It’s officially spring in the Ozarks. It feels like the earth is waking up from a long sleep. Where there was nothing but brown and gray, tiny green buds are unfolding on bush and tree. We have had lots of rain this week, which is a blessing in general. But it meant that, once again, … More Weekly Update: 3.25.23
This week feels like a return to winter, with so many days being downright freezing. We still bundled up on Sunday and got a little work done, as we needed to take some supplies out to our site and didn’t want to wait another week with our trailer parked in town. We also needed to … More Weekly Update: 3.18.23
Our shower shed is almost done! We were thrilled to have three days out on our land this week, and we made the most of them. Last Saturday we assembled the shed walls and finished cutting and installing the rafters. It was exciting seeing it all finally coming together. As we were wrapping up for … More Weekly Update: 3.11.23
For anyone following our weekly updates, this post will seem redundant. Still, I want to compile the various parts of this project into one post for future reference. As we were finishing up our wall tent build, we started discussing the logistics of living life in a tent. Something that came up quickly was the … More Wall Tent Build: Window Wall
We finally have our hearth done and wood stove in place. It looks so cozy. I can’t wait to use it. While all our delays have pushed our tent move-in toward spring, we know we will still be thankful for our woodstove on cool spring nights. Our hearth was heavily inspired by a video from … More Weekly Update: 3.4.23
Another winter week has come and gone, and I am counting down the days until spring — 23 more days! We made more progress this week, all things considered. Once again, we were only able to make it out one day. This time, however, we accomplished quite a bit in that one afternoon. Bonnie-Jean and … More Weekly Update: 2.25.23
It was a very uneventful week. Due to the sub-freezing temps on the days we were scheduled to work, we only made it out to the land one afternoon. We had planned to finish the woodstove installation, but we opened up our boxes of tile only to find much of it broken. We did get … More Weekly Update: 2.18.23
We finished our tent wall this week — finally! It shouldn’t have been such a hard thing, but as with so many aspects of this project, we are relearning so many forgotten skills that sometimes we make more work for ourselves. But learn we did, and that’s always a victory. We built the wall laying … More Weekly Update: 2.11.23
It’s been another week of homesteading with a skeleton crew. Several family members are still sick. It’s a nasty cold that seems to last forever. I got sick two weeks ago, and I still don’t feel like myself. We did our best to make progress, despite the germ and polar vortex. We only made it … More Weekly Update: 2.4.23
The germ my dad brought home last week is still working its way through our family. It’s been a week of hot tea and rest, watching the snow fall in Springfield. Because of the sickness and snow, we didn’t get to make any progress on our projects this week. Dad and Grace did make a … More Weekly Update: 1.28.23
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