Category Archives: Winter Activities

the even / out & homestead gifts

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Greg

Here’s the snow fall metrogram for the next week. It displays all the major predictive weather models. It looks like we are getting about nine inches of snow in a few hours. Before we start to think this is a … Continue reading →

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It’s still cold, early spring tales.

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Greg

So I walk out of the cabin on the second day of spring into the green sunset of a high tilt sun half drunk on the excrement of eukaryotic microorganisms and wonder what this weather is all about. It was … Continue reading →

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Boiling Sap & other late winter things

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Greg

I made this high end evaporator system today for a little under two thousand dollars. No, that was probably the one I saw in a catalog, this one cost nothing. It’s been a long day thus the confusion. I put … Continue reading →

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Night of Light

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Greg

The Winter Solstice is a remarkable procession of light and love. The days grow on the hereafter which is why children are celebrated as are females, the ability to grow, create, and of course our God. This is where the … Continue reading →

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Draw knives and spring chickens

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Greg

Even though it’s been t shirts some days of recent the soil temperature is still 20F or lower. I will research tonight, I think I need 40F for snow peas but I might plant some trials just to see. I … Continue reading →

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Burning fallen tree limbs and debris

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Greg

I spent the morning picking up small limb piles and bringing them back to the burning area. These are little branches that fall from trees during winds. We leave them in the woods and pick them up on any area … Continue reading →

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Warmer days ahead. Let’s hope this is all the wood we need until spring.

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Greg

Yesterday I wrote about how we ran out of well seasoned wood. There were two larger piles of old wood that I had been avoiding since I knew they would be harder to split in relation to my recent activities. … Continue reading →

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Winter Weekend Chores – Middle February

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Greg

Yesterday I moved the beehive outside. It’s behind our soon-to-be garden area and just inside the woods. Let’s hope our bees like it! I moved the beer fermenting bucket next to the wood stove as it wasn’t showing any signs … Continue reading →

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Creating Kindling for Fire Starting

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Greg

Project: Create a bundle of kindling (enough for six to eight fire starts) Time: 45 minutes, faster as you learn wood cutting skills Tools Used: Hatchet and cut/split wood. Imagine waking up at six am, or possibly three am, and … Continue reading →

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