Where do you all get your rocks?
Karen in 4
23 years ago
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What do you do with all the rocks you dig up?
Comments (37)For stone wall fans, two interesting talks at Blithewold: Walking Tour of BlithewoldÂs Stones and Stone Walls Saturday, May 6, 11:30 - 12:30 Dr. Robert Thorson, geology professor at the Unversity of CT and author of Stone by Stone, leads us on an outdoor walk through Blithewold, interpreting the stones and stone walls of the property: their age, how they were worked, how to "read" the landscape by studying a wall, and more. WeÂll also look at the stones on the mansion to discover their story. $10 Members, $12 Non-members DESIGN AND GARDENING CLASSES Stone Walls of New England Saturday, May 6, 10:00 - 11:00 am Stone walls are a defining element throughout New EnglandÂs landscapes and by preserving them, we are preserving our own cultural heritage. Dr. Robert Thorson, geology professor at Uconn and author of Stone by Stone, helps us to develop a new appreciation of these structures by providing an account of their formation. With just a bit of knowledge, one can tell a story of a landscape by observing the surrounding stone walls. Dr. Thorson also mentions some of the special places in New England to see these centuries-old structures and to test your new knowledge. Book signing will follow. Robert Thorson is professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Connecticut. H e writes a weekly Thursday column for The Hartford Courant, and coordinates the Stone Wall Initiative for the preservation of stone walls, now in the process of being incorporated into Connecticut State Museum of Natural History. He is author of Stone By Stone, a winner of the Connecticut Book Award for non-fiction. His book and work precipitated a curriculum development project (grades K-8) funded by the National Science Foundation. He is also author of Stone Wall Secrets, selected by the Smithsonian Foundation as one of its Notable Books of 1998, and Exploring Stone Walls: A Field Guide to New EnglandÂs Stone Walls. $10 Members, $12 Non-members Here is a link that might be useful: Blithewold Programs...See MoreObviously a slow forum, where do you all REALLY spend your time?
Comments (35)Rant: Once the yuppies get ahold of an idea to sell for big bucks... once packaged, the grassroots are instantly fried when it comes to those who's lives could truly benefit from its concept--the poor. The assumption now rules of, "if someone can make money off implementing these ideas, so am I". Well, not everyone is out to become a wealthy organic permie farmer! Mollison and Holmgren brought the narrow growth of permaculture upon themselves from the get-go by continually being paid big bucks to hoick permaculture to the non-poor, (who, more often than not--and much to everyone's chagrin, have freebooted permaculture's basic ideals and actually make them work--without any "experts" fancy-schmancy financial input!) Permaculture founders could have burst on the scene for free for the greater good of all Mankind, like Alexander Graham Bell's (who's freely given inventions are still with us). But, nooooo..... There goes a profoundly worthwhile ideal before it ever got off the global ground and changed the world. Nowadays you cannot get within an official "permaculture course" outside of a few thousand bucks. Greed rules, even there. Nothing changed, Bill and Dave. Just the scenery inside your heads. And don't ever believe that they don't make money off permaculture. Their conference speaking fees rival former president Clinton's. But, thank God for the internet, where anyone can search out permaculture basics and take it from there, without expensive "permie teachers" droning on. IF they have access to a computer, that is. Few poor do....See Morewhere do you keep all your cake, muffin, etc. pans?
Comments (9)This post made me smile because I have a lot of bakeware too. Cookie sheets and muffin pans go into a 12" wide base cab along with cutting boards: Most of my bakeware goes into the 36" wide base cab with pullouts at the far left side of this photo: And my serveware (including square/rectangular baking pans, lasagna pans, etc) goes into the cabinets above and below the MW: Also FWIW, I put in a baking center at the end of the island closest to the range (it doesn't really show in these pix) -- it's just a base cab lowered 4" to provide a comfortable height for rolling out dough and such. It's wonderful for a hardcore baker!...See MoreWhere Do You Store All Your...........?
Comments (15)My foil and film sit out on the stainless steel workbench. I buy them in the professional size at the bar supply (lasts for years that way), and they're really too large, too heavy to get in and out--you do have to have an accessible place where they can stay out. The other things--parchment, waxed paper, boxes of plastic bags, etc, are in a shallow drawer where they lay in a single layer, are easy to see, and easy to get out....See Morejakesmom
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