The pole barn is about as finished as it is going to be for a while. It measures 24 feet wide by 16 deep with a 12 by 16 foot loft. For the time being it is mainly for drying lumber. The barn is stacked with 3 pines and 1 poplar tree. They are milled […]
This is a view from the garden entrance on May 11th. We’ve added 5 new raised beds and a greenhouse for this season. We now have a total of 17 raised beds planted out. The large tomato cages made from cattle panels may look huge now, but we used them last year and the tomatoes
We planted 6 new Rabbiteye blueberry bushes this spring. Two each of Climax, Tifblue and Woodward varieties. It looks like we will still get a small harvest this first year. Not too much longer to wait.
We needed a quick greenhouse to start seeds in early. Here is my attempt with some of the important points shown below and a link to further instructions. Thanks to TexasPrepper2 on youtube for the inspiration. This greenhouse is built using 3 cattle panels. Each panel measures 16 feet long by 50 inches. The base
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Loren and Neil are putting the finishing touches on a 12 by 7 foot greenhouse just in time to get some seedlings going.
We are making progress on the new pole barn in the back of the property. The roof install is today.