Overgrazing is BAD
When we moved in to Purgatory in the summer of 2015, the previous owners had decided to allow a local...
Neighbors
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...
Neighbors, Drainage, AirBnB and Guns: Part 2
The last post detailed some of the craziness that has to do with living up here: namely a particular resident...
Neighbors, Drainage, AirBnB and Guns: Part 1
Listen to this story Recently there was an article in Bloomberg about the many efforts of AirBNB to silence any...
Neighboring Dog
Our nearest neighbor has several dogs and they love to come to visit each day. Probably because I have a...
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...
Good Fences
This post should really be titled "not being asshats makes for good neighbors." In May of last year we got...
More Expanded Impact
It's been over a year since we organized a neighborhood cleanup effort to remove a bunch of garbage had been...
Sheep–Are Very Annoying
A while back we started having issues with livestock from a property down the road. The acreage is rented out...
How do you solve a problem like manure?
The neighbors with whom we share the eastern fence line rent out most of the eleven or so acres they own...
Sounds of Purgatory
Most evenings here at Purgatory are quiet, but since we live in the hills sound carries quite a bit, and when...
Neighbors up here…
Living on the outskirts of civilization means we have neighbors and some of those neighbors have large animals--cows, goats, sheep,...