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Upstairs Bath: Finish Work and All The Swears

March 5, 2018 19 Comments

Progress on the upstairs bathroom is– and this is a phrase I haven’t used in conjunction with progress around the house in a long time–

The Long-Neglected Upstairs Bath

February 19, 2018 17 Comments

Three years ago I had a great idea. An idea that was mostly driven by my desire to have one bathroom in this house that

2017: Unexpected Progress and New Adventures

January 30, 2018 12 Comments

When I sat down to reflect on 2017 I expected to be a little disappointed with my progress around the farm, mostly because I spent

Christmas on the Farm

January 9, 2018 18 Comments

Well, holy shit, it’s 2018. This year stared out by giving me a solid ass-kicking just so I would know who’s actually in charge around

Chicken Nipples and Other Surprising Things

December 10, 2017 7 Comments

Sometimes I wonder if there will be a point in the future where someone googles my name for something important– you know, like a potential

Prepping for Winter & The Return Indoors

November 14, 2017 21 Comments

Up here in Michigan we had beautiful fall weather for about two weeks and then mother nature smirked and drop-kicked us right into winter, which

The Farm and The Darkness

November 8, 2017 14 Comments

Listen, I know that Daylight Saving Time has been a part of my life every single year of my existence. This shit has happened to

DIY Climbing Wall: Part 1

October 8, 2017 28 Comments

So many weird and wonderful (and kind of unexpected) things have happened to me in the last year, not the least of which is that

Rebuilding the Greenhouse: Foundations

September 19, 2017 10 Comments

Unsurprisingly, spending multiple weeks away from the farm this summer created a serious backlog of work to tackle now that I’m home. Some of that

Back on the Farm

August 27, 2017 17 Comments

You know, even after fourteen years of telling stories about my life (and the things I build) on the internet, I still spend an inordinate

In The Garden: All The Zucchini (and all the ways to eat it)

August 2, 2017 24 Comments

Every spring as I’m starting work in the vegetable garden– hours upon hours spent planting seeds, weeding, building garden boxes, mulching, composting, transplanting, watering, and

Summer on the Farm

July 24, 2017 21 Comments

Every year I go into spring with a ton of energy and a ton of projects, and I’m always convinced that energy and motivation will

Idaho, Of All Places

July 10, 2017 20 Comments

Sometime late last year my dad informed me that my extended family wanted to take a vacation together this summer and that we would all

Building a Vineyard Trellis

June 16, 2017 12 Comments

When I first considered adding a few rows of grapevines to the farm, I figured building the trellis to grow them on would be the

Spring Garden Tour

June 7, 2017 20 Comments

For so many of the early years on the farm spring was a daily, relentless battle against grass and weeds. One I almost always lost.