Pearl Sutton

steward & bricolagier
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Chronic reader, creative dreamer, a LOT of hand skills to make things real, intense health issues that limit my activity, but not my creativity or dreams. Moved to southern Missouri with enough tools and junk to build a life that might work well with my health. One of god’s gigglers, I punctuate with smiley faces and exclamation points when I type, and smile and laugh a lot in real life. (Often at things no one else understands.) And I both curtsy at people (even when wearing grubby work clothes) and purr when hugged, both online and in real life. “Normal” is not a word that has ever been used for me.
Been organic gardening all my life, and bought 4 acres that I have designed from the ground up. Making it happen is being the most fun I have ever had in my life, the best 3D jigsaw puzzle ever! Reading Mollison’s Designer’s Manual was like coming home, ah, THERE I am! A reality where I can use all of my multifaceted talents and skills!
Dumpster diver, recycler, second hand store shopper, I tell people I am attracted to rust and lace. I have violated every warranty I have ever met, I’m a tool using animal, and I use my tools to modify everything in my world. And it only gets weirder...
Bricolage: something constructed or created from a diverse range of available things. Adding ier to a french word means one who does that activity. I am a bricolagier, the things I do are all made of a wide range of things that I have acquired from diverse places.
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Sare:
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An awesome first post! Welcome to permies!!
That's a lovely, well thought out plan, beautifully organized, excellent graphics and lists. On a 1-10 scale you DEFINITELY get a 10!!

I don't know enough about your climate to be sure, but I'd question if your chickens will be too hot on the sunny side of the house in zone 10. That's the only thing I'd tag with a "consider this carefully" note, and it would NOT knock down your 10 out of 10 score.

Impressive, very well done, and I'd say you passed your class with flying colors!!

:D
1 day ago
7:35 PM Central   One of the trackers says the CME will hit in 10-15 minutes. Not sure how long it takes the sky to light up...
I'm full overcast, no moon or lights for me.
4 days ago
My first thought is what are you trying to do? Build a house? A watertight structure? Or a pretty gazebo or fence?

And what does it need to withstand? Goats and deer? Windstorms? Snow load?
5 days ago
January 2, 2026 about sundown in the US there's a CME impact coming, so after dinner, go out and look to see if you have lights!  
Plus the moon will be full! It's the Wolf Moon, so howl at it!!  :D
5 days ago
I ended up looking at it closely, part of the problem is it was made to have shoulder pads. I took a curve off the top of the seam where the shoulder hits the sleeve, and that brought it to properly level. Even after I had the hanger marks out, it poked up if I moved.

I'm wearing it today for New Year's in the living room, by myself, but I look snazzy :D
5 days ago
I vote wet, age, and cover them with something that keeps them from blowing. In spring decide if you need them, can pass some on, or want to mix in greens. They break down a LOT over a winter, I had 4 foot deep break down to about 6 inches.
6 days ago
We got an electric blanket!

Now I call all of our other ones acoustic blankets.
1 week ago