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Another Utah: February 2011
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Sunday, February 20, 2011. Snow today, mud tomorrow! I woke up to a few inches of snow on the farm today, and it just kept coming. Until about 1 PM or so. In the end, we got about 5-6 inches, significantly more than the 1-3 inches predicted in the news. And it is warm today.near 36 during the snow and now upwards of 40 in brilliant sunshine. Immediately, I think "40 in February! It must be something out of the ordinary" and then I look at this:. Http:/ www.wolframalpha.com/input/? Ironically, the date of...
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Another Utah: March 2011
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Monday, March 28, 2011. April 1st marks the one year anniversary of moving to the homestead. Recall, getting the farm was a five year plan. Huh. Here is what we took on this year:. 1 Bought a new house and farm. 2 Renovated the barn. 3 Fenced the paddocks. 4 Built the arena. 5 Renovated the barn. 6 Sold the old house (one year later, nearly to the day). In most circles, that would be enough for one year. But wait, there is more:. 7 S took on her first major book project. Tuesday, March 1, 2011. View my c...
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Another Utah: A mea culpa
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011. About science and press releases.published in our 'other' blog:. Http:/ writescience.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/the-science-behind-the-press-release/. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 8220;How was dance class? In Memoriam: Helene Detwiler. Hyperbole and a Half. I teach physics at Weber State University and help manage a small farm and boarding stable in Ogden, UT. View my complete profile.
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Another Utah: September 2011
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Thursday, September 8, 2011. The generation that took us to the Moon. Last night I had the opportunity to convey my condolences to the family of Ken Randle, a prominent engineer in the state of Utah. Ken had a lifetime of engineering work with ties to the space program, and worked on "The Grand Tour" which ultimately resulted in the Voyager spacecrafts. You can see recollections of his efforts, in his own words, in this video. Our friends' daughter is coming back to our "farm" to help with the chores ton...
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Another Utah: October 2010
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Monday, October 25, 2010. Today was a first for me - I got a comment on a blog post. From someone I didn't know! Exciting, even if it was on a blog post written by someone else. Which brings me back to Bea's comments. Clearly we have differing views on what is compassionate or necessary for the proper care of livestock. But we can both agree that factory farming must stop. Is it possible to agree to disagree until that goal is reached? And then take up the further task of reconciling our differences?
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Another Utah: July 2011
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Sunday, July 31, 2011. Today we decided to slaughter the remaining nine birds from the elder flock to make room for the new hens in the coop. It has gotten urgent, since the smaller coop is far too tight for 12 mature hens (at least by our standards), and the old flock has been slowly reducing its egg output. We were down to about three eggs per day, and falling. The time had come. Says: "Our animals have a good life and one really bad day". We should all be so lucky. Thursday, July 28, 2011. The farmhou...
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Another Utah: From consumer to producer
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Monday, August 8, 2011. From consumer to producer. I know it's a little sad, but the scientist in me would like to quantify that satisfaction. So I sat down this afternoon to compute exactly how satisfying this type of stuff is. I wanted to know how, as a producer, we were impacting our economy. My first inclination is to scale up our activities and ask "how much would we have to produce to make a living doing this? The most profitable thing I do all year is brew beer. A pleasant surprise. There is one p...
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Another Utah: Red Air Data
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Monday, February 18, 2013. Dear Rep. Brad Dee:. Regarding your recent column:. Http:/ www.standard.net/stories/2013/02/15/real-solutions-air-quality. As a concerned resident, I am doing everything I can to reduce emissions on red air days. We’ve lowered our thermostat and don’t burn wood on red air days. We drive a low emission vehicle, carpool, bike, or take mass transit, and pool all our trips. Available at the DAQ web site). Industry point sources account for 24%, and other area sources account fo...
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Another Utah: Expecting...
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Monday, October 31, 2011. Ever since moving to the farm, we have been more integrated into where our food comes from. We have grown some of our own food, purchased a lot from local farmers, "put-by" nearly everything we need for winter, largely from local sources (martini olives excluded). We have also started eating meat again, since we participate in raising and slaughtering our food. In fact, everything we have done has left me more confident that we made the right decision. You want vegetables? So, s...
