Oh no, I like books with great endings. This one had literally 100 different ways it could have finished, and he went with the one which I thought was the laziest and least satisfying. After 600 pages of intertwining a dozen different characters, there was no unified conclusion at the end, and the end end was kinda eye rollingly "of course the did". :)
I liked the first 600 pages though. And the first 100 best of all!
I would certainly come to a Barracks AirBnB! Also as a working holiday, volunteering my time and labor.
And a question, which you maybe have answered in previous posts: how much of your garden and kitchen waste goes to the compost, and how much is fed to the pigs? And how do you decide which goes where?
Kitchen waste (peelings, carrot tops, kale splines... ) mostly goes to the pigs. I make such enormous quantities of compost (about 12m3 per year), that a few kitchen scraps wouldn't make any difference, but it cheers up a piggie or three for a few seconds, so that seems more worthwhile.
They don't get anything that has salt on it, and plates are licked clean by their human recipients. Cooked food waste is very much frowned upon!
Good luck with the official form filling thing. I have them coming out of my eyes at the moment and they still fill me with a blank terror each time there’s a new one lest I get something wrong. I hope it’s less worrisome in the end than you’re fearing right now.
Hahaha 😂 Do you not like books with sticky endings?! I thought it was genius. CREATION LAKE by Rachel Kushner is good.
Oh no, I like books with great endings. This one had literally 100 different ways it could have finished, and he went with the one which I thought was the laziest and least satisfying. After 600 pages of intertwining a dozen different characters, there was no unified conclusion at the end, and the end end was kinda eye rollingly "of course the did". :)
I liked the first 600 pages though. And the first 100 best of all!
Good vibes for the administrative stuff. Xx
I would certainly come to a Barracks AirBnB! Also as a working holiday, volunteering my time and labor.
And a question, which you maybe have answered in previous posts: how much of your garden and kitchen waste goes to the compost, and how much is fed to the pigs? And how do you decide which goes where?
Kitchen waste (peelings, carrot tops, kale splines... ) mostly goes to the pigs. I make such enormous quantities of compost (about 12m3 per year), that a few kitchen scraps wouldn't make any difference, but it cheers up a piggie or three for a few seconds, so that seems more worthwhile.
They don't get anything that has salt on it, and plates are licked clean by their human recipients. Cooked food waste is very much frowned upon!
More excellent Swiss vibes humming along and heading your way...along with piggie love and mushroom phantasia...
Thank you Jack! Tis very much appreciated :)
Good luck with the official form filling thing. I have them coming out of my eyes at the moment and they still fill me with a blank terror each time there’s a new one lest I get something wrong. I hope it’s less worrisome in the end than you’re fearing right now.
Yes, I can imagine you do! Love and hugs and all strength to you and your fams. You're doing great.
Thanks Ben.
Thanks for your lovely ways of telling your stories, they always make smile. You’re wonderful with words!
And sending good vibes and lots of “Durchhaltevermögen“ for the things you are facing that are difficult and/or annoying/scary.
Lots of love from the Swiss farm :-)
Ahhh thank you. I'm on my 6th year of Durchhalten. It's going to get better one day :)
That is a wonderful photo of you picking mushrooms in the forest!
Isn't the light gorgeous? :)