While rain is necessary and often welcome, it can also become quite depressing when it’s non-stop for many days. Rain can also bring about some beautiful waterfalls on our land. Within a half a mile on either side of our driveway are more than three waterfalls that develop with the rainfall. Being in the valley …
You’ve heard the expression, “it’s like drinking from a firehose” to describe the furious effort to keep up with tons of information coming at you. Funny, we never met anyone who ever drank from a firehose in the literal sense, but we all can relate to the metaphor. That’s been us the past few months. …
Starlink to the Rescue! Fast reliable Internet access is a must on the the homestead. In addition to its necessity for Bob to work from home, it provides us access to voluminous educational content on homesteading – and boy do we need educating! We had heard that rural internet access was challenging. We had no idea! …
The Real First Things First It’s understandable that Christi wanted our cabin remodeled before living here as we await the house build. But way before then, we began infrastructure projects necessary for our land to be productive. My good friend Jason Reiner helped me create a 2-year infrastructure plan for the property, with projects ordered …
Shortly after purchasing the property, Bob sold his beloved Mazda convertible and purchased some helpful work vehicles including a Ford 150 and a Branson 5520R tractor. We like to say he traded one convertible for another. While Bob still has a full-time day job, he works available evenings and weekends completing an assortment of jobs …
With our desire to grow our own food and winter setting in, Christi decided to build a raised bed to go inside our inherited greenhouse. First, Bob had to put the greenhouse back together. All the panels were accounted for and siliconed back into place by my handyman. This is Christi’s first wood working project. …
Part of our lifestyle motto is to repurpose anything we can. There is an old homesite on the property that is located where we intend to build. The house burned down over 20 years ago, but the foundation of cinder blocks still stands. We determined that these cinder blocks would be useful in building raised …
Before moving in, there were two things that were essential. First, we needed to do some remodeling of the house. The before pictures are not a true representation of the dated, dinginess of the house before the remodel. Christi was unwilling to move in without some updating. So we hired a local guy to complete …
On a sunny day in mid October, while we were working in the yard, a very loud clatter caught our attention. Low and behold, it was a train of horse drawn wagons! What a treat for a Saturday afternoon. Saturday Night Around the Fire One thing that was done fairly well by the previous owner …
