Jules Harrell

Smokie sounds awesome. Very glad you got her when you both needed homes. Having been homeless myself I feel you. Our situation is we already have 6 dogs here, including weimeraner females who HATE other females, a male Great Pyranees who guards, a pittbull female who wants to kill puppies LOL, a terrier who is an awesome ratter, and lots of livestock. We keep all the dogs fenced in some way, but with 6 dogs already here, spread out on the farm, we really can't accommodate another dog. I'm sorry!!!

yes, that's correct... my only concern is you have a German Shepherd? That might be an issue.

Hi Alex, that's awesome yay! We may have a spot, all things considered. Let's talk. Please privately PM me a moosage and we can discuss offline. Thank you. Jules

alex tomy wrote:grand rising Jules, my name is alexandria or alex, I am currently looking for a new opportunity to be of help and learn more about your homestead, have a lot of knowledge with medicinal native plants, growing vegetables, herbs, can prune fruit trees and edible berries, love horses, they are amazing. my number is 716 261 5114. am currently staying in bath ,ny looking for farming work and staying at truck stops since i have no family here. was caregiving for a friend in niagara falls  she needed someone with more experiences with medical issues and am not qualified for that position, I love growing good food and caring for the land and learning new skills. would be great to connect with you. thank you

Hi, we are Cherry Plain Sanctuary Farm. We are a longterm wwoofusa.org host, and this year, we are offering our beautiful, off grid cabin for a couple who plan to stay with us for the entire season. This cabin has a propane cook stove, very warm woodstove, and a good supply of wood. Please see us here: https://www.heartsinhandhorsemanshipllc.com/volunteer/ , and here: https://wwoofusa.org/en/host/20691-woman-operated-jesus-believing-open-to-everyone-sharing-natural-horsemanship

Please IM me through Permies and we can discuss.

Thank you,

Jules and Family
Cherry Plain, NY

Great! We are on the NY/MA/VT line. Pownal is 15 minutes, and Bennington is about 25 minutes from us. Would love to be part of this forum.

Jules

Cj Sloane wrote:

Greg Spevak wrote:
... by physiographic region (http://academics.smcvt.edu/vtgeographic/textbook/physiographic/physiographic_regions_of_vermont.htm). If indeed these physiographic regions represent distinctly different sections of the landscape we call Vermont, I feel like it'd beneficial to us (as far as productive ecological restoration is concerned) to ally ourselves with other folks in the same regions and collectively share best practices for producing [____ form of food, fiber, fuel, shelter, etc.] in our particular physiographic region. Different regions will (I suspect, I could be totally wrong here), TEND to be best-suited to particular forms/methods of land use. Anyone else have thoughts on this? Am I crazy?

For now, to fully answer this question, the attached image with Google Earth roughly represents what I see "Southern Vermont" to mean – parts of nearby states included. I hope this clarifies!

I wish that physiographic link had visuals. Your link isn't showing up, BTW.

People in similar areas are going to naturally raise similar items and hopefully share best practices. I belong to a local sheep group, for example.  A Local permaculture group would be excellent but local can be a rather broad area in Vermont. I play on a tennis team out of Middlebury & a team or two out of Burlington. For the right group, clearly I'm willing to travel.

I'm in Central Vermont, I guess. Takes me 1 1/2 hours to get to Burlington or Brattleboro.

Hey Stacy, we aren't far from you at all. Rensselaer County, near Columbia County ...

Stacy Ll wrote:hey there all

I'm in the Hudson Valley of NY...recently returned from about a year of traveling...lots of opportunities here...looking for folks interested in collaborating

blessings
Stacy

Hey everyone, nice to meet you all. We are an established permaculture homestead farm, no pesticides of any kind, lots of cool off grid stuff happening here, and on grid too. Tim, I've paddled the Battenkill many times. We are south of Bennington, northwest from Pittsfield here in Cherry Plain NY 12040. Nice to meet you all. Our site: www.heartsinhandhorsemanshipllc.com. I train and trim horses.

Well, all these months have gone by, and still I am doing just fine without a cell phone. Incredibly, I can navigate the countryside minus GPS. YUP. And, I may not even have a CD player compatible vehicle (Toyota took CD playing off their list of must haves) so instead, I have my mini boom box and play CDs while I travel. The landline we installed at the bare minimum cheapest cost doesn't even have caller ID and I survive somehow. Do I miss having a small machine that is hooked into the matrix of my mind, body, soul and spirit? Uh NO.

Now what's interesting is that I NEVER see cell phones addressed even among the most "woke" (in a natural not liberal way) communities. Or forums. Or books. Or talk shows. NO ONE is talking about the negative effects of cell phones isn't that STRANGE? I think it is.

Anyone out there want to share their experiences with other people not having cell phones? Where are they besides here? Thank GOD for "here" by the way.

Jules Horsewalker (on Facebook. Never said I quit social media)

Hi, we are Hearts in Hand Horsemanship, LLC. Every year we host woofers, and sometimes we host woofers who also love horses. I realized that the passing along of the horse training/trimming knowledge is indeed more of an apprenticeship than a work trade agreement. Therefore this year, I am offering the opportunity to come learn with us as more of an apprenticeship in horsemanship. We also of course continue to keep our woofer gardening/goat keeping opportunity available both here and through our Host profile on wwoof-usa. Our last woofer was fantastic. She was also a horsegirl and we just had a blast. Looking forward to hearing from you. Please see our website:www.heartsinhandhorsemanshipllc.com for more info, and you can always send me a moosage.


Jules

Love the old milk idea! I think the key is also to avoid flushing tp ... huge amounts will always clog your system up. Burn it instead. I'll have to try that old milk idea, it's brilliant! Also know of folks who flush bread yeast down the drain. Any ideas on that?