Update: Winter 2025

We haven't created a post recently for good reason. In November 2024, I fell blowing leaves and tore his rotator cuff. It is only now that I can manage to type. The voice typing just doesn't work for me. I cannot flow, so I hit pause. Rest assured the farm stands strong and our children have pulled together to do my share of the chores. I don't know I can thank them enough. Unfortunately, they were not able to cover the capital projects list. We have quite a list of building projects ready and waiting. Here are the next projects that we will be discussing in depth over the course of this year. We even bought a drone to capture our activities.

• Greenhouse: We have a 10'x12' Walipini Greenhouse designed and all the Lumber milled and piled. We have barrels for the back wall (heat sink) and gutters for rain catchment. It is going to be epic.

• Fish farm: A 10'x10' shed behind the greenhouse will hold stock tanks. The fish water will fertilize and water the greenhouse. Rainwater will replenish the tanks and water the outdoor garden in the summer. It is going to be epic.

• Windmill: We have a 1600 watt Missouri Wind and Solar Falcon 5 blade. It measures 55" Diameter. We intend to build a 15 foot tower for the Turbine.

• Barn: We have a two-story gambrel roof planned. We are estimating 300 hours of milling to get the lumber list complete. It will be walk out on both floors if we can build into the hill. We will see what the town has to say. You know wherever you live in America, no matter how long your land has been in your family, it is not actually ours. We are merely renting it from the town. Through the permitting process, your town takes complete control over what you can do with your own land. Property line setbacks...30 feet for me. I am sorry to digress however we built our country on the sanctity of property ownership. It is infuriating the level of municipal control our past two generations have allowed.

• Redo the roof on the horse barn. It is just a two stall shed row. We have the first few slabs after the but cut set aside for this project. We will cut off the live edges to square them and burn the topside. Will be turning Japanese; I really think so.

A big spring coming up...the greenhouse was supposed to be the winter project. It has moved to the spring.