SongCroft — Self-Sufficiency Newsletter, School, Farm and Family

Snohomish Farmers Market

High 62 Low 34 Clear and slightly warm. Visit www.songcroftnaturals.com to support our family farm and to get great all natural skin and body products! Visit the Farmers Market Thursdays 3-7pm I’m not even going to put the date on this entry since I am embarrassed how long it took me to get around to [...]

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Wind Storm

Fifty mile per hour winds are predicted in our area today. The hens are running for cover. It was sunny and but chilly just an hour ago. The goats were prancing around and the hens were all piled on the cabin porch enjoying the rays. Looking outside my windows I can see the cedar trees [...]

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My Favorite Fruit Trees (Well, some of them anyway)

High 34 degrees Low 8 degrees Clear with 6 inches of snow over night that began to melt in the late afternoon, becoming a solid sheet of ice in the evening. I was recently asked to share my favorite fruit tree varieties here on the blog. My apologies for taking so long but now is [...]

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Wilderness Survival Skills Anyone?

Wilderness survival skills teacher, Jason Patterson I am really glad to let folks know that we are now offering wilderness survival classes! Our goal is to reconnect people to ancient technologies and to the wonders of the earth. Wilderness survival classes are a great way to accomplish this. Our instructor Jason Patterson has 25 years [...]

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To Do List

52 Degrees outside (75 Degrees in the greenhouse) Clear and sunny all day! So I figure that I would go ahead and try to keep up on the “To Do List’ and report back to everyone here on how it’s going. So far things are going well. As you might recall, finishing Brian’s shop is [...]

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Activated Charcoal?

http://ow.ly/3L4fP View the goats out to play on a good day! Sorry for the lack of posting. It was an especially long week. The sun decided to pay us a visit and we were all very optimistic. I started working on the list that was posted last time. I got several things accomplished. Brian began [...]

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Summary of 2010 and Setting Goals

High 33 Low 20 Snowing with high winds!!!Whoohoo! (If you want to learn even a little of what you are reading here, our apprenticeship program starts Jan. 15th. Last call for registration!) http://songcroft.com/index.php/the-songcroft-school-of-self-sufficiency/ Folks email me all the time saying they get tired reading the list of things we do. Well, you might want [...]

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Potlucks with a Purpose- Multi-Generational Opportunites in Communities

High 40 Low 30 Grey skies and snow on the ground. http://livingsustainablyinsnohomishcounty.blogspot.com/2011/01/january-2011-newsletter.html Potlucks with a Purpose Transition Port Gardener Yesterday I spoke at an event called Potlucks with a Purpose. They asked me to come and share the story of how our family came to live the lifestyle that we do and to give [...]

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Breeding Time

HIGH 34 LOW 22 Clear sunny day with ice and a bit of snow still on the ground. It’s two weeks until the new apprenticeship program begins! Marilene posted a special in honor of her birthday. We only take registration until January 15th. After that, you’ll have to wait until 2012! Look [...]

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