So you’ve picked up the milling bug, that’s ok, it happens to the best of us.  I got it about eight years ago and I got bit by it pretty hard.   Continue reading “Chiansaw Mill vs. Band Mill” →

So how many of you folks are working with ancient iron trying to get the job done?  I know I am.  There is something about these old machines that makes you want to have a cussing fit of rage and yet just get on them and drive off into the sunset…or a big manure pile depending on how much you have to monkey around getting it started every day. Continue reading “Old Tractors and Cussing Fits” →

About six or seven years ago I woke up one day and thought “I need to build a timber frame”.  I became obsessed with the idea to the point I was reading everything I could get my hands on, pouring through YouTube videos, searching and joining forums…you name it I was going to find a way to build one. Continue reading “Big Project?…No Problem” →

So you want to live off the grid…me too!  We’re starting out here on our little farm towards living the off grid lifestyle.  Every year we add some element to our journey that brings us one step closer towards meeting that goal. Continue reading “We All Have to Start Somewhere” →