Living Simply for a Better Life
We have been anticipating living in a yurt for several years. In the beginning, we had thought we would make one because we had the sawmill to cut the slats, etc. After moving to the property, though, we soon realized that while it wouldn’t be […]
The water tower was one of Roy’s first projects at the property. It was erected as a reservoir for the water from the ram pump. The tank itself is a 275 gallon plastic cube with a metal frame. These are used for a variety of liquids, so you […]
Roy discovered on Wednesday that racoons had been in his corn and gotten a few ears. He lowered the bottom wire on the electric fence thinking they may be coming in under it. The next day, even more were eaten (shucked and devoured right on […]
Last year our squash was beautiful and producing well, but then it died overnight. We talked with a few people about it, and everyone concurred it must have been cutworms. We did some cursory checking and ended with the same assumption. I read a little […]
The corn is only about 6′ tall, but filling out nicely. The tassles are so full of honeybees, that you can hear their humming from far off. This is Silver Queen, but there is a small crop of Honey and Pearl that will come in […]
Below is the link to Roy’s Youtube video on the original ram pump. It allows us to access creek water for the garden with no daily expense…simple, yet incredible technology. The information for the plans came from Clemson University and brother Berry helped Roy make it with inexpensive […]
Two years ago, we dammed up the tributary to the creek so that we could run Roy’s ram pump to water the garden. That is a post unto itself… The dam was originally made by stacking rock, weaving in vinyl roofing material, and sealing with […]
We are enjoying the space we have at the property and the freedom it gives us to have animals. Frederick and Chicky are free to roam during the day and find things to get into. Here is a picture of Frederick getting into the catfood. He has […]