Hello and welcome to another blog post! Today’s post is very exciting as things are starting to happen on the homestead! As it seems to be the case, there will be long stretches (months or years even) where it seems like very little is being done towards building the homestead. And then all at once,…
Let’s Build An Indoor Herb Garden! (Revisited)
Hello everyone and welcome to my follow up post about my attempt at an indoor herb garden! It was a really interesting experience, and I learned a lot that I am excited to share with y’all. Although things didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped, I still think the experiment was a success.…
I’m Still Here! – Quick Update
Hello and welcome to a very short update post! I’m very sorry I haven’t posted in a while. It has been an extremely busy spring/summer, and I have been working on a big personal project that has taken up a large amount of my attention. I have still been making progress on the homestead though,…
Let’s Build A Hügelkultur!
Hello and welcome to another post about building something! My favorite moments in life are when you have a series of roadblocks/problems, and you ‘solve’ them by combining them together with some unconventional thinking. My first experience with this was when I learned about the catacombs under Paris. Long story short, the city had a…
Let’s Build An Indoor Herb Garden!
Hello and welcome to another blog post about building stuff! I like building things and writing about the stuff I’ve built. I’m assuming most readers of this blog enjoy learning about the things I’ve built (at least compared to other topics I write about), so let’s keep this rolling until I hear otherwise! Cooking has…
Let’s Build A Hand Washing Station!
Hello and welcome to another blog post about building things! The project is actually to build a rain catchment/solar water heater/hand washing station, but that title was just too long 😊 We are at an exciting point in the homestead/blog journey in that I’ve given updates on all the big projects that were completed before…
Milestone (Flashback) Post – I Built An Outhouse!
And I’m super proud of it! 😁 Technically I built this back in 2021-2022, but I am still pretty impressed by what I was able to do on my first try. It’s always nice to exceed your own expectations from time to time 😊 I’ve mentioned this building in the past, and this post will…
We All Sprout At Different Times (FIRE Resources)
First things first I need to once again apologize. This post is a follow up to the ‘let’s (attempt to) grow a tree together part II’ that I posted back in October of last year. I’ve had it mostly written for a while now…but just never got around to finishing it. Sorry for the cliffhanger…
Pivot! Part III
Now that we had decided to have someone else build the house our focus could change. I no longer needed to work on the log piles, but instead needed to focus on selecting a house/builder. I also would be responsible for the administrative side (permits and other assorted paperwork) which I have found out can…
Pivot! Part II
Hello and welcome back for part two of our current timing/housing plans! Part one ended with me switching plans for the outhouse and completing it. Now I needed to start taking down trees so I had space (and logs) to build the cabin. Let’s hop into the post and I hope you enjoy! I didn’t…