Well, it has been two weeks since my last update. We have been to the property, and very busy, but upon leaving the prior weekend, I forgot to capture our progress, so I decided to skip a week. We are back on track now, blog wise. After returning last night, it is time to get…
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Utility Shed Build 1 (9/18/15)
Headed up Friday afternoon ready to start another weekend of projects. You could tell we had some rain throughout the week, but for the most part the roads were dry and easy to transit. Our water tank is probably at 1,000 gallons just waiting for me to get the power/pumping working! Can’t wait. So, in…
Loft Build Step 8 Move In (9/11/15)
After dealing with our rain issues from last weekend, it was time to move in to our new loft. First things first were for Sheralee to put down our flooring. Originally, I had thought we would have nice carpet for our place of sleep. Well, a smarter head prevailed and it is wiser to put down…
Loft Build Step 5 (8/21/15)
Some very exciting news from the ranch this week. I had my good friend John come down for a three day weekend of building, and we were able to accomplish so much. Things that we accomplished this past weekend I couldn’t have done alone in one weekend. Unfortunately for John, his co-worker this weekend has Acrophobia,…
Composting Adventures (6/12/15)
We headed up to the ranch for another weekend of work. This time though, we deviated a little to completely re-structure our compost bins. What we found is that the sheer size of the bin was becoming too wide and very hard to manage. Also, I think that having the compost in the ground (roughly…
Rain Water Harvesting Phase 1 Wrap-Up (6/5/15)
Rainwater Phase I is now in the books. Meaning, the structure is built and the roof is on. Now comes Phase II, which is adding the plumbing and getting rainwater into the tank. Phase III comes later, which is how to get the water out of the tank for consumption. This past weekend we finished…
Rain Water Harvesting Phase 1 (5/2/15)
2015 Ranch development kicked off this past weekend. Our first project is rain water harvesting. With an average rainfall of 22 inches at the property, we hope to capture that rain and turn it into our water source. (overview of rain water harvesting) We estimate with our 10×20 rain collection lean-to shed, being started now,…
First Day of Spring 2015
First day of Spring, and a nice mid 70’s day on the property, so we headed up with a couple key projects in mind. Knowing that we have a very busy ‘building’ summer ahead, we want to make the property as ‘convenient’ as possible when we visit. Some major things we had in mind,…
Warm Winter Day (February 7, 2014)
It was an usually warm weekend in the desert Southwest, so we decided to head to the property, and it turned out a great idea. What a beautiful weather weekend for us. Arrived Saturday morning, unloaded and got organized, then headed into Chino for some hay bales and ladder. Stopped and picked up a couple…
Snow Bound (January 2015)
Stopped by the property after a great couple of day in the valley of the sun visiting Fred and Katherine. The weekend had been a winter weather event in most of the Southwest, and our property was no exception. You can see by the picture below, there was most definitely snow to be found. Of…