Day: October 5, 2025

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I was very impressed by the  grow house 🤭

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I was driving past one of the homesteads out in Westerlo and there was an a door open to a brightly lit barn, and there was a very tall grass plant growing in it. I kind of chuckled, noting it’s legal now, looked like a good sized Satavia pot plant carefully kept and raised much like their hogs, cattle and chickens. I think it’s a wonderful thing now that such things don’t have to be secret anymore and we can all enjoy the magic plant once the dirty secret of many a county homestead until the cops came a knocking. Honestly, I never understood what is wrong with a little bit of giggling.

Albany Water Reservior Basins

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Where the City of Albany gets it's water from -- the Alcove and Basic Reservoirs.

The Alcove Reservoir is not only a larger reservoir and basin, it also has much higher water quality due to land cover. The Basic Reservoir is connected to the Alcove Reservoir via pipeline and Silver Creek but used only occasionally due to lower water quality and quantity.

Albany Water Reservior Basins

Indian Fields

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A look at the 1921 Albany quad and 1929 Coxsackie Quad from before the Alcove Reservoir was built. 

12 Reasons Why

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Pigs, while smelly are pretty awesome livestock when it comes to meat on a small homestead. I'm kind of a bit obessessed with them but so is the internet.