Posts Tagged ‘wood’
Putting New Tractor To Good Use!
Posted in Land, tagged land, tractor, wood on August 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Wood Processing
Posted in Energy, Household, tagged chain saw, garden, maul, shavings, splitting, truck, wedge, wood on January 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The installation of our wood stove brought about a new need, firewood. The first round of wood we struggled to get to our house in the back of our jeep. It took about three trips to get the wood seen in the picture here to our house. That clearly was not very efficient, though the price (free) was right. Now that we had the wood we had to split it. After a few tries with our ax we realized that another tool was needed.
Wood Burning Stove
Posted in Energy, Household, tagged energy, fire, heat, stove, wood, wood stove on January 16, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Last summer we were researching alternate home heating solutions, well we settled on an option! We decided to go with a Jotul Wood Burning Cast-Iron Stove. We were able to pick up a floor model from a company that recently changed locations for a steep discount. We hooked it up through our existing fireplace and obtained a fire/heat resistant floor mat to place in front of the stove to keep our floor from melting.
Making a Raised Bed from Pallets Part 1: Pallets, Planning, and Prepping
Posted in Garden, tagged conservation, garden, garden bed, homestead, pallet, raised bed, reuse, wood on July 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
George and I want to grow more goodness in our garden! We discussed how to do this, and decided on creating some raised beds. The first will go right where this row of dead bushes is. We transplanted the bushes from a friend’s yard. We hoped they would screen the beehives a bit and protect […]
Self Sufficient Stairs!
Posted in Household, tagged carpet, floors, handyman, self-sufficiency, stairs, wood on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Last Remaining Carpet
Well, George is at it again. Or more aptly, I’ve put him up to it again. Improving the house, that is.
Inside the home, we have done an amazing amount of work to improve the place in one short year. One eyesore that remained was a set of carpeted stairs. This staircase was the only carpeted area in the house, and the carpet was trashed.
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