<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:08:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@phedizzle/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know what I'm doing but I'm here]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been MIA for months. I don't even understand what this fork is about. But here I am. { : First post on Hive. YOLO]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/firstpost/@phedizzle/i-don-t-know-what-i-m-doing-but-i-m-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/firstpost/@phedizzle/i-don-t-know-what-i-m-doing-but-i-m-here</guid><category><![CDATA[firstpost]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:31:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would you look at that?! Efficiency, here we come!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Christmas and Birthday gifts came Early! We've been trying to get the right tools over time, as circumstances allow, so that we can become a lot more efficient and cost effective with our food]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/homestead/@phedizzle/would-you-look-at-that-efficiency-here-we-come</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/homestead/@phedizzle/would-you-look-at-that-efficiency-here-we-come</guid><category><![CDATA[homestead]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2018 03:34:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnLomdFt1ufp9BVLz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRUIT AND NUT ORCHARD UPDATE]]></title><description><![CDATA[I haven't updated about the fruit and nut trees that were planted this spring. Since the winter is fast approaching, now would be a good time. This is one of the dwarf peaches. The one which took a really]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/homestead/@phedizzle/fruit-and-nut-orchard-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/homestead/@phedizzle/fruit-and-nut-orchard-update</guid><category><![CDATA[homestead]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 03:34:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnLqgXv24VP5QckLe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE WHISTLEPIG AND THE PEAR]]></title><description><![CDATA[Groundhogs. Woodchucks. Whistlepigs. UGH. Need I say more? Well, I will. A few falls ago I remember seeing a beaver walking around on it's hind legs in the orchard nearest the creek. That was the best]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/homestead/@phedizzle/the-whistlepig-and-the-pear</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/homestead/@phedizzle/the-whistlepig-and-the-pear</guid><category><![CDATA[homestead]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 03:37:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnLs64SFNPe7gWNsg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SLEEPING TREE FROG ON MY DOOR]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a little treefrog I found sleeping on my door under a temporary sign I'd left for a delivery driver. I thought it was the neatest thing. There have been many tree frogs hanging around my patio]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photo/@phedizzle/sleeping-tree-frog-on-my-door</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photo/@phedizzle/sleeping-tree-frog-on-my-door</guid><category><![CDATA[photo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2018 03:44:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnMNTr1bdoLWxWD4r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HELPING AT THE FARMERS MARKET 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[The market season is winding down here. Only about 5 weeks left I believe. I'm so thankful it's cooler now. We've had a few hot days interspersed between typical Fall weather, but starting Sunday it will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/garden/@phedizzle/helping-at-the-farmers-market-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/garden/@phedizzle/helping-at-the-farmers-market-2</guid><category><![CDATA[garden]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2018 03:45:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnGbRpNMNnkMrZeVC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINALLY FALL IS HERE!]]></title><description><![CDATA[source Pixabay In the last weeks of winter Frigid temperatures lingered Coldly snapping At my fingers The winter was long With little snow Grey and brown Dead grass of gold The propane furnace labored]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@phedizzle/finally-fall-is-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@phedizzle/finally-fall-is-here</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2018 03:52:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnL8DheTjP8HQpbh8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HELPING AT THE FARMERS MARKET]]></title><description><![CDATA[Still not back in the swing of things online, but did help at a farmer's market last weekend for Dragonfly Farm which is a mom and pop farm in the Kansas City Metro area specializing in gourmet mushrooms]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/garden/@phedizzle/helping-at-the-farmers-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/garden/@phedizzle/helping-at-the-farmers-market</guid><category><![CDATA[garden]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2018 03:53:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnMbtHDNSFpVbGvAr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[VISITED BY ROYALTY: The Noble Feast of Pears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Feasting on the nectar of neglected pears, on this beautiful late summer eve near dusk, royalty dined before me as I was deciding what to post about this week. I decided to share some pictures like I'm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@phedizzle/visited-by-royalty-the-noble-feast-of-pears</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@phedizzle/visited-by-royalty-the-noble-feast-of-pears</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:55:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnDvRfBmW7T7jf2wx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALL PURPOSE COLD & FLU HERBAL TEA ELIXIR]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ooph. I'm not feeling well. This has been a prolonged period of what I first thought was a bad case of allergies. That morphed into what I thought was a cold. Now I am feeling on the edge of a flu. For]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@phedizzle/all-purpose-cold-and-flu-herbal-tea-elixir</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@phedizzle/all-purpose-cold-and-flu-herbal-tea-elixir</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2018 04:56:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8DLr8iCmkbAfHH8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OUTDOOR KITCHEN DESIGN: (CAD) FIRST DRAFT]]></title><description><![CDATA[I mentioned before that from middle school to high school I was dead set on becoming an Architect. That never panned out. I DID spent many years learning how to hand draft, as well as draft using AutoCAD.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/outdoor-kitchen-design-cad-first-draft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/outdoor-kitchen-design-cad-first-draft</guid><category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2018 05:13:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnDrwD3SGDf3GQair?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FREE ENERGY COOKING: I GOT A FRESNEL LENS!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever started a fire with a magnifying glass in science class or girl/boy scouts? Well, in my search for a zero energy means of cooking, I came across fresnel lenses. These are strong magnifying]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/free-energy-cooking-i-got-a-fresnel-lens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/free-energy-cooking-i-got-a-fresnel-lens</guid><category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 05:23:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnJrSUkZDtrVK6ajQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ONE OUT OF MANY: MY FIRST TIME GROWING SWEET POTATOES]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the late winter I made a post about sweet potatoes we had left over from Thanksgiving that had started to show the first signs of shoots. I detailed how I tried to get them to grow into slips. Well,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/one-out-of-many-my-first-time-growing-sweet-potatoes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/one-out-of-many-my-first-time-growing-sweet-potatoes</guid><category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2018 05:32:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnAgiSRgfZwErnGGn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMFREY: ANOTHER QUINTESSENTIAL PERMACULTURE ADDITION TO OUR FOOD FOREST]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comfrey, scientific name Symphytum officinale, is an ubiquitous and quintessential element in the permaculture ecosystem. It's a perennial plant in my zone, which is nice because that means it will grow]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/comfrey-another-quintessential-permaculture-addition-to-our-food-forest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/comfrey-another-quintessential-permaculture-addition-to-our-food-forest</guid><category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2018 05:50:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnCPwrjqwfQuqnsmY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ZONE 2 OF THE FOOD FOREST]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year started off quite busy with the Food Forest Project finally getting started. At first it went quick. Regrettably, progress slowed to a halt. That's okay. I'm happy we've gotten as far as we have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/zone-2-of-the-food-forest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/zone-2-of-the-food-forest</guid><category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2018 06:17:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn3kWUXo3NXRqdLhC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WILD PURPLE GARLIC TRANSPLANT UPDATE]]></title><description><![CDATA[A while back I posted about some wild purple garlic and chives that I transplanted from the orchard. In today's post I will be going over how that worked out. When we moved here it was pretty obvious the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/wild-purple-garlic-transplant-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/wild-purple-garlic-transplant-update</guid><category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2018 06:40:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnFsFBrizoKPRcYSi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHAT'S FOR DINNER? BEETS ME! FIRST GARDEN HARVEST AND RECIPE]]></title><description><![CDATA[SOME OF YOU ARE BEET HATERS. IS IT BECAUSE THEY STAIN YOUR FINGERS, POSSIBLY YOUR URINE? IS IT BECAUSE THEY TASTE LIKE THE GOODNESS OF THE EARTH? WELL, WHATEVER YOUR REASON, YOU ARE MISSING OUT. I know]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@phedizzle/what-s-for-dinner-beets-me-first-garden-harvest-and-recipe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@phedizzle/what-s-for-dinner-beets-me-first-garden-harvest-and-recipe</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 10:02:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnDRGFBTcMouhDiw8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LIGHTS OUT BABY ROBIN]]></title><description><![CDATA[One cold morning in late March, while sitting outside drinking coffee, I watched the most spectacular thing! Birds teaching their young to fly. It reminded me of parents teaching their kids to ride a bike]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@phedizzle/lights-out-baby-robin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@phedizzle/lights-out-baby-robin</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2018 13:49:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnK8uYu3WkizRcT2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ORCHARD: PLANNING, PREPPING & PLANTING]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a while since I have updated everyone on the food forest. Here I talked about what trees were ordered if you'd like to go take a look. It took a few weeks to get everything planted. The truth]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/orchard-planning-prepping-and-planting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@phedizzle/orchard-planning-prepping-and-planting</guid><category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2018 13:53:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnJPsuFssed7EpVJv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BAREFOOT IN THE BOONIES: Rewind: Growing up with turntables]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was born in the decade when Atari was King. Hair metal bands, Soft Rock, and Country dominated the airwaves. Home televisions were mostly black and white and were housed in humongous cabinets with turn]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@phedizzle/rewind-growing-up-with-turntables</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@phedizzle/rewind-growing-up-with-turntables</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phedizzle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 15:42:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnB98eEcPJLNKfB3U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>