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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>Growing through the Winter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I called the first community meeting on the second Saturday of this last December.  It was time to open this place up and really start building the community.  While I trusted everyone I invited, it was still nerve-racking to let everything out of my sole control.  I&#8217;ve poured all of my money, work, and heart [...]]]></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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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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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>Earth Day Every Day</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2010/earth-day-every-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sheet Mulching]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Visitor Lodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alpaca wool]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Earth Day everyone.  It seems like an appropriate time for your bi-weekly Maya Creek update.  The last several weeks of sunny 70 degree weather have given me the chance to get a lot done.  I&#8217;ve built two new sheet mulched no-till garden beds, one of them being a 4th vegetable bed so that I [...]]]></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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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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>Maya Creek Christmas 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2009/christmas-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2009/christmas-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=88</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After some soul-searching and continued annoyance with referrals to the morning after pill I&#8217;ve decided to change the name of the Ecovillage.  I&#8217;ve gone through a few different ideas and some conferring with Justin and Melainia I&#8217;ve settled on Maya Creek Ecovillage. Almost the entire watershed is on the property and it&#8217;s easily one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winding Down</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2009/winding-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=82</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The weather has shifted and things are getting downright cold around here.  The first frost is just around the bend and our tomatoes don&#8217;t look happy about it.  It&#8217;s been pretty overcast and the solar shower just isn&#8217;t cutting it anymore so we&#8217;ve been taking showers at the truck stop. The metal roof has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like Giant Legos</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2009/giant-lego/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I missed an entry, but I have to say that it&#8217;s amazing how quickly time flies by out here, especially when you&#8217;re working from sunrise to sunset. It took weeks of waiting for a dry spell to put the bales up.  It&#8217;s been a really wet summer here in Missouri.  July had twice the average [...]]]></description>
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