When my husband and I took on the huge job of building our house, the only way we could afford to do it at all was by putting in a lot of our own “sweat equity”, as we had very little of the monetary kind laying around. We couldn’t afford to pay others to doRead more
I guess that should come as no real surprise following last week’s post, but this time I actually have gutters on my mind, not deformed produce. Ever since we built the coop, we’ve been planning to install gutters on it in order to harvest rainwater for the vegetable garden (which lies directly behind it), but withRead more
We finally managed to get the clothes line up and ready before the warm weather hit (not that I have anything against hanging laundry out when the weather is bad), and it’s been seeing a lot of use, sometimes up to three loads a day when it’s hot. We dithered for a long time about whatRead more
It’s a little embarassing to admit that we’ve been living here for almost two years and still have a mostly gravel front yard. We have grass growing over most of the back yard and the septic field, but the front is what suffered the most during constrution, and we’ve never really had a clear idea ofRead more
Well, we have finally finished the coop enough that I decided it was time to tell you a bit about our summer project. We’re pretty pleased with how it turned out, considering that it’s made almost entirely out of leftovers from our house. The only things that we had to buy were a few extraRead more
It almost seems unnecessary to explain my absence anymore – it’s pretty much a given that there will be a good month or more between posts these days. Here’s a brief update. We’ve been busy working on “outside” things while the weather is good, namely the chicken coop. The coop during the framing stage. There’sRead more
This month seems to have snuck up on me. It feels like we’ve only just moved into our house, but we’ve been here for 5 1/2 months already! How can that be? I’m not even remotely ready for Christmas, and I see on my computer’s calendar that it’s two weeks away. Is this some kindRead more
Well, I guess that’s it, summer’s over. We hooked the wood stove up to the chimney today and enjoyed our first fire!Those of you who have been around here for a while might recognize our lovely Jotul stove, which we were careful to remove from the old house before we listed it for sale last yearRead more
First off, thank you for all of your kind words of support and encouragement! I loved hearing about others who have lived or are currently living a similar kind of live/work arrangement. So, as promised, here are a few photos to show you what we’ve been up to (none of them are very new, butRead more
I thought that, on the off chance anyone’s even bothering to check in here anymore, I’d better get with it and post some kind of update so you don’t all think I’ve fallen off the face of the earth! The big news is, we’re officially living here!! We moved in on Canada Day (July 1,Read more