New Fencing
Last year I posted a video of our–what is the word I’m looking for–I’ll go with godawful-probably-drunken-idiot neighbor arguing with me regarding the need for…
Tag: Neighbors
Neighbors along the Road
For close to seven years, I and a few other residents along our road have been rolling a boulder up the mountain–the boulder of trying…
In Memoriam: Katie
It is with much sadness that we share that our neighbor’s dog Katie passed away due to brain cancer this past summer. She arrived in…
Monday’s Fire
Interrupting the normal flow of posts–today I was going to publish something about how we feed birds here, but then our neighbors set themselves on…
Re-Fencing
As of today, we’re two-thirds of the way through putting in a new 4′ high no-climb fence with an electrical stringer to put a stop…
Overgrazing is BAD
When we moved in to Purgatory in the summer of 2015, the previous owners had decided to allow a local caballero named Herman to pasture…
The forgotten story about the new neighbors
Way back in 2017 I wrote about the issue of manure seeping out of the neighbor’s animal pens. Two years later, the place was finally…
Neighbors, Drainage, AirBnB and Guns, Part 2
The last post detailed some of the craziness of living here, namely a particular resident and the drainage issues she caused but blames on others.…
Neighbors, Drainage, AirBnB and Guns, Part 1
Recently there was an article in Bloomberg about the many efforts of AirBnB to silence any reports of crimes committed at properties listed through them.…
Neighboring Dog
Our nearest neighbor has several dogs who love to come visit each day–probably because near the door I have a bag full of tasty freeze-dried…
More goats
(This was originally posted to stega’s FB page, but since it’s a continuation of the last post, I figured it’s worth adding here.) Things with…
Good Fences
This post should really be titled “not being asshats makes for good neighbors.” In May 2018, we got new neighbors at the property to our…
More Expanded Impact
It’s been over a year since we organized a neighborhood cleanup effort to remove a bunch of garbage illegally dumped on the side of the…
Sheep Are Very Annoying
A while back we started having issues with livestock from a property down the road. The acreage there is rented out to a guy who…
How do you solve a problem like manure?
The neighbors on the other side of our eastern fenceline rent out most of their eleven or so acres they own to a guy who has…
Sounds of Purgatory
Most evenings here at Purgatory are quiet, but since we live in the hills, sound carries quite a bit, and when some of our neighbors have…
Neighbors up here…
Living on the outskirts of civilization means we have neighbors with large animals–cows, goats, sheep, llamas, the asthmatic donkey and, of course, horses. Last night,…