https://ofthehands.com/2016/09/30/on-searching-for-home/2016-10-17T23:49:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2016/05/13/facing-the-future/2016-05-14T05:06:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2015/12/09/comes-the-flood/2015-12-10T07:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2015/12/07/into-the-ruins-a-deindustrial-science-fiction-journal/2015-12-30T05:52:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2014/02/10/original-sin/2014-04-23T17:29:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2014/01/09/a-new-years-plan-looking-inward/2014-02-07T16:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/12/14/a-discomfiting-upward-movement/2014-01-11T05:03:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/11/21/killing-animals/2014-01-10T07:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/11/04/patience-in-an-emergency/2013-11-09T07:30:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/10/26/the-long-game-continues/2013-11-09T07:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/05/14/the-world-beckons/2013-10-26T21:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/04/18/a-quiet-moment-of-significant-change/2013-05-02T16:38:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/03/19/the-desert-tells/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bell-rock1.jpgbell rockBell Rockhttps://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/courthouse-butte1.jpgCourthouse ButteCourthouse Buttehttps://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/courthouse-butte.jpgCourthouse Buttehttps://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bell-rock.jpgbell rock2013-04-03T05:23:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/photos/2013-03-26T02:16:50+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/2013/03/25/photos-utah-landscape-part-two/2013-04-15T15:31:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/03/13/the-long-game/2013-03-25T00:48:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/the-household-economy/2013-03-14T03:22:16+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/about/contact/2013-03-12T01:30:41+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/about/2013-03-12T01:28:53+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/farm-life/2013-03-12T01:15:02+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/hiking/2013-03-08T01:56:27+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/encounters/2013-03-08T01:55:45+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/2013/03/07/tree-hugger/2013-03-14T06:13:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/12/19/the-rhythm-of-contemplation/2013-03-07T23:13:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/02/14/live-in-the-margins/2013-03-07T19:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/02/18/encounters-an-introduction-concerning-hubris/2013-03-06T16:35:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/work/2013-03-01T00:56:24+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/2013/02/28/let-us-please-not-make-it-worse/2013-03-07T05:38:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/04/26/how-to-make-raw-butter/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/skim-cream.jpgSkimming CreamSkimming the cream off the top of the milk, which has been sitting undisturbed for a couple days.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pressed-butter.jpgPressed ButterPressing the butter against the side of the bowl. It pushes the butter together and presses out buttermilk.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/press-butter.jpgButter GlobulesHere's the final stage of the agitation, with the butter globules floating in the buttermilk. As you skim them together, press them against the side of the bowl and they'll form into larger clumps of butter.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/poured-buttermilk.jpgStrained ButtermilkThe buttermilk was poured out of the food processor bowl, on the right, and into the metal bowl on the left, through the strainer. You'll note that the strainer caught some of the larger bits of butter. That gets added back in with the other butter and then that's pressed against the side of the bowl to ooze out more of the buttermilk.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pancakes.jpgPancakesI'd make the butter just to eventually get this breakfast out of it. The pancakes were made with the leftover buttermilk and I, of course, spread some of the butter to them.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/milk-pail-e1335482832112.jpgMilk PailA steel pail full of fresh, raw milk, straight from grass fed cows. So delicious. I can't tell you how happy this sight makes me, every time.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/fresh-cream-e1335483092311.jpgFresh CreamFresh cream, skimmed from the milk and ready to be made into butter.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/whipped-cream.jpgWhipped CreamThe cream has thickened into whipped cream. Getting close to butter!https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/butter-chunks.jpgButter ChunksHere's the final stage of the agitation, with the butter globules floating in the buttermilk. As you skim them together, press them against the side of the bowl and they'll form into larger clumps of butter.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/butter.jpgButterThe finished product, pressed into a ramekin and looking irresistibly delicious.2016-01-15T02:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/02/23/photos-utah-landscape-part-one/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/looming-cliffs.jpgLooming CliffsThe cliffs in Zion really are quite spectacular. I love the clouds in the sky that day, as well.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/looming-hoodoos.jpgLooming HoodoosSome of the hoodoos in Bryce Canyon, looming against the sky. I love erosion.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tree-close.jpgtree skeletonI think I mentioned already that I have a thing for trees against the sky. This one spoke to me, whispered its secrets. Sadly, I've forgotten them all. But they were momentous.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tree.jpgTreeI just love this tree against the sky. I have a thing for cool trees framed against the sky.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/stacks-of-hoodoos-2.jpgHoodoosThese hoodoos, peeking out from behind the trees, lording it over you. It's just erosion, at the end of the day. They're not so special. We'll all erode in time.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/something-or-other-arch-2.jpgArchCraggy and broken, unnamed. I can't remember this arch. It said nothing, but still it impresses.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/navajo-arch-side.jpgNavajo ArchA side shot of Navajo Arch. The erosion pattern is reminiscent of musculature to me.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mesa-arch.jpgMesa ArchMesa Arch in Canyonlands, the landscape stretched forever behind it.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hoodoos-everywhere.jpgHoodoos EverywhereYet more hoodoos, extending off into the distance.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dr-seuss-rocks.jpgDr. SeussDr. Seuss or phallus? What does it say that those are the two options that come to mind? And does it say it about me or about Theodore Geisel?2013-02-28T04:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/how-to-be-poor/2013-02-14T23:50:37+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/homesteading/2013-02-08T04:54:29+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/2013/02/07/work-made-a-farmer/2013-02-17T03:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/01/23/the-privilege-of-empire/2013-02-07T07:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/02/06/photos-baby-lambs/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1010254.jpgSpottedSome of the coloring on the lambs are just ridiculously fantastic. This guy's an example.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1010252.jpgNursing WhiteI love watching the lamb tails go mad as they nurse.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1010242.jpgUp CloseMost of the lambs are still quite skittish, but this spotted one didn't mind getting up close to the camera.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1010238.jpgIceyIcey, the llama, apparently posing for her picture. She helps watch over the little ones.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1010013.jpgNursingI love this spotted lamb, here nursing with great abandon.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1010007.jpgTwinsThese siblings are just painfully cute and didn't seem to mind being photographed. Perhaps just too sleepy to object.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1010001.jpgOverview2013-02-11T00:46:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/12/14/why-i-hiked-neahkahnie-mountain-instead-of-shutting-down-the-port/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pc120183.jpgRoot DoorA stray root from this tree growing out of a tree forms what looks like a little hobbit house door.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pc120172.jpgSun in TreesA particularly beautiful and calming spot along the trail.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pc120160.jpgTrail ViewLooking out on Cape Falcon from the beginning of the trail.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pc120211.jpgNeahkahnie ViewThe view from the top of Neahkahnie Mountain, looking out over Manzanita, Nehalem and beyond.2013-02-02T18:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/01/31/the-reductionist-trap/2015-06-06T14:34:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/05/02/why-ill-pay-10-for-a-gallon-of-milk/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/calf.jpgOpal's CalfOpal's baby girl, born about a year ago.2014-02-01T22:48:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/01/19/the-power-of-letting-go/2013-01-28T21:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/01/08/a-new-years-plan-death-poverty-and-the-household-economy/2013-01-28T21:47:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/01/11/the-antidote-to-fear/2013-01-28T21:46:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/03/12/ending-our-exuberance/2013-01-28T21:45:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/02/04/when-money-no-longer-gets-money/2013-02-06T06:49:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/02/25/there-are-no-vegetarians-in-a-famine/2013-01-28T21:44:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/02/23/our-distorted-view/2013-01-28T21:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/04/13/considering-butter-a-philosophy-of-homesteading/2013-01-28T21:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/12/28/resilience-and-stealth-infrastructure/2013-01-28T21:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/02/02/how-to-be-poor-an-argument-for-voluntary-poverty-part-three/2013-01-28T21:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/01/29/how-to-be-poor-an-argument-for-voluntary-poverty-part-two/2013-01-28T21:31:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/01/26/how-to-be-poor-an-argument-for-voluntary-poverty-part-one/2013-01-28T21:31:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/03/02/the-household-economy-a-return-to-normal/2013-01-28T21:29:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2013/01/10/a-new-years-plan-worshipping-the-earth/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1100191.jpgBedroom View 1I moved to a new place, about a mile down the road. This is the view out my bedroom window, looking out on the North Fork of the Nehalem River. As you can see, we had a dusting of snow this morning.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1100192.jpgBedroom ViewAnother angle of the view out my bedroom window.2013-01-24T06:33:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/12/13/changing-circumstances/2013-01-07T21:38:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/11/12/our-national-blood-sport/2012-11-29T00:08:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/10/24/photos-keeping-the-harvest/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/salsa.jpgsalsaI made two batches of salsa with the many tomatoes coming out of the hoop house. I used a variety of different tomatoes---all different colors---as well as many kinds of peppers: sweet reds, green and purple bells, jalapenos and other hot peppers. The result was an incredibly colorful and vibrant salsa (at least, until it cooked down.) It tasted pretty damn good, too. (As with the tomato jam, the second batch came out better than the first. I omitted a can of tomato paste from the second batch, which had made the first batch just a touch too sweet.)https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/romanesco.jpgromanescoThis isn't actually keeping the harvest so much as the harvest. Romanesco is a brassica that essentially is a cross between broccoli and cauliflower. The result is an incredible flower that grows in a fractal pattern. It's also delicious when roasted, with a slightly sweet and nutty flavor. It just came on in my garden and this is a shot of the first head harvested and eaten.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tomato-jam.jpgtomato jamTomato jam, getting ready to be canned. This is a mix of sweet and spicy, though heavier on the sweet than the spicy. I made two batches---the first was even sweeter than the second. I prefer the second. The recipe came from <a href="http://www.foodinjars.com/2010/09/tomato-jam/">Food In Jars</a>.2012-11-15T02:10:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/10/15/the-reintroduction-a-pantry-full-of-jars/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/canning1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/canning.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe abundance of this year's foray into water-bath canning. This is but a portion of what all I've canned, and there's still more to be done. From left to right: blackberry jam, tomato jam, blackberry syrup, tomato puree, apple sauce, apple butter, salsa, pickled green beans.2012-10-27T15:37:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/10/11/the-reintroduction-impending-rain/2012-10-14T04:05:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/07/20/yearning-for-the-abstract/2012-10-26T00:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/06/18/work-calls/2012-07-01T10:25:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/06/06/the-soils-gifts/2012-06-19T04:43:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/05/31/the-circus-comes-to-town/2012-06-07T17:03:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/05/22/the-farmer-within/2012-06-24T21:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/05/12/photos-oregon-coastal-cliffs/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ccn-waves-coming.jpgCCN WavesWaves crashing against the cliffs, along the Oregon coast.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/northward-of-cape-falcon.jpgNorth of Cape FalconLooking north from Cape Falcon, on the Oregon coast.2012-05-19T05:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/08/08/the-fermentation-prelude/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/the-set-up.jpgthe set upMy full set up, spread out on the kitchen table. The glass in front has beer in it. Not sure how that snuck into the picture.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/straining.jpgstrainingThe whey being strained through the towel and into the pot. The towel catches most of the milk solids and allows the liquid whey to pass through.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/solid-remains.jpgsolid remainsThe leftover milk solids (protein and fat.) This is nutritious stuff, but I don't have the desire to deal with it today. So out it goes into the woods, where a whole host of other creatures will enjoy and partake in its nutritious bounty.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/results.jpgresultsThe project's results: over a gallon of fresh whey from raw milk, ready for use in various fermenting projects.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/holding.jpgholdingHere I am holding up the cloth bag of separated milk. You can see the whey streaming out into the pot.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/goop.jpggoopThe separated milk after being dumped into the strainer lined here with a towel (or you can use cheese cloth.) Not the prettiest, admittedly.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/before-and-after.jpgbefore and afterThe front jar is milk after it's separated and the back right jar is full of strained whey.2019-06-09T19:26:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/04/19/photos-glacier-national-park/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/trail-and-mountains-looming.jpgTwo Medicine TrailThe Two Medicine Trail (off to the right in the picture) extending into the distance and heading toward Oldman Lake, which is at the end of a spur off this main trail. Hiking through this valley was breathtaking and there always was some wildlife off in the distance.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/old-man-lake-3.jpgOld Man LakeOld Man Lake. I traipsed through some mighty deep snow to get here and at one point, in a fit of exhilaration, begin running through it as I grew near the lake. I'm lucky as hell I didn't sprain or break an ankle. I was miles from the trail head, alone, with some supplies but not a significant amount. Still, I'll never forget that run, or the ridiculous beauty of this lake emerging before me.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/neverending-waterfall.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/green-rapids.jpgGreen RapidsThis qualifies as one of the more mundane sights along the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Just a river---the name of which I don't know off hand---tumbling along through the mountains. I love the green of the water in this picture.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goose-island-distance.jpgGoose IslandThat little speck out there is Goose Island, in the middle of the large expanse of Saint Mary Lake. Give me a tiny cabin and a wood stove out on that island and I might be happy forever--or at least until I starved to death or went crazy from seclusion. I could definitely put in a couple weeks though, no problem.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bird-woman-falls.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/big-waterfall-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/a-lovely-little-waterfall.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2012-04-26T04:21:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/place/2012-04-15T01:47:47+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/2012/04/09/the-cult-of-the-expert/2012-05-06T06:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/food/2012-04-15T01:37:08+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.com/2011/08/13/the-magic-in-small-places/2012-04-12T16:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/04/06/good-friday/2012-04-08T02:25:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/04/05/failing-others/2012-04-09T21:09:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/03/10/photos-greens-of-all-kinds/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p6210045.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/another-cool-spider-tree.jpganother cool spider treeThis is from a trip to the Hoh rain forest on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, taken in 2003. The tree would seem to be some kind of maple---perhaps a Big Leaf? Sadly, my tree identification skills are not nearly as good as they should be. I labeled it as a spider tree when I took the picture, and I love the draping moss. The Hoh rain forest is insanely beautiful, if you ever get a chance to go.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/arugula-cutting.jpgarugula cuttingCutting arugula in the hoop house last summer.2012-03-12T21:46:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/01/17/a-matter-of-responsibility/2012-03-01T20:30:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/03/01/photos-a-snowy-farm-morning/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/yurt2.jpgMy YurtMy little yurt, otherwise known as home. I love living here. It's about 12 feet diameter and nestled in the second section of the farm's upper gardens. Sadly, I'll be moving on in a few weeks.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/yurt1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wood-stack.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/japanesehouse-e1330629171188.jpgJapanese HouseBrian's Japanese house peeking through the snow-covered trees, with the chicken run in the foreground.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/blue-sky.jpgBlue SkyBlue sky peeking through the clouds, above the snow-covered trees. In the foreground are some snow-covered beds. This side of the farm, however, is going to be put into perennials this year.2012-03-03T19:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/02/12/rest-renewal-and-an-honest-hope/2012-02-23T04:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/01/20/small-thoughts/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/green-wood-gate.jpggreen-wood-gateThe approximate design of the gates I built on Thursday, with the difference that mine were made of standard boards, rather than small, beautiful logs like this one. Also, I shamelessly stole this image from a blog post at <a href='http://idostuff.co.uk/'>idostuff.co.uk</a>. Please check out the site, as it appears quite interesting.2012-01-28T18:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/01/15/a-matter-of-habit/2012-01-22T03:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/08/22/a-hiatus/2012-01-09T19:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/01/07/revisiting-old-fermentation-projects/2012-01-13T00:37:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2012/01/04/returning-home/2012-01-17T08:01:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/08/06/living-with-the-other-%e2%80%93-an-introduction-and-consideration-2/2013-08-21T01:50:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/08/07/tonights-gift/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/chinook.jpgchinookOur farm kitten, M, inspects and tastes the Chinook.2011-12-26T21:57:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/08/10/thanking-the-sun/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sunflowers.jpgSunflowersDespite hanging their heads, these sunflowers no doubt appreciate the sun as much as we do.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/solar-water-panels.jpgSolar Water PanelsThese two solar hot water panels are old, inefficient beasts from the 70s, yet they still provide something like half of the farm's hot water for the year. All this despite the fact that we live in one of the least sunny areas in the country. Makes you wonder why every house doesn't have solar hot water panels on its roof.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/solar-pv-panels.jpgSolar PV PanelsOur source of electricity: two solar photovoltaic panels that keep us powered through the summer.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/solar-bathhouse.jpgSolar BathhouseThe farm version of a solar array: not just solar PV panels, but a soon-to-be solar bathhouse that will use multiple solar hot water panels and recycle hot water tanks to keep us in muscle-soothing hot tubs all summer long.2014-08-16T06:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/08/11/frames-nursing-attempt/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/m-and-fiona1.jpgM and FionaOur farm kitten, M, attempts to nurse on Fiona--even though Fiona is her aunt. Not to mention dry. Completely adorable, though.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ferments.jpgFermentsSeriously, the cherries are SO GOOD.2011-12-26T21:56:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/08/12/the-abundance-of-summer/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/garlic.jpggarlicGarlic hanging to dry.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eggplant.jpgeggplantOur beautiful eggplant.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cute-m.jpgcute MThe summer makes kittens playful and keeps them adorable.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/peppers.jpgpeppersPurple peppers are just cooler.2011-12-26T21:56:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/08/13/grounded/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p8120009.jpgnorth cliffsLooking toward Cape Falcon.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p8120007.jpgtree lineLooking up the hill from where I stood barefoot.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p8120004.jpgsouth cliffsA favorite hang out spot for gulls and other birds.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p8120001.jpggroundedThe moss felt so soft.2011-12-26T21:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/08/16/photos-off-the-grid-cooking/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p8160012.jpgrocket stoveCooking off-the-grid style, using a rocket stove made with clay from the land and burning pieces of scrap wood gathered off the ground from around our wood shed. Chicken soup is indeed good for the soul.2011-12-26T21:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/11/14/photos-tonights-pizzas/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/roasted-tomato-pesto-goat-cheese.jpgroasted tomato, pesto, goat cheeseRoasted tomatoes, pesto, some stray caramelized onions and chanterelles, goat cheese, parmesan and romano.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/winter-squash-onion-chanterelle.jpgwinter squash, onion, chanterelle pizzaWinter squash sauce with caramelized onions, chanterelles, roasted garlic, goat cheese and sage.2011-12-26T21:56:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/12/21/a-significant-bit-of-luxury-the-r-evolution-gardens-bath-house/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/leannintub800.jpgleannintub800The key component of the bath house--the soaking tub. Photo courtesy of Brian, with many thanks to Leann for modeling.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bathhousefront800.jpgbathhousefront800A look at the bath house from the outside, showing off the two solar hot water panels and the solar PV powering the pump. Next to the bath house is a composting toilet and next to that the farm's main PV panels. Photo courtesy of Brian.2018-02-11T09:30:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/12/13/50-new-friends-a-wwoofer-retrospective/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/firstcsa2011.jpgFirst CSA Box 2011My fellow intern Emily, me, farmer Ginger and two-time WWOOFer and movie night-instigator, Erin.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/caseyandsarah.jpgCasey and SarahCasey and Sarah, flexing those muscles after an exhausting day of non-stop wood hauling and heaving. An extra thanks to them as I burn that same wood now to keep warm.2011-12-26T21:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/12/09/photos-a-cartoonish-mushroom-and-pre-roasted-tomatoes/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pc090145.jpgcartoonish mushroomA few days ago, I noticed this cartoonish but beautiful mushroom growing halfway down the driveway. My mushroom identification skills are more or less nonexistent (and need to become existent in the near future) so I have no idea what kind it is. I'm going to go ahead and assume it's non-edible and extremely poisonous, just based on appearances. If I'm wrong, I'd rather it stay anyway as a lovely element of the land rather than a meal.https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pb150105.jpgpre-roasted tomatoesWe cleared the tomato plants of their green tomatoes a few weeks back in anticipation of the winter weather. They're now inside and as they ripen up, we've been chopping them, drizzling them with olive oil, sprinkling on some herbs and then roasting them to then be frozen and available throughout the next year for a variety of culinary uses.2011-12-26T21:54:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/08/08/beauty-caterpillars-and-chopped-wood/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/matched-wood.jpgmatched woodhttps://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/caterpillars-2.jpgcaterpillars 2https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/caterpillars.jpgcaterpillars2011-12-26T21:43:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/12/25/on-this-day-a-mad-farmer-poem/https://ofthehands.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/madfarmer.jpgmadfarmerHere, then, is sanity.2011-12-25T19:48:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/12/10/some-thoughts-on-making-a-living/2012-11-17T00:15:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/12/05/to-work-at-many-jobs/2011-12-07T02:41:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/12/01/city-of-contradiction/2011-12-20T06:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/11/22/the-juxtaposition-of-comfort/2012-01-20T05:41:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/2011/11/16/a-short-meditation-on-ducks/2011-11-17T05:12:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ofthehands.com/how-this-site-works/2011-08-07T06:19:34+00:00weekly0.6https://ofthehands.comdaily1.02019-06-09T19:26:16+00:00