Here’s a great mini-documentary about a homestead in California. It’s hard to believe how much they’ve done with 1/10th of an acre. In the video they show it’s about a quarter of a football field (less actually), so it’s about 66 feet by 132 feet for the whole property. If you now count just the […]
Putting it all together 2/4
We finally finished up all the painting today. Spray painting took forever. Half a day yesterday and half a day today. As I mentioned in my previous post I would not use aerosol cans again. Instead I would get a cheap HVLP gun from Harbor Freight. I did find that the grow beds had the […]
Putting it all together 1/4
Today we spent about 5 hours hunting down the last of the parts we needed. And at least another 5-6 hours painting. One mistake I made. I assumed that the flex seal rubber coating would be a great first coat. It is a dark black, covers well, it’s thick so adds to insulation, best of […]
Cutting up the IBC totes
So it took me a couple of days after work to get my totes cut up but they are finally ready. I’ll include all the pictures below. Here are a few things I learned along the way. I could use a razor blade to cut the totes. It’ll dull the blade quick, but it works […]
What to do with tote scrap
I finished cutting up my IBC totes tonight for the aquaponics setup we are building. And I was sitting there looking at the scraps and thinking that surely I could use some of that. The resulting scrap was 2 metal bottoms the are like a pallet to be used with a fork lift. A scrap […]
Moringa: The Super Tree
Just this year, while studying various methods of self-sufficiency, I found a very interesting tree. It’s called the moringa tree. This thing grows a foot every month, has more nutrients than like 5 vegetables combined, and the powder of the seeds purify water. It’s crazy how powerful this tree is. It even lives through drought […]
Status Update on the Tractor
A couple months ago we bought a tractor. We just needed something larger to be able to take care of the 10 acres we live on. It’s a 1947 Ford 8N. An oldie but a goodie. Unfortunately, I’m not that skilled at driving tractors. I thought I could pull a pole out of the ground […]
The beginning of my Aquaponics adventure
I’m officially starting my journey into aquaponics. I’ve been following a few different people. Such as Friendly Aquaponics, who does a raft based system and commercial farming. However, the investment is just to great for me to get that serious. I do plan on expanding, but for now I just need to get started and […]