It’s time for Solar panel adjustment for our Spring and Summer sun angles. We’ve passed the Spring equinox, which means we have more daylight than dark. I thought it would be a great time to go ahead and change the solar panels for Spring and Summer. I had made some adjustments to the solar panels […]
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We require an improvement to the screen door, and soon. Recent high winds has opened the door more than once, and it becomes annoying. Problem The high winds has managed to bust the screening out of it’s track as well, which required me to fix it a couple of times.So I had taken the door
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It’s Spring, and that means garden planting. That also means time to get to work preparing the garden beds for the season. Seed starting A couple weeks ago, I started some seed starting. I managed to get out and get Brandywine, Cherokee Purple and Black cherry tomatoes all planted, along with some jalapenos and cilantro.
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It’s time to finally get the gutter installed for the upgraded water collection we have in mind! After completing a couple weeks of preparations for our water collection project, it’s finally the day to install the gutters. My parents and aunt and uncle came down and we quickly got to work! Getting started We ran
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With day’s till we install the gutters, we got the last of the water catchment preparations completed! With my uncle coming in just a few days to install the gutters, I realized just how much work was left to be done.We had gotten a lot already done, but there was still a lot to do.So,
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We are finally preparing for our water catchment enhancements we’ve been wanting to do for a long time! As we’ve been here for just over 2 years, it seems like everything just comes as it comes.We have all these plans of things we want to get done, but it’s a slow process. Things we want
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Planting garlic for next season as well as a other updates was on tap for the day. This last season’s garlic harvest was much, much better than the season before. But I’m hoping for still a better season next year.I’ve taken the time to amend the soil more adding some more compost to the bed.I
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Next step on our journey here is making room for the new porch. Initially, we were were going to build a porch between the two buildings, and just build around the tree (making room for it to grow). But as we looked at the tree, we realized, while it’s still growing, it’s not doing that
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Trying some experimenting with seed saving this Fall. I’ve never saved seeds before. But this year, I wanted to try.And so, I decided to start with our tomato seeds. When planting, I made sure to keep the different kinds spaced far enough apart that I shouldn’t have to worry about crossing. And after being gone
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Will the garden be done in time? Time to plant is quicky approaching (past time for me usually). There’s still so much to do. I did start with a quick garden update. Blackberries, elderberries, dew berries and strawberries are doing will.Garlic appears to be doing wonderful and the spinach is almost at the end of
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