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		<title>Rock, Wood, and Clay</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s turned into something of a running joke here at MC that just about any problem can be solved with rocks, wood, or clay.  Andrew and John made replacement stove knobs from pieces of wood, and I built a replacement starter for it from clay.  We also cleared a path along the creek, and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rocketing into Fall</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2010/rocketing-into-fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[loft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mppt charge controller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persimmons]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe that the building season is already coming to an end.  The house isn&#8217;t as far as I&#8217;d hoped, but I&#8217;ve begun to get used to that.  As long as the progress is tangible it&#8217;s hard to get too depressed.  Watching the granite footing go up with Emily&#8217;s hard work has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Gravity All Its Own</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2010/gravity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2010/gravity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumpster Diving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earthen Plaster]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Raccoons]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reusable Goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straw Bale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ticks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visitor Lodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1877 general strike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4th of July]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonfire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cement mixer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clay slip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dakota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Rovics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hens]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been a lot of great developments at Maya Creek in the 6 weeks since my last blog post.  I&#8217;ll start with the oldest and work my way up to the present. The roof has been completely insulated.  Dakota and I spent 2 days blowing insulation into the roof space we&#8217;d created between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Bit of Everything</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2010/bit-of-everything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As usual, sorry for the blog hiatus.  Time has just been zipping by, but that&#8217;s what happens when you&#8217;re busy from sun up to sun down.  So, let&#8217;s see what&#8217;s new. I&#8217;ve planted a ton of new fruit trees and berry bushes in the garden.  At the last minute I decided to try some blueberries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Thaw</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2010/the-big-thaw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2010/the-big-thaw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chickens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guineas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ticks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visitor Lodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ash]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s finally happened.  The weather has warmed to the point it&#8217;s no longer miserable to be outside.  In fact, it&#8217;s down right pleasant and judging by the chorus of crickets and peepers, the wildlife would agree. The change in temperature has been swift, but I remember being struck by how quickly the chirps and hum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Connections</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2010/making-connections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2010/making-connections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenhouses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Solar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Visitor Lodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alpaca beans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[insulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off-grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic drop cloth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[University of Missouri]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazing how many connections I&#8217;ve found by just doing what I&#8217;m doing.  Jesse&#8217;s mom, Anne, raises alpaca only about 15 minutes away from here.  She&#8217;s offered to let me take her &#8220;alpaca beans&#8221; off her hands, some of which are already well rotted.  I&#8217;ve only gotten one small load so far since it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radical Sustainability</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2010/radical-sustainability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2010/radical-sustainability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Greenhouses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radical Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycled Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ticks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wild Turkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike parts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[motor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar panel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=94</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a spiritual or religious person, but I do take notice when the stars align.  Justin and I were having a discussion last week about how solar panels, hybrid cars, and CFLs aren&#8217;t really and truly sustainable, at least not in the way I&#8217;d like to be sustainable.  The next day I began reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitting a Stem Wall</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2009/hitting-a-stem-wall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2009/hitting-a-stem-wall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Earth Bag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycled Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rubble Trench]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We haven&#8217;t made much progress in the last couple of weeks.  We got delayed roughly a week due to the rain, but we finally got the drains in and filled the rubble trench with gravel and tamped it down.  Unfortunately, not much else has been done for the last week.  I&#8217;ve been searching and searching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 3</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2009/day-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2009/day-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycled Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[billboard vinyl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[composting toilet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tent plaftorm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=39</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s day 3 and I&#8217;m finally spending the night in a tent.  The car was fine the first night but the last 2 were pretty uncomfortable.  I wanted to wait until I had a tent platform built, which I had done by yesterday evening but then got caught up video chatting with Liz until it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrival</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2009/arrival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2009/arrival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recycled Materials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I pulled onto the land this evening and hung a large tarp in the trees where we stayed last summer with the help of a head lamp and the car headlights.  It&#8217;s been raining here, but I lucked out and it hasn&#8217;t rained since although it&#8217;s supposed to tomorrow and the next day maybe.   [...]]]></description>
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