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Easiest firewood splitting method or how to reuse a junk tire.
Easiest firewood splitting method or how to reuse a junk tire.

I have no idea who invented this thing, but it is seriously the best way to split wood ever.  No more chasing pieces, no more bending over, just insanely fast wood splitting.  I am way faster than a hydraulic splitter.  It is not even close. Granted, I get tired eventually but I am easily splitting […]

Work day, Fun Day.
Work day, Fun Day.

Finally got in a good work day around the house.  Finally nice weather and not having any immediate plans allowed us to get a bunch of stuff done today. I started constructing the A-Frame temporary shed out of Aspen poles.  It took about 2 hours to get the frame up.  I have a bit of […]

The last months in photos.
The last months in photos.

I have been pretty bad about updates lately.  The past month has been crazy for me so here is the month in photos.  And some nice captions. We built a wood shed.     We Installed the woodstove, with a lot of help from Clancy.  Thanks Clancy!   The bobcat found its way to the […]

The Best Part of Building a Wood Shed.
The Best Part of Building a Wood Shed.

Is filling the wood shed.  I really do enjoy splitting wood.  I know that sounds silly but it causes me to completely relax my mind.

Finished the wood shed
Finished the wood shed

Had a couple hours of down time this afternoon.  Took advantage of that and put up some metal roofing.

Started on the woodshed this weekend.
Started on the woodshed this weekend.

We kept busy this weekend despite having some time for some serious recreation.  The Emergency Pig Out BBQ in Iron River, Fishing with Frank, and getting tough work done around the homestead. We cleared a bunch of trees and scrub, picked up some lumber and started building a woodshed.  Should be done sometime this week.  […]