Riona Abhainn

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since Nov 27, 2023
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I enjoy gardening, using my resources wisely, composting and learning more about permaculture and how to be in better harmony with Creation.
We  have a rental house with a small wraparound yard and a somewhat flexible landlord (won't let me kill the lawn with landscape tarps, but will let me put in raised beds), So I'm excited about what is coming for us.
I do Celtic, fantasy, folk, nature and shanty singing at Renaissance faires, fantasy festivals, pirate campouts and other events in western OR and WA. Plus I do some mental health peer support specialist work which I'm state-certified for. I also have a pop-up garden and vintage+ stand which  I set up outside the house to sell from when weather and circumstances permit.  My husband works at the grocery store, loves his videogames and is good at cooking. He enjoys learning new skills and is what we call a "social introvert", whereas I'm more extraverted.
We're Christians, we love playing in the water, we camp, we're politically moderate, even though we're family oriented and are close to our family we are childfree by choice.Our marriage has a nontraditional structure.
I set out to become good at gardening and permiculture pursuits, and I've made some progress and want to keep learning.
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Milwaukie Oregon, USA zone 8b
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Recent posts by Riona Abhainn

My husband and I are $200 away from being able to buy him a new-to-him better graphics card so he can livestream new games.  Newer games can lead to more followers and viewing hours which, someday, could lead to monitization for him.

If I had an extra thousand I'd put it toward getting a small trailer to pull behind our Rav4 so we could sleep in it for faires I perform at, making camping more pleasant for my husband would be great, because he doesn't like camping so less whinging would be nice haha.
1 week ago
So I heard part 2, hopefully going to listen to part 2 tonight when its bedtime (my alexa plays your podcasts in the wrong order haha).  Such a big group on there for this one.
Its almost like part 1 was about sleeze, and part 2 was about anti-sleeze, and Samantha's apple pie sounds tasty too.
I enjoyed the podcast and your invention of the term anti-sleeze.
Welcome to permies James.  This is a good place to find a potential renter for the property.
Welcome to permies Cesar.  This sounds like a lovely oppertunity for the right people!
1 week ago
Lots of good things in March, spring showed up in Milwaukie in early March, I had some good performance gigs in mid March, plus my usual facebook live performances and busking for tips out and about.  I performed for a crew of elders at a retirement community in McMinville, and I performed all weekend at the Irish Fest in the Northwest in Lacey WA, which should really be called the Irish+ Fest in the Northwest because its wide ranging and fantasy-filled.

Lately my biggest sellers at my Pop-up yard stand have been my calendula and mini white pumpkin seeds from my plants last year.  I'm also still consigning at Village Merchants in SE Portland.

In my more general non-local-specific post in the homesteading section I talked about how I'm renting mason bees and leafcutter bees for the first time this year.  From a company up in WA called, simply, Rent Mason Bees.  I'm hoping they'll be happy with my little yard and pollinate everything anywhere nearby.
1 week ago
Also check out more of M's knowledge on Paul's Grow Our Own Food 2 part podcast which was recently recorded.
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I love nibbling on sorrel in the yard, it was my first wild plant to enjoy as a kid too, my cousins and I would eat them in my grandmother's large backyard, we always called them "sour clover".  I'm glad that last summer in my own small yard a patch grew and I could snack on them.
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