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…
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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…
Pivot! Part I
The older I get the more I have come to appreciate flexibility in life. Having a go with the flow type of mentality has a lot of advantages. Don’t get me wrong, I am a planner at heart. Rarely do I jump into a situation without a plan in place. What I have found, however,…
Our Pain Is Your Gain!
First things first I am very sorry it has been so long since I have posted anything new. Life has decided to give us a dump truck full of lemons and we are doing our best to make lemonade 😀 One of the unfortunate events that has taken place is our dog Archer (the inspiration…
How Do You Eat An Elephant?
One bite at a time. Hello and welcome to another blog post! Today I’ll be giving an update on two projects that are just getting under way. The phrase in the title is one that I like to remind myself of when embarking on any particularly large project. I find it rather easy to get…
To Do List For The Year (2023)
The grass is starting to grow, birds are appearing more frequently, and days now seem to have a reasonable amount of sunlight. Spring is here and so is that unbridled enthusiasm that can only come from being stuck indoors under piles and piles of snow for months! Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love winter.…
Happy New Year!!
First, I would like to wish you and your families a very happy (and belated) New Years! Second, I would like to apologize to anyone that came to this site in the last couple of months looking for some new posts. I have been quite busy because…..life happened 😀 Some far more important things have…
Ketchup Time
In this post we will be playing a little catch up to highlight what has been done to date on the homestead. We began work on the homestead in March of 2018, but I didn’t have much time to commit working up there until I left my full-time job in February 2021. Even with the…
Welcome!
Hello and welcome to the Archerland Homestead blog! For those of you who are new to the site, this is a blog that will follow my journey of building a homestead on a 20-acre plot of land in Minnesota, USA. This blog will be a diary of sorts for me and a much easier way…