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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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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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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The lawnmower moves and cuts again. Just in time before the yard needs to be bailed. It feels good to fix it yourself The riding lawnmower had not been working right. At the end of last year, it wasn’t cutting the grass well, and during the winter, when I tried to use it to move
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Winter prep updates. Solar, chickens, wood and more The solar insulation is working pretty well. With a heated seed mat and a 70 watt lightbulb, we’re staying about 20 degrees above the outside temperatures. Under normal Oklahoma winter, that would be more than enough, but with this artic front, it’s not going to let me
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The first project of the year is a wood splitter shelter. I’d like to keep some of the weather off of it as much as possible, and this seems to be a good start. And the idea of getting one of our planned projects of 2024 checked off the list sounds like a great start
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This year, we have been asked if we would speak at the Homestead Expo on April 27 in Talala OK, hosted by Cowboy Country Fellowship and Homegrown Roots Homeschool Co-Op. From their Facebook Event page: We’ll be speaking at 3:00 and talking about Off-Grid living. If you’re in the area, we’d love to see you
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It’s 2024, not sure how that happened, but here it is. So, what’s in store? We sat down and discussed our plans for the new year.And as my bride said, “We have stuff to do.” These are things we have planned, and while some things have higher priority than others, they won’t necessarily be done
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It’s hard to believe 2023 is over. It’s been a crazy year! The year started off in a rush as at the end of 2022, we decided to move. So, we put our house up on the market, and it sold in 36 hours! To top it off, they wanted to close in about 3
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Moveable ladder complete. Just in time. The kids will be here this coming weekend, and the loft is where they’re sleeping! We had not one, but two setbacks trying to get this ladder complete.It’s finally nice to get it done. The biggest problem I had was making sure the rungs were level between the two
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