Here's a photo Larry took of the springtails on the walkway around his house. He reports that their numbers are growing. Possible movie title: "The Springtails That Ate Deerfield."
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Learning what 10 acres in the foothills of East Tennessee has to teach as I trudge clumsily back to the land.
Our home in Deerfield
About Me
- Vince Vawter
- Louisville, Tennessee, United States
- After a career in newspapers and living in suburbs and cities all of our lives, my wife and I moved to a heavily wooded 10 acres in the Deerfield community of Louisville, Tennessee. We eagerly learn what this 10 acres has to teach.
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May
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- A little blog housekeeping
- Badly bitten by the nostalgia bug
- Everyone needs a "hooptie"
- We're once again flush, so to speak
- Mystery of monstrous rose bush solved
- The rewards of patience: $33
- Oh, my peptic septic
- Check back in 20 years or so
- Welcome back, Cecile Brunner
- Rhododendron dilemma
- Believe it or not, BLUEBERRIES
- The Ballad of Three Feet
- Another day, another project
- You don't miss your water until . . .
- A walk on the wild side
- A poor man's rain barrel
- Gallia Est Omnis Divisa in Partes Tres
- The "living" fence
- On a spring day . . .
- Don't mulch your heat pump!
- Mother's Day planters
- A bit of woodsy prestidigitation
- An afternoon for morning glory
- A fence for the taking
- Vegetable garden on temporary hold
- Ants marching . . . on peonies
- Rescue day at Deerfield
- Springtails revisited
- Deerfield version of "the Blob"
- Ashes and mud
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May
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Enlightenment
Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.
After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.
After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.
Barn Rules
If you unlock it, lock it back.
If you open it, close it.
If you borrow it, return it.
If you don't know, ask.
If you drive it, check the oil.
If you lose it, replace it.
If it doesn't concern you, don't mess with it.
If you turn it on, turn it off.
If you break it, fix it.
If you move it, put it back.
If you throw it down, pick it up.
If you ride it, feed it.
If it drinks water, give it some.
If you fall off, get back on.
If you open it, close it.
If you borrow it, return it.
If you don't know, ask.
If you drive it, check the oil.
If you lose it, replace it.
If it doesn't concern you, don't mess with it.
If you turn it on, turn it off.
If you break it, fix it.
If you move it, put it back.
If you throw it down, pick it up.
If you ride it, feed it.
If it drinks water, give it some.
If you fall off, get back on.
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