So the following is a post I wrote probably 4 years ago and simply never posted it. Its fun to look back to see how a project like fencing in of our upper pasture has completely transformed how we use our land and improved our little farm. What is also amazing to see how much […]
Chicken Fortress expansion
You may recall a couple years ago we made a significant upgrade to our chicken coop by adding on a fully enclosed chicken run. This was necessary in order to keep our chickens safe from the resident Redtail Hawks. You can read about that project here: Chicken Fortress It’s been wonderful improvement because the birds […]
Chicken Fortress
We have 24 chickens; 22 hens and a couple of roosters. We used to have more, but unfortunately the Red-tail Hawks that reside on our property have learned our Free-Range Chickens are an easy meal; we have lost 4 hens over the last 3 months. We debated many different options, from bird netting, electric fence […]
A Couple of Small Projects
So over the fall we had some spare time, so what did I decide to do? Yep, complete a project or two! The first one was upgrading our shooting range area. We have an area on the lower pasture that we shoot handguns, there is a nice backstop and it is easy to walk down […]
A New Water Supply Room
So a few weeks ago I posted about our new water supply room and as I was looking at the pictures I had taken it gave me to motivation to actually finish the room. You know how it is, there are often too many things to get done, sometimes you just want to get done what […]
A New Water Supply
We finally had the funds, and the time, to upgrade the water system at our home. For anyone who hasn’t had the privilege (when all is working as it should), or misfortune (when there are problems) of getting your water from a well, this is a very big deal. Having the correct equipment is essential […]
Honda TL125 latest update
So it’s been a couple years since we started this project, and I thought I would add a couple of recent pics of the Honda TL125. Latest additions are model and year correct wheels. New tires. Correct fuel tank. Carburetor and ignition tune-up. Rebuilt front shocks. Here are the last two posts showing the progress. […]
It’s Always all about Chickens and Goats
One of the reasons we bought this place was because it already had so many out buildings. There was a nice big barn that now houses our goats. There was a chicken coop that our first batch of baby chicks moved into in August of 2014. Then there are other out buildings that we name […]
Another fencing project.
We have an area we call the Shire. It is a garden/orchard area, it is really quite pretty with a small ornamental pond, lots of shade, flowering plants and trees, and of course apple trees. We also have some plums, pears and a wonderful cherry tree. We finally replaced the old picket fence that used […]
A Productive Day
Joshua and I spent all morning building some feeders; one for a customer and two for our barn. I build these feeders for customers all year long, and am just now getting the last couple stalls in our barn outfitted with our favorite style feeder. We call them “Sloped Panel” feeders, and they minimize hay […]
Making Our House Our Own
We’ve reached our two-year anniversary here. Those of you who have followed along from the beginning know that there were some changes that we wanted and/or needed to make to the house and property to make our house our own. You’ve seen us (and by “us”, I mostly mean Michael) learn plumbing. You’ve seen my dad […]
Welding Another Michael Project
I don’t think I have mentioned to you how Michael has been teaching himself welding. He is enjoying learning a new skill. Because he has so much free time. This trailer is one of his first projects with the ever improving welding skill. I don’t have any “before” pictures so I’ll have to try […]