The Garden Shed Project

In this video, we are building a lean to Garden shed near the trailer/tiny house/cabin. Also, a few surprise guests show up... a herd of 33 deer just 20 yards (or so) away from the 2015 Garden. Oh, my! Going to be a great season. :) - Cloud

Temporary plastic on the roof until tar paper and metal.

Video Blog #46. A Look Inside the House

Greetings and Salutations :

Posted a new video. I am still saddened at the lost of the GoPro and its wonderful video. The show must go on!

Did a bit of re-arranging the house the other day. Really feels like I added 100SF to it. It has a more open floor plan.

I think by not finishing it last year, it allowed me to actually see how it all flows together. Now I can build it to be much more functional.

- Cloud

Here is a couple shots of this afternoon with a lovely rain event and then the golden sun rays peering out thereafter.

Video #45 - Project Tiny House 2 - Flipped Trailer.

The Ol' 42

Video #42 - Foundation and Structure.

This latest video is of footage that was shot last year in June. Nearly a year ago, when I started this project. It shows me creating the concrete piers for the Timber-framed House. Plus what it takes for a 5 foot 7 inch skinny man to lift true 6x6 cedar posts up in the air when they are 10ft tall.

Happy Viewing !

Video #41 - Surviving Winter

Here is the latest video on the Homestead. It is a bit long, but the scenes change up a bit throughout.

:)

Fireplace and Cooking. #39 - Video

Over the last few days I have been having a go with making bread. Easy enough. The interesting bit has been trying to incorporate the stainless steel fireplace into the mix. At first, I would place a tava on top of the box while supporting it with a few pieces of tile. Quickly realizing... the next day instead taking all of the bricks off and tossing the bread directly onto a hot fireplace. Impressed. It seared the bread quickly. Flipping it over for the other side. Poof! Ready for butter and consumption. :)

Conversations - The 37th video - An Introduction.

Greetings everybody. I have been having a number of new subscribers on youtube. Realized that many of them probably do not know how it all started with me. Also, figured it would be a good time to introduce myself and explain a little further into the ideas behind all of this work over the past couple years. The reasons behind it all. :)

If you are interested in learning a bit more about me (Or simply stare at me for 15 minutes), take a look.

Video #36 Sneak peak on the interior.

Video # 35 - The Homestead Teaser

Editors note: To Frank and other concerned readers : The electrical portrayed in this video is not currently up to code. It is well on its way to become so, however, in its transitionary state... Many items are merely protected with a tarp. Big No no in the electrical inspection world. To date, the panels are all grounded with a 6awg continuous copper conductor that terminates in an 8 foot copper rod into the earth. The 10awg wires from the combiner boxer/300v lightening arrestor section (red/green/black) all are in 1/2 inch conduit which is buried from the solar array to the Shed. From there... things get precarious. Forgive the horror if you happen to be in the know!

Thirty-Two : A video entry.

When are Watermelons ripe?

Thanks to Granny's suggestion about visiting (http://ourstoneyacres.com/picking-the-perfect-melon) we finally have a ripe melon to eat! Its a healthy 6lb 5oz baby!

Yum

Yum

#28 Sugar Baby Watermelons - Updated

Tonight I harvested a number of things from the front yard and one important staple from the backyard to make a soup. I'm going to say it turned out as a vegetarian version of Borscht. From the front yard went leeks, eggplant, okra, carrots, cabbage, and beets. Digging in the back yielded some nice fist sized white potatoes. 

Into a large pot I placed diced onions from earlier in the season along with the leeks and an elephant garlic clove (Also from earlier). Sauteed those up with the few left over heirloom tomatoes that were well ripe by this point. Cubed up the potatoes and made small cubes of the beetroot. Sliced up the carrots and okra. Tossed the two eggplants I had on the cooktop to char the skin.  I later used a fork to remove the skin entirely. Diced up the insides and tossed it into the pot with all the veggies and liquid. Grew a gorgeous head of cabbage. Used half of it. Entire process took a half hour to cook. Only bits not from here used in it were the splashes of frank's hot sauce, italian spices, cumin, chili powder, ginger, salt/pepper, vinegar, spoon of brown sugar, hmm and some sort of butter. Earth Balance in my case. Take a look!

From this :

And this :

To Behold : THIS

So unbelievably savory. The beetroot makes such a gorgeous deeply colored soup. 

Two Monday Postings? Seems Excessive...

Here's video # 21

For those of you into that sort of thing. :)

Cold Potato - Video Accompaniment #16

Finally purchased a digital scale with a tare button. No longer will I guesstimate the green yields. As soon as I decide to fill up another salad spinner of 'fancy pant yard lettuce' greens we will have a better idea of how close I actually was.

Fifteen - April 26th Video update