We're not homesteders as such, but we do live a simple life that is in touch with the cycle of work and rest is evident throughout nature. Our approach to living, based largely on the reduction of wants and a mostly non-monetary return from our organic horticulture, bee keeping and other sorts of labor. Were living the good life along the Mississippi river valley in north eastern Iowa.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
We Plan On Using The Next 20 Years!
No it's not Heaven but,
it's Our little slice of Heaven
Its been years in the making. Converting a small prairie patch to a formal lavender/sculpture garden.
It started with removing all the prairie plants and leveling off the land, the formation of a urbancrete circular seating area/sculpture base.
Susie has worked over a year on the "MOON HAWK" memorial sculpture.
Foam core with several layers of concrete.
Lot's of tile clipping and design. Followed by a layer of mortar.
I worked on the earthen cone.
Beau helped move the sculpture into place when he was home for mothers day.
Susie grew the plans from seed and transplanted them into the cone with Spanish moss.
Two tons of decorative rock.
And lots of hard work.
http://qctimes.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/i-could-honestly-use-another-years/article_83081f8a-a843-506d-990c-3e96090832ea.html
'I could honestly use another 20 years'qctimes.comBack in the early-1990s, Tom and Sue Becker were driving the back roads of Jackson County, looking for an...
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