by Millie Copper | Jun 6, 2014 | Around the Homestead
Something that we’ve been learning about in the Permaculture Design Course that Joe and I have been taking is designing with zones and zonal placement. Zoning is about placement. The zones are numbered from 1 to 5 with 1 being the zone surrounding the house and...
by Millie Copper | Oct 23, 2014 | Around the Homestead
Hello! The last few months have been terribly busy with our personal lives and my work schedule. It’s become even busier the past few weeks when my daughter and her fiance changed their wedding date from June of 2015 to Thanksgiving weekend of this year. 🙂...
by Millie Copper | May 10, 2012 | Around the Homestead
Last week I shared pictures of our land, mostly in its bare state, from when we first moved here. We have 2 acres in Central Wyoming. We’ve had plenty of challenges since moving here in the area of gardening and homesteading. I was relating my tales of woe in...
by Millie Copper | Aug 9, 2011 | Camping, Road Trip
Whew. What a busy summer this has been! We went on our fabulous road/camping trip for my daughter’s college graduation and after we returned I went to a full time temp job. Working there full time plus still doing my part time bookkeeping job (from home) and my...
by Millie Copper | Jul 16, 2014 | Off Grid
Working in the hot and dusty high desert can really make you long for a shower by the end of the day (or even in the middle).  If you don’t have a running water or plumbing set up  getting that shower can be a challenge. In many of the preparedness and off-grid...
by Millie Copper | Aug 15, 2018 | Camping, Road Trip
So back in January I received an email that plans were being made for my 30th Class Reunion. After the shock that I was old enough to have been out of high school 30 years wore off I started planning in earnest a return trip to my hometown for my reunion followed by...