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 […]
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 […]