holy scrap – YATC refrigeration
behold the growing heart farm refrigeration room. we have 3 freezers that have been hacked. because they are chests they cold air does not enter and exit when you open the door and they get the extra insulation of a freezer. the key is the YATC made over at holy scrap hot springs -our digital homesteading idols. The freezer plugs […]
Wood skidding
We took down 15+ trees south of the solar panels. we plan to use most of this wood for a treehouse, but much of the wood first needs to be cut into boards with our neighbor’s mill. We spent a large part of the day dragging the trunks of these trees out of a gulley […]
Water tank tower
One way to build our irrigation water tower. we spent sunday hauling wood from the pine trees we felled south of the new greenhouse up to a shaded area on the edge of the fields. This area was slightly lower than where we had the tanks last year so we needed about a foot and […]
messy and muddy – behind the scenes solar install
funny that the solar city truck is green… as you can see from these pics there is a lot of sweat and mud and energy that goes into solar energy. we had to trench about 170′ from the ground mount to the house. my new friend cannon who has this great project, art power, was […]
Flashing the greenhouse
this went more smoothly than we thought. we used clamps and 2x4s to bend the flashing into shape. i had been warned several times to work in 8′ lengths and this was good advice. we bent the edge exposed to the plastic back on itself to help prevent tears. we found using another piece of […]
lean to greenhouse progress
anthony after a hard day of work in the cold. the side walls are mostly in place. We have some details on the path, the door frame, and the electrical box. then we will need to flash both sides of the header. we are still not sure of the best solution below the header. […]
the next life of a tree
The guess is that this pine was about 60 years old. the 96 year old neighbor remembers planting this tree. jay, who is 56 has pictures of his first communion with the tree about head high. It was damaged in the october snow and threatened to fall on a house. Everyone was sad to see her go. […]
