May 27th, 2011
I have wanted to make some clothes for the girls for a while now, but never seem to get around to it. Their winter pants are almost all handmade already (by my lovely sister-in-law). They also each have a few knit tops, sweaters, and skirts sewn by my sister-in-law and my …
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May 24th, 2011
Here are a some more nipple waterers. They were made in very similar ways to the PVC one I’ve already posted, but obviously in buckets instead of in PVC. I consider these ones to all have been free, since I had extra nipples, and the buckets/containers were all free from either our own …
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May 14th, 2011
My dad has left, so I’m going to try to catch up on a few posts I have planned and/or started. Here is the nipple waterer I made.
I did a lot of reading about various watering systems, and decided to try a nipple one because of the promise of cleaner water and less …
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April 18th, 2011
Eventually we would like to make this treadle feeder for the coop, but for now our goal is to get everything done as quickly as possible, so we have other priorities. Yesterday while Kris worked on the nest boxes and roost, I worked on a quick and cheap feeder.
Materials and tools
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March 12th, 2011
I’d read about seed balls a few times and thought it might be an interesting project to try, but hadn’t got around to it. Basically, seed balls are a mixture of clay, compost, and seeds formed into a ball. The clay protects the seed from birds and insects, the compost gives it something to …
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Current To-Do: Garden
- Turn over sod for future raised beds
- Fill those in using lasagna gardening
- Plan out beds and where seedlings will go
- Plant green manures around trees and in unused areas/beds
- Figure out a good irrigation system
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