Tim Ferriss

"The World Needs Strong, Smart, Confident Women to Stand up and Take the Reins"

Well done Michelle Obama . . . .

My All Time Favorite Movie Scenes

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If I put this picture here I know I can find it later!

This family is real and I'm not just talking about the beer and the basketball. It's eating out, going to parent-teacher conferences, going to museums and insisting the children still have responsibility. Hopefully this family is inspiring to people 20-30 years younger than us . . . this country has a lot of growing to do!

Garden Construction at Elder 家

The very beginning of our garden has begun! The first layer was brown paper sacks, newspaper, and cardboard boxes . . . . peat moss, manure and a small amount of grass clippings. So almost one-half if the garden in place and I am sitting around twiddling my thumbs waiting for leaves and grass clippings! What have I been doing all these years??? I have thrown away grass clippings, leaves, kitchen scraps and newspapers! Here I sit wishing I was saving all of these things three months ago. So, no looking back and very excited about this next year!

Gardening 2009 at Elder Maison

Today is March 15 and I have now planted lettuces, some spinach, cilantro and basil. I am about to move the cilantro and basil seedlings to larger pots and this will leave cucumbers and swiss chard for later this week.

Interestingly, I have always felt gardening reminded me too much of my mother --- the excellent gardener --- and therefore I never expanded to edible plants! This is sticking my toe in the large ocean of learning to grow my food and I know I will enjoy the next logical step ---learning how to store food. So with composting, gardening and trying to keep the trash down to only one can a week --- I feel we are making a dent on our changes but something still feels missing. I've resigned myself to trusting this 'process' and being open to more changes in my small existence here in landlocked OKC.

Basil, Cilantro and Lettuce at Elder Haus

Well here at Elder Haus we are getting ready to go full force on gardening --- Patrick is going to check the soil pH and hopefully I can get all of the lettuce planted this week! The tips from Lasagna Gardening include:

- Cool with a bit of afternoon shade (I think we will use the front beds)
- well drained soil
- plant in early spring
- moist soil so the seed 'sticks' to the soil

The next step will be for me to cover the grass in the back with cardboard!!! OMG!!! Life could not become more edgy or exciting around Elder Haus ----

So now I must sign off on this very exciting post and place my basil and cilantro seeds into their little pots!