PYRAMID

harlan is in town so of course we end up in the portal
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BCS Quick Release

for those of you who have or are contemplating a BCS here is an interesting lesson we learned about our quick release.  It was getting very difficult to operate and the red handle was bending when we would open it to the released position.  It finally got to the point where we could not detach […]
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meanwhile in NYC

the cold snap after a crazy warm winter has the urban gardeners coming up with some creative solutions.  as seen in the east village this morning.
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Progress

this picture is taken from the same vantage as the header of this webpage – what a difference 2 years makes. of course there is a lot of hard work to get there.  this year ben and berta have been spending a lot of time together
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know the signs

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Pre Solstice progress

things are really speeding up…
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IT IS ON

i was away for just under 2 weeks and I returned to some serious changes…  Many new beds established, greenhouse is full of soil blocks, solar array is complete, huge stacks of new lumber drying, and on and on.   Just a few of the sights are below.  will take more pix tomorrow
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green house ready for seeds

drum tight plastic and all the cracks stuffed with weather stripping.  Game on. Anthony, Kristen, Amber, Ben, Mimi, and I had a busy day on saturday pulling all the last details together and then stretching the plastic.  we made it up as we went, but we are feeling good about it. This chimney out of […]
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venison

thank you jay! food from the back yard
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messy and muddy – behind the scenes solar install

funny that the solar city truck is green…  as you can see from these pics there is a lot of sweat and mud and energy that goes into solar energy.  we had to trench about 170′ from the ground mount to the house. my new friend cannon who has this great project, art power, was […]
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