The old shed … Read the rest “Groundhog that lives under the shed”

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If you read my previous post about the bath water stopping as I was filling the tub night before last, you might be curious to see what we found to be the problem. The entire day yesterday was a water … Read the rest “Yesterday was a Water Line Repair Day”

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At … Read the rest “No Relaxing Bath for Me”

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A while back I posted about the woven willow fence I was building as a retaining wall in my garden. Since then I have come to love willow branches. They’re one of my favorites of nature’s renewable resources now. After … Read the rest “Woven Willow – using one of Nature’s Renewable Resources”

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I’m working on a project in my garden. It started with a wild hair to do something for free using local natural and abundant resources- a woven, or wattle fence. It’s an experiment as most things I do are. … Read the rest “Wattle Fence: a Garden Project Spilling Over to Garden Art Project”

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The other day I helped Rob with pulling a tree out of the woods by the driveway. It’s one that fell last year, but we are just now getting around to retrieving it. During a break, I went hunting for … Read the rest “Pulling a Tree, Hunting Salamander Eggs”

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I realize I may lose some friends or clients for posting this, and some of my family may consider my views shameful. But more and more I feel as if history is … Read the rest “Taking a Stand”

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This is a gratitude story about surviving the hardships of making the leap from a suburban life to rural and remote. I wrote this post in 2015 to celebrate a decade out here at Wild Ozark, and these are all … Read the rest “Looking back on 20 years of roughing it in the Ozarks – Happy Thanksgiving 2025”

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This is a project years in the working. My garden is on a hillside behind our … Read the rest “Building a raised stone path”

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Yesterday I made the decoction and infusion for the Winter Crud syrup that goes into my annual herbal care gift set that I make for each of my adult children’s households. The other items include a bottle of sting oil, … Read the rest “Herbal Care Gift Set 2024”

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