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Flagstaff Grand Canyon Mtn. Chalet
Flagstaff, AZ, United StatesAre you planning on visiting the Grand Canyon this year? Or maybe you are just looking to get out of the busy city and spend time immersed in nature. If so, a couple nights at the Flagstaff Grand...
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Happy Holidays
Happy holidays everyone. Hope you have had some time to breathe and relax for a bit. Don’t forget that with the New Year around the corner, you can start making your sustainable resolutions. Suggestions for small ideas that could lead … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, double paned windows, environment, flow toilets, nature, science, sustainability program
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Winter Settles In
Aside from plowing the driveway, shoveling the walkways, and trying to fight the never ending battle of ice dams on the roof, most of our outside work has come to a close. The chickens are still laying, giving us at … Continue reading
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Tagged collard greens, food, nature, plants, pot luck, water dish
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New Sustainability Techniques Page
Check out and follow our “Sustainability Techniques” page we just posted. The goal is to stimulate a discussion amongst our followers to help reduce and improve everyone’s practical sustainability. We will keep updating this page as time goes on and … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, environment, hugelkultur, hugelkulture, microclimate, nature, permaculture, science, wwoofers
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Freeze. Thaw.
We’ve thawed out here at the EcoRanch: after the weekend snowstorm, much of the snow on the garden beds has melted, and the chicken coop seems to be holding plenty of heat. The sun shines on the yard again, keeping … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken coop, chicken house, garden beds, maximum sunlight, nature, plants
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Scrambled Eggs
The golden made herself at home today by laying the first EcoRanch egg while I took a nap in the chicken coop and Nova drooled over our delicious, feathery friends. Kara arrived last night and will be here for a … Continue reading
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The Chickens Are Here
Today the chickens arrived and are making themselves at home. We only had to chase one around the yard before finally catching her. We have a Rhode Island Red, a Golden, and a bunch of Silkies. Below are some photos. … Continue reading
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Chickens, Hoop Houses, and Winter
In the last couple of weeks we have been breaking ground and getting prepared for the winter. Ryan, Josh, and Nico have all left on their separate journeys and we are down to four WWOOFers, Maggie, Sarah, ROB!!!!, and Kenny. … Continue reading
A Full House
It’s really amazing to come home from a day of teaching and meetings to find your volunteers in good spirits and the projects you thought would take days are practically done. With a full house here at the EcoRanch we … Continue reading
Food
Thanks so much to Chris and Corrin Kalinich for donating their time and energy by making us some delicious dinner and baked goods that will provide us with plenty of energy to keep working on our projects.
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NicKevry Trail
What a stellar crew! From the left; Steven from LA, Nico from Virginia, Kenny from Philadelphia, Stephanie from France. My first four WWOOFers and they have worked extremely hard for the last few days. They are always in good spirits … Continue reading
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