Living Simply for a Better Life
We’ve lived at the property for almost 7 years now, and until this summer, we had stacks of firewood sitting around in tipi style stacks. Stacking the wood like this does help shed water and preserve the wood longer than if it were just laying […]
A friend of ours, who owns the local feed and seed, suggested that we put together some nest boxes and sell them at his store. Roy sawed some wood that he had cut here on the property and we made a pattern based on a […]
I joked in an earlier post about having a close relationship with wood, but seriously, every time we work on the house, I am amazed at what we have accomplished. I am continually in awe of how we have taken trees growing right here around […]
A few weeks ago, we cut a large pine down by the garden. We pulled all but the largest up to the sawmill because it was more than our tractor could handle, especially due to the wet, plowed up dirt in the garden. After much […]