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This was hopefully the last of this year’s snow dayz at Thunderbird Disco. A little dusting last night but some beautiful spring weather around the corner, we can feel it. Ready to get seeds started...

*PREPARING BEDS FOR SPRING PLANTING*
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Back in December when everything but broccoli had stopped growing, we cleaned out our gardens and put them to bed for the winter.
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Some people use cold frames to extend the growing season year round, but we're

*PERMACULTURE MAPS #4 AND 5: THE ZONE MAP AND MASTER PLAN*
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We did our Base, Sun and Sector Maps early in the pandemic, and to cap our first year of attempted permaculture design we completed our Zone Map and Master Plan.
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The Zone Map looks at our

*EASY DIY BRICK FIRE PIT*
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It's cold out there, guys. And outside is apparently the place to hang in these strange times. So seemed as good a time as any to build a quick-and-dirty fire pit (no mortar, so it's easily removable). Jack and Rose did th

#TheWire easily won the latest Nemett TV Dinner Series vote, so here’s our menu from about ten years ago.
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@klnemett and I were living in Baltimore at the time, directly across the street from Ostrowski’s Polish Sausages, so for this din

#parksandrec won the poll on Instagram but #girls won on Facebook, so I’ll post both menus from my themed #tvdinnerseries with @klnemett
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Parks & Rec was a no-brainer: breakfast for dinner. JJ’s, #ronswanson quotes and a bunch of li

I posted this as an #igstory and people came out of the woodwork to talk about #schittscreek so dropping it here on the feed too.
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For about a decade, whenever @klnemett and I reach the series finale of a beloved show I make a themed “TV dinne

*DIY HOLIDAY CHEER*
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We’ve spent almost all of the last two months home from @cbiforestschool —runny noses, teachers out, and some bad weather—but @klnemett has served as an all-star substitute and I got to go in a couple times to

Happy 2nd birthday to this guy. Forever grateful to @ndb456 @oliviataylorsmith and @unnamedpress for making November 13, 2018 one of the best days of my life.
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Thinking of all the authors with 2020 debuts who may have missed the experience of doing

*GROWING TOMATOES--SOME THINGS WE LEARNED*
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Tomatoes ended up being one of our most successful crops this season and here are a few things we learned:
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1) There are determinate and indeterminate varieties. Determinate grow to about 4 feet and produ

Nine months of progress.
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*PERMACULTURE MAP #3: THE SECTOR MAP*
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After drawing up our Base and Sun Maps, we put together our Sector Map, which has a misleading name. I figured it would carve the property into different zones, but according to @tenthacrefarm that's Map #4, th

*SPRING SEASON HARVEST RECAP*
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We're deep into the summer season and about to plant out fall vegetables, but here's a quick post-mortem on our spring crops.
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What Worked: bok choy, fennel, kale, lettuce
What Didn't: beets, broccoli
Meh: onions, pea

*DIY MUD KITCHEN FROM WOOD PALLETS*
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Jack and I wanted to make something for Rose's 3rd birthday, and we settled on this mud kitchen because the girl loves to cook. We followed a YouTube video from an Aussie DIYer who calls himself Uncle Knackers (@

This post is a long time in the works. Fifteen years ago we completed THE INSTRUMENT, a feature length film about the spiritual power of music. In 2005, it was impossible to share this online, but I'm excited to announce that the film is now availabl

*MULCHING GARDEN BEDS--WOOD vs. STRAW*
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When we first planted our garden, we got heavy rains followed by weird temperature swings, and within days our soil looked all cracked and compacted and weird on top. We learned that adding mulch helps retain

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