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helwenOrdered a Big Berkey Water Filter today. Back up for if something happened to our water supply. We have a well and a spring, so less likely than in a city, but you never know. If some large factory had a bad fire and the smoke got up here (probably via rain clouds), trucking accident, bacterial outbreak (like e. coli, which happens in the valley every so often), or we lost power (pump for the well) during the driest part of the year, we now have backup.
The guy who runs Sustainable Choice, Tom Reichel, is a really nice guy. You can check out the goods he has at his web site, but to order/get info, you need to call him or email him. He doesn't believe in having an automated ordering process because he thinks the best way to make sure his customers are getting what they want and/or need is to talk to them. This might not work for all businesses, but it seems to work well for him, and I appreciated getting to learn more about the filter and chatting about various things with him. He recommended a few discussion lists/groups to check out, which I expect I will -- might not join them, but I'll check them out... the one on rural living has possibilities, for instance.
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Had been planning on removing some of the clods of grass from the newly turned field today, but the ground's too wet. I don't mind so much the getting wet as that it's bad for the health of the soil -- compacts more, messes with the bio matter more (I forget the details, but remember that it should be avoided).
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Tomorrow's the town meeting, so we have to get as much done as we can around here early. I should probably cut out and partly sew some stuff today, so I have something to do while at the meeting. As near as I can tell, Ashfield has one big meeting each year (and then smaller meetings of the elected folks the rest of the year).
Have to make a run to the transfer point tomorrow with trash and recycling.
Have to go down to the valley for shopping this weekend (cat supplies) -- Sunday maybe? Choir practice on Sunday, so that might make sense. Although that means not going to Goldthread Apothecary, because they're closed on Sundays. Well, maybe I can make it there later in the week, if I have some other errands to run. Bergental's business meeting's on Monday, but that isn't until 7pm and the apothecary closes at 5:30. Details to work out, for sure.
The guy who runs Sustainable Choice, Tom Reichel, is a really nice guy. You can check out the goods he has at his web site, but to order/get info, you need to call him or email him. He doesn't believe in having an automated ordering process because he thinks the best way to make sure his customers are getting what they want and/or need is to talk to them. This might not work for all businesses, but it seems to work well for him, and I appreciated getting to learn more about the filter and chatting about various things with him. He recommended a few discussion lists/groups to check out, which I expect I will -- might not join them, but I'll check them out... the one on rural living has possibilities, for instance.
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Had been planning on removing some of the clods of grass from the newly turned field today, but the ground's too wet. I don't mind so much the getting wet as that it's bad for the health of the soil -- compacts more, messes with the bio matter more (I forget the details, but remember that it should be avoided).
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Tomorrow's the town meeting, so we have to get as much done as we can around here early. I should probably cut out and partly sew some stuff today, so I have something to do while at the meeting. As near as I can tell, Ashfield has one big meeting each year (and then smaller meetings of the elected folks the rest of the year).
Have to make a run to the transfer point tomorrow with trash and recycling.
Have to go down to the valley for shopping this weekend (cat supplies) -- Sunday maybe? Choir practice on Sunday, so that might make sense. Although that means not going to Goldthread Apothecary, because they're closed on Sundays. Well, maybe I can make it there later in the week, if I have some other errands to run. Bergental's business meeting's on Monday, but that isn't until 7pm and the apothecary closes at 5:30. Details to work out, for sure.
