“Foraging, things I never thought I’d do”, said my wife last week when we went out to do some foraging. However, for the last few years, we’ve been trying to eat more naturally.We’ve been trying to remove chemicals out of our diets.One of those areas is medicine. Now, do not get me wrong. Modern medicine …
Better late than never I suppose is what our chickens may be thinking right about now, or at least one of them. But she’s worn us down. We give up.We’ve been fighting with her all summer trying to keep her from sitting on eggs, but she’s been determined, and we’re tried of fighting her, so …
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With the wood stove finally put together, it’s time to do the curing burn on the wood stove. The instructions suggested doing it outside because of the fumes that will be produced while burning off the oils and such. And since it was in the 90’s outside, I wouldn’t have wanted to burn it inside …
The wood stove assembly is finally complete. I’ve been putting it off for far too long. It’s early August and the temperatures have been in the mid 90’s to upper 100’s here in Eastern Oklahoma, thinking about the wood stove has not been on the front of my mind (except looking at it sitting there …
Lean-to project is finally started.We’ve wanted a place to store lawn equipment and the like, and the shed that was here just isn’t big enough. Time to fix that problem Except the wood stove, the cabin is pretty much done as we finished off the entry way ceiling recently. A few weeks ago, a friend …
Ceiling installation in the entryway is complete. It makes a huge difference in how it looks. We’ve been preparing for this for about a week. This is one of the last projects on the cabin we wanted to get done, excluding the wood stove and all that that entails. I had cut the boards to …
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Solar system project is finally complete (I hope). This has been a long journey, especially if you count when we put in our first panels August 24th, 2021 I installed the first 4 of our 200 watt solar panels. And for a while, it went pretty well, with just the weekend trip here and there. …
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What’s been happening on the homestead and tile installation, as well as harvesting the garlic that was planted in November. I went a while without recording anything, so wanted to give a brief rundown of where things stand. Currently 12 of the 16 solar panels are installed. I finally have the wire I need to …
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Mini-split installation in the cabin is what’s on tap! As the temperatures continue to rise, and I spends 9-12 hours every weekday in the cabin for work, I need to get this installed, so when I need it, I’ll have it. With the ceiling over the desk completed, we now have that end of the …
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Kayaking first, installing ceiling for AC prep.We’ve been working hard to complete this cabin. So, we felt like we’d spend this morning out on the new Kayaks.Being around this water is nice, and we don’t take the time to go. But we’ve been trying to rush to get things done.Not today. While kayaking, we had …
