Ingredients:

• 4 beetroot
• 3 carrots
• 1 pumpkin
• water
• kitchen salt
• glass container with lid
• old sock

Preparation:

• Slice beetroot and carrots;
• Cut pumpkin in pieces;
• Weigh the empty container, this is to later deduce the weight of its contents;
• Put the pieces into the container, make sure the larger pieces …

This analysis is a way to track different flows across our systems and how the output flow of one element can be used as the input flow to another element in our system.

Every output stream that is not matched to an input is a waste stream and becomes pollution …

I have designed our haybox in 2019. Over time I streamlined the use of our haybox. This page documents the current (2025) way we use the haybox.

First put rice and salted water to a boil. Take one part rice to two parts water. Put on the lid and let …

Knowing how to Keep the Books is a skill, I believe, everybody would benefit from.

Flows manifest in systems in all sorts of ways. Here are some things that can flow:

• wind — a gentil breeze or a fierce hurricane;
• running water — streams, rivers, flooding;
• sand — shifting dunes or mudslides;
• oil/fuel — routes of oil tankers, within refineries, distribution across fueling stations;
• electrons — within an electrical …

I have been using ledger-cli since 2015. At first only for my personal finances. To make it easier for myself, I use the CSV files I download from the bank and convert these into ledger-cli transaction files.

Later I incorporated my business records as well. This gave me a single …

This is a very tasty recipe for making a cracker from sourdough. When stored in an airtight container, this cracker will probably keep good for a week if not longer.

Ingredients:

• 200g sourdough starter
• 100g flour
• 80g olive oil
• 50g seeds (sunflower, sesame)
• 6g salt

Preparation:

• mix all ingredients well …

Recently a friend mentioned she needed to write a business plan for her new business. The request was to include a section on financials.

Starting a new business is quite disruptive to the way you spend your time, your money and your energy. It helps to think through some of …

A method for grounding yourself and to bring yourself back to the present moment.

Focus your attention one after the other on these things:

• 5 things you SEE
• 4 things you HEAR
• 3 things you TOUCH
• 2 things you SMELL
• 1 thing you TASTE

This technique brings me rapidly into …