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Because it's not as easy as it looks.

Researching for Shadows of Kyoto was fun and involved a lot of online digging.

Researching for my second novel is sucking me into a world of earthworms and crop rotations and I'm already eyeing my postage stamp and quietly plotting. There's going to be heavy labor involved once the cucumber and carrots are harvested. I'm spending money on seed catalogs and debating the best use of all the paving stones, bricks and other large rocks I have to expand my garden. IDK (Indestructo-kiddo) and I have already agreed tomatillos will be grown, if I can find the variety that tastes like apples.

My salt crust method did not work, so now I need something else. I actually pulled out two tree seedlings today while weeding the unused bed section where the drain spout is. My plan (hahahaha) is to use what I learn from working my little section in the novel, expanded accordingly. There's "food forests" and "how to have a complete farm on one acre of land" and "10 acres produce over $100,000 income in Ontario". Shetland sheep! Jersey cows! Why aren't Cayuga ducks getting any love? I don't want chickens!

I've requested an interview with my CSA owner, but it's a busy time for them, so I don't know if or when I'll get it.

In the meantime, my depressed heroine is going to start with four leaky metal buckets in the kitchen.

Date: 2015-08-23 04:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezelliott.livejournal.com
Cayuga ducks are lovely. People in this country aren't used to eating duck eggs, though. I'm not sure why.

Date: 2015-08-23 11:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bloodsong1.livejournal.com
Lack of exposure, I suspect. But we do eat duck meat, even if only in Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants or five stars. It's a place to start. I'm not starry eyed optimist for this novel. It's going to be HARD.

Date: 2015-08-27 11:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chezelliott.livejournal.com
Wax. Or tar. You can make a pretty effective patch on the INSIDE of a leaky bucket with wax or tar and a piece of cloth.

Date: 2015-08-31 02:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bloodsong1.livejournal.com
She used coconut fiber and a cookie tray to catch the water.

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