Release of The Unknown Pyp by C. W. Wolf

My great respect for the animal kingdom and a thirst for ancient wisdom meet in The Unknown Pyp, along with my cravings for adventure. It is my belief that the ancient world conceals secrets of magic and intrigue which easily rival the greatest creations of modern man. Truths which can only be revealed through respect and knowledge. A world where shape-shifting is commonplace and clans are taught the importance of solidarity and honor. Please feel free to contact me about this offering, serious inquiries only please.

This title is available online at Createspace, Amazon, and by request from your local bookstore. You can also request an autographed copy from the Author or pick up a copy in person at Heron Brook Haven in Pawlet Vermont. ISBN: 1456338188

Coming soon: The Unknown Pyp is soon to be available in e-book format from Amazon.

As the fire burns, our prayers help.

Found this something I simply needed to post.

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The Largest Forest Fire in Arizona History

Wallow Fire - Special Request from the Native Americans, Apache, Navajo and Zuni tribes

Please forward as you see fit

Hello everybody - as you can see on the news the Wallow fire in Northern Arizona is still uncontrollable and spreading.

The fire has destroyed everything in its path, over 1/2 million acres so far, the largest fire in Arizona history. Please join us in a tribal prayer to help the firefighters and all involved. Pray so the winds stop and the rains start (without lightning please) We want to pray for the safety of all. Ask for heavenly walls to protect our land and animals from fire. All the choppers, manpower, planes, and bulldozers are not enough, they need our help.
We are one Nation as Natives and our traditional prayers to the Creator as Natives can be pretty powerful; not only are our tribal lands at stake (White Mountain & San Carlos Apaches, possibly Zuni, and some Navajo areas), but our non-native friends also need our help.

Please let us all connect our minds, hearts and our prayers across the miles and pray. Wherever you are and whatever you have plan please stop for a few minutes and raise your hands to the Creator to ask for help. If all of you can forward this message across the Nations, we can reach many thru phone and internet. Please start forwarding ASAP to reach as many as we can. Please if your spiritual preference is not traditional - pray with us in however way you talk to the Creator.

Thank you,
Dorothea Stevens, San Carlos Apache Nation

Stay Tuned!

It is getting really close, in fact I ordered my proof copy of The Unknown Pyp and it is on the way. As soon as I have my final approval it will be available at my CreateSpace store and when I sell 10 copies it will also be available at Amazon and most major book stores.

Wow, am I dreaming?
I think Not!
This my friends is real!

The Chicken Tractor

Raising seven baby chicks in a box in the corner of the living room gets old around the 4th week. By the 5th week they are just too big to keep inside any longer. I started building the Chicken Tractor when they were about 2 weeks old. The weather this time of year was not exactly cooperative to say the least. One final nice day yesterday allowed me to finish this project and get the Chicks into their new home.

The idea behind this tractor was to house the birds comfortably and take advantage of the scratching and fertilizing without having to do a lot of cleaning. I looked at MANY designs and as I usually do I took the parts of each that I liked and incorporated them into this design.

The (Portable Coop) or Chicken Tractor was built almost entirely of recycled and re-purposed materials other than the Chicken Wire and hardware, although some of that came from a burn pile too.


The "Free Air" roost is part of the design I really liked. It keeps the birds out of the wet ammonia atmosphere and dry and comfortable. The roost itself is removable along with the nests for easy cleaning, (Think pressure washer) and the end opens when you only need to gather eggs and check bedding, food and water.

I am sure that I will make a few improvements in the design and I haven't designed the feed system and waterer yet, however I have some really neat ideas for those too.


Bottom line on this project. It is worth doing the research into all the types of coops and tractors you can build or buy. Look into space suggestions for the birds, nesting requirements and shelter needs for your area and then have some fun. Your Chickens will thank you.

Deserving! Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness, or something like that.

Everyone has been asking for some new blogs from me, truth is I felt that I couldn't justify the time. Perhaps I thought I didn't deserve it.

I have been battling with this word, or perhaps the concept for some time now. How is it that someone can be deserving of something? Moreover, how can someone be more deserving of something than someone else? Why do we feel as if we do not deserve something, especially when it is something we probably already have? I ask a lot of questions around this word in order to get a better understanding of what it is all about.

Does the single Mother of two children in a war ridden country deserve three meals a day any more than I do? For that matter do I deserve three meals a day? I am certain I could survive on less however I have become accustomed to eating Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner as we westerners affectionately call them. It is simply my lifestyle and my position on the globe that affords me this luxury. To a third world mother who is accustomed to a bowl of rice and a cup of soup, this might be considered an extravagance.

“I work hard and I deserve better.” This is a common theme in American culture. We are programmed to believe that because we work and earn money that we need to spend it on bigger and better things. The truth of the matter is that these things are usually not needs at all but wants. Quite likely most are not even necessities. Keeping up with the Jones’s has become a pastime, one of which we are all familiar with. What makes them think they deserve such a big house?

I have been thinking about what it means to deserve something. According to the dictionary there are two definitions for the word deserve, neither of which stand on their own without including other factors.

1. to merit, be qualified for, or have a claim to (reward, assistance, punishment, etc.) because of actions, qualities, or situation: to deserve exile; to deserve charity; a theory that deserves consideration.

2. to be worthy of, qualified for, or have a claim to reward, punishment, recompense, etc.: to reward him as he deserves; an idea deserving of study.

Worthy. Am I worthy of having a hot shower? Is it a reward for a job well done? Is it a punishment for getting dirty? Is it something I have earned through things I have done? Perhaps you had a bad day at work and you just want to go and stand in the steam to relax but since you messed everything up at the office you feel you don’t deserve that luxury.

We have come to look at life and the actions we take as deserving reward or punishment, there is simply no in-between. The fact of the matter is that there is really neither one. We create reward and punishment by our own opinions. To deserve is always a choice and a decision. it lies deeply embedded in the grey area of balance and therefore cannot take one side or the other without causing controversy. The entire word plays on the psyche and disallows a neutral decision. Why then is this word so securely embedded in our culture?

So the next time you feel yourself in need of justification of weather or not you are deserving, try to find that center ground between the two. Balance is usually more powerful than either of the extremes, that is of course unless you feel that deserve better. As for me, I will settle for a good nights sleep, after all, I deserve it!

Recycled Greenhouse Update.

Here is the view from the Northwest
And A shot of the inside.


Thought I would put up a couple photos with the plastic on it.

Recycled What?- Greenhouse

That's right, this greenhouse is being made of almost entirely recycled materials. Not only that, most of these materials were probably recycled before for much different uses. The idea came about when we here at Roblee Farms ran out of room for our Vegetable starts. On the edge of one of the gardens was an old barn sight and under part of that sight was a couple old concrete slabs.

Todd had shown me the old Silo Bands he had discovered in the garden with the rototiller and although they were a bit distorted, they looked like they would make great supports for a plastic cover. There was also a fair amount of galvanized pipe from the old watering system for the livestock and this got the gears in motion. I have always enjoyed makings things from scrap so I set to work.

Todd cleared the bulk of the slab with the skid-steer and after a little shovel work we had a base.

By the end of the first day I had about half the basic frame in place and had had enough of hacksaw, chisel and concrete for a while. It was not until I looked at the frame the next morning that I discovered just how badly bent the hoops had been. The photo on the right shows one of the smaller half inch bands, covered with old black plastic pipe.

I created a bending vice and re-shaped most of the seven hoops that would be used before I went any farther. It would take most of that day to finish setting the pipes through the concrete that the hoops would set into. They are spaced at three feet apart and will be braced at 3 foot intervals from the top, or so was the plan. By the end of the third day there was something that was beginning to resemble a greenhouse frame. The finished dimentions are 12 feet by 18 feet.

I found some old baseboards, used trim and broken wainscot in the old chicken coup and ripped some of it down to frame the end walls. Thick with layers of paint, I was glad I had a power saw for that part. By the end of day four I had framed the end walls, a door and a vent and other than a couple hinges the greenhouse should be ready for plastic, which too will be recycled from a weatherproofing project. I can't wait to see it covered.

Here is a list of purchased materials for this project.

2 hacksaw blades. $1.50
2 pounds of wood screws.$6.79
1 20' X 25' piece of poly. $19.90 ( Probably saved for next year.)
10 feet of Duct Tape. In stock (Everything needs that.)
The rest is recycled! Priceless!

Now for the benches!
I need two 18 foot and one 15 foot.
Wanders off to look for more old material... Maybe those tree branches over there...