The greenhouse has 3 small raised beds in it. The largest one is planted out with Oregon Spring determinate tomatoes. There are also four pepper plants behind the tomatoes that are full of blossoms. Both the tomatoes and the peppers are loving the heat and humidity in the greenhouse. Ginger and Turmeric haven’t yet come […]
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.
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
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
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