwin/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0045.gifDSC_0045https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_00331.gifDSC_0033https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0033.gifDSC_0033https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0039.gifDSC_0039https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0018.gifDSC_0018https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_00441.gifDSC_0044https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0019.gifDSC_0019https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/interior-septebmer.gifinterior-Septebmerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0044.gifDSC_00442020-06-17T12:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/10/23/sound-insulation-made-out-of-old-blue-jeans/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_00401.gifDSC_0040https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/untitled-23.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/round-peg.gifround-pegWhile filling in all the little irregularly shaped openings around our unmilled timber rafters, I have more sympathy for all the effort involved in working with these beautiful but irregular shapes.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/untitled-12.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/untitled-3.gifUntitled-32012-10-23T14:18:19+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/10/19/welcome-to-underhill-house-open-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0029.jpgDSC_0029https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0022.gifDSC_0022https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0013.gifDSC_0013https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0087.gifDSC_0087https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1Illustration from http://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/cub_/lessons/cub_housing/cub_housing_lesson05.xml 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is the second time --- has pulled up on our site.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1The castor bean busily sucking CO2 out of the air. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/untitled-21.gifUntitled-2The expedient castor bean!2012-10-17T04:38:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/10/09/where-to-by-your-appliances/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/washboards1.jpgwashboardsBob's Electric honors the past, and I hope they have a long future.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/washboards.jpgwashboardsBob's Electric honors the past, and I hope they have a long future.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/photo.jpgphotoThat door in the back to the left is the one that leads into what is now office and what was once the family home.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fridges.jpgfridgesWelcome to Bob's Electric, Dodgeville WIhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/locally-milled-wood.giflocally-milled-woodLocally grown and milled joists and floor boards.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/farmers-market1.giffarmers marketBounty from Shooting Star Farm on a warmer day. Our fridge is filled with their tasty produce.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/farmers-market.giffarmers marketTaken on a warmer day, this is the bounty of Shooting Star Farm, a regular vendor at the Mineral Point Farmer's Market. Our fridge is full of their offerings.2012-10-20T03:28:56+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/10/03/underhill-house-gets-plastered-part-2-changing-to-french-lime/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0005.gifDSC_0005Temporarily lifting the tarp to see the color of the plaster.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0120.gifDSC_0120https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_00962.gifDSC_0096https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_00961.gifDSC_0096https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0096.gifDSC_0096https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0113.gifDSC_01132012-10-07T19:09:40+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/09/28/7-stairs-that-get-you-there-with-flare-and-room-to-spare/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/eestairs.gifEestairshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/floating-stairs1.giffloating-stairshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/book-case-alternating1.gifbook-case-alternatinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sarah-susanka1.gifSarah-Susankahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/xxs-house1.gifxxs-househttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/floating-stairs.giffloating-stairshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/book-case-alternating.gifbook-case-alternatinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sarah-susanka.gifSarah-Susankahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/xxs-house.gifxxs-househttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/our-winder-from-below.gifour-winder-from-below2012-09-30T17:22:58+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/09/25/creating-a-cob-oven-part-1/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/finishing-first-layer.giffinishing-first-layerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/building-cobb-layer-higher.gifbuilding-cobb-layer-higherhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sawing-cob.gifsawing-cobhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/first-layer-of-cob.giffirst-layer-of-cobhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mixing-sand-and-clay.gifmixing-sand-and-clayhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/paper-coating-on-sand.gifpaper-coating-on-sandhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/paper-strips-in-slip.gifpaper-strips-in-sliphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/smoothing-sand-dome.gifsmoothing-sand-domehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sand-dome-built.gifsand-dome-builthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/start-sand-mold.gifstart-sand-mold2012-09-25T19:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/09/21/check-out-the-green-stethoscope/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0100.gifDSC_0100Doug, KJ, Della and I at KJ's White Coat Ceremony.2012-09-21T20:47:03+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/09/18/county-code-administrators-tour-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_00901.gifDSC_0090https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0090.gifDSC_0090https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo-21.gifphoto-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo-2.gifphoto-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_00782.gifDSC_0078https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo-1.gifphoto-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_00832.gifDSC_0083https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_00831.gifDSC_0083https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_00781.gifDSC_0078https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0078.gifDSC_00782012-09-19T12:57:43+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/09/11/wisconsin-raisins-we-hope-so/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/closeup-3.jpgcloseup 3A closer look at our vineyard site. Know anyone who needs a xmas tree?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/vineyard-closeup.jpgvineyard closeupLooking at the vineyard site more closely. The cedar and spruce will be replaced with native-pollinator prairie plants. Know anyone who needs a christmas tree?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/vineyard-in-distance.jpgvineyard in distanceOur prospective vineyard is the clearing in the distance as seen from the end of the drain field near our house.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo2.jpgphotoRaisins are a wonderful way to enjoy the sweetness of sunlight.2019-04-12T20:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/09/07/whole-trees-straw-bale-report-card/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0027.jpgDSC_0027Bales held tight with firring strips covered with tar paper, ready for plasteringhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0037.gifDSC_0037Doug and Bryan assess the process in the early stages.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0032.gifDSC_0032Mixing straw clay for stuffing into irregular spots.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0057.gifDSC_0057https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0031.gifDSC_0031https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0018.gifDSC_00182012-09-09T21:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/09/04/the-goldilocks-method-of-downsizing/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bascom-kitchen1.jpgBascom kitchenOur old kitchen was a Papa Bear of excess deep storage. I pulled things out of the back I had not seen or used in years.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/uh-kitchen2.jpgUH kitchenThis kitchen will be just right.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo1.jpgphotoA Baby Bear of a Kitchenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo.jpgphotoA Baby Bear of a kitchen.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bascom-kitchen.jpgBascom kitchenA Papa Bear of a kitchen.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/stairway.jpgstairwayWhen you carry your possessions up these stairs, you really question their value.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/moving-sofa.jpgmoving sofaEverything must go.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/moving-truck.jpgmoving truckThis truck was only about half full of things for our High Street apartment. The rest were dropped at our storage units.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bascom-exit.jpgbascom exitWe never expected to live here so long, but it was a good nine years before our goodbye last Friday.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/uh-kitchen1.jpgUH kitchen2012-09-07T05:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/08/27/brand-new-mailbox-smashed-to-smithereens/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo-jpg-31.gifphoto.JPG-3Such pointless waste!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo-jpg-3.gifphoto.JPG-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo-jpg-2.gifphoto.JPG-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo.gifphotohttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_00751.gifDSC_0075Our pride and joy mail box, ready to facilitate the miracle of postal service. You can send things anywhere and receive from around the world with one of these things.2012-09-21T19:07:17+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/08/24/we-have-a-new-mail-box-hooray-for-rural-postal-delivery/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0073.gifDSC_0073https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0067.gifDSC_0067https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn2605.gifDSCN2605https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn2603.gifDSCN2603https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0305.gifDSC_0305https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0075.gifDSC_0075https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/rock-garden.gifrock-gardenMy grandpa told me that he found most of the rocks for his rock garden along the road on his postal route.2012-08-28T01:20:26+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/08/21/the-first-ten-layers-of-our-sod-roof/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0117.gifDSC_0117Though it's not finished, this is the day our roof became true shelter from the storm.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0115.gifDSC_0115https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0019.gifDSC_0019The world's biggest bicycle tire.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn2514.gifDSCN2514It almost hurt to cover the pine boards with styrofoam Their beauty was like Buddhist butter art. Unfortunately, I didn't get a photo of our roof when it was an undulating pink plank.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0274.gifDSC_0274The second layer of pine decking made the roof very sturdy.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0216.gifDSC_0216Doug and I lay awake at night considering all the possible ways to use the pines that were blocking our southern exposure. They turned out to make a beautiful and sturdy covering over the trusses.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0295.gifDSC_0295https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0182.gifDSC_0182Watching this caster bean foam expand to fill the space was like watching liquid popcorn pop.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn2403.gifDSCN2403https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn2347.gifDSCN2347Alas, one layer of repurposed billboard tarp is not entirely waterproof, but it's a start.2012-08-23T05:06:23+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/08/07/leaping-into-the-gap-between-our-old-house-and-new/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bedroom-2.gifbedroom-2The blue tarps are making me wonder if our new bedroom should be blue.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bedroom.gifbedroomSweet dreams, sunny yellow old bedroom.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/kitchen-2.gifkitchen-2Can't wait to cook in you, new kitchen, but there is no stove or sink - and no walls either.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/kitchen.gifkitchenGoodby, dear old kitchen.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dining-room-2.gifdining-room-2See you soon, new dining room - after the straw bale walls are built, we can at least stand in you.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dining-room.gifdining-roomGoodby to our current dining room.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/family-room-2.giffamily-room-2See you soon, new family room.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/family-room.giffamily-roomGoodby to our current family room.2012-09-06T01:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/08/03/why-we-chose-lime-plaster-instead-of-portland-cement/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0002.gifDSC_0002The entire house is swathed in tarps and burlap to protect the lime plaster as it dries.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0124.gifDSC_0124Where I wrote this blog post.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_01201.gifDSC_0120Doug mists the top wall.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0120.gifDSC_0120Doug mists the third floor wall.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0096.gifDSC_0096These are the kind of cracks we are minimizing by constant misting, but a few cracks at this stage will be covered over in the second coat. No worries.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0033.gifDSC_0033We can mist the west wall without scaffolding.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0083.gifDSC_0083Old world lime plaster is applied over high-tech steal lathe.2018-08-20T22:09:26+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/07/31/underhill-house-gets-plastered-part-one-the-prep/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_00621.gifDSC_0062“The crew likes a material that sets up fast,” says Eric. “So I did a second testbatch with twice as much pozz – a 10% ratio, which sped it up quite a bit. It has a fairly decent set in an hour.”https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0062.gifDSC_0062https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_00591.gifDSC_0059https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0045.gifDSC_0045https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_00522.gifDSC_0052https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_01351.gifDSC_0135How to seal around the rafters was a challenge. Krome, Bryan and Doug put their heads together.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0174.gifDSC_0174Steve helps turn Underhill House into the fanciest tar paper shack in the valley.2012-08-02T05:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/07/27/the-roof-for-underhill-house-is-a-matter-of-truss/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_01232.gifDSC_0123https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_01231.gifDSC_0123https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0108.gifDSC_0108https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0123.gifDSC_0123https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0125.gifDSC_0125https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0171.gifDSC_0171https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0076.gifDSC_0076https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0156.gifDSC_0156https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2154.gifDSCN21542012-07-28T03:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/07/24/a-big-picture-break-at-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/aerial-5.gifaerial-5https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/aerial-4.gifaerial-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/aerial-3.gifaerial 3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/aerial-2.gifaerial-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/aerial-1.gifaerial-12012-07-24T22:37:39+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/07/20/building-without-air-conditioning-in-a-warming-world/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sun.gifsunphoto credit for this all too blazing sun: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedkoston/3961985794/sizes/l/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/one-air-conditioner.gifone-air-conditionerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/underhill.gifunderhillhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_00402.gifDSC_0040https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0007.gifDSC_00072012-08-04T04:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/07/17/many-baby-steps-make-a-giant-step-for-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2337.gifDSCN2337The lime is slaking.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0065.gifDSC_0065Bases ready for straw bale walls.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2336.gifDSCN2336It's so great to finally have well water for our parched plants.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_00521.gifDSC_0052Bryan and Doug like the look of the windows, but one is missing.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0057.gifDSC_0057Doug and Andy agree that the pipes look a lot like the white timbers next to them.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0059.gifDSC_0059https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2325.gifDSCN2325The wood stove we've selected.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_00501.gifDSC_0050At one point, Full Spectrum Solar was installing pipes, Pella was delivering windows and our rock retaining wall was being assembled.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0052.gifDSC_0052Bryan and Doug check out the window delivery.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0050.gifDSC_0050At the same moment Full Spectrum Solar was installing pipes, Pella was delivering the windows and the rock retaining wall was being built.2012-07-18T03:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/07/13/two-waste-containers-you-wont-find-on-the-underhill-building-site/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0009.gifDSC_0009It's the underside of the carpeting that you see, and it is a pleasant tan color.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_00351.gifDSC_0035This photo shows both the lower and upper slip-form stone walls and the soffit lined with used carpet. The bottom of the carpet is what you see, and it is a pleasant tan color.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0035.gifDSC_0035This photo shows both the lower and upper slip-form stone walls, and also the soffit lined with used carpeting. The underside of it is a nice, natural tan that goes great with the round rafters.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1Put one of these on a 5-gallon bucket, set it next to a bag of sawdust, and you are in business!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2Building a conventional house generates a lot of waste.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0006.gifDSC_0006https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2244.gifDSCN2244https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2147.gifDSCN21472015-05-31T13:24:21+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/07/10/bracing-our-round-timber-frame-for-big-winds/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2298.gifDSCN2298https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2300.gifDSCN2300https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2280.gifDSCN2280https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2301.gifDSCN2301https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn22751.gifDSCN2275https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2275.gifDSCN2275https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2276.gifDSCN2276https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_00431.gifDSC_0043https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0043.gifDSC_00432012-07-10T18:36:29+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/07/06/straw-bales-for-underhill-house-and-where-they-came-from/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0101.gifDSC_0101One of the two wagons that fold our future walls. They are ready to go!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0187.gifDSC_0187You've got to be careful with atrosine.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0160.gifDSC_0160Tom at the wheel, monitoring computer read-outs and fielding cell phone calls.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0191.gifDSC_0191Doug and I climb aboard the combine for a test drive.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0185.gifDSC_0185https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0181.gifDSC_0181The wheat kernels destined for pizza dough fill the combine hopper.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0135.gifDSC_0135Tom in his combine.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0117.gifDSC_0117https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0088.gifDSC_0088https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0074.gifDSC_0074Only big bales that are handled by machine get baled in this heat.2013-01-15T14:13:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/07/03/tale-of-two-open-houses-underhill-house-and-bascom-place/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_00401.gifDSC_0040https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0040.gifDSC_0040https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tombo-at-the-door1.gifTombo-at-the-doorhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tombo-at-the-door.gifTombo-at-the-doorhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2225.gifDSCN2225https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0048.gifDSC_0048https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2227.gifDSCN2227https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/canning-tomatoes.gifcanning-tomatoeshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/101015-house-front.gif101015-house-fronthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn2230.gifDSCN22302012-07-03T15:59:30+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/06/29/flying-high-for-a-birds-eye-view-of-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/charles-heidi-2012-06-26.gifCharles-Heidi-2012-06-26https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0437.gifDSC_0437https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0420.gifDSC_0420https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0415.gifDSC_0415See my shadow?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0393.gifDSC_0393https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0410.gifDSC_0410https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn21121.gifDSCN2112https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn2119.gifDSCN2119https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0216.gifDSC_0216https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn2112.gifDSCN21122012-06-29T14:28:41+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/06/26/where-the-wild-places-are-get-lost-in-dane-county/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/001.gif001https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/untitled-14.gifUntitled-12012-06-28T04:17:42+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/06/22/underhill-house-whole-tree-timber-rafters-hit-the-sky/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/openhouse-flyer.gifopenhouse-flyerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0385.jpgDSC_0385https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0373.jpgDSC_0373https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0276.jpgDSC_0276https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_03601.jpgDSC_0360https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0091.jpgDSC_0091https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0360.jpgDSC_0360https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0242.jpgDSC_0242https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0159.jpgDSC_0159Bryan and Prairie worked the middle bent, where the pairs of rafters were joined.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0164.jpgDSC_0164Brad set up shop on the north bent.2012-06-22T13:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/06/19/something-fishy-about-our-400-million-year-old-foundation/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0004.gifDSC_0004https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/untitled-13.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/untitled-12.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn2053.gifDSCN2053Fresh, local rock.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn20491.gifDSCN2049Kaboom!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn2048.gifDSCN2048Before the blast.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn2049.gifDSCN2049https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/066.gif066https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/025.gif0252012-06-19T22:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/06/15/the-problems-and-pleasures-of-our-porch-pillars-at-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn2080.gifDSCN2080I'm standing approximately where our front door will be.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn1988.gifDSCN1988A pillar pow wow.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn1991.gifDSCN1991My favorite pillar -- well one of my favorites. I actually have many favorites.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn1983.gifDSCN1983https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn20371.gifDSCN2037https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn1965.gifDSCN1965https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn2037.gifDSCN2037https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn19491.gifDSCN1949https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn1949.gifDSCN1949https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscn2074.gifDSCN20742012-06-15T23:18:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/06/12/whats-hot-at-underhill-house-a-thermal-mass-wall-with-embedded-pex-tubing/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/13.gif13Our architect, Della Hansmann, stands beside the sturdy thermal mass wall, which is still wrapped in a tarp to slow down the curing process and increase its strength..https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2.gif2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/111.gif11https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/9.gif9Can you find the PEX tubing in this photo?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/4.gif4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/8.gif8https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/11.gif1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1.gif12012-06-12T05:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/06/08/up-up-and-away-raising-the-timber-frame-bents-at-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ready-to-fly2.gifready-to-flyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ready-to-fly1.gifready-to-flyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_01691.jpgDSC_0169https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0216.jpgDSC_0216https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0205.jpgDSC_0205https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/barn.gifbarnhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ready-to-fly.gifready-to-flyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0169.jpgDSC_0169https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0191.jpgDSC_0191https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0074.jpgDSC_00742012-06-12T20:39:37+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/06/05/adverse-drug-reactions-arent-green/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eagleglide/3077556441/sizes/l/in/photostream/ 2012-06-06T02:25:21+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/06/01/whole-tree-timber-framing-begins-at-underhill-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/007.gif007https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/015.gif015This fan-shaped black walnut will sit at the northeast corner of the house in our bedroom, and its long branches will arch across the wall and brace against the next post. We’ve been following this dramatic tree since it was selected, and our architect/daughter Della Hansmann told us of her vision for its use as we stood on the edge of the woods where it was growing last summer. We think this fine tree was put to great use in our house. Its dramatic asymmetry would never have produced commercial lumber, and its lopsided nature made for a precarious future.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0211.gif021https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/021.gif021https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0371.gif037https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/023.gif023https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2641.gif264https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/264.gif264https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/130.gif130https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/041.gif0412012-11-18T13:46:35+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/05/29/6338/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/004.gif004https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/010.gif010https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/002.gif002https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/073.gif073https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/008.gif008https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/037.gif037https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/pex.gifPEXhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/029.gif0292012-05-29T21:34:01+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/05/18/grow-the-hottest-peppers-in-the-world-if-you-dare/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/untitled-4.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/untitled-1.gifUntitled-12012-05-29T04:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/05/22/first-open-house-at-underhill/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/roof-joists.gifroof-joistsHope to see you Friday!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/first-floor.giffirst-floorhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/post-and-beam.gifpost-and-beamhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/framing-wall1.gifframing-wallhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/basement-beam.gifbasement-beamhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/framing-wall.gifframing-wallhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/concrete.gifconcretehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/south-wall-drawing.gifsouth-wall-drawingWhole Tree Architecture rendering of Underhill House2012-05-29T04:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/05/25/how-green-is-your-grass/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/grassy-closeup1.gifgrassy-closeuphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/grassy-closeup.gifgrassy-closeuphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fireplug1.giffireplughttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fireplug.giffireplughttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fraternity-lawn.gifFraternity-lawnhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/curving-sidewalk.gifcurving-sidewalk2012-05-26T03:08:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/05/15/good-well-water/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/our-well.gifour-wellOur new well.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cleaning-concrete1.gifcleaning-concreteCleaning up.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cleaning-concrete.gifcleaning-concreteCleaning up https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/concrete-going-down.gifconcrete-going-downConcrete being pumped around the casing through this red hose.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/shale.gifshaleShale. This stuff turns into mud when it gets wet.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/checking-the-basket.gifchecking-the-basketChecking the basket to see what's down there.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bit2.gifbitThis bit means business!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bit1.gifbithttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bit.gifbithttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/water-tank.gifwater-tankThe red part of this truck is actually a water tank.2019-02-19T00:45:57+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/05/10/building-rock-wall-using-slip-form-part-2/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/final-wall.giffinal-wallTom and Bryan get ready to set a plate of treated lumbar on the stone to connect the stone and the framed wall above it.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cleaned-and-not.gifcleaned-and-notCleaned on the left. Not yet cleaned on the right.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cleaning-rock.gifcleaning-rockhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mortared-stone1.gifmortared-stoneI mortared this part all by myself.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mortared-stone.gifmortared-stoneThe part of the wall I mortared all by myself.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tuck-pointing.giftuck-pointingTuck pointing.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mixing-mortar.gifmixing-mortarTom mixes the mortar. You use as little water as possible, and end up with something the consistency of crumbly pie dough, which like pie dough holds together when compressed.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wall-unveiled.gifwall-unveiledStone wall unveiled!2016-06-29T21:58:25+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/05/08/building-a-rock-wall-using-slip-form-part-1/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/delivering1.gifdeliveringIt made the earth shake when this load of rock was dumped.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wires-and-rebar.gifwires-and-rebarhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/adding-more-motar.gifadding-more-motarhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fitting-stone-into-frame.giffitting-stone-into-framehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/building-the-frame.gifbuilding-the-framehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/delivering.gifdeliveringIt made the earth shake when this rock hit the ground.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/in-swiggum-quarry.gifin-Swiggum-QuarryFinding our rock 10 miles from home at Swiggum Quarryhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/unsmooth-pine1.gifunsmooth-pineA slip-form stone wall built by Tom Spicer.2019-06-28T16:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/05/04/why-we-are-painting-our-timbers-white/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/painted-pines.gifpainted-pineshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/michael-spray-painting.gifMichael-spray-paintinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/painting-branches-big-pictu.gifpainting-branches-big-pictuhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/brad-sanding1.gifBrad-sandinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/michael-sanding.gifMichael-sandinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/smooth-pine.gifsmooth-pineAfter smoothing.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/unsmooth-pine.gifunsmooth-pineBefore smoothing.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/brad-sanding.gifBrad-sandinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/painted-oak.gifpainted-oakhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/prairie-painting.gifprairie-painting2012-05-07T02:37:28+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/05/01/sneak-peak-at-mysteries-of-the-driftless-film/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/untitled-33.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/untitled-22.gifUntitled-22012-05-09T01:08:19+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/04/27/our-fab-slab-how-the-first-floor-of-underhill-house-was-poured/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/043.gif043https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/081.gif081https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/075.gif075https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/064.gif064https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/034.gif034https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/020.gif020https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/003.gif0032012-04-28T15:08:24+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/04/24/clark-kent-floor-turns-into-superman-when-it-flexes-its-pex/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pex-on-floor-complete.gifpex-on-floor-completeBy the time you are looking at this, it will be covered in concrete.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mark-and-andy-at-manifold.gifMark-and-Andy-at-manifoldConnecting each loop to the manifold, which will ultimately control they system.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pex-roll-in-foreground.gifPEX-roll-in-foregroundPEX tubing has changed the face of home heating.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/laying-the-long-and-winding.giflaying-the-long-and-windingThe long and winding road begins.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/drawing-out-the-plan.gifdrawing-out-the-planDrawing out the plan on the floor.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pex-plan-for-lower-level.gifPex-Plan-for-lower-levelThis plan traces where individual zones will be located. There will be four zones in the house.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/laying-the-styrofoam.giflaying-the-styrofoamStep 2 was laying down 4" of styrofoam. It is installed in two 2-inch panels with the joints in different places to make sure there is minimal heat loss at the joints.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/clear-stone-base.gifclear-stone-baseDoug and Bryan go over the plans. Step one of our high-performance floor is a layer of clear stone to provide good drainage.2012-04-25T02:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/04/20/why-we-love-full-spectrum-solar/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1Hybrid electric bike - how cool is that?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn1772.gifDSCN1772Powering up the Volt.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/untitled-32.gifUntitled-3Full Spectrum's sign saves energy.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn1775.gifDSCN1775Doug checks out a demo-sized version of the solar panels we will be installing.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/untitled-21.gifUntitled-22012-04-22T13:55:29+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/04/17/underhill-house-whats-in-a-name/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/barn.gifBarnhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/underhill1.gifUnderhillhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/underhill.gifUnderhillhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/049.gif049https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dutch-house.gifDutch-house2012-04-21T14:04:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/04/13/are-the-neonicotinoids-you-are-using-in-your-garden-killing-your-bees/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pondapple/5419305106/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/potato.gifpotatohttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/untitled-31.gifUntitled-3Photo credit: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/93716 https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1Photo credit: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2058430 https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/untitled-3.gifUntitled-32012-04-17T12:25:04+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/04/10/science-expeditions-opens-doors-to-uw-madison-science/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cow-stomach.gifcow-stomachAt an exploratory station organized by the School of Veterinary Medicine, student Leslie Estelle shows children an illuminated model of cow's stomach during Science Expeditions, an interactive science and technology outreach event held at Engineering Hall. Photo by: Jeff Millerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dna1.gifDNANatalie Rodenkirc participates in an activity booth explaining how DNA is isolated in a lab setting during the "Science is Fun" event at Engineering Hall, one of several activities offered during Science Expeditions 2008 held April 5, 2008, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Photo by: Bryce Richter Photo credit: UW-Madison, University Communicationshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/crowd1.gifcrowdhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/crowd.gifcrowdhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dna.gifDNAhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/big-bug.gifbig-bugA Madagascar hissing cockroach makes an appearance at the "Who's Who of the Insect Word" booth during Science Expeditions 2007 held March 24, 2007 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Photo by: Aaron Mayes Photo credit: UW-Madison, University Communicationshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/engineering-expo.gifEngineering-ExpoEngineering Expo. Photo by: Michael Forster Rothbart Photo credit: UW-Madison, University Communicationshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/glasses.gifglassesLauri Schwarts and her daughter Jacel Schwarts use special glasses to see various properties of light during Science Expeditions 2007 held March 24, 2007 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Photo by: Aaron Mayes Photo credit: UW-Madison, University Communications2012-04-12T14:17:26+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/04/06/forging-the-foundation-of-our-straw-bale-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/house-view-1.gifhouse-view-1This view shows the southwest corner of the house. That's where my office below and the kitchen above will be.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/068.gif068https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/straightening-walls.gifstraightening-wallsThe force of the concrete can bow out the frames. They kept the walls straight by measuring with a string stretched the length of the wall about 2" out on both ends. Anywhere that the string was not 2" out, they braced with boards. (Doug and I are the shadow figures in the lower right.)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mike-places-concrete-close.gifMike-places-concrete-close-Mike makes sure the concrete fills the walls. Later they were vibrated with a device pushed down into the slurry to encourage the concrete to settle into a solid mass.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pumper-from-lloyds-lane.gifpumper-from-Lloyds-LaneThe concrete truck is pouring its load into the concrete boom pumper truck, which then carries the load up the treacherous hill side while the truck sits safely on solid ground.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/house-view-2.gifhouse-view-2Concrete walls hardening in their frames. Our house seen from uphill.2012-04-06T14:03:45+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/04/03/natural-building-handson-workshops/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/plastering.gifplasteringEveryone should have a go at plastering at some point in their lives.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/strawbale.gifstrawbaleWe learned how much we love to work with straw bale at this workshop.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/whole-tree-timbers.gifwhole-tree-timbershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/221.gif221A slip form stone wall built by Tom Spicer..https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscn2153.gifDSCN2153A straw-cobb workshop we attended several years ago.2012-04-03T03:39:12+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/03/30/pouring-the-foundation-for-our-straw-bale-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/waste-not-want-not.gifwaste-not-want-nothttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/last-few-shovels1.giflast-few-shovelshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/filling-the-gap-asap.giffilling-the-gap-asaphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/last-few-shovels.giflast-few-shovelshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/enough.gifenoughhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spillage.gifspillagehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/overview.gifoverviewhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spray-paint.gifspray-painthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/water-seeping-in.gifwater-seeping-inhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/split-level-dig.gifsplit-level-dig2012-04-05T23:31:52+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/03/27/excavating-for-a-house-on-a-hill-part-1/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/view-from-west.gifview-from-westhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hole-from-east.gifhole-from-easthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/the-first-scoop.gifthe-first-scoopThe first scoop!2012-03-28T20:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/03/23/milling-the-hardwood-for-our-house-at-last/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/long-shot-of-all-the-wood.giflong-shot-of-all-the-woodhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/prairie-on-the-pile.gifPrairie-on-the-pilehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/best-stack.gifbest-stackhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/stack-2.gifstack-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/elm2.gifelm2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/elm.gifelmhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hauling-a-new-board.gifhauling-a-new-boardhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/saw-in-action.gifsaw-in-actionhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/slicing-the-cherry.gifslicing-the-cherryhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wrestling-cherry-logs.gifwrestling-cherry-logs2012-03-26T12:33:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/03/20/not-so-big-house-in-libertyville/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/steps.gifstepshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/murphy-bed-down.gifmurphy-bed-downhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/murphy-bed-up.gifmurphy-bed-upthis is a very cool murphy bed. See it open below.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/kitchen.gifkitchenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/susankas-exterior.gifSusankas-exteriorhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/street-scene.gifstreet-scene2012-03-28T11:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/03/16/using-every-particle-of-pine/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bark-compost.gifbark-compostWhat feels better than building a big pile of material ready to be composted?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/raking-bark.gifraking-barkRaking and barrowing all that bark was actually a lot harder work than taking pine planks off the mill, but it felt really good.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bark-curls.gifbark-curlsThis is valuable material.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/pine-rafters.gifpine-raftershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sawdust.gifsawdustThis sawdust is incredibly light and fluffy. It was great fun to work with.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/stickers.gifstickersThese stickers are perfect for stacking the roof boards.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/roof-boards.gifroof-boardsThese boards will dry out in the open. They don't need a kiln.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fresh-off-the-mill1.giffresh-off-the-millPine is so much lighter than oak!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fresh-off-the-mill.giffresh-off-the-millThe roof boards are being stacked to dry.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wood-art.gifwood-artSomehow the first slice always seems the most dramatic to me.2012-03-23T05:45:17+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/03/13/clean-up-wood-fires-by-burning-upside-down/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wood1.gifwoodphoto credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/two-wrongs/15014595/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wood.gifwoodphoto credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/two-wrongs/15014595/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wood-stove.gifwood-stovephoto caption: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kchrist/3494515018/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/campfire.gifcampfirephoto credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicethewhale/5012912517/2013-02-13T14:17:04+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/03/09/wisconsin-institutes-for-discovery-named-laboratory-of-the-year/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/day-view1.gifday-viewhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/day-view.gifday-viewhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lecture-hall.giflecture-hallhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lab.giflabhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/untitled-6.gifTown CenterTown Centerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/night-view.gifnight-view2012-03-12T16:23:59+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/03/06/exposing-school-lunches/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3This is a great read.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sarah.gifSarah2012-03-06T13:21:21+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/03/02/hard-times-for-bumble-bees-and-how-to-help/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2Let's help bumble bees get back on top! photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonscottmeans/1517628861/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8583446@N05/2786470693/sizes/l/in/photostream/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/untitled-4.gifUntitled-42013-07-09T01:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/02/28/tools-and-body-mechanics-for-hardworking-women/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/untitled-4.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/untitled-31.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/moses-program.gifMOSES-program2012-02-29T23:50:02+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/02/14/three-reasons-to-love-roundabouts/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/3534851444_5010d57199_o.gif3534851444_5010d57199_o(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/purplemattfish/3534851444/ 2012-02-26T00:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/02/10/finishing-unmilled-timbers-for-our-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn1571.gifDSCN1571https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn1560.gifDSCN1560https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn1554.gifDSCN1554As each piece is done, it is moved out of the work area.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn15381.gifDSCN1538https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn15261.gifDSCN1526https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn1538.gifDSCN1538https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn1526.gifDSCN1526https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn1522.gifDSCN1522https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dscn1531.gifDSCN1531Doug (on right) works with Brad and Prairie finishing one of the main beams.2012-02-10T04:46:46+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/02/07/my-valentine-to-the-timbers-that-will-make-our-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_00311.gifDSC_0031https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0083.gifDSC_0083https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0024.gifDSC_0024https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0031.gifDSC_0031https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0027.gifDSC_0027https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0067.gifDSC_0067Looking at the same bent Doug is standing by at dawn (above) from another angle.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/7-fitting-the-back-wall.gif7-fitting-the-back-wallDoug helping to set the back barn bent in place.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0015.gifDSC_0015Timber frame at dawnhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/full-sun-pan-email.jpgfull sun pan emailThis is a merged panorama that shows where the sun is at rising, noon and setting this time of year. Our house will be aligned to take advantage of this solar arc.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sun-panorama-email.jpgsun panorama email2012-02-10T19:14:06+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/02/03/will-you-be-my-green-valentine-heres-how/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2265668729_54357bfbcf_o.gif2265668729_54357bfbcf_o(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixieclipx/2265668729/in/photostream/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2262853040_7dc74edee2_o.gif2262853040_7dc74edee2_oBeautiful, isn't it? Just don't touch or smell it. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/damselfly58/2262853040/ )2012-02-03T14:33:26+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/01/31/a-tale-of-two-maps-showing-climate-change-and-what-to-do-about-it/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/untitled-13.gifUntitled-12012-01-31T04:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/01/27/rock-solid-science-the-wisconsin-geological-and-natural-history-research-collection/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/map.gifmapEach dot is a source for a set of cores in the collection.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cores-up-close.gifcores-up-closeThe reddish cores on the right were once mined for paint pigment.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/shelf-closeup.gifshelf-closeupClose up of boxes of carefully labeled drilling coreshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/warehouse.gifwarehouseAll these very strong shelves are holding Wisconsin's library of rock.2012-01-27T23:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/01/25/forks-over-knives-and-forks-over-scalpels/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/harvard-healthy-eating-plat.gifharvard-healthy-eating-plathttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/baconator-combo1.gifbaconator-comboI understand this is a baconator combo with what appears to be a pretzel salad. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/erratik/5118142369/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/baconator-combo.gifbaconator-combohttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/forks-over-knives-book.gifForks-over-Knives-bookhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/surgery-2.gifsurgery-2Too much information! This is one of many photos my surgeon gave me after my operation. I mean - yikes.2012-01-26T17:26:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/01/17/sipping-propane-to-supplement-the-sun/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/solar-panels.gifsolar-panelshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/propane-tank.gifpropane-tankYes, this tank is ugly -- as it ought to be.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/untitled-12.gifUntitled-1These are NOT the radiators you struggled with in your first apartment.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sun.gifsunComfortably and efficiently capturing the heat of the sun within four walls takes careful planning. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/soloflight/3474350801/ )2012-01-19T15:57:11+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/01/13/whole-tree-architecture-wins-in-cleantech-open/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn7033.gifDSCN7033Roald Gundersenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1Interior of Kara Woods, a Whole Tree house.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3whole Tree house, Tussen Tak, under construction2012-01-11T04:28:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/01/10/turning-our-barn-into-building-space/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/barn-floor.gifbarn-floorHow much does all this stuff weigh? I'll soon find out.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn13371.gifDSCN1337We treated the raw pine with a linseed oil and minteral spirits solution, using up some old cans from our paint supplies..https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn1323.gifDSCN1323Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall....https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn1337.gifDSCN1337Doug places the last piece into a railing that seems good and strong. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/loft-floor-in-process.gifloft-floor-in-processWe started the project with some elm that the timberframer who built the barn left for us, but it wasn't enough.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/building-the-house-31.gifbuilding-the-house-3That's my grandpa with the pipe. The smell of his cheap, cherry tobacco smoke is blended into all my childhood memories of his farm. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/building-the-house-3.gifbuilding-the-house-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/building-the-house-2.gifbuilding-the-house-2My dad laying a simple, but amazingly lasting foundation for his first house.2012-01-15T16:59:52+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/01/06/8-great-straw-bale-projects-from-around-the-world/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/argentina.gifArgentinahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/england.gifenglandhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1Photo courtesy of David Fortin2012-01-06T04:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/01/03/want-to-be-a-bioneer/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/grandpas-horses1.gifgrandpa's-horsesMy grandpa and my dad with their horses.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/apple-pressing1.gifapple-pressingMy grandparents and their extended family gathered to press and share cider every year. Doesn't that invorporate kinship, cooperation, diversity, symbiosis and the cyclic pattern of natural processes nicely?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/apple-pressing.gifapple-pressingMy grandparents and extended family gathered to press and share cider. Acts like this really incorporate kinship, cooperation, diversity, symbiosis and the cyclic pattern of natural processes very nicely.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bill-on-tractor.gifbill-on-tractorThe horses were traded for horsepower. I know my grandpa and dad were excited and proud of their John Deer, but something about this photo gives me a chill.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/grandpas-horses.gifgrandpa's-horsesMy grandpa took the horses he had used to deliver the mail and hitched them to a plow to start his new life.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/covered-wagon-sepia.gifcovered-wagon-sepiaWagons, ho! (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lara68/3762977930/ )2012-01-07T02:31:53+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/12/30/5-ways-to-shop-green-in-2012/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/earth-in-hands2.gifearth-in-handshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/coin1.gifcoinhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/earth-in-hands1.gifearth-in-handshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/coin.gifcoinhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/earth-in-hands.gifearth-in-handshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-19.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-18.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-17.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-16.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-15.gifUntitled-12012-01-16T16:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/12/27/turning-trees-into-unmilled-timbers-part-one/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn1279.gifDSCN1279https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-14.gifUntitled-1An example of forked timbers in another Whole Trees house, Tussen Tak.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn1284.gifDSCN1284Della, Doug and Brian confirhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn1274.gifDSCN1274closeup of ice crystals on one of our timbershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn1271.gifDSCN12712011-12-27T03:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/12/23/felling-our-front-yard/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/front-yard-in-snow.giffront-yard-in-snowafterhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-13.gifUntitled-1beforehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsc_0004.gifDSC_0004https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn1244.gifDSCN1244https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn1234.gifDSCN1234https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn1241.gifDSCN1241https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsc_0153.gifDSC_01532011-12-26T20:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/12/20/why-we-are-not-using-a-sand-bed-to-store-thermal-heat/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/solar-panels1.gifsolar-panelshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pex-tubing.gifPEX-TUBINGPex Tubing - how that hot water moves through sand and concrete. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/moosicorn/4546866153/ PEX TUBING )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/solar-panels.gifsolar-panelshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/242665348_bc58831048_z.gif242665348_bc58831048_zWe all know how hot sand can get in the sun. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevephillips/242665348/ )2018-08-08T19:29:06+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/12/16/prognosis-positive-when-nurses-treat-environment/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-12.gifUntitled-12011-12-16T14:16:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/12/13/four-festive-websites-to-help-you-give-greenly/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-34.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-33.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-32.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-31.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-2.gifUntitled-22011-12-13T18:00:18+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/12/09/are-emerald-ash-borers-killing-my-tree-what-can-i-do-about-it/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ash-leaves1.gifASH-LEAVESIf you don't know what ash trees look like, this will help.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ash-leaves.gifASH-LEAVESIn case you don't know what an ash tree looks like, this will help.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/eab.gifEAB2011-12-09T13:50:57+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/12/06/tree-felling-begins/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsc_0144.gifDSC_0144https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsc_0137.gifDSC_0137https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsc_0136.gifDSC_0136https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsc_0150.gifDSC_0150Kellen on the left and Bryan on the right. 2011-12-07T04:29:50+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/11/25/your-next-building-material-unmilled-branching-timbers/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dsc_00851.gifDSC_0085The first forked ash timber sacrificed to science.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dscn01841.gifDSCN0184https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dscn0184.gifDSCN0184https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dsc_0085.gifDSC_0085This forked ash timber sacrificed for science.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dscn8433.gifDSCN8433A part of our woods where the trees are seriously crowding each other.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dsc_0080.gifDSC_0080https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/untitled-13.gifUntitled-12011-12-05T17:28:14+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/12/02/a-great-gift-for-gardeners/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/untitled-1.gifUntitled-12011-12-05T14:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/11/29/building-a-house-on-a-roller-coaster/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dsc_0074.gifDSC_0074Same scene a few years and a barn later. The house site is just behind the barn to the right. And get a gander of those teensy pines to the left. These trees have grown tall while we planned our house.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cutting-the-oak-wilt-0305.gifcutting-the-oak-wilt-0305March 2005. Doug is going to join our neighbors cutting out what we hoped would be the end of the oak wilt on our building site. Notice the teensy pines in the left foreground.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/untitled-14.gifUntitled-12011-11-29T23:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/11/22/cranberries-past-present-and-future/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/6269239182_89e2daff80_b.gif6269239182_89e2daff80_bphoto credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/calliope/6269239182/sizes/l/in/photostream/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cranberrie-closeup.gifcranberrie-closeupphoto credit: http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-66689032 https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/untitled-12.gifUntitled-12011-11-23T14:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/11/18/5588/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/untitled-4.gifUntitled-4Smog over eastern United States NOx from power plants and cars contributes to the formation of smog which can be seen from space. Atmospheric nitrogen is also a significant source of nutrient pollution to the Chesapeake Bay, contributing an estimated 30 percent of total nitrogen. Photo Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Please Credit "NASA, MODIS Rapid Response Teamhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/untitled-32.gifUntitled-3Smog over eastern United States NOx from power plants and cars contributes to the formation of smog which can be seen from space. Atmospheric nitrogen is also a significant source of nutrient pollution to the Chesapeake Bay, contributing an estimated 30 percent of total nitrogen. Photo Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Please Credit "NASA, MODIS Rapid Response Teamhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/untitled-31.gifUntitled-3Smog over eastern United States NOx from power plants and cars contributes to the formation of smog which can be seen from space. Atmospheric nitrogen is also a significant source of nutrient pollution to the Chesapeake Bay, contributing an estimated 30 percent of total nitrogen. Photo Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Please Credit "NASA, MODIS Rapid Response Teamhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/untitled-11.gifUntitled-12011-11-18T03:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/11/15/touring-root-cellars/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2nd-root-cellar-back-room2.gif2nd-root-cellar-back-roomhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2nd-root-cellar-back-room1.gif2nd-root-cellar-back-roomhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2nd-root-cellar-anteroom3.gif2nd-root-cellar-anteroomI think this produce is a lot more comfortable here than I would be.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/4th-cellar-entrance.gif4th-cellar-entrancehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/3rd-cellar-produce.gif3rd-cellar-producehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/3rd-cellar-cabbages.gif3rd-cellar-cabbageshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/3rd-cellar-vent-system2.gif3rd-cellar-vent-systemThe vent system.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/3rd-cellar-vent-system1.gif3rd-cellar-vent-systemhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/3rd-cellar-vent-system.gif3rd-cellar-vent-systemhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/3rd-cellar-exterior.gif3rd-cellar-exterior2015-03-12T03:31:51+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/11/11/tracking-trees-by-satellite/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1Mutlu Ozdogan, assistant professor of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, processes images from the Landsat satellite to reveal changes in forest composition over time. Pictured in this composite is the dry pine-barren forest of Bayfield and Douglas counties in northwestern Wisconsin in 1989 (left) and 1995 (center). Vegetation appears green in these true-color images. A computer algorithm compared the 1989 and 1995 images and identified yellow areas in the right panel as having been harvested in the interim. (Photo credit: Mutlu Ozdogan)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/slash-and-burn-amazon.gifslash-and-burn-amazonSlash and burn in the Amazon.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3Forest doing a great job. (photo credit: landscape-photo.net)2011-11-11T19:53:24+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/11/08/getting-ready-to-build-into-the-hill/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0053.gifIMG_0053the west wall of the house will be protected from the hot afternoon sun by a screen porch.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/house-south-side.gifhouse-south-sidesouth side of the househttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dscn0942.gifDSCN0942https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/building-site-080711-1.gifbuilding-site-080711-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/building-site-pan-101711-2.gifbuilding-site-pan-101711-22011-11-08T19:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/11/04/biking-bravely-towards-winter/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/4627952187_19b14e5877_b.gif4627952187_19b14e5877_bSeattle bike-to-work day should be everyday everywhere (as long as it's not snowing). Photo caption: http://www.flickr.com/photos/don_brubeck/4627952187/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/4930696326_ef34cc0d60_b.gif4930696326_ef34cc0d60_b(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/emsl/4930696326/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/4347405565_51955f6908_o.gif4347405565_51955f6908_oNot a good day to bike. (Photo caption: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cazatoma/4347405565/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/4749303848_291aff1ec7_b.gif4749303848_291aff1ec7_b2011-11-09T19:10:58+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/11/01/8-great-ways-to-beat-back-bambie-deer-damage-control/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/and-stay-out.gifand-stay-outAnd stay out!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/deer-stamp2.gifdeer-stamphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/deer-stamp1.gifdeer-stamphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/deer-stamp.gifdeer-stamphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/5399794262_6072b9e5f8_b1.gif5399794262_6072b9e5f8_b(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davideowen/5399794262/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-14.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/5399794262_6072b9e5f8_b.gif5399794262_6072b9e5f8_b(photo credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/davideowen/5399794262/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-13.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3371157014_6ae0171201_b.gif3371157014_6ae0171201_b(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1k3r/3371157014/ )2011-11-02T14:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/10/28/the-honeysuckle-deer-tick-connection/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/our-berries.gifour-berriesRight now honeysuckle is easy to identify by its red berries.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/our-honeysuckle-in-winter.gifour-honeysuckle-in-winterHoneysuckle in winter. It's easy to spot. (The green on the right is buckthorn -- another nasty one.)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/honeysuckle-berries1.gifhoneysuckle-berriesRight now, you can identify honeysuckle by its red berries.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tick2.giftickThe dreaded dear tick. Check out this site for every possible image of this beast: http://webpages.charter.net/balplanman/_MicPix/Ticks/Ticks.html https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/honeysuckle-in-winter.gifhoneysuckle-in-winterHoneysuckle in winter. (photo credit: http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2010/nature/green-we-could-do-without/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tick1.giftickhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tick.giftickhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/honeysuckle-berries.gifhoneysuckle-berriesRight now, it's easy to spot honeysuckle beause of the red berries. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/deer.gifdeer2011-11-22T17:40:13+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/10/25/visiting-a-whole-tree-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/studio.gifstudiohttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0786.gifDSCN0786https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0819.gifDSCN0819https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0825.gifDSCN0825https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0796.gifDSCN0796https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0794.gifDSCN0794https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0793.gifDSCN0793https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0799.gifDSCN0799https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn08361.gifDSCN0836https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0836.gifDSCN08362011-10-27T14:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/10/21/food-day-october-24/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dsc_0035.gifDSC_0035https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-12.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-31.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-21.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dsc_0087.gifDSC_00872011-10-23T08:02:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/10/18/seeing-inside-a-tree/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bad-bark-image.gifbad-bark-imageComputerized image of same timber. The purple indicates the same included bark.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bad-bark-inclusion.gifbad-bark-inclusionAn example of included bark at a fork.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/nails-for-electrodes.gifnails-for-electrodeshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/a-lot-of-timbers.gifa-lot-of-timbershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dead-ash.gifdead-ashphoto credit http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/161427https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/at-work.gifat-workDella Hansmann and Kysa Heinitz conducting acoutsic tomography.2011-10-19T14:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/10/14/using-twitter-to-id-bird-calls/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/496611511_7578b248f7_b.gif496611511_7578b248f7_b(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bizzzarro/496611511/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1(photo credit: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/682555 )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/251311412_7510461483_o.gif251311412_7510461483_o(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_bernay-roman/251311412/ 2011-10-19T16:51:17+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/10/11/paint-or-stain-our-timbers/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0755.gifDSCN0755top to bottom: cherry, pine, black walnuthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pine-and-walnut.gifpine-and-walnutpine and walnut stainedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cherry.gifcherrycherryhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/paint-and-stain-on-walnut1.gifpaint-and-stain-on-walnuthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/paint-and-stain-on-walnut.gifpaint-and-stain-on-walnuthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/scrubbing-down.gifscrubbing-downhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/angle-grinding.gifangle-grindinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0728.gifDSCN0728https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0727.gifDSCN0727https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn0184.gifDSCN0184This black walnut is destined for the northeast corner of our house, and will fan across the bedroom wall.2011-10-12T22:08:19+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/10/07/another-solar-decathlon-rises-and-shines/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-1.gifUntitled-12011-10-07T01:15:10+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/10/04/deer-ticks-on-the-rise/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-5.gifUntitled-5https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-4.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/untitled-6.gifUntitled-6https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dsc_0078.gifDSC_0078Just because the ticks are out there, that doesn't mean you can't be out there too.2011-10-07T21:16:16+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/09/30/sturgeon-an-ancient-fish-with-a-new-lease-on-life/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/4815182097_eeeff02537_b.gif4815182097_eeeff02537_bHenry Quinlan with Lake Sturgeon. It's nice to see these "fossil fish" getting a helping hand. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmidwest/4815182097/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pit-tag.gifPIT-tagA PIT tag. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2744518571_803d2dd3b6_o.gif2744518571_803d2dd3b6_oPictured here @ Agawa Rock is a Lake Sturgeon, the King of Fish to the Ojibwe people. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eskimo_jo/2744518571/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/untitled-12.gifUntitled-12011-09-29T22:51:07+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/09/27/mark-bittmans-recipe-for-sustainability/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/35819369_3dfa63642b_b.gif35819369_3dfa63642b_bphoto credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunrise/35819369/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1photo credit: http://www.progressivereader.com/2011/08/02/mark-bittman-for-congress/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/untitled-22.gifUntitled-2photo credit:http://www.good.is/post/mark-bittman-wants-to-see-mcdonald-s-out-of-business/2011-09-29T02:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/09/23/wisconsinites-have-mixed-views-on-ethanol/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/3467956825_a24e24bf6e_b1.gif3467956825_a24e24bf6e_bEthanol can be produced from renewable agricultural products, such as wood chips. Read more. View more: www.transportation.anl.gov. (photo credit: Argonne National Laboratory.)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/3467956825_a24e24bf6e_b.gif3467956825_a24e24bf6e_bEthanol can be produced from renewable agricultural products, such as wood chips. Read more. View more about Argonne's transportation research at www.transportation.anl.gov. (photo credit: Argonne National Laboratory. )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/5012403998_b0df2934d1_b.gif5012403998_b0df2934d1_bhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/226550746_f5209adbdf_b.gif226550746_f5209adbdf_bI wonder what this car runs on. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/denverjeffrey/226550746/ 2011-09-23T15:22:16+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/09/20/what-gardeners-are-growing-and-why/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/5908589011_09ce166da7_b.gif5908589011_09ce166da7_b(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/5908589011/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2817155773_7c25775965_b.gif2817155773_7c25775965_b(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlesfred/2817155773/ )2011-09-20T03:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/09/16/pines-and-cedars-make-their-move/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tucking-in.giftucking-inSoon we will mulch them well for winter.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/big-tree.gifbig-treeThese are some big trees!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/power-wagon.gifpower-wagonHere's how we make tracks with the power wagon.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/yoke.gifyokeWe still use the yoke to get the buckets over the dike.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pond-water.gifpond-waterNutrient-rich water.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/going-in.gifgoing-inBack in the ground is just a few minutes.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bruce.gifBruce2011-09-19T03:20:11+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/08/19/salvaging-old-timbers-for-a-new-barn-floor/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/solar-dryer.gifsolar-dryerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/final-product.giffinal-producthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/lumbar-inside.giflumbar-insidehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/lumbar-yard-outside.giflumbar-yard-outsidehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/close-up-blade.gifclose-up-bladehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/blade-changine.gifblade-changinehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/timber-in-saw.giftimber-in-sawhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/at-the-mill.gifat-the-millTransfering from trailer to the milling area.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/upsome-lumber-company.gifUpsome-Lumber-Companyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/on-the-road.gifon-the-road2011-09-28T19:38:18+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/08/23/more-feral-cats-fewer-featherd-friends/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/3835378063_a21280ef30_o.gif3835378063_a21280ef30_oFeral kittens after surgery in a trap, neuter, release program (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/feralindeed/3835378063/sizes/o/in/photostream/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/265254657_9a4ead4497_b.gif265254657_9a4ead4497_bFeral cats near Iao Valley (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/pollita/265254657/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/67175086_99b76afdbb_o.gif67175086_99b76afdbb_oWhat I saw looked a lot like this (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuanc/67175086/ 2011-09-13T22:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/08/26/irrigation-and-global-warming/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/72877249_51d9d6e3a6_o.gif72877249_51d9d6e3a6_ophoto credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmysmith/72877249/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/827230580_25ce87a40c_b.gif827230580_25ce87a40c_bphoto credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/pcarpen/827230580/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5011712727_8d38fca378_b.gif5011712727_8d38fca378_bphoto credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/agrilifetoday/5011712727/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5011711079_a9df7de2ba_b.gif5011711079_a9df7de2ba_bphoto credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/agrilifetoday/5011711079/2011-09-13T22:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/08/29/all-praise-the-great-mullein/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1Mullein loves disturbed ground. (photo credit: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1471895 )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5349584891_b8da1ccf76_b.gif5349584891_b8da1ccf76_b(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmayfield10/5349584891/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5924516654_35f22cf6a6_b.gif5924516654_35f22cf6a6_bMullein up close and personal. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/postbear/5924516654/ 2011-09-13T22:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/09/02/crapping-in-the-country-without-breaking-the-law/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3(photo credit: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/01/03/1198949980961.html )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2(photo credit: http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/02/uk-researchers-find-clue-to-thwarting-nanoparticle-menace/nanoparticles-affect-wastewater-treatment/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/untitled-1.gifUntitled-12011-09-13T22:01:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/09/06/planting-the-septic-drainfield/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn0351.gifDSCN0351https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn0401.gifDSCN0401https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/american-gothic-2-email.gifAmerican-gothic-2-emailAmerican Gothic revisitedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn0409.gifDSCN0409https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn0347.gifDSCN0347https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/untitled-21.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn0315.gifDSCN03152011-09-13T22:00:17+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/09/09/the-super-duper-septic-tank/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/filter1.giffilterhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/filter.giffilterhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/untitled-31.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/our-prairie-loving-plumber.gifour-prairie-loving-plumber-Our plumber explains the tank to Doug.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/crane.gifCRANEhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/doug-in-hole2.gifDoug-in-holehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/doug-in-hole1.gifDoug-in-holehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/doug-in-hole.gifDoug-in-holehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/big-view.gifbig-view2016-07-05T15:19:36+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/09/13/what-you-need-to-know-about-yellow-jackets-now/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/queen.gifqueenHere is a queen yellow jacket. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sankax/3467684761/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/close-up.gifclose-uphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn0418.gifDSCN0418It's moments like these when I appreciate the 7x zoom on my Coolpix!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn0420.gifDSCN04202011-09-15T17:43:36+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/08/09/how-much-passive-solar-heating-do-you-want-in-a-warming-world/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/diagram1.gifdiagramSummer and winter sun angles. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitopencourseware/3041216549/sizes/m/in/photostream/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/diagram.gifdiagramhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/merriter-hospital.gifMerriter-Hospitalhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/building-site-pan-101711-2.gifbuilding-site-pan-101711-2Our building site, partially cleared.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sun.gifsunphoto credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/11304375@N07/2819311727/ 2011-09-06T04:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/08/05/moss-and-lichen-database-creates-a-climate-meter/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/lichen-meter.giflichen-meter photo credit http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2378069https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/arctjc-lichen.gifarctjc-lichenArctic lichens (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/erikcharlton/241976907/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bad-air.gifbad-airNot all lichens are indicators of good air quality (for example, the species Lecanora conizaeoides, "the Pollution Lichen", is common in areas of high sulphur dioxide pollution. (photo credit http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1843154 https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/lichen-on-log.giflichen-on-logphoto credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/aa3sd/3152714750/2011-09-06T03:59:28+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/08/16/4-reasons-to-love-bill-bryson/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/at.gifathttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1Bill Bryson is my hero!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kid.gifkidhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/short.gifshorthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/walk.gifwalk2011-08-16T13:48:23+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/08/12/how-to-peel-trees/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn0192.gifDSCN0192https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn0091.gifDSCN0091https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/close-up.gifclose-uphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn0184.gifDSCN0184https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn0177.gifDSCN0177https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/walnut-11.gifwalnut-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/walnut-1.gifwalnut-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/walnut-4.gifwalnut-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/walnut-2.gifwalnut-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscn0149.gifDSCN01492015-05-07T01:36:17+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/08/02/b-cycles-get-madison-rolling/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/map.gifmaphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/solar-powered.gifsolar-poweredAnd the system is solar powered.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/red-row.gifred-rowhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/front-rack.giffront-rackhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bikes-in-netherlands.gifbikes-in-NetherlandsYes, this is a lot of bikes, but how much more space would it take at the train station in Den Haag, Netherlands, if all these people had arrived by auro? (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjungling/34572489/ 2011-08-05T14:22:12+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/07/26/the-first-100-trees-for-our-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/keeping-it-all-straight.gifkeeping-it-all-straightDella checks the list as trees are selected. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/intersting-black-walnut.gifintersting-black-walnutAnother tree whose unusual branching patter will work in a whole tree house.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/intersting-tree-1.gifintersting-tree-1This tree would not fit the pulp lumbering equipment, but it will fit fine in our house.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/spare-this-tree.gifspare-this-treeThis tree would make a great rafter, but this tree is not crowding anyone and has a great future in the woods. We won't use this one.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/elm.gifelmThis elm is starting to die from disease. It is a perfect candidate for the house construction.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/roald-labels.gifRoald-labelsRoald labels a pine after checking to see how easily it will peal. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/pine-plantation.gifpine-plantationPart of our land was planted by the previous owner in pines that are crowding each other. They will make great roof beams, and are being selected to open the woods.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/oak-wilt.gifoak-wilt These two oaks died of oak wilt last year. Many of their curved and forked branches will fit well into our house.2011-07-29T17:34:00+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/07/29/peeling-the-trees-for-our-house/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/roald-by-peeled-cheery.gifroald-by-peeled-cheeryhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/long-shot1.giflong-shothttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/all-tools.gifall-toolshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/pine-closeup.gifpine-closeuphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/walnut-peeled.gifwalnut-peeledhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/pine-ground-level.gifpine-ground-levelhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/long-shot.giflong-shothttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ian-pulling.gifIan-pullinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/barn2.gifbarnhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/barn1.gifbarn2013-04-25T01:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/07/22/a-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-begins-with-a-single-first-step/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hansmann-thornton-dd-6.jpgroof framing planhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/section.jpgC:UsersDellaDocumentsWhole TreesClient FilesHansmann-Thornhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/elevations1.jpgC:UsersDellaDocumentsWhole TreesClient FilesHansmann-Thornhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/elevations.jpgNew House Elevations2011-07-26T01:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/06/24/5-podcasts-you-should-plug-into/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_0003.gifDSC_00032011-07-21T03:52:16+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/06/21/are-you-prepared-for-the-great-disruption/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/5250868480_c0bd340d78_b1.gif5250868480_c0bd340d78_bhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/child1.gifchildThe corn needed to fill an SUV tank can feed a person for a year! (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/venetiajoubert/3334455085/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/book-cover1.gifbook-cover2011-07-21T03:50:43+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/06/17/5-reasons-i-love-compressed-earth-brick/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2I love this Midwest Earth Builders compressed earth brick!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3More Midwest Earth Builders brick in action.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/untitled-12.gifUntitled-1An example of Midwest Earth Builders work.2011-07-21T03:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/07/19/making-farmers-markets-affordable/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/wholesome-wave-partnering-f.gifWholesome-Wave-Partnering-F States where Wholesome Wave is at work.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/graphic.gifgraphichttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/farmers-market.giffarmers-market(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nataliemaynor/2539937014/ )2011-07-26T01:34:50+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/07/15/capitalism-food-obesity/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/obesity-rates1.gifobesity-ratesThis graphic from the CDC shows how obesity rates have increased across the country in the past few decades. A professor in my biochemistry class this spring shared this with us, and it was pretty shocking to say the least. Click on the image for more information from the CDC's Web site.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/obesity-rates.gifobesity-ratesThis graphic from the CDC shows how obesity rates have increased across the country in the past few decades. A professor in my biochemistry class this spring shared this with us, and it was pretty shocking to say the least. Click on the image for more information from the CDC's Web site.2011-09-28T11:51:49+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/07/12/old-and-new-insects-bugging-wisconsin/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4499299140_b0fe18631f_o.gif4499299140_b0fe18631f_oThe emeral ash borere threatens billions of ash trees in Wisconsin. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlucier/4499299140/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1Deer ticks are tiny but do big damage. (photo credit PestControlRx.com)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/5379784698_10ccb9deba_b.gif5379784698_10ccb9deba_bLast year this new invader hit New Jersey corn, soybeans, peaches, cherries, peppers and tomatoes hard, and it may already be breeding in Wisconsin. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/e_monk/5379784698/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4718524876_479ca16d7f_b.gif4718524876_479ca16d7f_bJapanese beetles are exanding to new areas of Wisconsin. (Photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueridgekitties/4718524876/ 2011-07-14T16:57:00+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/07/08/clean-air-public-enemies-number-one-and-two/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/untitled-21.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/261718673_00baec77e9_o.gif261718673_00baec77e9_o2011-07-08T03:39:50+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/07/05/5-ways-to-befriend-fireflies/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/23522284_8c2d65d025_o.gif23522284_8c2d65d025_ophoto credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamelah/23522284/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1(photo credit: http://serenityknitters.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/3622541416_459042d323_o.gif3622541416_459042d323_o(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theloushe/3622541416/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2580158947_f1c31915e3_o.gif2580158947_f1c31915e3_oFireflies - their fate is in our hands. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/idua_japan/2580158947/ ) 2011-07-07T02:39:21+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/07/01/our-current-climate-as-seen-from-deep-time/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4375175725_b505a718fb_b.gif4375175725_b505a718fb_bDust Bowl 1936 (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/24842486@N07/4375175725/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/5484499864_bf577c83c8_b.gif5484499864_bf577c83c8_bWhen you like your ice 400,000 years old! (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/automationtx/5484499864/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2Photo credit http://satellite.ehabich.info/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/monument.gifMONUMENTMonument to a geologist (photo credit http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/625967 2011-07-04T21:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/06/28/farmer-john-plowed-under/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/4540543237_e54e950c46_z.jpg4540543237_e54e950c46_z2011-06-28T20:08:37+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/06/10/crimping-cover-crops-and-cramping-weeds/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_0064.gifDSC_0064https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_0066.gifDSC_0066https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_0070.gifDSC_0070https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_0105.gifDSC_0105This spring that winter rye jumped out of the ground.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_0048.gifDSC_00482012-05-07T12:53:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/06/07/enjoy-your-vegetables-avoid-e-coli/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cows.gifcowshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/feed-lots1.giffeed-lotsIrrigation patterns in a small part of the Westlands Water District in California's Central Valley. Vigorously growing crops are dark green. Light tan areas surrounding SkyTruth logo, on west side of Interstate 5 (Westside Freeway), are untilled grasslands. Dark brown areas on east side of the interstate are the pens and waste lagoons of the Harris Ranch Beef Co. feedlot, a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation that "finishes" cattle for slaughter. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skytruth/4306330065/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/feed-lots.giffeed-lotsIrrigation patterns in a small part of the Westlands Water District in California's Central Valley. Vigorously growing crops are dark green. Light tan areas surrounding SkyTruth logo, on west side of Interstate 5 (Westside Freeway), are untilled grasslands. Dark brown areas on east side of the interstate are the pens and waste lagoons of the Harris Ranch Beef Co. feedlot, a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation that "finishes" cattle for slaughter. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skytruth/4306330065/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/meats.gifmeatsOur need for so much meat is poisoning us. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/toastforbrekkie/4483386068/ )2011-06-15T01:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/06/03/citizen-scientists-help-researchers-investigate-nature/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/team-sustain-crane-spots-bi.gifteam-sustain-crane-spots-biFor the past two years, Noeldner's team has competed on Big Birding Day by bicycle.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/untitled-1.gifUntitled-12011-06-15T00:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/06/14/funeral-flowers-vs-farmers-market-flowers/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beautifulcataya/1296920708/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/2877167586_afcaf04b62_b.gif2877167586_afcaf04b62_bFarmers Market Flowers (photo caption: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rfduck/2877167586/sizes/l/in/photostream/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/funeral-flowers.giffuneral-flowers(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/damo1977/4398971930/ 2012-07-23T14:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/05/27/building-in-the-tradition-of-the-great-stink/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dscn2147.gifDSCN2147https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/untitled-6.gifUntitled-6https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/untitled-2.gifUntitled-22011-06-03T02:58:30+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/05/24/building-on-the-sustainable-frontier/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/kitchen.gifkitchenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/loft.giflofthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/board-and-batten.gifboard-and-battenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/down-the-stairs.gifdown-the-stairshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/rear-view.gifrear-viewOur barn has a metal roof this color, but we are going sod for our roof.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/front-view.giffront-viewOur house will have a similar roofline with few windows to the west and a south wall of windows like Tussen Taak.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/long-view.giflong-view2011-06-03T02:57:59+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/05/20/100-peppers-you-can-grow-right-now/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pic42day.gifpic42dayPhoto by David Baumler available at Midwest Chili Peppers website.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cover42day.gifcover42day ..Photo by David Baumer, available at Midwest Chili Peppers website.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/73-types.gif73-types73 types of Dr. Baumler's peppershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/64129826_7873efc6da_z.gif64129826_7873efc6da_z(photo credit: 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)2012-05-29T21:49:57+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/05/17/4794/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/doug-waters.gifDoug-watershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/snow-watering.gifsnow-wateringhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/spinach-in-bed.gifspinach-in-bedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tomatoes1.giftomatoeshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tomatoes.giftomatoeshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/greenhouse1.gifgreenhousehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/closeup3.gifcloseuphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/greenhouse.gifgreenhouse..Our little earth-sheltered, lean-to greenhouse is doing very well in its second growing season. seasonhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/closeup2.gifcloseuphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/closeup1.gifcloseup2011-06-03T02:56:51+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/05/13/5-websites-that-can-help-you-clear-out-your-life/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/3190464687_5dd9f3434f_z.gif3190464687_5dd9f3434f_z..the ideal...(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/tozzer577/3190464687/ 2011-06-03T02:56:21+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/05/10/is-weather-driving-wind-power/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wind-farm.gifwind-farmhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2621890270_b5600cde7a_b.gif2621890270_b5600cde7a_bhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sunset.gifsunset2011-06-03T02:55:38+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/05/06/climate-sickness-and-its-cure/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/book-cover.gifbook-coverhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/water.gifwater..How sanitary would your life be under these conditions? (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/glaxosmithkline/5516648117/in/photostream/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dengue-map1.gifDengue-map..Dengue fever making its way north.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dengue-map.gifDengue-map.. Dengue fever making its way north.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/mosquito.gifmosquito2011-06-03T02:54:50+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/05/03/3-climate-change-blogs-you-should-be-reading/2011-06-03T02:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/04/29/our-carbon-legacy-and-our-kids/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2121569634_71ed43c4c3_b.gif2121569634_71ed43c4c3_bphoto credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosavvy/2121569634/in/photostream/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2776453432_7534419afb_b1.gif2776453432_7534419afb_bhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2776453432_7534419afb_b.gif2776453432_7534419afb_bNot all kids carry the same carbon foot print as babies born in the U.S. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/vipez/2776453432/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3274279516_9ab93fe9ed_b.gif3274279516_9ab93fe9ed_b..The big bulge in our carbon footprint. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/mujitra/3274279516/ )2011-06-03T02:53:10+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/05/31/breathing-life-into-a-formerly-dead-roof/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1(photo credit: http://small-scale.net/yearofmud/2009/05/14/building-a-living-sod-roof-for-a-cob-house/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dsc_0052.gifDSC_0052https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/untitled-31.gifUntitled-3(photo credit : http://ecosalon.com/high-tech-green-roof-technology-in-architecture/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/untitled-3.gifUntitled-32011-06-06T13:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/04/26/cutting-the-forest-to-save-it/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/group-shot.gifgroup-shot..Doug and I worked on this very house in a 6-day strawbale workshop last summer. (me on the left, Doug 3rd from left) https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/exterior.gifexterior..Here is the same cozy house from the outside.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/interior-2.gifinterior-2.. Whole tree building means building with "weed" trees and improving, rather than clear-cutting the forest.2011-08-12T13:20:10+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/04/22/87-years-of-life-lived-small/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1A simple house that served for 50 years.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/art-dot-suz-doug-prenatal.gifArt-Dot-Suz-Doug--prenatal-2011-04-23T18:07:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/04/15/the-final-frontier-beneath-our-feet/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dumping.gifdumping..I hope we can recreate the rich life this soil had in its old home.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/clump.gifclump..I had a whole universe in my hands when I picked up this rich, brown clump.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/book3.gifbookhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/book2.gifbookhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/book1.gifbookhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/book.gifbook2011-05-30T15:11:33+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/04/19/they-are-coming-journey-north-tracks-monarchs-on-the-move/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/earthclock1.jpgEarthClock..Time to migrate!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/earthclock.jpgEarthClock..Time to migrate!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3758395703_7ee840d7ef_z2.jpg3758395703_7ee840d7ef_z(2)photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/28122162@N04/3758395703/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3810772155_9fd9c89f70.jpgthis monarch is a “boy”!2011-04-20T19:17:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/04/12/going-to-bat-for-badger-bats/2011-04-19T02:37:36+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/04/08/79-ideas-that-redesign-teaching-and-learning/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/5168547010_6244ea1aa1_b.gif5168547010_6244ea1aa1_b(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbouchard/5168547010/ 2011-04-19T02:36:00+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/04/05/4656/2011-04-06T16:58:26+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/03/25/the-brave-new-world-of-not-so-hot-peppers/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-12.gifUntitled-1Dave Baumler and some of his amazing peppers.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/seedlings20in.gifseedlings20inLast year's seedlings.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/8aug20in.gif8Aug20inhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/11novwider.gif11Novwiderhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/9sept20in.gif9Sept20in.Some of these habaneros are fruity, and some are fiery. There's just one way to find out.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/10oct20in.gif10Oct20in..There is a whole world of peppers out there waiting to be tried.2011-04-01T20:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/04/01/living-in-the-anthropocene/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-21.gifUntitled-2Erle Ellis standing in front of a little bits of natural systems embedded into human cultivation.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-51.gifUntitled-5https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-32.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-13.gifUntitled-1photo credit http://ecotope.org/anthromes/2011-04-01T20:22:39+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/03/29/try-science-based-life/2011-03-31T10:20:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/03/15/uw-extension-sustainability-team-this-is-what-democracy-looks-like/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/buses.gifbuseshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/farmers-market.giffarmers-market..The kind of days we hope there will be many more of at the Wisconsin Capitol.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/coal-power-plant1.gifcoal-power-plant..Coal-fired power plant in northern Wisconsin. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/tisue/2854136896/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/coal-power-plant.gifcoal-power-plant..Coal-fired power plant in northern Wisconsin (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/tisue/2854136896/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/diagram.gifdiagramhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dsc_0110.gifDSC_0110...From my perspective Saturday March 12. The man raising his camera is trying to photograph the fact that State Street was packed with people all the way to the campus.2011-03-24T20:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/03/11/ooey-gooey-glomalin-your-soils-best-friend/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/teaming.gifteaminghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3..More fungus flowers (photo credit http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fungus-IMG_3248.JPG https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-5.gifUntitled-5 Photo of glomulin. the threadlike filaments are hyphae, and the substance coating them is glomalin.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-4.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1..Mushrooms are the flowers of fungus. (photo credit http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1585644 2011-03-24T20:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/03/08/the-rollercrimper-and-my-subterranean-livestock/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/roller-crimper.gifroller-crimper..Find this image and many others at http://newfarm.rodaleinstitute.org/depts/notill/roller_gallery/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3138127117_015a068765_b.gif3138127117_015a068765_b..small scale cover crop 40% bell beans, 20% maguns or Biomaster winter peas, 15% lana vetch, 15% puple vetch, 10% cayuse oats (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/djfrantic/3138127117/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bare-soil.gifbare-soil..What is wrong with this picture?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/cover-crops-on-farm.gifcover-crops-on-farmhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/soil-profile.gifsoil-profile.."A nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself." Franklin D. Roosevelt2017-04-24T15:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/03/18/growing-a-regional-food-economy/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2..Map of CSAs. Use the link in the text, and you can click on any farm and learn about it.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/1032880098_8afbbfd73f_b1.gif1032880098_8afbbfd73f_bhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/1032880098_8afbbfd73f_b.gif1032880098_8afbbfd73f_b..Vineyard near Viroquoa WI (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/41813589@N00/1032880098 https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/untitled-31.gifUntitled-32011-10-09T03:05:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/03/22/6-sod-roof-you-tubes-take-a-video-tour-of-how-to-green-your-new-roof/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn7081.gifDSCN7081https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3803304962_621edfb644_b.gif3803304962_621edfb644_b..That's a pretty roof! (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrimcm/3803304962/in/photostream/ 2011-03-25T13:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/03/04/whats-up-there-and-how-we-know/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/carbon-emission-per-person.pngcarbon-emission-per-personhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/midwest_2_20090707_12764901.pngmidwest_2_20090707_12764901https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/cloud-2.pngcloud-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/clouds.pngcloudshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bug-on-match.pngBUG-ON-MATCH2011-03-09T14:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/02/22/walkers-alarming-behavior-wakes-up-wisconsin/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/untitled-13.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/untitled-12.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/capitol-3-email.gifcapitol-3-email2011-03-06T23:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/02/25/save-water/2011-03-06T23:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/03/01/what-you-dont-know-about-the-forest-floor/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/yellow-lady1.gifyellow-ladyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/yellow-lady.gifyellow-ladyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ant-on-flower.gifant-on-flowerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/snow-drops1.gifsnow-dropshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/snow-drops.gifsnow-drops2011-03-06T23:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/02/18/trash-electronic-gizmos-greenly/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/old-tvs2.gifold-tvsWhen we all switched to flat screen, we made another mountain.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/old-tvs1.gifold-tvsWhen we all switched to flat screen, we made another mountain.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/red-shirt1.gifRED-SHIRTGuiyu is one of the biggest e-waste centers of the world. More than a million ton of e-waste is dismantled in this Chinese village every year. Women, children and man work under terrible conditions to extract all the precious metals from circuit boards, computers, and other electronics. They often burn the plastics, circuit boards and ic's in open air without protection in order to extract the melted copper or tin. Despite the ratification of the Basel-agreement, a lot of international branded gadgets end up illegally in Guiyu. This man assembles plastic waste form waste-dumps to try to resell it. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/75478114@N00/2995063344/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/red-shirt.gifRED-SHIRTGuiyu is one of the biggest e-waste centers of the world. More than a million ton of e-waste is dismantled in this Chinese village every year. Women, children and man work under terrible conditions to extract all the precious metals from circuit boards, computers, and other electronics. They often burn the plastics, circuit boards and ic's in open air without protection in order to extract the melted copper or tin. Despite the ratification of the Basel-agreement, a lot of international branded gadgets end up illegally in Guiyu. This man assembles plastic waste form waste-dumps to try to resell it. (photo credit) http://www.flickr.com/photos/75478114@N00/2995063344/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/old-tvs.gifold-tvs...when we all switched to flat screens, we made another mountain of trash.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pile-of-trash.gifpile-of-trash2013-02-07T19:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/02/15/living-with-wasps/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wasp-nest-5.gifwasp-nest-5https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dsc_0008-closeup.gifDSC_0008-closeup..Not in the greenhouse, little guy.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dsc_0008.gifDSC_0008https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/3606383219_f6e984da89_b.gif3606383219_f6e984da89_b...The business end of a wasp. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbegin/3606383219/ 2011-04-19T02:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/02/11/4420/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/2183692335_bc20b41ca7_b.gif2183692335_bc20b41ca7_b..(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintagehalloweencollector/2173308587/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/2173308587_46bf509687_b.gif2173308587_46bf509687_b..(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintagehalloweencollector/2173308587/ 2011-02-18T16:22:06+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/02/08/5-interactive-environmental-maps-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-not-necessarily-in-that-order/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/globe4.gifglobehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/globe3.gifglobehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/globe2.gifglobehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/globe1.gifglobehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/globe.gifglobe2011-02-18T16:21:12+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/02/04/dwelling-places-a-fresh-green-architecture-blog/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/whole-trees.gifwhole-trees..Whole Trees headquartershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/untitled-1.gifUntitled-12011-08-26T03:27:26+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/02/01/our-moonster-list/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/409960039_368d3dd5a5_o1.gif409960039_368d3dd5a5_o(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joerg73/409960039/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/calendar-page.gifcalendar-pagehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/409960039_368d3dd5a5_o.gif409960039_368d3dd5a5_o..(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joerg73/409960039/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3(photo credit: wikimedia.org)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/crazy-calendar1.gifcrazy-calendarhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/crazy-calendar.gifcrazy-calendarhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/3482495590_a2a7bd7d78_b.gif3482495590_a2a7bd7d78_b...(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/banded/3482495590/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/untitled-41.gifUntitled-4..(Photo credit: wikimedia.org)2011-02-11T14:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/01/28/making-black-top-green/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/418291870_44cfaf7054_o.gif418291870_44cfaf7054_o...(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kurisurokku/418291870/sizes/o/) https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/untitled-4.gifUntitled-4..Fly ash particles at 2,000x magnification. Fly ash is typically finer than portland cement and lime. Fly ash consists of silt-sized particles which are generally spherical, typically ranging in size between 10 and 100 micron (see Figure). These small glass spheres improve the fluidity and workability of fresh concrete. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/power-plant.gifpower-plant..Making electricity and making roads at the same time. (photo credit: FreeFoto.com)2011-02-11T13:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/12/31/happy-new-year-and-pleasant-perihelion/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4832671377_428a4369a5_b.gif4832671377_428a4369a5_b...Setting sun in the Sonoran Desert (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonythemisfit/4832671377/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4923566097_8fb8bcc415_b.gif4923566097_8fb8bcc415_b..NASA image captured August 14-15, 2010 (photo credit: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4923566097/)2011-01-29T17:42:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/01/25/happy-and-green/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gardening.gifgardening(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/itzafineday/2715587291/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/friends-on-beach.giffriends-on-beach..Is it money or friends that make us happy? (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/lel4nd/4339847043/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/can-money-buy-happiness.gifCan-Money-Buy-Happiness2011-01-27T03:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/01/21/the-energy-my-friend-is-blowing-in-the-wind/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/world-map2.gifworld-maphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/world-map1.gifworld-maphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/world-map.gifworld-maphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wind-map1.gifwind-map...The purple/red band is our Saudi Arabia of wind.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/autmn-windmills.gifautmn-windmills..(Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmmswan/5087101026/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/propeller-closeup.gifpropeller-closeup...The part behind the blades is big as a bus.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wind-map.gifwind-map..The red bnd is the Saudi Arabia of wind.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/tall-photo-of-windmill.giftall-photo-of-windmill(Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/caveman_92223/3254831282/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/windmill-panorama.gifwindmill-panorama2011-01-22T17:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/01/14/goodby-grandfather-oak-you-were-a-good-neighbor/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/the-cut.gifthe-cuthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dsc_0051.gifDSC_0051https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/oack-crash-5.gifOack-crash-5https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dsc_0044.gifDSC_0044https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dsc_0034.gifDSC_0034https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dsc_00191.gifDSC_0019https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dsc_0019.gifDSC_00192011-01-18T14:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/01/04/death-of-a-shredder/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/my-novel1.gifmy-novel..Composting my novel.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/worms.gifwormshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dsc_0039.gifDSC_0039...This shredder can not be fixed.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/my-novel.gifmy-novel... My novel being compost published.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/paper-pile.gifpaper-pile...A pile of shredded paper as art with creator Thomas-McDonell http://www.swide.com/luxury-magazine/Faces/Artists/Thomas-McDonell-is-all-kinds-of-artistic/2010/3/4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/shredded-paper.gifshredded-paper2011-01-18T14:53:24+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/01/07/dirty-details-about-washing-dishes/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/real-painting1.gifreal-paintinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/painting.gifrecalled...Recalled by the U.S. CPSChttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/pink-gloves.gifpink-gloves...Keep your pinkies wrinkle-free! (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/32664091@N05/3926778235/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/real-painting.gifreal-painting2011-01-21T22:50:20+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/01/11/feasting-at-the-winter-farmers-market/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/carrots.gifcarrots...How sweet it is. (Photo credit, Bill Lubing)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/chopping.gifchopping...(Photo credit, Bill Lubing)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/plate-full.gifplate-full..My plate last Saturday. Lucky me!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/tory-miller.gifTory-Miller..Tory Miller at the helm. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/kev_walsh/2336527712 )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/making-breakfast.gifmaking-breakfast..Making breakfast. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/kev_walsh/2336527006/in/photostream/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/kitchen.gifkitchen.. A typical Taste of the Market breakfast is prepared. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/69654165@N00/2253786603 2011-01-18T14:50:58+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2011/01/18/wher-the-sick-wild-things-are-wildlife-health-event-reporter-wher/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/deer.gifdeer..This deer let me get way too close to snap this shot. I had to wonder -- is it CWD?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/uncle-sam.gifUncle-Sam..Uncle Sam wants you to joing the Wildlife Observation Army!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/redwing-black-bird.gifredwing-black-bird..The carcass of a red-winged blackbird from Beebe, AR is being examined by USGS National Wildlife Health Center wildlife pathologist.2011-01-18T03:32:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/12/28/twinkle-twinkle-uw-madison/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/zinnen.gifZinnen...Tom Zinnenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/microscopic-image.gifmicroscopic-image...These are microscopic spicules. Spicule is a small slender pointed structure or crystal that makes up the skeleton of a sponge or coral; coincidentally it is also an astronomy term meaning a spiked ejection of hot gas occurring over the sun’s surface. Besides being beautiful, I think is perfectly illustrates the concenpt of a constellation of science. (photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MicroscopicSpiculesfromPachastrellidSponge.j https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/washburn-observatory.gifWashburn-Observatory...UW Washburn Observatoryhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/geology-museum.gifgeology-museum..UW Geology Museum (photo credit) http://www.flickr.com/photos/maitri/2446307204/)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1..The Big Dipper from the European Southern Observatory. http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0901d/2010-12-31T13:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/12/24/4148/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas-bicycle1.gifchristmas-bicyclehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas-bicycle.gifchristmas-bicyclehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/landreth1.gifLandrethhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/almanacs.gifalmanacshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/landreth.gifLandreth...the enterprising David Landrethhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/nurseries.gifnurseries2010-12-28T16:17:55+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/12/21/fighting-aliens-with-dr-who-and-the-dnr/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/untitled-5.gifUntitled-5...Buckthornhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dahleks.gifDahleks...Locate and annihilate!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/multiflora-rose.gifMULTIFLORA-ROSE...Multiflora Rosehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/thistle.gifTHISTLE...Canada Thistle2010-12-28T16:17:12+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/12/17/getting-a-jump-on-storms-from-nowhere/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/eaarth.gifEaarthhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/vertical-clouds.gifvertical-clouds..photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/carenmack/3385465805/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/satellite-view.gifsatellite-view..NOAH satellite image taken over the U.S. December 15. http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/satellite.gifsatellitehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tree-in-storm.giftree-in-storm2010-12-28T16:16:18+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/12/07/holiday-shopping-tip-3-wisconsin-garden-journal-2011/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/garden-journal-2011.gifgarden-journal-2011https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sophie.gifsophie...Sophie (the cat we are fostering for a friend) doesn't have to worry about a holiday shopping list. 2010-12-18T16:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/12/03/collaboration-at-the-crossroads-the-brand-new-wisconsin-institutes-for-discovery/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/bruce-alberts.gifBruce-Albertshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/rendering1.gifrenderinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/rendering.gifrenderinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/campus-map.gifcampus-map2010-12-18T16:20:21+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/11/30/john-adams-founding-father-and-compost-king/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/fester.giffesterhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/untitled-4.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/adams.gifAdams...John Adams one of the fathers of our compost (and also country)2010-12-18T16:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/12/14/growing-our-greenhouse-a-photo-essay/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/snow-slide.gifsnow-slide...O.K. We're going to let the greenhouse cool off and have a rest for a few months.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/watering-with-snow.gifwatering-with-snow..We watered the soil in preparation for planting by piling it with snow that would melt on sunny days.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/oct-19-kale.gifoct-19-kale+...the new kale on Oct 19.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tomatoes.giftomatoes...Then tomatoes, but their foliage flourished much better than their fruit.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/kale-and-carrots.gifkale-and-carrots..Our first crops included kale and carrots.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/growing-boxes.gifgrowing-boxeshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/april.gifaprilhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/bad-plastic.gifbad-plastichttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/icy-interior.gificy-interiorhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/barn-for-mabel.gifbarn-for-Mabel2010-12-18T16:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/01/08/climate-change-in-my-back-yard/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/interactive-map-of-wisconsi.gifinteractive-map-of-wisconsi...Check out WICCI's interactive map at http://ccr.aos.wisc.edu/cwg/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/isthmus-online-jan-7-2010.gifIsthmus-online-jan-7-20102010-12-10T15:25:17+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/04/16/can-ants-save-the-world/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/untitled-1.gifUntitled-12013-05-23T09:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/06/25/whey-to-go/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tera-johnson1.gifTera-Johnsonhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tera-johnson.gifTera-Johnson2010-12-10T15:23:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/07/14/climate-change-what-experts-expect-for-the-upper-midwest/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/beating-sun1.gifbeating-sunOur dear and dreadful sun (check photo credit below)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/beating-sun.gifbeating-sun2010-12-10T15:21:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/06/04/spreading-the-love/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1...Mr. Mustard (photo credit: Bryce Richter)2010-12-10T15:18:49+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/07/31/the-godmother-of-goat-cheese/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/anne-outside-with-goats.gifAnne-outside-with-goatshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/anne-in-goat-barn.gifAnne-in-goat-barnhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/on-wisconsin-cover.gifOn-Wisconsin-cover2010-12-10T15:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/12/10/now-i-lay-me-down-to/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/isthmus-illustration.gifIsthmus-illustration2010-12-09T22:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/11/26/still-vegetarian-and-still-thankful/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/3064088118_9c79e89458_o.gif3064088118_9c79e89458_o..."Food" is getting more and more artificial all the time. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/38446022@N00/3064088118/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pudding.gifpudding...Yes, this is as good as it looks.2010-12-01T02:07:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/11/23/holiday-shopping-tip-2-mommas-got-a-reused-bag/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/untitled-15.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/3162989846_4e7a66edf6_b.gif3162989846_4e7a66edf6_b...Customize your holiday gift giving. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/finnurmalmquist/3162989846/ 2010-12-01T02:06:20+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/11/19/holiday-shopping-tip-1-clothing-with-a-conscience/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/untitled-14.gifUntitled-1...This baby clothes business in Peru was started 5 years ago by a woman with a single knitting machine. Today she has 6 machines and has brought 8 workers into her cooperative. Her things are available thorugh Fair Indigo.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/3359906071_a578a3f24a_o1.gif3359906071_a578a3f24a_o...Thread ready for weaving in a Guatemalan factory. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakeliefer/3359906071/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/3359906071_a578a3f24a_o.gif3359906071_a578a3f24a_o...https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/santa.gifSANTA...Does the shopping season seem to be looming a bit more than usual this year? (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/photolulu/295967903/ )2010-12-01T02:04:27+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/11/16/how-green-was-our-golden/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/winter-05.gifwinter-05https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/swimming1.gifswimminghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/swimming.gifswimminghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/headshot-in-woods.gifheadshot-in-woodshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/running-in-snow.gifrunning-in-snowhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/here-he-comes.gifhere-he-comeshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/tombo-puppy-and-doug.giftombo-puppy-and-Doug2010-12-01T02:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/11/12/3915/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/jay1.gifjay..(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/miriampoling/4694770382/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/4629648254_224bb8fa94_b1.gif4629648254_224bb8fa94_b.. (photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/10413717@N08/4629648254/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/book-covers1.gifbook-covershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/book-covers.gifbook-covershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/jay.gifjay...(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/miriampoling/4694770382/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/4629648254_224bb8fa94_b.gif4629648254_224bb8fa94_bhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dscn5168.gifDSCN5168https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/untitled-3.gifUntitled-32010-11-18T00:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/11/09/making-prairie-smoke-welcome/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dsc_0007.gifDSC_0007https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/7-layer-salad.gif7-layer-saladhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/more-manure1.gifmore-manurehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/cardboard1.gifcardboardhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lasagna-mulch1.giflasagna-mulch...White line around future smoke bed.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/my-novel2.gifmy-novelhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/my-novel1.gifmy-novelhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/my-novel.gifmy-novelhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/more-manure.gifmore-manurehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/cardboard.gifcardboard2011-07-23T18:58:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/11/05/the-scariest-thing-about-bats-2/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/2392006114_9da8543ff5_b1.gif2392006114_9da8543ff5_b...(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirtrentalot/2392006114/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/untitled-13.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dsc_00032.gifDSC_0003...the Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) napping in my greenhouse2010-12-02T17:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/11/02/bike-boulevards-pedaling-to-the-future/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/kendall-2.gifKendall-2...When I walked down to snap this photo, two bikes came past in one minute.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bikes-may-use-full-lane.gifbikes-may-use-full-lanehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/kendall-sign.gifKendall-signhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/masstricht1.gifMasstricht..(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tupwanders/3566625102/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sign2.gifSIGNhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/portland-oregon1.gifPortland-Oregon...Portland, ORhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sign1.gifSIGNhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/masstricht.gifMasstricht...At the busiest intersections in Groningen, all bicycle traffic lights in every direction turn green at the same time. As 57% of all traffic in Groningen is done by bike, there can be over 100 bicycles crossing the same intersection. It looks very chaotic, but there are hardly any accidents; the right of way is given -and taken- through a very complicated system of speed and eye contact. (PHOTO CREDIT http://www.flickr.com/photos/tupwanders/3566625102/ 2010-11-10T02:46:25+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/10/29/make-your-garden-bed-with-a-compost-comforter/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2874774214_d16a631539_o1.gif2874774214_d16a631539_o...Permaculture in practice. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/21218849@N03/2874774214/sizes/o/in/photostream/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2874774214_d16a631539_o.gif2874774214_d16a631539_o...Permaculture in practice. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/21218849@N03/2874774214/sizes/o/in/photostream/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cardboard.gifcardboard...This is the good stuff! (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollimer/47275783/ )https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/47275783_7369d59d5b_z.gif47275783_7369d59d5b_zhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-13.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/423508812_b3c5f9eaec_b1.gif423508812_b3c5f9eaec_bhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-12.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/423508812_b3c5f9eaec_b.gif423508812_b3c5f9eaec_b...The beauty of compost. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/423508812/ )2010-11-03T21:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/10/26/fighting-back-at-buck-rub/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cambium21.gifcambium2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cambium2.gifcambium2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-23.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cambium.gifcambium...courtesey of Plantfacts, Ohio State Universityhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-22.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/willow.gifwillowhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tamaracks.giftamaracks...Tamaracks turn golden and drop their needles in the fall. How many will live to grow new needles next spring?2010-11-03T21:15:39+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/10/22/our-farm-this-fall/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/kale1.gifkalehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/plastic-door.gifplastic-doorhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/moving-manure2.gifmoving-manure..moving manurehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/moving-manure1.gifmoving-manure...moving manurehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/spinach1.gifspinach...Toothbrush for size reference. We've actually already enjoyed a tiny salad!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/red-tomatoes1.gifred-tomatoeshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tomatoes1.giftomatoes...Feed me, Seymour!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/kale.gifkalehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/moving-manure.gifmoving-manurehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/spinach.gifspinach...toothbrush for size reference. 2010-10-26T20:55:43+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/10/19/how-cool-is-your-fridge/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-46.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-45.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-44.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-43.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-42.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-41.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-4.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/4604877430_e2aac2e682_b1.gif4604877430_e2aac2e682_bPhoto credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/beautifulcataya/4604877430/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/4604877430_e2aac2e682_b.gif4604877430_e2aac2e682_b2010-10-26T20:55:12+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/10/15/tuck-your-garden-in-for-a-long-winter%e2%80%99s-nap/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dsc_0060.gifDSC_0060...My neighbor's maple. Some of this bounty will fall to me!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-21.gifUntitled-2..Who is throwing away all this wonderfullness?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1...Brown gold.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/3005808959_e34c952098_b.gif3005808959_e34c952098_b...Mother Nature's fluffy blanket (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/rfduck/3005808959/2010-10-26T20:46:37+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/10/12/great-oaks-from-little-acorns-grow-sometimes/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/young-bur-oak.gifyoung-bur-oak...A young bur oak now safe from deer.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/acorns-on-the-ground.gifacorns-on-the-groundAll that is left after the squirrels descend.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/3959303759_e380905882_o.gif3959303759_e380905882_o(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/merwing/3959303759/ https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/3036348795_01f3ec3ee7_b.gif3036348795_01f3ec3ee7_b...An oak woods you can hold in your hand. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitzcelt/3036348795/ )2010-10-26T20:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/10/08/the-weather-of-the-future/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/book-covers.gifbook-covers2010-10-26T20:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/10/05/a-solar-tourist-sees-her-first-evacuated-tubes/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dsc_0023.gifDSC_0023...With solar electric, solar hot water and a wind generator, this home owner is off the grid.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dsc_0017.gifDSC_0017...These solar collectors double as a shade screen for the chicken run.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tube-illustration.giftube-illustrationhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dsc_0003.gifDSC_00032010-10-26T20:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/10/01/seedless-grapes-in-wisconsin-maybe/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/hardiness-map.gifhardiness-map ...There we are, the little white cross in the south west corner. By rights, seedless grapes should be growing in on of the tiny dark, green patches along Lake Michigan.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/raisins1.gifraisins(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/igboo/3890424161/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/green.gifgreen(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcwestbrook/3890853911/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/staked.gifstaked(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawtonjm/61698799/)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/raisins.gifraisins2010-11-29T19:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/09/28/fruit-flies-and-sleeping-beauty/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/229802351_b22bedf1ec_o-11.gif229802351_b22bedf1ec_o-1...As admirable as these little wonders are, if you want to get them ot of yor kitchen, you can trap them with a paper funnel over a jar filled with cider vinegar, then release them to the great outdoors. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/stringbot/229802351/)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dsc_0042.gifDSC_0042https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/229802351_b22bedf1ec_o-1.gif229802351_b22bedf1ec_o-1...As admirable as these little wonders are, if you want to get them ot of yor kitchen, you can trap them with a paper funnel over a jar filled with cider vinegar, then release them to the great outdoors. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/stringbot/229802351/)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/fly-on-red-berries2.giffly-on-red-berries...(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/ephotion/207420746/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/fly-on-red-berries1.giffly-on-red-berrieshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/fly-on-red-berries.giffly-on-red-berrieshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/header1.gifheader12010-10-01T12:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/09/24/what-is-your-watershed-address-and-who-is-dumping-what-on-your-head/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/chippewa-river1.gifChippewa-Riverhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/chippewa-river.gifChippewa-Riverhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/my-watershed.gifmy-watershedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/lower-chippewa-river-basin.gifLower-Chippewa-River-Basinhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/wisconsin-watersheds.gifWisconsin-watershedshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/karen-voss.gifKaren-Voss...Karen Voss explains watersheds with assistance from Brooke Bushmanhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/3944157228_9e1b30fc84_o.gif3944157228_9e1b30fc84_o...(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/lazurite/3944157228/ 2010-10-01T12:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/09/21/train-trekking-deep-into-the-heart-of-tiffany-wildlife-area/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/meander.gifmeanderhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/track.giftrackhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/old-wheels.gifold-wheelshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/porta-pottie.gifporta-pottiehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gentian.gifgentianhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/engineers-view1.gifengineer's-viewhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/snail1.gifsnailhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/derailed-car.gifderailed-car...Car left after last derailment.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/back-from-an-outing.gifback-from-an-outinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/reflections.gifreflections2010-10-01T12:41:57+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/09/17/what-you-don%e2%80%99t-know-about-vintage-glass/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/wetland-reflection.gifwetland-reflection,,,Reflecting on the world. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/rengel134/4481714833/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/old-glass.gifold-glass...(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckhowley/3355972809/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/windows.gifwindowshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/loch-reflection.gifloch-reflection..A sea loch situated on the western coast of Scotland, in the Highlands (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootneck_1/2572932269/ 2011-01-21T02:30:30+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/09/14/hauling-my-water-with-a-yoke/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/yoke.gifyoke...amazing antigravity devicehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/chart2.gifchart...Source: USGS http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/mwater.htmlhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/chart1.gifcharthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/chart.gifchart...source: USGS http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/mwater.htmlhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/head-hauling.gifhead-hauling(photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=carrying+water&l=4)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/pouring.gifpouringhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/hauling.gifhauling...Weighing water.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dipping1.gifdipping...One bucket at a time.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dipping.gifdipping...One bucket at a time.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/the-path.gifthe-path...The long and winding path to the pond.2012-08-23T02:30:38+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/09/10/chili-peppers-in-history-and-in-your-garden/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/3993841357_8b875be876_b.gif3993841357_8b875be876_b...(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/delphaber/3993841357/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/hot-pepper1.gifhot-pepper...This is a chilitepin pepper, a native that rates up to 500,000 SHOs.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/hot-pepper.gifhot-pepper...Dr. Bamler grew this native chilitepin pepper which rates p 59 500,000 SHUs. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/drive.gifdrive...Dr. Baumler grew his bmper crop on his driveway in the space it takes to park 2 cars.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/drdave-and-peppers-2010-1.gifDrDave-and-peppers-2010-1... Dr. Dave and a few of his prizes.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/73-types.gif73-types...73 types of peppers Dr. Baumler grew this summer in Wisconsin.2015-06-14T14:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/09/07/buck-the-banks-and-build-it-green/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/red-tin-roof1.gifred-tin-roof...(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/biggreymare/3742333422/)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/round-brick.gifround-brick..Some small houses seem to have stood the test of time. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/momboleum/4792772210/)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/kitchen1.gifkitchen... Style changes every generation (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/black651/2415365698/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/pink-house1.gifpink-house(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/kliman/76754087/2010-09-14T13:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/09/03/green-building-dont-bank-on-it/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/stair-detail.gifstair-detailhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/roalds-house.gifRoald's-house...Also not bank approved.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/harrel-house.gifHarrel-House...This 784 square feet was the owners' choice, not the bank's.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/big-house.gifbig-house...Could this be a bit big? (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/auntylaurie/2591629570/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/canning-tomatoes.gifcanning-tomatoes...current kitchenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/suburban-sprawl.gifsuburban-sprawl...A typical American suburb (photo credit www.futureatlas.com/blog2010-09-14T02:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/08/31/200-ways-to-live-with-less/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2430956891_f5b76192c6_o.gif2430956891_f5b76192c6_o photo credit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisbarnes/2430956891/2010-09-14T02:45:41+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/08/27/a-primer-on-painting-primer/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/priming-barn-window1.gifpriming-barn-windowhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/barn-wall.gifbarn-wall..The windows will go up here.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/priming-barn-window.gifpriming-barn-windowhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/priming-in-town.gifpriming-in-town2010-09-14T02:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/08/24/the-goldilocks-method-to-build-small/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/just-right.gifjust-right...This one is just right.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1..This one is too small.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/too-big.giftoo-big..This one is too big!2010-09-14T02:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/08/20/3-great-sites-to-scout-the-night-sky/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/spiral-galaxy-on-apod4.gifspiral-galaxy-on-APODphoto credit Martin Pughhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/spiral-galaxy-on-apod3.gifspiral-galaxy-on-APODphoto credit Martin Pughhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/spiral-galaxy-on-apod2.gifspiral-galaxy-on-APODphoto credit Martin Pughhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/spiral-galaxy-on-apod1.gifspiral-galaxy-on-APODphoto credit Martin Pughhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/stardate.gifstardatehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/moon-phases.gifmoon-phaseshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/spiral-galaxy-on-apod.gifspiral-galaxy-on-APODspiral galaxy (photo credit Martin Pugh)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/starry-night.gifStarry-night2012-02-29T18:10:26+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/08/17/earthen-clay-on-straw-bale-a-match-made-in-heaven/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/finished-room.giffinished-roomhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mark-makes-it-smooth.gifmark-makes-it-smoothhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/book.gifBOOKhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/trowelling-group-shot.giftrowelling-group-shothttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/tools.giftoolshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pile-of-clay.gifpile-of-clayhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/dsc_0229.jpgDSC_02292010-09-14T02:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/08/13/2011-wisconsin-garden-journal-its-out/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/book-back1.gifBOOK-BACKhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/book-back.gifBOOK-BACKhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/garden-journal-2011.gifgarden-journal-20112010-09-14T02:42:09+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/08/10/growing-into-a-master-gardener/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/blure-boy.gifblure-boy...Growing 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2010-09-14T02:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/08/06/stitching-straw-bale-makes-strong-walls/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pushing-needle-through1.gifpushing-needle-throughhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/group-shot.gifgroup-shothttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/finished-stiches.giffinished-sticheshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/unstringing-twine.gifunstringing-twinehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bobbin-threading.gifbobbin-threadinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pushing-needle-through.gifpushing-needle-throughhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/threaded-needle.gifthreaded-needlehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/rebar-tying-tool.gifrebar-tying-toolhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/chicken-wire-closeup.gifchicken-wire-closeuphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/chicken-wire-exterior.gifchicken-wire-exterior...Exterior2018-08-08T19:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/08/03/straw-bale-bending-walls/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/interior.gifinteriorhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/filling-cracks.giffilling-crackshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/hand-mixing-straw-clay.gifhand-mixing-straw-clayhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/tying-off-bent-bale.giftying-off-bent-balehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bale-compressor.gifbale-compressor...bale compressorhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/hub.gifhubhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/big-view.gifbig-view...Construction site.2010-09-14T02:39:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/07/30/green-your-grass-latest-strategies/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/blue-lawn-mower.gifblue-lawn-mower...Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/meaduva/1178786504/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/lawn-and-chair.giflawn-and-chair...Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44442915@N00/4708367239/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/turf-graph-3.gifturf-graph-3...The shorter you cut your grass, the shorter the roots beneath it, and that's not good in dry spells.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/grass-and-cat.gifgrass-and-cat...Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aquabahn/2524516278/2010-09-14T02:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/07/27/6-sites-you-should-be-reading-on-climate-change/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-16.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-15.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-14.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-13.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-12.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-11.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/suriani.gifSuriani...photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodrigo_suriani/145301371/sizes/o/2010-09-14T02:38:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/07/23/old-window-in-a-new-timber-frame-barn/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/finished-windows1.giffinished-windowshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cutting-out-the-window-sill.gifcutting-out-the-window-sill...Cutting the bottom at an angle for the sill.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/inside-work.gifinside-work...The drama of a new view unveiled.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/before.gifbefore...The barn wall with no window -- till yesterday.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/doors-window-north-em.gifdoors-window-north-emhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/finished-windows.giffinished-windowshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/interier-greenhouse-door.gifinterier-greenhouse-door2010-09-14T02:37:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/07/20/black-eyed-susan-and-some-of-her-sisters/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/barn-flowers.gifbarn-flowershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2-susans-and-bug1.gif2-susans-and-bughttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2-susans-and-bug.gif2-susans-and-bughttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cone-flowers.gifcone-flowershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bergemot-and-butterfly.gifbergemot-and-butterflyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/black-eyed-susan.gifblack-eyed-susan2010-09-14T02:36:59+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/07/16/six-sites-to-see-great-straw-bale-projects/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-32.gifUntitled-3Whole Trees Architecture and Constructionhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-5.gifUntitled-5photo credit: Urbanite Magazine, Baltimore MDhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-4.gifUntitled-4https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-31.gifUntitled-3https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-22.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-1.gifUntitled-12010-09-14T02:35:56+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/07/13/cool-straw-bale-construction-workshops/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn9063.gifDSCN9063..Mark demonstrating and the energy fair.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-3.gifUntitled-3..(drawing courtesy of Whole Tree Architecture and Contsruction)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-21.gifUntitled-2..(drawing courtesy of Whole Tree Architecture and Construction)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/untitled-2.gifUntitled-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bethel-horizon-015-1.gifBethel-Horizon-015-1...(photo courtesy of Whole Tree Architecture and Construction)2010-07-13T19:44:10+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/07/09/dont-paint-gray-is-the-new-green/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn5275.gifDSCN5275https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dsc_0060.gifDSC_0060https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dscn5257.gifDSCN52572010-07-16T12:34:28+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/07/06/board-and-batten-on-our-barn/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/new-battens-2.gifnew-battens-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ball-with-battens.gifball-with-battenshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/wall-without-battens.gifwall-without-battenshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/putting-on-battens.gifputting-on-battenshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/batten-pile.gifbatten-pilehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/raising-the-timbers.gifraising-the-timbers...Raising our barn in 2007.2010-08-22T21:07:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/07/02/if-bugs-wrote-books/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bugs-eyes-uw-entomology-de1.gifbug's-eyes-UW-entomology-de...Here's looking at you!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/butterfly.gifbutterflyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/leather-beetle.gifleather-beetle..Helmet beetle, one of the biggest insects in Wisconsin. Harmless.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/garden-insects-book.gifGarden-Insects-bookhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bugs-eyes-uw-entomology-de.gifbug's-eyes-UW-Entymology Department...Here's looking at you! 2010-07-10T21:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/06/29/wild-parsnip-beware-the-green-meany/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dsc_0058.jpgDSC_0058...Cut this quick!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dsc_00731.jpgDSC_0073...A few years ago these spruce were once buried in wild parsnip -- but no more!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dsc_0073.jpgDSC_0073https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/map.gifmap...No matter where yo live (except the lucky white states) you are not safe!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dsc_0067.jpgDSC_0067...Wild Parsnip in a part of our land where we are not winning the war.2018-08-08T19:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/06/22/5-ways-to-eat-organic-and-save/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/matts-wild-babies.gifMatt's-wild-babies...Don't these little Matt's Wild Cherry Tomatoes look adorable? They are growing in my greenhouse!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/garbage-collection.gifgarbage-collection...Alternative energy ideas at the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair2010-06-25T02:49:45+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/06/18/pondweed-paradox/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/green-frog.gifgreen-frog...He won this round.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/weed-closeup.gifweed-closeup...It really is beautiful.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/narrow-leaf-pondweed.gifnarrow-leaf-pondweedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pond-with-weed.gifpond-with-weed...How green was my pond.2010-06-21T18:51:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/06/15/putting-up-with-strawberries/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/freezer-full.giffreezer-full...A freezer full of flavor.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bures-berry-patch.gifBures-Berry-Patch...Bures Berry Patchhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/claritys-photostream.gifclarity's-photostream...Blissful bounty. (photo credit clarity's photostream, Flickr.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/strawberry-closeup.gifstrawberry-closeup2010-07-10T14:40:23+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/06/01/get-your-hands-into-strawclay/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2151.gifDSCN2151..Nature's styrofoamhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dscn2139.gifDSCN2139https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/making-frame.gifmaking-frame...Temporary frame to fill in with straw/clay mixture.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tossing.giftossing...Tossing a giant straw/clay saladhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/me-mixing-clay.gifme-mixing-clay...Mixing clay slip2011-07-05T18:38:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/05/28/if-you-build-it-bluebirds-will-come/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/babes.gifbabeshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/big-beaks.gifBIG-BEAKShttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/baby-beaks.gifbaby-beakshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/eggs.gifeggshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/on-tree-top.gifon-tree-top2010-06-14T18:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/05/25/treasuring-topsoil/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/chunk-of-soil1.gifchunk-of-soilhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/soil-truck1.gifsoil-truckhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/soil-texture-triangle.gifsoil-texture-trianglehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/soil-truck.gifsoil-truckhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/chunk-of-soil.gifchunk-of-soil...The darker soil below is original prairie soil the way it was before settlement.2010-06-20T13:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/05/21/wis-sustainable-communities-survey-take-it-now/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sustainable-graphic-photosh1.gifsustainable-graphic-photoshhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/untitled-1.gifUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sustainable-graphic-photosh.gifsustainable-graphic-photosh2010-06-14T18:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/05/18/make-these-simple-cages-and-stop-deer-browse-damage/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dsc_00731.gifDSC_0073https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dsc_00421.gifDSC_0042https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dsc_0073.gifDSC_0073https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dsc_0042.gifDSC_0042https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dsc_0038.gifDSC_0038...It helps to have a good wire cutter for this project!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dsc_0067.gifDSC_0067https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/2552934944_8f188c6d64_b.gif2552934944_8f188c6d64_b...The Bambi time bomb. (photo credit Flickr bjmccray/2552934944/sizes/l/2010-06-14T18:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/05/14/the-dirt-on-our-new-topsoil/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dscn9032.gifDSCN9032...Roll on, East Branch of the Upper Pecatonica!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/soil_erosion-map-usda.gifsoil_erosion map usda...Soil erosion is a sadly common story.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dscn9031.gifDSCN90312010-06-14T18:09:41+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/06/11/three-little-twigs-or-antique-apples-of-the-future/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/black-gilliflower1.gifblack-gilliflower...Black Gilliflowerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/prairie-spy-from-um.gifPrairie-Spy-from-UM...Prairie Spyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/black-gilliflower.gifblack-gilliflower...Black Gilliflowerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/prairie-spy-bud-2.gifprairie-spy-bud-2....A Prairie Spy leaf unfurls.2010-06-11T04:39:16+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/06/08/teen-bluebirds-take-wing/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/june-11.gifJune 1...June 1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/june-3.gifJune-3...June 3 Our last look.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/june-1.gifJune 1...June 1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/may-28.gifMay-28https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/may-26.gifMay-26...May 26https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/may-22.gifMay-22...May 22https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/1296938896_5716792690_b.gif1296938896_5716792690_b...A teen bluebird on the town. (photo credit Birdfreak.com on Flickr)2010-06-10T15:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/04/30/flax-a-vegetarians-dream-crop/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/flax-field1.gifflax-field...Flax "field" in the foreground. Anniversary raspberries beyond the lane.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/close-up.gifclose-up...Look out world! Here comes the flax.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/flax-field.gifflax-field...Flax "field" in the foreground. New raspberry bed on the other side of the drive. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/drawing.gifdrawing...Our friend, flax.2010-05-08T14:57:27+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/05/04/getting-goosed-goslings-on-our-pond/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/goslings-under-wing.gifgoslings-under-winghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/eating.gifeatinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/goslings-on-the-water-3.gifgoslings-on-the-water-32010-05-08T14:01:53+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/04/27/grafting-a-brand-new-antique-orchard/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn8978.gifDSCN8978...Our brand new, antique orchard makes its start.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn8972.gifDSCN8972...The first ship is away!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn8957.gifDSCN8957...Just a few of the apple varieties. Choosing just three was a challenge.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn8951.gifDSCN8951...Wally's expert hands make grafting look easy.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dscn8964.gifDSCN8964...Weston's Antique Apple Orchards seen through the mists of time.2011-10-01T13:59:06+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/05/07/into-thin-air-or-make-way-for-ducklings/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/make-way-for-ducklings1.gifMake-Way-for-Ducklingshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/make-way-for-ducklings.gifMake-Way-for-Ducklingshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/mother-goose.gifMother-Goose...Engraved by Edward P. Cogger (ca. 1864-1867)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/goodby-geese.gifgoodby-geese..Farewell2010-05-09T16:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/04/20/greenhouse-growing-strong/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/closeup.gifcloseup...The plants on the right are transplants.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/wasp.gifwasp...Wasps really love our greenhouse, but we discourage their residence.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/interior-now.gifinterior-now...Greenhouse now!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/interior-thanksgiving-2008.gifinterior-Thanksgiving-2008..Thanksgiving 2008https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/barn.gifbarn...The greenhouse is almost finished and growing great!2010-04-23T17:29:46+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/04/23/giving-our-anniversary-the-raspberry/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/row.gifrow...Our first raspberry row, planted and watered! Here's to many raspberry-filled years ahead.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/autumn-bliss.gifAutumn-Bliss..An Autumn Bliss in its new homehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/raspanniversary.gifRaspanniversary...32 years for the two of us2010-04-26T10:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/04/13/3-delicious-ways-to-eat-dratted-garlic-mustard/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/growing2.gifgrowinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/growing1.gifgrowinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/preparing-mustard.gifpreparing-mustardhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/fritata.giffritatahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dsc_0573.gifDSC_0573https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/bag-o-mustard.gifbag-o-mustardhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/growing.gifgrowing2010-04-13T15:26:22+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/04/09/becoming-a-master-gardener/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/volunteering.gifvolunteering...Master gardener volunteers at Penn Statehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/4423599452_939a641921_o.gif4423599452_939a641921_o2010-04-09T14:06:53+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/04/06/a-new-laptop-desk-from-scraps/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/finsihed-desk.giffinsihed-deskhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/laptop-desk-in-lap.giflaptop-desk-in-laphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dsc_0062.gifDSC_0062...Sunny day sanding project.2010-04-08T18:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/04/02/spring-cleaning-clutter/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/sweeping-changes.gifsweeping-changeshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/sink-reflections.gifsink-reflectionshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/snow-drops.gifsnow-drops...Snow drops fighting their way through fall's leaves.2010-04-06T04:56:48+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/03/30/the-not-so-hot-passive-solar-greenhouse/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/closeup-autovent-opened.gifcloseup-autovent-opened...Autovent expanding and opening window as the day warms.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/open-from-outside.gifopen-from-outside...Heat escaping even when we can't be there.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/open-from-inside.gifopen-from-inside...Autovent opening as the day warms.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/closeup-autovent.gifcloseup-autovent...Closeup of the autovent when the weather is cold.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/1st-panel.gif1st-panelhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/plastic-sheeting.gifplastic-sheeting...Easter end of greenhouse still covered in plastic sheeting.2010-04-02T14:05:56+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/03/16/the-rock-rolling-beneath-wisconsin/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rocky-outcropping.gifRocky-outcropping-..the rocky outcropping at the top of our ravine.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/blue-mound-from-our-land.gifBlue-Mound-from-our-land..Blue Mound, some of the newest rock in the state. The view from our land.2010-03-27T13:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/03/23/citizens-searching-for-salamanders/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/3527113274_9e27c92f67_b-cro.gif3527113274_9e27c92f67_b-cro(photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/briangratwicke/3526308425/sizes/l/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/volunteer-map.gifvolunteer-map...Volunteer Environmental Monitors Map https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/red-head.gifred-head...We're watching you. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/briangratwicke/2790202707/sizes/l/in/set-72157605127291478/ )2010-03-28T03:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/03/19/frog-song/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/frog-head1.giffrog-head...A Green Frog in the pond last summer.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/green-frog-closeup.gifgreen-frog-closeup...My cousin and neighbor.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/eggs.gifeggs...How many of these eggs will become frogs?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/randy.gifrandy...Randy Korb introducing kids to frogs.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/frog-head.giffrog-head...A Green Frog in the pond last summer.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/pond.gifpond2010-03-27T13:10:03+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/03/26/kwik-trip-pond/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/pond1.gifpondhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ingridtalylars-photostrea1.gifingridtalylar's--photostrea...Bufflehead, our smallest diving duck. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylar/4146648958/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ingridtalylars-photostrea.gifingridtalylar's--photostrea...Bufflehead, our smallest diving duck drops in. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylar/4146648958/)2010-03-26T21:29:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/03/12/oak-wilt-wins-this-round/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/oak-wilt-outpost.gifoak-wilt-outpost...Oak wilt outpost beyond our current reach.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/oak-wilt.gifoak-wilt..Sighhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/oak-grove-09.gifoak-grove-09..6 years later. Oaks much fewer, but pines much taller.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/map-of-oak-wilt.gifmap-of-oak-wilt..Oak wilt maphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/building-site-in-the-beginn.gifbuilding-site-in-the-beginn..Our wooded hill B.O. W. (before oak wilt)2010-03-16T15:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/03/09/9-fine-sites-to-save-your-soil/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buckleup26.gifbuckleup2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buckleup25.gifbuckleup2..BuckleUp Compost on the job.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buckleup24.gifbuckleup2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buckleup23.gifbuckleup2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buckleup22.gifbuckleup2..BuckleUp composting on the job.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buckleup21.gifbuckleup2..BuckleUp composting on the job.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buckleup2.gifbuckleup2..BuckleUp composting on the job.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buckleup1.gifBuckleUphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buckleup.gifBuckleUphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/3701368282_f6cb090a74_b.gif3701368282_f6cb090a74_b..Beautiful dirt. (photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/possible248/3701368282/sizes/l/)2010-03-16T15:22:13+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/03/05/watering-the-greenhouse-with-a-shovel-2/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/snow-wave1.gifsnow-wave..Is this a wave crashing on the shore? No, it's a snow wave (now melted in the greenhouse).https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/snow-beds2.gifsnow-beds..It's 74 degrees in here. Can you hear that snow melting?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/greenhouse-exterior2.gifgreenhouse-exterior..Our greenhouse in March.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/volunteer-seedling1.gifvolunteer-seedlinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/pond-shadows2.gifpond-shadows..Standing on the dike making shadows on the snow. We aren't going to be dipping water out of the pond for a while yet.2010-03-16T15:21:42+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/03/02/happy-news-for-organic-milk-drinkers/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cow-lineup.gifcow-lineup..Wouldn't you like to live in a world of happy cows? (photo credit ewahnr, Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cow-closeup.gifcow-closeup...Cow candy. (photo credit sarahluv, Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/pastoral.gifpastoral...You know these cows make amazing milk. (photo credit: mbgrigby Flickr)2010-03-16T15:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/02/26/our-native-bees-the-little-things-that-run-the-world/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/3749465287_6fdc65411e_o1.gif3749465287_6fdc65411e_oBumble bee on cone flower. http://www.flickr.com/photos/38875278@N08/3749465287/sizes/o/in/photostream/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sweat-bee.gifsweat-beeGreen sweat bee. http://www.flickr.com/photos/38875278@N08/3749470515/sizes/o/in/photostream/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/3749465287_6fdc65411e_o.gif3749465287_6fdc65411e_oGreen sweat bee. http://www.flickr.com/photos/38875278@N08/3749470515/sizes/o/in/photostream/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sunflower.gifsunflowerhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/38875278@N08/3764769551/in/photostream2010-04-26T10:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/02/23/a-root-rainbow-from-the-winter-farmers-market/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/house-site1.gifhouse-site..Brush clearing on root power.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/breakfast-is-ready1.gifbreakfast-is-ready...Breakfast is ready!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/house-site.gifhouse-site...Hand sawing and dragging brush feels great when you are filled with roots.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/breakfast-is-ready.gifbreakfast-is-ready...Breakfast is ready!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cheese.gifcheesehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/eggs.gifeggshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/taters.giftaters...Taters from Butter Mountain.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/onions-closeup.gifonions-closeup...Almost to beautiful to eat -- almost.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/stovetop.gifstovetop...Who could live without their cast iron pan?2010-03-16T15:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/02/19/meadowlarks-are-hurting-and-how-we-know/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/eastern-meadowlark-in-mist.gifeastern-meadowlark-in-mist-...Easter meadowlark in mist net. (photo credit M.J. Guzy)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bird-in-grass.gifbird-in-grass...Let's give them a little room. (Photo credit Bill and Mavis, B&M Photography Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/natural-resources-canada.gifNatural-Resources-Canada...Carefully caught in a mist net. (Photo credit, Natural Resources Canada)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/yellowstone-digital-slide-f.gifYellowstone-Digital-Slide-F...Meadowlark nest. (Photo credit, Yellowstone digital slides)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bird-running.gifbird-running...Meadow lark on the run. (photo credit care SMC Flickr)2011-06-27T13:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/02/16/thinking-like-a-bluebird/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/closeup2.gifcloseupEastern Bluebird (photo credit ibm4381 Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/in-flight.gifin-flightWestern Bluebird (photo credit kevincole Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/closeup1.gifcloseup1Easter Bluebird (photo credit ibm4381 Flickr)2010-03-16T15:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/02/12/uw-extension-wants-you-to-think-about-sustainability/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sus65.jpgsus6https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sus64.jpgsus6https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sus63.jpgsus6https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sus62.jpgsus6https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sus61.jpgsus6https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sus6.jpgsus6https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/geographyallthe-way-coms-photostream.jpggeographyallthe way.com's photostreamphoto credit: geography allthe-way Flickr2010-02-23T13:03:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/02/09/saws-the-sequel/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/saws-against-the-barn.gifsaws-against-the-barn..Our old and new saws lounging against the barn.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/a-branch-too-far.gifa-branch-too-far...The branch Doug is sawing is actually attached to the Branch Too Far that ate our saw.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/an-easy-branch.gifan-easy-branch..Warming up on an easy branchhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/scoring-the-underside.gifscoring-the-underside..The saw has an extra blade to score the underside of the branch and make a clean cut.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/lumbar-dimensions1.giflumbar-dimensions2010-02-12T14:11:10+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/02/05/one-tiny-piece-in-a-patchwork-prairie/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dnr-project-boundary-map.gifDNR-project-boundary-map...Wisconsin DNR boundary map of Southwest Wisconsin Grassland Areahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/copy-2-of-blazing-star.gifCopy-(2)-of-blazing-star..Just last summer, this blazing star appeared the Glade.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/glade-last-summer.gifglade-last-summer...The Glade, now expanded.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/glade-a-year-ago.gifglade-a-year-ago...Expanding a prairie remnant we call The Glade last winter with the help of the Prairie Enthusiasts.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/farmland-now-conserved-by-d.giffarmland-now-conserved-by-D...Farmland now conserved by the Driftless Area Land Conservancy2010-02-12T14:09:35+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/02/02/two-tree-herders-upgrade-their-saws/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/saw-and-sheath.gifsaw-and-sheath...Sugoi 420 https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sawing-sapling-2.gifsawing-sapling-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/saws-compared.gifsaws-compared..Our new hand saw fits into spots the old bow saw couldn't manage.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sugoi.gifSugoihttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/winter-woods.gifwinter-woods...our lumber yard2010-02-09T19:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/01/29/six-slick-reasons-to-strap-on-snow-shoes/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/prairie-on-snowshoes1.gifprairie-on-snowshoeshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/putting-them-on5.gifputting-them-onhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/5-years-ago3.gif5-years-agohttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/my-foot4.gifmy-foothttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/5-years-ago2.gif5-years-agohttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dougs-old-pair3.gifDoug's-old-pair...The old ash and rawhide snow shoes are quieter especially on hardpack, but ours now hang on the wall.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/putting-them-on4.gifputting-them-onhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dscn20061.gifDSCN20062011-01-17T03:06:23+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/01/26/the-soul-of-a-carrot-part-two/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/baby-carrots-by-freerange-l.gifbaby-carrots-by-FreeRange-LFreeRange Life, Flickrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/carrots-by-minor9th.gifcarrots-by-minor9thphoto credit: minor9th photostream, Flickrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/carrots-in-white-dish1.gifcarrots-in-white-dishphoto credit Ccharmon's photostream, Flickrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/carrot-basket-by-andy-tyler.gifcarrot-basket-by-andy-tylerphoto credit: andy tyler Flickrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/carrots-in-white-dish.gifcarrots-in-white-dishhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/3631279191_27a770e870_b.gif3631279191_27a770e870_bphoto credit Ccharmon's photostream, Flickr2010-02-05T22:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/01/22/likin-lichen/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/alaskan-forest-inventory5.gifAlaskan-Forest-Inventory...The Alaskan Forest Inventory and Analysis crew prepares for the 2006 lichen certification exam. Photo by Sarah Jovanhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/alaskan-forest-inventory4.gifAlaskan-Forest-Inventory...The Alaskan Forest Inventory and Analysis crew prepares for the 2006 lichen certification exam. Photo by Sarah Jovanhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/alaskan-forest-inventory3.gifAlaskan-Forest-Inventory...The Alaskan Forest Inventory and Analysis crew prepares for the 2006 lichen certification exam. Photo by Sarah Jovanhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/alaskan-forest-inventory2.gifAlaskan-Forest-Inventory...The Alaskan Forest Inventory and Analysis crew prepares for the 2006 lichen certification exam. Photo by Sarah Jovanhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/alaskan-forest-inventory1.gifAlaskan-Forest-Inventory...The Alaskan Forest Inventory and Analysis crew prepares for the 2006 lichen certification exam. Photo by Sarah Jovanhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/lichen-log2.giflichen-loghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/lichen-log1.giflichen-loghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/lichen-log.giflichen-loghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/big-blue-lichen3.gifbig-blue-lichenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/big-blue-lichen2.gifbig-blue-lichen2010-02-05T22:43:52+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/01/15/push-solar-panel-costs-down/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/wayne-solar-expansion-proje.gifWayne-Solar-Expansion-Proje...Way to go Wayne! https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/arizona-state-uniersity.gifArizona-State-Uniersity..This is the idea! Solar panels across campus at Arisona Southern University. This is already paying off. 7% reduction in energy bill and 7% reduction in carbon footprint.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/earthship.gifEarthship...This is part of Earthship, an experimental, sustainable development in Brighton England. It's just a demo. No one lives here. Why is that? (photo credit Dominic's pics Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/u-s-energy-consumption1.gifU.S.-energy-consumptionhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/u-s-energy-consumption.gifU.S.-energy-consumptionhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/wayne-national-forests-pho.gifWayne-national-forest's-pho2017-08-10T09:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/01/19/passive-solar-meets-the-moon/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/saros-2.gifSaros-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/saros-cycle1.gifSaros-Cyclehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/saros-cycle.gifSaros-Cyclehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cycles-of-sun-and-moon2.gifcycles-of-sun-and-moonhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cycles-of-sun-and-moon1.gifcycles-of-sun-and-moonhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cycles-of-sun-and-moon.gifcycles-of-sun-and-moonhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/our-new-moon-2.gifour-new-moon-2...Sailing above our horizon. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/chart1.gifCHARThttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/chart.gifCHARThttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/untitled-21.gifUntitled-2...photo credit kansasphoto, Flickr2019-01-16T17:18:44+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/01/12/flushing-the-power-room-out-of-our-house-plan/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bikingbettie-flickr.gifbikingbettie-flickr...TOO MANY TOILETS! photo credit bikingbettie-flickrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/greenbrokes-photostream-fl.gifgreenbroke's-photostream-Flphoto credit: greenbrokes photostream, flickrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/editor-b-flicikr.gifEditor-B-Flicikrphoto credit, editor b, flickr2010-01-19T21:30:13+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/01/05/keep-it-clean-and-green/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/jack-frost-jan-1-2010-email.jpgjack frost jan 1 2010 emailhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/good-old-baking-soda.gifgood-old-baking-soda2010-12-03T16:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2010/01/01/2010-charge-mindfully/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/janus-photo-credit-m-f-m.gifJanus-(photo-credit-M.-F.-M..Two-headed Janus. photo credit B. F. McManushttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hansmann-thornton-house-sit.gifHansmann-Thornton-House-Sit..Topographic map we created of our building site with dreams includedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/our-path.gifour-path..Wandering our northwest passage.2010-01-08T15:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/12/29/watt-a-merry-christmas/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/monitoring-tv1.gifmonitoring-tvhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/monitoring-tv.gifmonitoring-tvhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/waffle.gifwaffle..Made on the energy sucking waffle iron, but with all local ingredients, including local flour, yogurt and berries frozen last summer.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tv.giftv..Telling tales on the TVhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/waffle-iron-test.gifwaffle-iron-test..Waffle irons get monitored.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/kill-a-watt.gifKill-A-Watt..Tip for using: Plug this into an extension cord rather than the wall, then you won't be down on your knees trying to read it.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/puzzling.gifpuzzling..How to keep a green Christmas can be puzzling.2010-01-08T15:24:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/12/22/lets-keep-the-sol-in-solstice/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/mysterious-message1.gifmysterious-message..Message of hope written in rodent tracks on a parchment of snowhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/mysterious-message.gifmysterious-message..Winter's message of hope written in nature's script.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/winter-leaf.gifwinter-leaf..Fall gives way to deep winterhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/sunset-on-shortest-day.gifsunset-on-shortest-day...Sunset on the shortest day of the year in the Driftless2009-12-28T23:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/12/18/10-great-build-your-own-greenhouse-sites/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/big-hoop.gifbig-hoophttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/windows.gifwindowshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/50-greenhouse.gif50-greenhousehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/roalds-greenhouse.gifroalds-greenhousehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/our-greenhouse.gifour-greenhouse...Our greenhouse. We'll start growing good things this spring!2010-01-18T16:58:19+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/12/04/forge-brown-gold-compost-your-leaves/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/29-on-the-outside-80-on-the.gif29-on-the-outside-80-on-the..Well, only 80, but it was 29 degrees outside when I shot this.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/our-trusty-kemp-shredder.gifour-trusty-Kemp-shredder..Our trusty old Kemp shredder.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/our-dual-compost-system.gifOur-dual-compost-system..Our dual composting system. Cold outside, but hot inside.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/buckle-up-basic.gifBuckle-up-Basic..These little puppies really work.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/leaves-make-good-compost.gifleaves-make-good-composthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/vegies-begin-it.gifvegies-begin-it...These vegies are good eats, and what's left is great compost.2009-12-16T16:35:50+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/12/11/think-small-to-build-small/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/cramped-at-christmas.gifCramped-at-Christmas..Of course, sometimes a space is really too small. (Our holiday photo the year we got Tombo.)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/our-house-in-madison-now.gifOur-house-in-Madison-now..I love this house. I hope it will help a growing family bond when we move to our new, LITTLE place in 2012.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/moms-house.gifMom's-house..This tiny little house, where my mom lived with her mom, wrapped its walls around many family gatherings and found space to sleep 8-10 very happy campers.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/the-3-bedroom-house.gifThe-3-bedroom-house..The 3-bedroom quad-level in Libertyville IL, where we raised our girls. This house had an openness that reverberates through our family ties to this day.2010-03-08T14:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/12/08/greenhouse-ready-for-winter/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/greenhouse-closed-for-winte1.gifgreenhouse-closed-for-winte..Closed for the winter and snug as a bug.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/growing-medium-transport1.gifgrowing-medium-transporthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/too-frozen-to-work.giftoo-frozen-to-work.,.This clay was just too rock-hard frozen to break up with shovels, so it went back to the clay pile till next year.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/greenhouse-interior.gifgreenhouse-interior..See the circle of ice that was frozen in the bucket of water when we arrived?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/greenhouse-closed-for-winte.gifgreenhouse-closed-for-winte..Snug as a bug.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/greenhouse-open.gifgreenhouse-open..Not quite air tight.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/growing-medium-transport.gifgrowing-medium-transport..Loading up the last of the garden box growing medium.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/growing-medium-pile.gifgrowing-medium-pile2009-12-16T16:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/12/01/o-christmas-tree-making-our-evergreens-even-greener/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/livingroom-as-forest.giflivingroom-as-forest..Living room as foresthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/trees-by-barn.giftrees-by-barn..This year's finds about to be loaded into the little red wagon on the left.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/close-up.gifclose-up..Decorative birds in a very real tree2009-12-16T16:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/11/24/a-vegetarian-gives-thanks/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wild-turkeys-by-beaker-on-f.gifwild-turkeys-by-Beaker-on-FTurkeys back in the wildk, where they started. (photo credit: Beaker on Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/polento-dome-ingredients.gifPolento-dome-ingredients..The simple ingredients of a our Thanksgiving Polenta Dome2012-09-14T21:25:38+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/11/20/raw-milk-thanksgiving/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/milk-and-cookies-ldhnys-f.gifmilk-and-cookies--LDHNY's-F...The quintessential wholesome snack. (photo credit: Idhnys-f flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/milking-smoodysarah-flickr.gifmilking-smoodysarah-Flickr(photo credit: smoodysarah flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/making-milk-hans-s-flickr.gifmaking-milk-hans-s'-flickrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/milk-tambako-the-jaguar-fli.gifmilk-Tambako-the-Jaguar-FliPure, clean milk. (photo credit: tambako the jaguar Flickr)2009-12-16T16:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/11/17/greens-in-the-greenhouse-almost-there/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/roalds-greenhouse3.gifRoald's-greenhouse...Greenhouse built by Roald Gundersenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/roalds-greenhouse2.gifRoald's-greenhousehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/roalds-greenhouse1.gifRoald's-greenhouse..Greenhouse built by Roald Gundersenhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/tombo-by-the-box1.giftombo-by-the-box...The first of two growing boxes is complete!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/roalds-greenhouse.gifRoald's-greenhouse...Greenhouse built by Roald Gundersen.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/tombo-by-the-box.giftombo-by-the-box...First of two growing boxes completehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/greenhouse-inside.gifgreenhouse-insidehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/building-greenhouse-2.gifbuilding-greenhouse-2...Fitting the polycarbonate panels.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/building-greenhouse-1.gifbuilding-greenhouse-1...Building the frame in 2007https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/haystack-and-greenhouse.gifhaystack-and-greenhouse...With the haystack done, the greenhouse is back to top priority for fall frenzy.2009-12-16T16:25:09+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/11/13/oca-a-very-tiny-piece-of-the-puzzle/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/peruvian-mountains-photo-c1.gifPeruvian-mountains-(photo-c...Peruvian mountains (photo credit First Rooz at Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/artists-impression-of-entra.gifartists-impression-of-entraArtist impression of entrance to Doomsday Vault on a remote island near the North Pole. Give a whole new meaning to the concept of Santa Claus.)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/peruvian-mountains-photo-c.gifPeruvian-mountains-(photo-cPeruvian mountains (photo credit First Rooz at Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/international-potato-centre-photo-credit.gifInternational Potato Centre photo creditOca in all its glory. (photo credit: International Potatoe Center)2011-07-26T13:05:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/11/10/stacking-hay-while-the-sun-shines/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/botons-square-stack1.gifBoton's-square-stackBopton's square stackhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/botons-square-stack.gifBoton's-square-stackBoton's square stackhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/haystack-at-mystic.gifhaystack-at-Mystic...Haytstack at Mystic Prairiehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/our-haystack-2.gifour-haystack-2...great beginnings of our hay stack.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/haystack-base.gifhaystack-base...Recycled basehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/reuseable-materials.gifreuseable-materialsBuilding projects can be a wealth of scraps that almost spontaneously grow into new projects.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/monet-haystack.gifMonet-Haystack...Immortalized my Monet2009-12-16T16:23:23+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/11/06/tempting-apples-from-antique-orchards/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/weston-antique-apple-orchar.gifWeston-Antique-Apple-Orchar...Weston's Antique Apple Orchard, where the fruit looks as good as it tastes.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/apple-close-up.gifapple-close-up...A Gravenstein, possibly the oldest and most distinctive summer variety at Wesnesday's tasting.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/tasting-table.giftasting-table...So many apples. So little time!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/my-grandpa-and-his-apples.gifmy-grandpa-and-his-apples2009-12-16T16:22:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/11/03/fall-freezers-and-my-foodshed/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/growing-box.gifgrowing-box...In progresshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/artifex-photostream-flickr.gif...Artifex-photostream-Flickrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/brussells-sprouts.gifBrussells-sproutshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/tamarack-after-needle-fall.gif...Two days later -- tamarack-after-needle-fallhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/october-09.gifoctober-092009-12-16T16:19:20+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/10/30/the-heat-and-the-help-6-useful-global-warming-websites/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/felix-francis-photo1.gifFelix-Francis-photohttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/felix-francis-photo.gifFelix-Francis-photo2009-12-16T15:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/10/27/oak-wilt-%e2%80%93-dead-woods-walking/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/oak-wilt-in-woods-2.gifoak-wilt-in-woods-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hope-for-the-future.gif...Hope for the future.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/doug-lables-a-promising-you.gifDoug labels a promising young White Oak.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/marked-for-removal1.gifMarked for removal. We should have been tougher.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/marked-for-removal.gifMarked for removal after trenching. We should have been tougher.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/tombo-by-trench.gifTombo-by-trenchhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/nitidulid-beetles-which-sp.gifNitidulid-beetles,-which-spread oak wilt. (photo credit USDA)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/oak-wilt-and-neighbor.gifOak with wilt and healthy (for the moment) neighbor.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/oak-wilt-on-the-edge-of-our.gif...Oak wilt on the edge of our woods.2009-12-16T15:09:51+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/12/15/let-it-snow/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/clearing-the-roof1.gifclearing-the-roofhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/clearing-the-roof.gifclearing-the-roofhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/farewell-franz-josef-phot.gifFarewell,-Franz-Josef-(photFarewell, Franz Josef (photo credit Rob Young, Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/melting-glacier.gifmelting-glacierhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/roof-rake.gifroof-rakehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/greenhouse-interior-in-snow.gifgreenhouse-interior-in-snowhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/greenhouse-in-snow.gifgreenhouse in snowhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/shoveling-out-bill-and-lori-09-email.jpgShoveling out Bill and Lori 09 email2009-12-15T23:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/10/23/octuber-the-magic-of-fresh-dug-potatoes/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dr-hemmerts-photostream.gifDr. Hemmert's photostream...(photo credit dr-hemmerts-photostream flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/purple-viking-from-butter-m.gifPurple-Viking-from-Butter-M...This is a beautiful spud!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/freeranglifes-photostream.gifFreeRangLife's photostream...(photo credit freeranglifes-photostream flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/van-gogh-potato-eaters.gifvan-gogh-potato-eaters...van Gogh's Potato Eaters chowing down on my favorite fall food.2009-10-23T23:32:58+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/10/20/two-gentians-join-the-crowd/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/our-stiff-gentian.gifour-stiff-gentian...We found this Stiff Gentian in the trail. We'll be moving the trail!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/closed-gentian-close-up.gifclosed-gentian-close-up...Mystery solved. It's a Fringed-tipped Closed Gentian.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pale-purple-coneflower-seed.gifpale-purple-coneflower-seed...Autumn in the prairie is a study of possibility.2009-10-20T18:10:50+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/10/16/cooking-between-classes-a-new-college-cooking-blog/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/colletge-cooking-2.gifcolletge-cooking-2...This is what fuels one busy student.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/fresh-chard.giffresh-chard...Locally-grown chard trumps Golen Grahams! A mother rejoices.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/college-cooking.gifcollege-cookingBecause the stove was broken when she moved into her apartment this fall, the landlord put in a brand new one! It's getting a workout.2013-01-13T22:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/07/21/purple-loosestrife-a-very-short-battle/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/purple-loosestrife3.gifpurple-loosestrifePurple Loosestrifehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/purple-loosestrife2.gifpurple-loosestrifehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/blue-vervain-2.gifblue-vervain-2HAPPY ENDING (photo by Blooming Looneytic)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/blue-vervain-by-dogtooth77.gifBlue-vervain-by-dogtooth77-The happy ending. Photo by dogtooth77 Flickrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/purple-loosestrife1.gifpurple-loosestrifehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pond.gifpond2009-10-14T20:40:20+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/07/24/milfoil-mulch-turning-crap-into-crop/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/milfoil-on-rake3.gifmilfoil-on-rakehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/milfoil-on-rake2.gifmilfoil-on-rakehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/milfoil-on-rake1.gifmilfoil-on-rakehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/milfoil-mulch.gifmilfoil-mulchThese prairie grasses I started from seed I collected are growing on the site of a bonfire. Before mulching, that blackened dirt really baked but they seem to enjoy their milfoil mulch.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/milfoil-on-rake.gifmilfoil-on-rakehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/milfoil-doug-raking.gifmilfoil-doug-rakinghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/milfoil-on-pond.gifmilfoil-on-pondhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pond-040105.gifPond-0401052009-10-14T20:39:46+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/08/18/indian-grass-and-big-bluestem-join-the-crowd/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/big-bluestem-closeup.gifBig-bluestem-closeuphttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/big-bluestem-takes-over.gifBig-Bluestem-takes-overBig Bluestem can really take over!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/indian-grass-whole.gifIndian-Grass-wholeIndian Grass in its radiant glory2009-10-14T20:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/08/25/buckwheat-beginnings/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/buckwheat-row-rototilled1.gifbuckwheat-row-rototilledDoug busting sod for our first crop!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/buckwheat-babies2.gifbuckwheat-babiesBuckwheat babieshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/buckwheat-babies1.gifbuckwheat-babieshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/buckwheat-flower.gifbuckwheat-flowerBuckwheat in flowerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/buckwheat-babies.gifbuckwheat-babiesBuckwheat babieshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/buckwheat-row-rototilled.gifbuckwheat-row-rototilledDoug busting sod for our first crop!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/raspberry-brambles.gifraspberry-bramblesRaspberry rows in April at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute2009-10-14T20:39:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/09/15/conversational-prairie-101/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/prairie-swale-designed-by-d1.gifPrairie-Swale-designed-by-D--Sweeping Prairie Swale designed by Darrel Morrisonhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/prairie-swale-designed-by-d.gifPrairie-Swale-designed-by-D--Sweeping Prairie Swale designed by Darrel Morrison.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/darrel-morrison-at-uw-arbor.gifDarrel-Morrison-at-UW-Arbor--Darrel Morrison explaining his design work at UW Arboretum.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/drawing-a-line-with-fire.gifDrawing-a-line-with-fireAfter drawing a line with fire, magic marker is never the same.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/building-site.gifbuilding-site--Our house will be built to the right and a little farther back than the barn. All those lovely, non-native pine on the right have a date with a chain saw.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/concrete-barn-foundation1.gifconcrete-barn-foundation--Tearing up the earth and pouring concrete is not my favorite part of building.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/concrete-barn-foundation.gifconcrete-barn-foundation2009-10-14T20:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/09/18/the-straight-poop-from-a-new-connoisseur-of-manure/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rabbit-svadilfaries-photos1.gifrabbit-Svadilfarie's-photosRabbit manure is even higher in nitrogen than some poultry manture and also rich in phosphorus. Photo by Svadilfairies Flickr.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rabbit-svadilfaries-photos.gifrabbit-Svadilfarie's-photosRabbit manure is even higher in nitrogen than some poultry manure and is also rich in phosphorus. Photo by Svadilfari Flickrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tombo.gifTombo--Intrepid Tombo guards our brown gold.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rabbit-by-bpheonix.gifrabbit-by-BPheonixRabbit manure is even higher in nitrogen than some poultry manure and is also rich in phosphorus. Photo by BPeonix at Flikrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sheep-by-per-ola-wiberg-powi.gifSheep by Per Ola Wiberg (Powi)--Sheep manure is another "hot' manure. It has been described as dry and very rich. Photo by wiberg-powi at Flikrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/chickens-by-darren-barry.gifchickens-by-Darren-Barry--Poultry manure has long been recognized as high octane fertilizer because of its rich nitrogen content. Photo by darren-barry at Flikr2009-10-14T20:37:35+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/10/13/milkweed-monarchs-and-me/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/milkweed-full-flower1.gifmilkweed-full-flower...The butterfly buffet is open!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/milkweed-beginning-to-form1.gifmilkweed-beginning-to-form-...The beginning of a pod.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/milkweed-beginning-to-form.gifmilkweed-beginning-to-form-...These tiny pods are supposed to be tasty, but I'll pass.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/milkweed-shell.gifmilkweed-shellhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/milkweed-full-flower.gifmilkweed-full-flower...The butterfly buffet is open.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/milkweed-about-to-flower.gifmilkweed-about-to-flower...About to flower. I now know these not only look good enough to eat -- they are!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/milkweed-in-field.gifmilkweed-in-field...Milkweeds making themselves at home along my lane.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/milkweed-seed-21.gifmilkweed-seed-2...They still look like fairies to me.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/milkweed-seed-2.gifmilkweed-seed-2...They still look like fairies to me.2009-10-14T20:37:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/05/18/five-ws-who/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/who-doug22.gifDougCollecting water (and the occaisional tadpole) from the retention basinhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/who-doug21.gifwho-Doug2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/who-doug2.gifwho-Doug2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/who-denise21.gifwho-Denise2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/who-doug1.gifwho-Doughttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/who-denise2.gifwho-Denisehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/who-denise1.gifwho-Denisehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/who-doug.gifwho-Doughttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/who-denise.gifwho-Denisehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/denise-on-porch.gifDenise-on-porchStill in town, heading for the land2010-12-03T15:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/05/21/the-case-of-the-missing-lady-slipper/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/caged-slipper.gifCarefully caged slipperLady Slipper behind barshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/chewed-slipper.gifChewed off slipperThis slipper will never bloom.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/original_slipper3.gifYellow Lady SlipperMy first lady slipperhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/original_slipper2.gifLady SlipperMy first Lady Slipperhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/original_slipper1.gifLady SlipperMy first Lady Slipperhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/original_slipper.gifLady SlipperMy first Lady Slipperhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/yellow-lady-slipper-2006-2.jpgYellow Lady Slipper 2006 22009-10-14T20:35:18+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/05/25/five-ws-where/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/where-prairie.gifwhere-prairieOur prairie restorationhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/where-forest-flower1.gifwhere-forest-flowerAmethyst Shooting Star at home in the woodshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/where-forest-flower.gifwhere-forest-flowerShooting Star at home in the woods2009-10-14T20:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/05/27/five-ws-how-the-tractor-question/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/doug-w-yoke1.gifDoug-w-yokehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/doug-w-yoke.gifDoug-w-yokeTime tested, but perhaps a little harsh on that squishy stuff between your vertebraehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/power-wagon.gifpower-wagonPower Wagon basking in sunshine and birdsong2009-10-14T20:34:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/05/29/five-easy-ways-you-can-green-the-planet-from-your-desk/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/earth-in-computer2.gifearth-in-computerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/earth-in-computer1.gifearth-in-computerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/earth-in-computer.gifearth-in-computer2009-10-14T20:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/06/01/pass-the-garlic-mustard-please/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/garlic-mustard-21.gifgarlic-mustard-2This photo was thankfully NOT taken on my land, and I hope it never will be.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/garlic-mustard-2.gifgarlic-mustard-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/garlic-mustard.gifgarlic-mustard2010-12-17T04:08:04+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/06/03/lesson-in-carr-repair-or-listening-to-your-land/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/carr-out-with-the-old-in2.gifcarr---out-with-the-old-in-Carry on, Sandbar Willows! Carr repair in progress.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/carr-down-in-the-valley3.gifcarr----down-in-the-valleyThe Windward Spruces just a smidge up the valley and on the cool north side of the slope are thriving.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/carr-all-dead5.gifcarr--all-deadDoomed by deafnesshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/carr-all-dead4.gifcarr--all-deadDoomed by deafness2009-10-14T20:33:21+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/06/05/sex-among-the-pines/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dinosaur1.gifdinosaurPassing up palm trees in search of tasty pines. (photo by Catchpenny on Flicker)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dinosaur.gifdinosaurDinosaur passing up palm trees in search for a tasty pine. image from Catchpenny on flickerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pine-sex-male1.gifPine-sex---maleA male pine cone ready to partyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pine-sex-female.gifPine-sex----femalePhoto of female cone from foxypar4’s photostream on flickerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pine-sex-male.gifPine-sex---maleMale pine cones in spring ready to party2009-10-14T20:32:46+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/06/08/putting-pines-in-their-place-or-tips-on-transferring-evergreens/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cedar-planting-3-1005.gifcedar-planting-3-1005An early transplant that I know would be doing better if we had kept the roots moist during its wheelbarrow ride.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pine-needles-close-up.gifpine-needles-close-upThe number of needles on these branches was decided many moons ago.2009-10-14T20:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/06/10/happy-ending-for-yellow-lady-slippers-but-what-direction-will-the-compass-plants-go/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/compass-plant-caged1.gifcompass-plant-cagedBehind bars for his own good.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/compass-plant-22.gifcompass-plant-2Not our compass plant, but it could be.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/compass-plant-21.gifcompass-plant-2This is not our compass plant, but it could be.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/compass-plant-caged.gifcompass-plant-cagedBehind bars for its own good.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/compass-plant-2.gifcompass-plant-2Sadly, this is not my compass plant, but it could be.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/lady-slipper.gifLady-SlipperThrivingin captivity2009-10-14T20:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/06/12/slow-architecture-or-a-house-built-of-weed-trees/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/roalds-bookend-2.gifRoald's-bookend-2Harnessing the inherent power and beauty in "Charlie Brown" trees.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/roalds-bookend.gifRoald's-bookendA recent addition to Roald Gundersen's own workspace.2011-09-21T13:30:35+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/06/16/global-warming-and-our-woods/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pine-relic.gifPine-relic10,000 year hideouthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/teen-pines1.gifTeen-pinesTeenage Red Pines ready to party!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/teen-pines.gifTeen-pines2009-10-14T20:31:08+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/06/19/a-locavore-loaf-plus-6-great-bread-blogs-from-around-the-world/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/van-gogh-wheat1.gifVan-Gogh-wheathttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/van-gogh-wheat.gifVan-Gogh-wheathttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bread1.gifBreadI wish you could smell this earthy aroma! (I was going to say heavenly aroma, but fresh-baked bread is all about here and now!)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bread.gifBread2009-10-14T20:30:40+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/06/23/10-ways-to-cut-gas-costs-and-save-the-planet/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mrea.gifMREAhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mrea-21.gifMREA-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mrea-2.gifMREA-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/by-burning-image-flickr1.jpgby Burning Image, flickrby Burning Image, flickrhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/by-burning-image-flickr.jpgby Burning Image, flickrimage by Burning Image, flickr2009-10-14T20:30:12+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/06/26/warning-its-wild-parsnip-season/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/parsnip-burn-foot.gifparsnip-burn-footThis stuff is not kidding around!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/parsnip-flower.gifparsnip-flowerIsn't that pretty?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/parsnip-denise1.gifparsnip-DeniseNot suited up, so keeping my distancehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/parsnip-burn.gifparsnip-burnParsnip burns.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/parsnip-denise.gifparsnip-Denisehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/parsnip-map.gifparsnip-map2014-07-24T16:13:03+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/06/30/mrea-coloring-the-midwest-green-for-20-years/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mrea-workshop1.gifMREA-workshopWhole-tree architect Roald Gundersen demonstrates his technique.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mrea-windmill.gifMREA-windmillThe windmill presided over and while powering the energy fair.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mrea-workshop.gifMREA-workshopRoald Gundersen and his team demonstrate whole tree architecture.2009-10-14T20:28:54+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/07/03/idle-thoughts-turn-the-damned-thing-off/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mcdonalds-drive-thru1.gifMcDonalds-drive-thruWe are supersizing our pollution too.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mcdonalds-drive-thru.gifMcDonalds-drive-thruWe are supersizing our pollution too.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/exhuast-pipe.gifexhuast-pipeIdling pumps a lot of extra carbon, toxins and wasted dollars out of here.2009-10-14T20:28:30+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/07/07/building-our-timberframe-barn/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/barn-sketch-12.gifbarn-sketch-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/14-view-from-house-site2.gif14-view-from-house-sitehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/view-from-house-site-2.gifview-from-house-site-2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/south-view-today.gifsouth-view-todayLast fall we got polycarbonate panels on the greenhouse roof. Still have to finish the door this summer. Check out that copper-colored metal roof.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/in-the-snow.gifin-the-snowThe first two winters, we stapled plastic sheeting over the greenhouse.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rafters.gifraftersThe shape of these rafters always makes me think of someone throwing their arms into the sky in pure jubiliation. This will be our view in the loft -- once we get the floor boards in.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/keith-week.gifKeith-weekThe roof boards came from trees with oak wilt that we harvested carefully and milled a few feet from the barn site.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/14-view-from-house-site1.gif14-view-from-house-siteWhat an exciting day Raising Day was!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/9-standing-in-the-back-door1.gif9-standing-in-the-back-doorDoug and Della stand in the door of her first building.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/1-doug-marks-the-barn1.gif1-Doug-marks-the-barnThe four corners of the barn with lean-to greenhouse in our imagination.2010-01-11T10:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/07/10/csas-madison-style-or-insuring-good-nutrition/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/csa-medley1.gifCSA-medleyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/csa-pattypan.gifCSA-pattypanhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/csa-raspberries.gifCSA-raspberrieshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/csa-butcher-block1.gifCSA-butcher-blockhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/csa-onions.gifCSA-onionshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/csa-butcher-block.gifCSA-butcher-blockhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/csa-medley.gifCSA-medley2009-10-14T20:27:35+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/07/17/prairie-gold/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/milkweed-buds.gifmilkweed-budshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/milkweed.gifmilkweedWe have been doing everything we can to encourage this Praire Milkweed. It's a particular favorite of Monarch butterlies -- and the need all the help they can get.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/prairie-snap-dragon.gifprairie-snap-dragonI'm not even sure what this is. I call it Prairie snap dragon. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pale-purple-cone-flower.gifpale-purple-cone-flowerPale purple cone flower. Or is it a medieval jester's staff?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/prairie-dogbane.gifprairie-dogbanehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sunflower-closeup.gifsunflower-closeupHow about a boquet with a stem for a vase?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/praire-bouquet1.gifpraire-bouquetCould anyone have arranged this bouquet better than Mother N?https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/praire-bouquet.gifpraire-bouquethttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/prairie-view.gifprairie-view2009-10-14T20:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/08/04/in-defense-of-food-and-books-michael-pollan-leads-%e2%80%9cgo-big-read%e2%80%9d/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pollan-bounty1.gifPollan-bountyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pollan-bounty.gifPollan-bountyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/kohl-center.gifKohl-CenterImagine this huge building filled with people thinking about good food.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pollan-readers.gifPollan-readersOne UW student and two alumni getting ready for Go Big Read.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pollan-books.jpgPollan books2009-10-14T20:24:37+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/08/05/8-tips-for-siting-your-natural-home/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/site-view.gifsite-viewSite viewhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/view-of-land.jpgview of landThis is the view from the building site. Don’t build on the best view on your property; build where you can look at the best view. https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/diagrams2.jpgUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/diagrams1.jpgUntitled-1https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/site-plan.jpgsite plan5.19.09.inddhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sunpath-diagram.jpgsunpath diagram2018-08-08T19:35:33+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/08/07/pizza-wisconsinalia/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pizza-closeup2.gifpizza-closeupYum!!!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pizza-closeup1.gifpizza-closeupYum!!!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pizza-oven-ready1.gifpizza-oven-readyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pizza-closeup.gifpizza-closeupYum!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pizza-oven-ready.gifpizza-oven-readyReady for the oven https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pizza-ingredients.gifpizza-ingredientsEverything you need to make Pizza Wisconsinalia!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/chef-portrait.gifChef-portrait2009-10-14T20:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/08/11/four-fabulous-wild-flower-sanctuaries-plus-a-few-more/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/wild-geranium.gifwild-geraniumWild geraniumhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/crater-lake-wild-flower.gifCrater-Lake-wild-flowerCrater Lake wild flowerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/crater-lake.gifCrater-LakeCrater Lake https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/give-me-sanctuary.gifgive-me-sanctuaryEloise Butler going at it.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/wild-flower-closeup.gifwild-flower-closeupPale Purple Cone Flower2009-10-14T20:15:17+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/08/12/why-whole-trees/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/build-green-now.jpgbuild green nowthe bookend house at driftless farm and attached greenhousehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/driftless-farm-small.jpgDriftless Farm smallhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/tree-stress.jpgtree stresshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/local-labor-breakdown.jpglocal labor breakdownhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/historic-whole-tree-builindgs.jpghistoric whole tree builindgsa buddhist temple in china, a stavekirke in norway, and the old faithful inn lobbyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/carbon-nanofiber.jpgcarbon nanofiberhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/driftless-farm-bookend-branching-columns_small.jpgDriftless Farm Bookend Branching Columns_smallBranching columns in the Bookend House at Driftless Farm2013-05-07T13:48:38+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/08/14/prairie-grasses-im-dreaming-of/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/bottlebrush-grass.gifBottlebrush-grasshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/canada-rye.gifCanada-Ryehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/prairie-dropseed.gifPrairie-Dropseedhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/side-oats-grama-grass.gifSide-oats-grama-grasshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/indian-grass.gifIndian-grasshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/big-bluestem.gifBig-bluestem2009-10-14T20:14:43+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/08/19/6-ways-an-architect-can-think-you-into-a-better-home/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/driftless-farm-office_small.jpgDriftless Farm Office_smallWhole Tree office space https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/portfollio-013_crop.jpgPortfollio 013_cropDriftless Farm house kitchen and living spacehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/driftless-farm_small_crop.jpgDriftless Farm_small_cropThe Bookend House at Drifless Farm2009-10-14T20:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/08/21/green-blog-roundup-my-5-favorite-this-week/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/rainbow-over-my-44-acres-in.gifrainbow-over-my-44-acres-inI saw this rainbow while driving in the Driftless yesterday2009-10-14T20:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/08/28/wild-snacks-raw-and-cooked-euell-gibbons-meet-richard-wrangham/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/stalking-the-wild-asparagus.gifStalking-the-Wild-Asparagushttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/bowl-of-fresh-picked-plums.gifbowl-of-fresh-picked-plumsWild plums waiting to be sauce.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/blackberries.gifblackberriesEaten immediately after photographing!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/catching-fire-cover.gifCatching-Fire-cover2009-10-19T18:10:34+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/09/01/art-seeing-green-at-the-institute-of-chicago-and-museum-of-science-and-industry/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/smart-house-garden1.gifsmart-house-gardenMaking great use of sunny steps.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/smart-house-garden.gifsmart-house-gardenMaking the best use of sunny steps.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/msi-smart-home.gifMS&I-smart-homeAn actual demo home built on the museum grounds!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/art-institute.gifart-instituteAll around the institute you can find native plants in the landscape.2009-10-14T20:13:09+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/09/03/many-shades-of-green/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/smart-home-3.jpgsmart home 3via the Museum of Science and Industry websitehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/smart-home-2.jpgsmart home 2via the Museum of Science and Industry websitehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/smart-home-1.jpgsmart home 1via Museum of Science and Industry website2009-10-14T20:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/09/04/summer-in-a-jar-5-great-sites-on-preserving-food/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/simmering-sauce1.gifsimmering-sauce..Tomatoes simmering on the stove. Wish you could smell this.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/summer-in-a-jar.gifsummer-in-a-jar Summer in a jar!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/simmering-sauce.gifsimmering-sauceTomato sauce simmering on the stove. Wish you could smell this.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tomatoes-ripening-on-the-ta.giftomatoes-ripening-on-the-ta My tomatoes ripening on the tablehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/4-h-preserves-in-19501.gif4-H-preserves-in-1950https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/4-h-preserves-in-1950.gif4-H-preserves-in-19504-H preserves circa 19502010-06-17T13:46:11+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/09/08/collapse-and-20-per-gallon-2-books-that-hit-me-hard/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dougndog-mow1.gifDougnDog-Mowhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dougndog-mow.gifDougnDog-Mowhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/20-per-gal-cover.gif$20-per-gal-coverhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/collapse-cover.gifCollapse-coverhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/collapse-affordablehousinginstitute-org1.gifcollapse affordablehousinginstitute.orgphoto from affordablehousinginstitute.orghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/collapse-affordablehousinginstitute-org.gifcollapse affordablehousinginstitute.orgphoto from affordablehousinginstitute.org 2009-11-10T23:32:52+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/09/09/stuff-nonsense/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/stuff-2.jpgstuff 2https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ustore-it.jpgustore it2009-10-14T20:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/09/11/corn-two-views/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/corn-field-in-the-driftless.gifA small Corn City in the DriftlessCorn takes over the Driftlesshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ominovres-book.gifOminovre's-bookhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/small-scale-grain-book2.gifSmall-Scale-Grain-bookhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/small-scale-grain-book1.gifSmall-Scale-Grain-bookhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/small-scale-grain-book.gifSmall-Scale-Grain-bookhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/corn-on-the-cob-from-farrme.gifCorn-on-the-cob-from-FarrmeCorn on the Cob from Farmer Bob.2009-10-14T20:09:13+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/09/22/the-heat-is-on-wicci-details-climate-change-for-wisconsin/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ohadwebs-photostream2.gifohadweb's-photostreamhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ohadwebs-photostream1.gifohadweb's-photostream(photo credit ohadweb, Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/my-clouds.gifmy-cloudsWatching the weather over my own land.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/block-joes-photostream-la.gifblock.joe's-photostream--La(photo credit block.joe, Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/chad-johnsons-photostream.gifChad-Johnson's-photostream(photo credit Chad Johnson, Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/mamoth-c-barabanov-flickr.gifmamoth--C-Barabanov-Flickr(photo credit Barabanov, Flickr)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ice-age-john-kannenberg.gifice-age--John-Kannenberghttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ohadwebs-photostream.gifohadweb's-photostreamHere comes the sun (photo credit ohadwebs Flickr)2009-10-14T20:07:37+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/09/25/the-soul-of-a-carrot-%e2%80%93-michael-pollan-at-uw-madison/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/summers-bounty.gifsummer's-bountyWhat we bought at the farmer's market on my birthday. Now that's that way to celebrate!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/pollan-3.gifPollan-3Program for Go Big Readhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/carrot-photo-by-brettf-flic.gifcarrot-photo-by-Brettf-FlicCarrot creativity Photo credit Brettf at Flickr2009-10-14T20:07:05+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/09/29/freezer-shopping-tips-or-channeling-my-crazed-squirrel/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/energy-star-8-8.gifenergy-star-8.8....the energy star 8.8https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/freezer-maxing-out.giffreezer-maxing-out......No vacancy! (Besides it's an energy sucker.)https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/must-freeze-corn.gifMust-freeze-corn!....Must freeze corn indoors before it freezes outdoors!2009-10-14T20:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/10/02/michael-pollan-growing-in-the-grassroots/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cob.gifcob....This is the good stuff!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/field-corn.giffield-corn...Number 2 commodity corn producthttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/panel-copy.jpgpanel copy....That's me on the left (well, really we are all three on the left).https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/farmer-bob.gifFarmer-Bob......This is the best way to get your corn.2009-10-14T20:06:02+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/10/06/6-great-green-websites-for-kids/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/super-natural-brothers.gifSuper-Natural-Brothershttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/eek.gifEek!https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/web-ranger.gifWeb-Rangerhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/woodleywonderworks-flickr.gifwoodleywonderworks-flickr2009-10-14T20:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/10/09/paul-ehrlich-and-andrew-revkin-at-uw-madison-two-speakers-%e2%80%93-one-topic/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/overcrowding-u-s-national-archives.gifovercrowding U.S. National Archivesovercrowding U.S. National Archiveshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/paul-erlich.gifPaul-EhrlichPaul Ehrlichhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/prudhoe-bay-oil-field.gifPrudhoe-Bay-Oil-FieldPrudhoe Bay Oil Fieldhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/revkin.gifRevkin...Andrew C. Revkin speaks at UW Ecology Symposium2009-10-22T20:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/10/07/windows/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/driftless-farm-office_small.jpgDriftless Farm Office_smallBuild up a large view using several smaller windows rather than one large one. This is my desk at our Whole Trees office.https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/night-window.jpgnight windowa view with a treehttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/windowless-walls.jpgwindowless wallsIts all too common to see buildings with windowless sidewallshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/purcell-elmslie-house.jpgpurcell elmslie houseA human scale (and beautiful) window in the Purcell Cutts house, Minneapolis, MN2009-10-14T19:57:58+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/07/28/a-green-home-should-not-cost-so-much-green/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/suburbia1.gifsuburbiahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/suburbia.gifsuburbiahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/slum-boys.jpgslum boyshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/shimla-houses.jpgshimla houseshttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/marlborough-sounds-house.jpgmarlborough sounds househttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kitchen-aio-wira.jpgkitchen aio wirahttps://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/debs-house.jpgdebs house2009-08-26T13:36:43+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.com/2009/05/22/five-ws-when/https://digginginthedriftless.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/site-plan-2.gifsite-plan-22009-05-29T20:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://digginginthedriftless.comdaily1.02025-11-16T18:16:15+00:00