Category Archives: Construction

WaterMaster

Posted on March 20, 2013 by jim

Things are finally getting rolling at the farm. Today, Emily seeded up all the flats of onions for this year. Yeah, yeah, I know- we’re a few weeks behind. Things have been crazy! We have some tasty varieties we’re planting … Continue reading →

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She’s Got the Jack

Posted on March 14, 2013 by jim

…is a funny AC/DC song that keeps going through my head this week. Because this week is Jack the Cottage week. We’re pulling the rotting bits out of our little house, and to do that, we basically have to jack … Continue reading →

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Ode to Paperwork

Posted on February 20, 2013 by jim

As you know if you’ve been following along, we’re in the process of renovating a derelict cabin into the new home of Peace Crops. This last week, though, there really hasn’t been much swinging of hammers or scooping of shovels. … Continue reading →

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Making inroads

Posted on February 10, 2013 by jim

One of the things that has been giving us some trouble is the road into the property. Muddy, slippery… I had to use four wheel drive to get up to the cottage. But now, with the help of my buddy … Continue reading →

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A taste of things to come

Posted on January 25, 2013 by jim

  All this talk of the remodel on the cabin, and I just realized that I’ve not yet posted any images of what it’s going to LOOK like. In fact, I didn’t even work it out until sortof recently, and … Continue reading →

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Of joists and mud

Posted on January 17, 2013 by jim

The weather has been absolutely BALMY in the last two days: sunny, with temperatures in the 50s. But it wasn’t like that for most of the week, and I noticed the mercury on the wall thermometer inside the new house … Continue reading →

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I get by with a little help from my friends

Posted on January 11, 2013 by jim

Now that we’ve “bought the farm,” it’s time to see what we’ve signed up for. There is a pretty big list of fixit items, including things like thinning downed timber and re-gravelling the driveway. That’s actually a bigger deal than … Continue reading →

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Property!

Posted on January 4, 2013 by jim

Well, I’ll open with an apology. It’s been a zillion years since we’ve posted, and I’m sorry. Now the excuse. I didn’t want to mention it earlier, but for the past few months we’ve been working on buying property. There … Continue reading →

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