Hello All! A new year is upon us, and there are big things planned of this year, but we won’t really move to quickly for a few months in order to gather up our new plans and resources. Until then, we go up and enjoy our time there, working on small things that we need.…
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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…
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,…
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…