Emerson's Acre

05/27/2020

Be Good · Agoge Fitness Systems

Bloggin'.

http://agogefit.com/be-good/

05/20/2020

Log Cabins and the Revival of a Podcast · Agoge Fitness Systems

I wrote another blog post. Hopefully this time I caught all the typos.

http://agogefit.com/log-cabins-and-the-revival-of-a-podcast/

The latest installment of the blog of the Alabama Sasquatch. Musings on YouTube phenom Nik Rijavec and the podcast Hellifiknow

05/16/2020

We're back...again! | HELLIFIKNOW on Patreon

Here's another thing that I do - a podcast with my good friend, Ned Boggan. Maybe you might want to give it a listen?

https://www.patreon.com/posts/37184055

Official Post from HELLIFIKNOW: Well hello there!! It's been a long time. You all are just as lovely as y'all used to be.... a little impromptu tribute to Conway Twitty there. I've been wanting to get the podcast going again for quite a while. I brought the subject up to Dave and he expressed renewe...

05/14/2020

What comes next? · Agoge Fitness Systems

Things I thought about and wrote down.

http://agogefit.com/what-comes-next/

Hey there,A couple of weeks ago I decided to restart this bog. And I think I got off to a pretty good start.But then it came time to write the second post and I got all clammed up. Everything I wrote seemed forced and I realized that it was because I was trying to preach.Not that I’m all high and ...

05/04/2020

05/03/2020

Makin' the bacon. Holler if you'd like a slab. They're going for $10 a pound.

05/03/2020

What do we do now? · Agoge Fitness Systems

I know it's been a while. I'm sorry for that, but I guess I had some things I needed to do. I'm back now and if you're interested, I'm writing again. Here's my first post.

http://agogefit.com/what-do-we-do-now/

10/25/2017

20 Skills We Lost to History That You Should Know

20 Skills We Lost to History That You Should Know

People really should avert their gaze from the modern survival thinking for just a bit and also look at how folks 150 years ago did it

09/07/2017

08/17/2017

Thursday is pig day!

08/10/2017

Not every day is sunshine and rainbows.

07/07/2017

Downtown Farms

How am I just now finding out about these guys?

Family farm that believes in using ecologically responsible farming methods to produce superior products. All chemical, hormone and antibiotic free!!

05/02/2017

Woodlawn High School Urban Farm "school-grown" vegetables on sale every Tuesday in May (photos)

Way to go Woodlawn High!

http://bhamnow.com/index.php/2017/05/02/woodlawn-high-school-urban-farm/

An amazing partnership between Jones Valley Teaching Farm and Woodlawn High School - kale, spinach, lettuce, turnips, greens, and more will be available

05/01/2017

Just finished today's workout at the gym. Not as much gas in the tank as I usually have on a Monday. Must have been all those postholes we dug and posts we set getting ready to expand the pig pen at Sunni's yesterday.

04/17/2017

Unlock HELLIFIKNOW's new reward tier on Patreon

Did you know? Subscribe to HELLIFIKNOW for $1 and not only get premium access to content, but get a shoutout on the podcast! Who wouldn't want that!

For $1 per month, get access to HELLIFIKNOW's rewards and patron-only features.

04/17/2017

Unlock HELLIFIKNOW's new reward tier on Patreon

Did you know? Subscribe to HELLIFIKNOW for $1 and not only get premium access to content, but get a shoutout on the podcast! Who wouldn't want that!

For $1 per month, get access to HELLIFIKNOW's rewards and patron-only features.

04/07/2017

W**d 'em & Reap

Now why didn't I think of this!

Just in case you missed it yesterday...check out this new workout I invented! It's AMAZING and totally burns all your carbs. >> Subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/c/W**demandreap
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03/20/2017

Got the power line cleared up to my "new" grill on Thursday. Sunday we reseeded the goat pasture, dug beds for and planted rhubarb, blackberry, and sunflowers and also managed to turn the compost. I love the springtime!

03/20/2017

Tomatoes Hate Cucumbers: Secrets of Companion Planting + Popular Planting Combinations | Homestead Guru

For future reference.

https://thehomestead.guru/companion-planting-2/

Did you know that tomatoes hate cucumbers? While they might taste great together in a salad, tomato plants actually dislike growing in close proximity to any member of the curcurbit family, which includes cucumbers. Tomatos love carrots and basil, however – so planting these together will actually m...

03/18/2017

Living off the grid in Alabama -- or as close as you can get

Goals.

You can call them aging hippies. Just don't call it a commune.

03/14/2017

Too cold to plant at AWS this week. So I stayed home and did some much needed clearing on the acre. This the power line Alabama Power sprayed last year, damaging a Japanese Maple and an Antique Tea Rose. Luckily both survived. I've determined the only way to keep the power company at bay is to manage this strip myself.

I got half of it cleared today, shooting for the other half Thursday.

02/18/2017

A guerilla gardener in South Central LA | Ron Finley

Plant some s**t.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzZzZ_qpZ4w

Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to...

02/04/2017

To Hell with Farming

https://mises.org/library/hell-farming

God knows I had enough to do without sitting and listening to the city people tell me what an idyllic life I had and how they envied me. But I didn't notice any of them grabbing a hayfork and pitching in.

02/03/2017

Finished repair on the cold frames last weekend. Now time to start some greens!

01/25/2017

Yesterday I started working on our garden path and access to the playgrounds, adjusting the slope to minimize erosion, and covering with some locally sourced mulch. Sunni Sharit Parrish

01/25/2017

Here's our plan, provided by Bloom Permaculture, for the new gardens at Alabama Waldorf.

01/23/2017

Pig Killing Day, North Yorkshire 1976.

Last week's pig butchering would not have been nearly as successful without the tutelage of Scott Rea's videos and his Thescottreaproject. Check out his YouTube channel, the man clearly has a passion for his craft. I am so inspired by this video he produced showing photos from a hog killing in England in 1976. If only I could have a kitchen like this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsFDMK2dfxU&t=2s&list=PLhmRg9u-TX-fkws120FVl86L_jhBjY1Pv&index=2

A journey into the past, and a way of life that has now sadly gone. With kind permission from Photographer Daniel Meadows. In the winter of 1976 Daniel Meado...

01/23/2017

Chore check: I spent all day yesterday in the kitchen. I finished butchering and putting away the pig from last Sunday. I braised a shoulder for supper, rendered some more lard, and de-boned and tied three roasts for future suppers. Then I made country sausage, not exactly my grandfather's recipe but damned good nonetheless.

01/18/2017

From humble beginnings. The permaculture project at the Alabama Waldorf School has begun! Yesterday Sunni Sharit Parrish and I began digging the first of two swales (fancy term for ditch) to help control and divert rainwater that washes off the parking lot that sits above the hill we're working. Tomorrow, we'll finish the first swale and start staking out the raised beds. This is an exciting project I'm very proud to be a part of. Stay tuned!

01/16/2017

Sweet Christmas! I spent yesterday butchering hogs with some good friends. That is some serious work but now I've got a stocked fridge and the chance to make my own bacon!

01/12/2017

Snow Logging

I haven't posted one of these in a long time. 2014 if you trust my blog, which I probably wouldn't if I were you.

https://emersonsacre.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/snow-logging/

How I spent my snow day, January 8th, 2017, with my inner nine year old.

01/07/2017

Happy snow day from the ladies at Emerson's Acre.

01/06/2017

The grass seeds sown back before Christmas are coming up. Somebody remind me to sow again in March.

12/30/2016

A good day's work.

12/26/2016

Boxing Day chores: took Bronwyn to Tractor Supply for goat feed and pasture seed, spread the seed and used waste hay to cover steep spots while Bronwyn mucked out the goat shed. Took the p**p from the shed and made a p**p lasagne in the compost bin with plenty of dead leaves. I'm expecting a lush pasture and some rich compost come spring.