Well, That’s Different
After a number of years with just exposed OSB subfloor (and a couple of rugs) as the flooring in my kitchen… It now has (part of) a floor. Do not be fooled by that picture. It is still mostly this… I have
I Saw That Going Different In My Head
Tomorrow I’m heading back to my usual life, which means spending most of the daylight hours doing my actual job that doesn’t involve shoveling 3000 pounds of topsoil by hand. Weird. I expected to face Monday morning with a ton of things
Another Trip Around The Sun
So, here’s a funny thing about this website. I’ve been keeping it updated in some form or another since December of 2004… I’m getting dangerously close to having an entire decade of my life– including two long-term relationships, three houses, and something
DIY Rustic Wine Rack: Supporting my alcohol habit, one bottle at a time
Hey, look, I took a break from shoveling dirt and whining about the weather to actually build something… This thing is not actually supporting my own alcohol habit, it’s supporting my friends alcohol habit. Right? I’m such a giver. Actually a few
Well, Shit
For the first time in maybe six or seven years, I’m taking a full week off of my day job. This week. Spring basically picked me up and has been slammed me around like a rag doll for the last couple of
Ikea Hack: TARVA Drawer Dividers
I make no secret of the fact that most days I’d rather be standing on a 2×10 plank over twenty feet of open stairwell, sanding drywall dust off the ceiling directly into right eyeball than doing laundry. Which is weird, right? Because
Life is Hard. Work Harder.
It’s been a hard week around the farm. Quite a few of my “critical” projects– the donkey fence, cleaning out the barn, building a chicken run, mowing the back field– are at a tipping point, and just as I lowered my head
How To Build a Kickass Chicken Coop
So, a few weeks ago I set out with the intention of building temporary housing for the Nuggets– a FEMA trailer of the poultry world, if you will– and instead my little flock ended up in a penthouse chicken suite. I may
DIY Fun: Rustic Beer Flight
I mean really, if there’s anything better than having a tall glass of homebrew in front of you, it’s having four small mason jars with a variety of beer sitting in front of you. I have some friends that have brewed up
Empty House, Full Nugget Barn
Well, the Liberty House is officially down half a dozen feathered chattering roomates. The girls have reached that all important transition in a chicken’s live when it’s time to move out of the nest, uh, spare bedroom, and head into the big
How Does Your Garden Grow?
For the last four years (and two houses) I’ve had dreams of a glorious vegetable garden. Raised beds, gravel paths, trellises and fences. You’ll note that what I’m actually dreaming of is building things for a garden. When it comes to planting
Things I Did This Weekend
Typing is a bit difficult for me at the moment for reasons that will become clear about half way through this post (on a scale of 1 to “crime scene photo” it’s about at a 3… if you’re squeemish you might want
Three Day Project Marathon
It feels kind of like for the last month or two I’ve been waiting desperately for a train to come, and just when it appeared I realized I’ve been standing on the tracks and that damn thing is about to flatten me.
Chicken Tractor: More Progress
Last week I mentioned that I’ve been making weekly modifications to the Nugget Cage to keep up with how big they are getting. When I say “modifications” I mean that I spent part of Saturday morning crouched inside a dog kennel that
Around The Farm: No Longer Nuggets
I know, I know, I used to spend all my time talking about paint chips and sawdust and now it’s all donkeys and chickens and shit-shoveling. But seriously, I’ve had six chickens living in my house for the last six weeks. I’d
Around the Farm: Drawn But Not Quartered
Before we begin this riveting tale, let me paint a picture of the current state of my hands: The best that can be said is that all of the bones are still intact. Probably. There is a chunk of skin missing from
I Saw That Going Different In My Head
Tomorrow I’m heading back to my usual life, which means spending most of the daylight hours doing my actual job that doesn’t involve shoveling 3000 pounds of topsoil by hand. Weird. I expected to face Monday morning with a ton of things
Another Trip Around The Sun
So, here’s a funny thing about this website. I’ve been keeping it updated in some form or another since December of 2004… I’m getting dangerously close to having an entire decade of my life– including two long-term relationships, three houses, and something
DIY Rustic Wine Rack: Supporting my alcohol habit, one bottle at a time
Hey, look, I took a break from shoveling dirt and whining about the weather to actually build something… This thing is not actually supporting my own alcohol habit, it’s supporting my friends alcohol habit. Right? I’m such a giver. Actually a few
Well, Shit
For the first time in maybe six or seven years, I’m taking a full week off of my day job. This week. Spring basically picked me up and has been slammed me around like a rag doll for the last couple of
Ikea Hack: TARVA Drawer Dividers
I make no secret of the fact that most days I’d rather be standing on a 2×10 plank over twenty feet of open stairwell, sanding drywall dust off the ceiling directly into right eyeball than doing laundry. Which is weird, right? Because
Life is Hard. Work Harder.
It’s been a hard week around the farm. Quite a few of my “critical” projects– the donkey fence, cleaning out the barn, building a chicken run, mowing the back field– are at a tipping point, and just as I lowered my head
How To Build a Kickass Chicken Coop
So, a few weeks ago I set out with the intention of building temporary housing for the Nuggets– a FEMA trailer of the poultry world, if you will– and instead my little flock ended up in a penthouse chicken suite. I may
DIY Fun: Rustic Beer Flight
I mean really, if there’s anything better than having a tall glass of homebrew in front of you, it’s having four small mason jars with a variety of beer sitting in front of you. I have some friends that have brewed up
Empty House, Full Nugget Barn
Well, the Liberty House is officially down half a dozen feathered chattering roomates. The girls have reached that all important transition in a chicken’s live when it’s time to move out of the nest, uh, spare bedroom, and head into the big
How Does Your Garden Grow?
For the last four years (and two houses) I’ve had dreams of a glorious vegetable garden. Raised beds, gravel paths, trellises and fences. You’ll note that what I’m actually dreaming of is building things for a garden. When it comes to planting
Things I Did This Weekend
Typing is a bit difficult for me at the moment for reasons that will become clear about half way through this post (on a scale of 1 to “crime scene photo” it’s about at a 3… if you’re squeemish you might want
Three Day Project Marathon
It feels kind of like for the last month or two I’ve been waiting desperately for a train to come, and just when it appeared I realized I’ve been standing on the tracks and that damn thing is about to flatten me.
Chicken Tractor: More Progress
Last week I mentioned that I’ve been making weekly modifications to the Nugget Cage to keep up with how big they are getting. When I say “modifications” I mean that I spent part of Saturday morning crouched inside a dog kennel that
Around The Farm: No Longer Nuggets
I know, I know, I used to spend all my time talking about paint chips and sawdust and now it’s all donkeys and chickens and shit-shoveling. But seriously, I’ve had six chickens living in my house for the last six weeks. I’d
Around the Farm: Drawn But Not Quartered
Before we begin this riveting tale, let me paint a picture of the current state of my hands: The best that can be said is that all of the bones are still intact. Probably. There is a chunk of skin missing from
