[Homestead] Moats?

bob ford bobford79 at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 3 14:02:56 EDT 2008


You are correct; it was Toni that talked about moats.  I just don't understand how the moats don't simply become muddy paths.  And, in my
present circumstances, water is dear. 

 I hope you don't mind , but I read the other stuff on the page. ; you write well.  'sorry about Utah .

Maybe Toni are someone else will explain about moats....bobford




--- On Thu, 7/3/08, eureka at hctc.net <eureka at hctc.net> wrote:

> From: eureka at hctc.net <eureka at hctc.net>
> Subject: Moats?
> To: bobford79 at yahoo.com, homestead at lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 11:16 AM
> I am not the one with the moats..that would be Toni 
> ,right?
> 
> Would be interested in knowing what the moats are all 
> about. Water is a very precious resource here on the 
> desert's edge, the sun brutally evaporative, and the 
> critters thirsty and seeking a drink...other than perhaps 
> keeping the fire ants off my sandaled feet while standing 
> in a moat I'm not sure what a moat could do for me...?
> 
> --Sage
> Way Out in Texas
> 
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:59:26 -0700 (PDT)
>   bob ford <bobford79 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Thank you for the photos of the raised garden beds. 
> > They are taller and narrower than what I have done in 
> >the past.  I am going to re-tool this fall.  I still 
> >don't understand about the garden
> "moats".  Your paths 
> >look very clear and dry.  ???........bobford
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Tue, 7/1/08, eureka at hctc.net
> <eureka at hctc.net> 
> >wrote:
> > 
> >> From: eureka at hctc.net <eureka at hctc.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [Homestead] list photo site??
> >> To: homestead at lists.ibiblio.org
> >> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 12:02 PM
> >> Yes, I agree,  it would be fun to see
> everyone's places 
> >> and projects. I keep an inconsistent blog with
> photos of 
> >> flowers, gardens, animals, winged things on my 
> >>homestead. 
> >> I donated my long hair to Locks of Love last week,
> so 
> >> there's a picture of the back of my head if
> that helps!
> >> 
> >> http://flowerweaver.blogspot.com
> >> 
> >> For those of you interested, here's a direct
> link to
> >> the 
> >> blog post that shows our raised beds. Those odd
> looking 
> >> uprights are bean towers I designed, and are
> strung like 
> >> instruments (usually on a full moon with a glass
> of 
> >>wine) 
> >> with twine.
> >>
> http://flowerweaver.blogspot.com/2008/03/winter-greens.html
> >> 
> >> If I can figure out how to take a picture of the
> river 
> >> that runs through our well, I'll let you know.
> >> 
> >> --Sage
> >> Way Out in Texas
> >> 
> >> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:17:34 -0400
> >>   tonitime at juno.com wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > Good Morn, the List!
> >> >    Is there a photo site associated with this
> good
> >> list 
> >> >- where people
> >> > can post things to be id'd,
> shared/bragged about?!
> >> > Or do people just insert a link to their own
> photo 
> >> >caches when having a
> >> > query?
> >> >    That is one of the things i enjoy about
> some cyber 
> >> >forum spo, but not
> >> > enough to suggest anyone switch this good
> group around
> >> 
> >> >elsewhere.
> >> >    We all have such interesting places,
> lives, and 
> >> >projects to share -
> >> > some of us are more visual, i guess.  I sure
> welcome 
> >> >seeing people's
> >> > little slice of heaven now and then - or
> completed 
> >> >projects.  Shoot, i'd
> >> > even enjoy seeing who some of you are!!
> >> >
> >>
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