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Possibly.

I am running out of window space.  

We will have to see how many survive

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far away from the post I want to reply TO

Here, we reply to threads, not posts.  The conversation is perennial.   We have active threads that are over 20 years old.  Not everyone is still active who started the thread, but the conversation continues.  Replying to a post doesn't work in this context as it may never get seen.  But replying to a thread means many people can see it and possibly even the person you want to hear from.

You can quote a post if you want, when replying to a thread (hint, put your reply OUTSIDE the square brackets).  But there is not a way to "reply to a post" here, at this time.

We live in a similar situation.  The soil becomes dust in the "growing season" and waterlogged in the winter.

A combination of raised dug-beds works well for veg.  The wall of the raised beds are about a foot above the ground so the soil can drain in wet weather and the roots not rot.  Inside the bed, we dig down about two feet. But not right away when making the bed.  Each year when something comes out, we dig a bit deeper until the soil is three fork lengths deep.  It allows it to capture moisture in the winter which the plants can draw on during the summer.

My dream, and I know it's impossible.   But I dream it anyway.

Get traditional yurt tent.  Build a good foundation under the walls and tie the walls into the foundation.  Live in yurt while building cob house directly next to yurt.  Make sure door between house and yurt as well as outside door.

When house is complete, move in.

Wattle and daub yurt wall and build permanent roof with large overhang to protect wall.

Yurt becomes guest house that looks like a magical castle tower in mini.

...

In reality, building a garage and living in there while the rest of the house is built works great.  Quite a few extended family did this after ww2.  2 years is about the max a family can tolerate it, but an individual living alone can manage garage living neigh indefinitely.

How to make art when one can't make a mess,

Some ideas for materials and exercises.

Bump

Thank you again for your help.

The one you found had a suggestion for a bigger one where we can use one light to brightly light the entire area.  He's very happy and eager for it to arrive

I've never seen a walnut look so majestic before

Absolutely wonderful second life for Christmas trees