farming my roots Vox 2008-09-10T20:38:31Z nsundeleaf http://farmingmyroots.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00fae8ca6f25000b/ Out of the mountains, onto the island tag:vox.com,2008-09-10:asset-6a00fae8ca6f25000b00fad6ab1e100005 2008-09-10T20:38:31Z 2008-09-10T20:38:31Z nsundeleaf http://farmingmyroots.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I stare back at my reflection: blood shot eyes, a bit of a swollen check having been pressed up against another man's chair for over four hours on the train, greasy hair (shower bedamned) and several bags on my back, and under my eyes. It's been n...

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]]> A Rough Guide to Ekological Forestry tag:vox.com,2008-09-02:asset-6a00fae8ca6f25000b00fae8db0ca3000b 2008-09-02T10:52:33Z 2008-09-02T10:52:33Z nsundeleaf http://farmingmyroots.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cutting plan Root system

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]]> Åfallet: introduction tag:vox.com,2008-09-01:asset-6a00fae8ca6f25000b00fa969640ac0002 2008-09-01T16:53:26Z 2008-09-01T18:22:07Z nsundeleaf http://farmingmyroots.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

1700's farm house at Åfallet WWOOFer room wood stove, heat source pile of wood, two weeks later clinched it Goats Stake their Claim Old Growth Forest Plantation Forest Heart Lake near Åfallet

The road deteriorates ahead of us to thick mud and gravel. Giant trucks bearing the victims of a clear cut come lumbering aggressively by our left side, sneering at us with black smoke and the gristle of gravel and grease. Seidon is cheerful desp...

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]]> My trip to Germany tag:vox.com,2008-08-11:asset-6a00fae8ca6f25000b0100a7f11a56000e 2008-08-11T09:39:13Z 2008-08-11T09:54:05Z nsundeleaf http://farmingmyroots.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Hildegard offers me another cup of lemon verbena, the leaves straight from her front steps. I wish I had the capacity to download all of the photos I've shot of this incredible place.. H's computer is a low voltage machine that she has specifical...

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]]> Cake [speed-] walk tag:vox.com,2008-07-27:asset-6a00fae8ca6f25000b0100a7ec5db9000e 2008-07-27T21:15:01Z 2008-08-13T14:26:47Z nsundeleaf http://farmingmyroots.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Boccone

I blink. My eyes refocus on a hunk of lemon chiffon that has just hit the floor with a resounding "smack!" I grip the knife harder and decide whether to let in seep into the doughy holes of the perforated rubber flooring, or snag a nearby dish tow...

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]]> Deference and Difference: Life in Portland tag:vox.com,2008-07-21:asset-6a00fae8ca6f25000b00fa968990d50002 2008-07-21T19:01:39Z 2008-07-26T00:50:51Z nsundeleaf http://farmingmyroots.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

NW Haida Tribe inspired image Hildegarde

Culture Shock has never truly hit me in foreign countries. I've experienced the most socio-culture jarring from returning to the States, in the place that I once considered "familiar". View Larger Map There is something very comfortable about yo...

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]]> way opens tag:vox.com,2008-07-15:asset-6a00fae8ca6f25000b00fa9687b9070002 2008-07-15T17:33:10Z 2008-07-21T02:06:53Z nsundeleaf http://farmingmyroots.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Monday July 14th, 2008 It's 6am, the day I leave for Seattle and the eve of my flight to London. I have scheduled my hostel for two nights and made additional contacts to my relatives in Stockholm. I had a whirlwind of errands under my belt durin...

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]]> digging in tag:vox.com,2008-07-09:asset-6a00fae8ca6f25000b00fa9685e4610002 2008-07-09T17:08:21Z 2008-07-09T17:08:21Z nsundeleaf http://farmingmyroots.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I've just arrived in Portland after a long day of 900 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah to my home town. This is the genesis of this blog, and will cover the details of my trip to Sweden.. and the preparations before. Onward!

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