winter
This is my favorite way to end my season of gardening! Turn in the sheep! My sheep clean everything up, leave a little manure behind and then go on their merry way. Some people tell me that this is a bad idea and that sheep will get sick on certain things in my garden, but I …
Another “reuse it” episode. If you thought making a smoker out of an old freezer was neat, wait until you see this next little project. Building a root cellar out of an old refrigerator or freezer. First off, what would you use a root cellar for? Despite modern technology, some things are just better the …
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Update: This has been the most popular post I have written, so I have gone back and updated a few things and added links to get products you need to make this project possible. Refrigerators can be a pain when the burn out. Their big, bulky and have Freon, which is apparently bad for the …
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It’s wintertime on the ranch. The time of year where things slow down and we take more time to ourselves, not as many projects to do and the days typically consist of waking up later than usual, feeding cows, doing one or two projects then enjoying the evening curled up on the couch reading a book that …
It might be hard to believe… But some people still heat their house with fire. Fire! The ancient technique of making heat, vastly outnumbered these days by automatic systems that turn on when the temperature of the house falls below a certain point. Wow, that is some great technology and I’m not against it in …
Sean’s family has always been very good friends with the bishop of our diocese (the Baker diocese). Retired Bishop Connolly has a passion for horses and has always owned a couple of horses for pleasure riding, but as he ages it becomes more difficult to take care of the horses and to ride them. As …