Living Simply for a Better Life
We have finished up the construction on the coop itself. All the windows and doors are in and all the siding is up. The only real cost besides our labor was the tin for the roof at $140. We did purchase the window material, a clear […]
Generally speaking, solar power is not an acceptable alternative energy source. In most cases it is simply too expensive and too inefficient for practical applications. I am no proponent of solar energy but that is not to say it does not have its place on […]
Aluminet is a great shade cloth product that Roy ran across through work connections. He was introduced to this versatile fabric by John Locker, a wholesale distributor of Aluminet for Xton, Inc. It is a high quality reflective aluminum screen made from high-density polyethylene (HDPE) […]
Our gardens suffered a setback from a big hail storm this past weekend. The leaves of the potatoes in the garden were stripped off and the plants look trampled. The tomato in the garden box suffered the most…it looks like a broccoli stalk. The peas […]
The potatoes have grown all the way up through 3 tires. It would be fun to try more, but we are out of tires…maybe next year. Now they can just grow up and over the sides. When they die back, we will unveil and see […]
This is the beginnings of our marvellous chicken coop that Roy calls the Taj Machicken. Of course it started out a lot smaller and a lot simpler than it ended up due to revisions we made after we selected the site. Roy used what he […]
Spring came early this year to Southern Alabama. Mid-February brought warm breezy days and cool nights. We anticipated another cold snap to finish out the winter, but it never came. We have had the longest Spring that we can remember, with blooms coming early and lasting far longer than […]
We are trying something new this year with potatoes using old tires. It sounds odd, but the principle is to grow potatoes up instead of out, thereby needing less space for alot of potatoes. We started by laying one tire flat on the ground and […]