They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
I am Ellie this is my Blog! Can you read it? I was in my house, and I made an Ellie-crown. I made it out of a stick and flowers. Then I ended up in the middle of the field because I walked to get more daisies. This tree is a walnut that should be… Continue reading Odd Jobs: Fencing
Tuesday was the easiest day of putting up gutters I have ever experienced. This was true for three reasons: The weather was gorgeous, warm but not hot, with no wind. This side of the roof is low enough I can reach it from the ground. This makes moving back and forth much faster, since I… Continue reading Finishing the Gutters
https://youtube.com/shorts/r3qUc0FtejA?feature=share There! A nice little seedling planter shelf. https://youtu.be/QUd4A0bv8ZI
This is a project that has been in the works for the last 6 weeks, having been interrupted by nearly everything else for most of that time. As with so many other projects, it starts with a frame built from 2x4's. I know 2x2's are lighter, and more than adequate for housing ducks, but still,… Continue reading Duckmobile
As sometimes happens, Tuesday afternoon we had a short stretch of down time, about twenty minutes, between doing chores and starting supper. 20 minutes is a lot of time, enough to get a quick job knocked out if you're all set up, or read a story book, but not really enough to get much progress… Continue reading Hand Plane Interlude
This post is a bit of a break from our usual fare, for a couple of reasons. One is that it has nothing to do with our farm. The other is that it is really more of a meditation or insight that arose out of the event. While on vacation two weeks ago in Tennessee,… Continue reading No Grown-ups Allowed!
Measure twice, cut once. The pump for our rainwater catchment system is an inline RainFlo MHP75A Automatic Booster pump. The idea is that it will pump water from the catchment tank to the water lines that feed the pasture. Obviously, this means that the pump needs to be mounted on a sturdy surface, and additionally,… Continue reading Building the Pump Box
There are two kinds of work that need to be done on the farm. First, there is what might be called infrastructure work. This is work, mostly one-time projects, that hopefully set the conditions for life and work on the farm for years to come, everything from setting up the workshop to running water and… Continue reading Organizing
We recently bought a trailer load of lumber from an auction, getting a steal of a deal. We now need a place to put the lumber, so we can empty the trailer, so we can use it to haul trash again, as usual. So we are building a lumber rack, with some of the lumber… Continue reading Building a Lumber Rack
Cleaning things up, continuing to streamline our workspace. Pulled all the canning jars out of the shop and moved them to the basement. Since we are not building a canning kitchen in the shop, it makes more sense to have them in the house. This frees up this shelf, which means that it can be… Continue reading Shop Class
Little Farm in the Big City 