Apple Jack Creek

Living on a small holding in rural Alberta, raising kids and animals, growing stuff, creating things with fibre, and living with PTSD. See more at www.applejackcreek.com.

27 September 2010

The Six Month Rule

This came up in conversation I had with a (much younger) person yesterday … I thought a lot about my response, so I figured I’d post it here...

06 September 2010

Woad: blue stuff from green stuff

This year, I grew some woad in the garden (seeds from Richters , of course). Translation for non-fibre artists, and those unfamiliar wi...

28 August 2010

If this were my job…

… I tell ya, things would be different. If my job were keeping the house and farm running, keeping up with everything would be so much eas...

19 August 2010

Independence Days Update

Wow, not even sure when the last time I posted one of these was. I’ll just kinda go from ‘recent memory’: Planted : I put in more beans, a...

06 August 2010

The shoulder is not safe: get right off the road!

Today’s lesson: if you stop to help at an accident, PULL RIGHT OFF INTO THE DITCH IF YOU CAN! On the highway today, I noticed a dust devil...

25 July 2010

Working in the Garden with God

I usually spend summer Sundays in the garden – the nearest Quaker Meeting is more than an hour away, and as that doesn’t seem like a good us...

23 July 2010

Blog people are real people too!

I got to meet a fellow blogger in real life this past week – she was looking for some wool to try felting with, and she lives not too far fr...

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