I cut down a red maple that was leaning heavily.It’s an area that I’m going to build a pole barn on in the back of the property. I was a bit surprised when I saw how much of the tree was rotted out. I was bucking the tree up for firewood and noticed this metal […]
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We planted some turmeric in a container this spring on a whim, and we ended up with a fair amount of turmeric root. Unlike Ginger, which is harvested every year, turmeric is best to grow for two years before harvesting the rhizomes. We were impatient and harvested on the first year. We use them in
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Termites and other wood boring insects are a problem here, so this is how I am pre-treating the 2″ x 6″ floor joists and the timbers they are resting on during construction of our workshop. In our hot and damp environment wood also tends to rot from fungi and algae, which this should also protect
The mushrooms logs are fruiting like crazy this fall. This days harvest was about 3.5 lbs. We eat as many as we can, and dehydrate or freeze the rest. Our pear trees are still too young to give fruit, but our friend George at Green Thumb Nursery has a large pear tree. Sarah and Ben
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I have a tendency to believe that my opinions are gleaned from years of rational and objective analysis. The truth is that most of our opinions are developed from years of paying attention to information that was aligned with what we were already inclined to believe while ignoring information that challenged our preconceived notions. This
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We are just beginning construction on a workshop at the end of our driveway. It will be a 12′ x 20′ workshop to start. We will add an 8′ x 20′ room along the left side to bring the building up to 20′ x 20′. The building will rest on 10″ square concrete piers dug
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Well, we weren’t expecting to breed Bonnie, but our neighbors Pit Bull decided otherwise. We have 5 healthy puppies that are 3 weeks old today. The only brown & white puppy (about 2 weeks old in this pict). The rest are black & white. This that same brown & white puppy at 3 weeks old.
“There is no food, only ingredients to make food.”, says Ben. “Well then make your own food!” we respond. We don’t buy processed foods very often. We always have lots of healthy food (ingredients) in the house, but we don’t usually buy snacks that we can just open the bag and devour them. It turns
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Coco was checking out a snake on a cedar tree outside the kitchen window. I took a single photo before Coco decided to take a frustrated swipe at the snake, which promptly slithered away.
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I need to build a workshop so I can have a place to do woodworking projects, maintain machines and keep myself and the tools out of the weather while I’m doing it. I have a building site selected and quite a few 8 to 12 foot logs that have been cut to 1 1/2″ thick
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