NORTHWAYS

Northways came to me in 2019. After coming across a description of “folkways” I realized that was the name of the school I wanted to start. My mind’s eye saw people making skis and snowshoes, emergency structures to stay warm. I saw people using the herbs around them to spice their food. I saw people […]

Building a Straw Bale Green House

In late 2011, Charles and I began the construction of a timber-framed straw bale green house that will have a hoop house attached. Mostly I helped dig the drainage ditch for the foundation, which will drain into a bioswale. The green house will increase our capacity to grow vegetables, at-risk medicinal plants, and other important medicinal plants. […]

Our Fire-Breathing Solar Dehydrator

Well, it doesn’t really breathe fire, but it certainly gets hot and dry in this thing. Charles from BLD farm, built a solar dehydrator (aka “The Beast”) for the Serpentine Project. The nickname relates to the size of this particular dehydrator. The glass over the black sheet metal generates heat from the sun, which vents […]