We’re All In Tennessee!
My brother Brent has moved here from Texas and his new “Man Cave” finally arrived. I am looking forward to helping him work on it.
Sarah’s Version of Homemade Tulsi Tea Using Holy Basil
We enjoy growing our own herbs to use in recipes but also to dry out and use in our own tea. Sarah came up with this tea that uses Holy Basil as a base, as follows: 3 parts dried Holy Basil1 part dried Lemon Balm1 part dried Mint1 part or less of dried Stevia. (add
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The Daily Meal – My Favorite Smoothie
I drink this smoothie far more than any others. It is easy to make and doesn’t have too much fruit.Make your own as follows: 2 cups of water2 handfuls of spinach (or other greens)2 average sized tomatoes1 ripe banana1/2 inch of ginger root1/2 avocado (optional) Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend to
Kitty is Enjoying the Fire
Winter is finally here and Coco was meowing to come in from her house into ours…where the wood stove is burning.
Fencing in the Garden
We let all of our chickens free range, which has caused some trouble in the garden. We quickly added netting around each raised bed, but it was clear that we needed to fence in the entire garden area. We’ve also had racoons, armadillos and other critters in the garden. It took a while, and I
Winter Garden is in Full Swing
The winter garden is going well. This year we’ve planted lettuce, spinach, kale, carrots, beets, broccoli, cabbage and lots of turnips. I wish the beets and broccoli were doing better, but everything else is doing great. It’s nice how minimal the pest pressure is in fall/winter gardening. We’ve had temperatures down in the mid 20’s
Building New Stone Sidewalks
My mother wanted a couple of sidewalks built at their place. We used stone that my brother got from his work. Ben, Brent, my dad and I worked part of the day and made good progress. It still needs some leveling out before mortar is added to set the stones permanently, but we have had
Compost Bins – Updated Design
We’ve had compost bins since April, 2014, but we’ve done several improvements since then. Here is what the original 3 bins looked like. The original compost bins worked great, but the sawdust and wheat straw cover material wasn’t protected from rain. The finished compost bins. A few of the improvements made are: * A roof
Kitchen Cabinets Done
I finally finished the kitchen cabinets in our little cabin. They are made from 3/4″ pine from our chainsaw mill with an inexpensive 1/4″ luan backer. They were super simple to build and very inexpensive. Sarah picked out the green…her favorite color. I used Kreg pocket screws to make the door frames as shown in
Cheap and Easy Insulated Cat House
One of our cats, Roxie, has been sleeping in the garage for the past several months instead of her cat house on the back porch. Now that the weather is getting colder I wanted to quickly make an insulated home for her that I could leave in the garage. I used two Sterlite storage bins