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Eric Atwood
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2020-02-05 18:08
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paradoxtma
Homesteading
4y
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Planting early brassicas, and building a new vertical frame.
With all the rain we had, and our unscheduled end of season trip out of state, the gardens were all left in fairly sad shape last year. This garden, which we still call the 'Bean Bed' (although we grow
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paradoxtma
Homesteading
4y
Published via Ecency
First adjustments and maintenance for the sawmill.
Welcome back, eager readers, to the latest update of my work with the new sawmill. If you're just joining us on this journey, you can catch up by reading the first and second installments, and you can
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paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
An ArborVilla End of Winter Update!
Good morning (or other applicable daytime reference) dear readers, I hope this post finds you reveling in the joys of life! I've had a lot of irons in the fire lately, and I've found that it helps me keep
paradoxtma
Build-It
5y
Published via Ecency
(FINALLY) Setting up my garage-in-a-box!
Hello Hive! Welcome to another post about one lunatic assembling something meant to be done with two or more people! If you're a regular reader, you might have caught a brief mention of this mid-sized
paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
Gardening on a slope part 2: Raised beds and terraces
Welcome to part two of my series about trying to work impossible land. I've always been of the mindset that impossible things can still be done, they just take a bit longer. My taming of this hillside
paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
Giving the seedlings some leg room.
With all the extra woodcutting activity going on here this year, it seems I've hardly had any time to think about the gardens. Hedge Witch has been helping out a lot with the seedlings this year, but she
paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
Learning to use my new sawmill
It's another frosty morning here on the homestead, so rather than going outside to hammer on frozen logs, I thought I would spend some time to post an update about the (very popular) new sawmill. After
paradoxtma
Build-It
5y
Published via Ecency
NSFW (Not Safe For Woodworkers)
Hello there, Build-It community! For this post, I won't be building anything, exactly, but I will be showing off some lumber I'm making, and I will eventually be using that lumber to build things. I decided
paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
This year's early seedlings
Every year here at ArborVilla, we end each season talking about all the things that we hope to start earlier next season, then promptly fall behind in our planting before anyone has even forgotten their
paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
How a madman assembles a sawmill.
I thought you good guys and gals got giddy when I babbled about a bunch of baskets, but the love lavished upon the lightest of looks at the sawmill prompted this person to postpone that particular pursuit.
paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
Busy, busy, busy...
It seems like I just hit SEND on my last post yesterday, but the dates on my feed don't lie. I thought I'd take a moment and share some of what I've been up to. There's no time to waste, so let's get right
paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
Homestead freezes over...
Well, if you follow my other account, you'll know that I woke up to a balmy -22°F a few mornings ago. This morning showed up at a bare-hands-to-cold-doorknob-sticking -13°F. Not quite as cold overall,
paradoxtma
Rant, Complain, Talk
5y
Published via Ecency
Why I don't shill: A shill post
Hey gang! It's been a while since I dropped in for a mad ramble! I guess if you're a follower, you probably already knew that, and if you're not a follower, you probably don't care (not even a little?).
paradoxtma
Build-It
5y
Published via Ecency
A bit of basic basket building.
My journey into basketry began when Hedge Witch and I were first getting together, and exploring Pinterest while snowed in. One side effect of her work at the time was a LOT of extra letter and legal sized
paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
Gardening on a slope part 1: Tame the water!
Due to a messy divorce unfortunate circumstances, I no longer have photos of any of the work before April of 2014, which was when the first pic was taken. In the lower left of the pic, you can see the
paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
Another ArborVilla Update
The Holidays have come and gone here in America, and in my particular little corner of the globe, winter has moved in fiercely. Temps have been in the low-double and single digits (Farenheit, which is
paradoxtma
Build-It
5y
Published via Ecency
It almost looks like people live here.
I love this old house. That's impolite... the house isn't really that old, it's just been abused. Sorry house. House was built in 1960 by a local doctor whose last name was Glass, and my grandmother's
paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
The Sky Is Falling!!!
If you're a regular reader, you may have gotten the idea that the sky has been falling here all year. That's definitely what it feels like, and often what it sounds like. What could cause such mayhem?
paradoxtma
DIYHub
5y
Published via Ecency
Minor repair on some old Christmas toys.
Happy Holidays Hive! I'm sure you're all having a sweet, stress-free, and joyous year end holiday season 😁. We don't often do much for the Solstice Holidays (winter, if you're wondering which) other than
paradoxtma
Homesteading
5y
Published via Ecency
The Good, The Bad, and the Entropy.
Surprised to see me so soon? I know I'm a little surprised. 2021 is still determined to undermine my normally happy disposition, but I'm hanging in there. The smile may look a tad more maniacal than normal,
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