Female Union: A reckoning
Hello my wonderful Patrons! This is Mr. No! We have NEWS!But first!I'm releasing this episode I fished out for you (while transferring our "YNB episodes" library to a more permanent location!). Enjoy! Episodes like these remind me of why I do this ^_^Anywho! IN CASE YOU'RE NEW:For those who don't know: We're renovating our duplex to become the Common Grounds Collective (co-op), a member initiated co-op, that empowers homesteaders and entrepreneurs, AND that's run by and for FTM/Trans/female people to thrive! We landed our new building in January of 2019 and are in need of sustainability through micro-investors and hands-on renovations. This means that our ONLINE podcast time is temporarily being converted over into a dozen ONSITE projects we've inherited in order to open the CGC full-time. During this season of transition, you will see more articles, pictures, NEWS and links for listeners to enjoy while we finish construction. In the meantime, THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN OUR WORK and we sincerely hope you enjoy.THIS article is, in fact, to keep you up to date and allowing us to do the work as quickly as possible. We hope to finish with the disruptive part of our restoration by the end of 2020 By then the Yes and No Boys conversations will be able to broadcast via VIDEO from our own studio at the co-op, so stay tuned! ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ("Lemme tell you, when I say busy..."- a short funny by Mr. No)I'd been so busy with repairs inside that, without realizing it, I'd stayed a whole 10 months here without taking so much as a peak at the roof until now. Thankfully I'd paid for an inspector when we bought the place, and everything turned out fine, but I mean- to miss that? I'm thorough, but it's made one busy, busy bastard outta me.the End. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ And finally, Thank you to our patrons and friends who inspire and lead us with their example. We are grateful to move as quickly as we can towards a basic renovation that allows us to USE our space fully before returning to a more ONLINE presence that provides you with all your favorite content on FULL BLAST, so stay tuned! NOW FOR NEWS!There's alot to putting a co-op together, especially when that co-op is designed to help the neighborhood! And we hope you stick with us as we do the real-life work off-camera. We periodically post update pictures as we go, so check in to see all the good work we have in progress! We've both been busting our butts this month!Here's a list of some of the events the Yes and No Boys have enjoyed this month:1.) We helped house a homeless family for 2 days when they were unexpectedly evicted from their neighborhood and living out of the car.2.) We donated a bush to a nice neighbor when she noticed it did well in the desert and stopped by to ask if she could have some. I love that people in San Manuel are friendly!3.) We are still digging the french trench, but now we have procured a decent lining for our french trenches for max water capture and filtration, so we have enough materials to hopefully finish the trenches this winter! (next step: water reclamation system!)4.) We have started a compost bin for Red Wriggler earthworms! (Let us know if you want any!). We plan to compost with earth worms, producing between 2-4 lbs of compost soil a week! It is the easiest (not fastest) way to produce the best soil for our food in the desert without committing a ton of money or time while we renovate critical systems first. (Later on we hope to add other animals to this list of compost producers!) 5.) We've finished repainting the external walls of the house6.) We've finished repairing and painting the common room7.) We're building sandbags for a raised garden bed and a reinforced retaining ditch in the back yard. 8.) We're running two compost bins: one with and one without worms. This allows us to compost more quickly.9.) Garden has been watered throughout the dry season with RECYCLED water, and now that the summer is over, we're thrilled to find out we ran our garden on less than 200 gallons! We believe we can further increase the efficiency of this process once we have a proper water reclamation system in place, but we are already optimistic that we are on the right track to attaining a year round off-grid sustainable food garden!
