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20 Apr 20226 Mar 2011 by Mike (tfb)
Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings book

A great chance find at the library, lying there on top of a returned-book cart. This isn’t a book review or recommendation, although Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings is a cool browsing volume, full of clear explanations, instructions, and photos. What … Read the rest

Categories Planning, Building & Fixing Tags carpentry, books, reference, buildings, homesteading 16 Comments

More cold-weather construction

14 Jan 200910 Jan 2009 by Mike (tfb)

A fairly productive Saturday of building out the new seedling room in the freezing cold (-15°C/5°F), with Michael and Bob (he dropped by to help for the day). By sundown, we had about half of the framing done, slow going … Read the rest

Categories Building & Fixing Tags Bob, carpentry, barn, buildings, heating, Winter Leave a comment

Barn work continues

9 Jan 20093 Jan 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Momentum is slowly building at the new farm. The trusty Kubota compact tractor is on site, there to help out wherever it can. Today, we just about finished the demolition in the barn, which included a small room on the … Read the rest

Categories People, Building & Fixing Tags carpentry, tractor, barn, buildings, Winter 5 Comments

Wrecking and building

4 Jan 200928 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Made it back to the new farm to start demo for the new seedling room. I don’t get to do much bigger construction work, and this is really just interior framing and insulating, nothing complicated or structural, but it’s a … Read the rest

Categories Building & Fixing Tags carpentry, projects, barn, buildings, Winter 3 Comments

Road to the Chickenhouse

13 Dec 200810 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Snow banks

In bits and pieces, with no one storm to take the credit, the snow has been steadily building up. Regular barnyard clearing is fully underway, by blade-on-truck and then the big tractor, with snow banks appearing in all the usual … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Weather Tags buildings, chickenhouse, snow, Autumn 1 Comment

Outhouse deluxe

18 Jun 200812 Jun 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The outhouse updated! This Envirolet composting toilet, the deluxe AC electric model, is possibly the most unusual farm purchase I’ve made so far, mostly because it was quite expensive and I’m not 100% sure why I got it. With a … Read the rest

Categories Tools, Building & Fixing Tags buildings, composting, recycling, composting toilet, Spring 13 Comments

Liming the Chickenhouse

17 Dec 20216 Apr 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Mixing lime and water to make whitewash

Whitewashed the meat bird half of the Chickenhouse today, using the traditional purist blend of nothing but hydrated lime and water. This is an old school farming standard from Bob, completely new to me.

The lime is a very fine … Read the rest

Categories Animals, Building & Fixing Tags buildings, chickens, chickenhouse, whitewash, Spring 74 Comments
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