Ben’s Favorite Chore
One of Ben’s most favorite things to do….hanging up his laundry to dry.
Making Homemade Pesto
This is how I know it’s officially summer! Cleaning gallons of fresh basil. We have 5 types of basil growing in the garden this year: Napolitano, Genovese, Lettuce Leaf, Lemon, and Holy Basil. We use all but the Lemon and Holy (they are more for teas) in our pesto. Picking the leaves off the stems,
Save the Tortoises!
We’ve seen lots of these tortoises on our property this year. Ben is just as fascinated by them as the dogs! When we see one on the road, he usually asks to stop so he can help it across before it gets hit. This kid! On a mission to save the tortoises…
Homeowner Review of the Stanley CH7 Chipper/Shredder
We own a small home nestled in 10 acres of woods in rural Tennessee. We have a fenced in garden at the front of the property and are clearing land in the back of the property for a new home and garden. We needed a good chipper to process all of our tree limbs and
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Tiny House Firewood Useage with Morso 1410 Woodstove
We have come to the end of our wood stove use for the season. This is the first full year that we’ve heated our tiny house (< 400 sq. ft.) with wood. It was a mild winter and we ended up using a little less than a cord of wood in our Morso 1410 ‘The
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Dangerous Trees
Unfortunately; these 3 red maple trees had to be cut down. They were about 25 feet southwest of the cabin, which is the same direction as much of our prevailing winds. The center tree was half rotted out, as you can see in the photo. We’ve had some high winds this spring and taking care
DIY Chipping Attachment for Garbage Can
Since we live in the woods, we knew that we would be clearing some areas for buildings, gardens, etc. We bought a Stanley CH7 chipper/shredder last year and have been giving it a workout. To make use of the chips, we needed a good way to catch them since they tend to blow all over
Foot Bridge
I made a simple foot bridge to cross our small creek. It’s two cedar poles about 10′ long with 2″ thick cedar boards screwed into the poles.
Hugelkultur Garden Beds
We used some of our excess logs that we didn’t want to burn in the wood stove for hugelkultur garden beds. Below are some pictures with descriptions of how we built them.You can read more about hugelkultur from richsoil.com, here. The main advantage to hugelkultur is that as the wood rots it will hold water
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.