Thursday, July 27, 2006
The perfect homestead?
My grandmother certainly thinks her house is perfect for her and, after forty years, has no intention of moving on. We visited her when we were in England, and I fell in love with the place all over again - the view from the kitchen sink is literally breathtaking. But, with my new found knowledge (I refrain from saying expertise as there is precious little of that), I could see that an unreliable water source is not the best thing for an isolated homestead, and couldn't help noticing that the soil is dreadful - very shallow and full of rocks. But the view is wonderful!
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Ah, you can always pick rocks! As it happens, I was just helping an 'old-timer' friend harvest potatoes the other day. He was telling me a story about another local who said he couldn't grow a garden because he's got too many rocks. My friend replied, 'You ever think of picking them out?' This friend of mine has been gardening on the same patch of earth for over fourty years now> I joked with him yesterday that with any luck in another thirty-seven, I might have the soil he does!
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