Saturday, February 5, 2011

a hard earned Friday

The man with the master plan lays out his vision of the "creek pillow".


Joseph's new ducklings are along to help with the days duties!
Or perhaps they're just in it for a dip.


We dump several buckets of rocks that we've been collecting from vegetable patches into the creek to build the pillow.  Our farmer teaches us to use all the resources the land offers us; we don't need large rocks in our gardens, but they help slow the flow of creeks so that the earth may reabsorb more water and nutrients before they are carried away.

Lots of booties were needed for this job!


More of the ducklings lingering on the creek shore;
we needed their booties too!


The rocks are wrapped in some old scrap wire so that the current doesn't disperse them.
Kind of like a big burrito... or... a pillow!


 The day was well rewarded with veggie burritos from the taco truck, the best chips money can buy, and a ridiculous amount of cookies.  $1.69 at Groc-Out.  Hot deal!

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