I keep thinking about all the preppers out there in this wide world of ours. I haven’t read too much about or heard much from them recently because they’re probably hunkered down in the shadows right about now. They’ve grabbed their bug-out bags, jumped in their 4x4s, and they’ve headed for the hills. This has […]
Home & Living Blog Posts
Blog posts the fall under the Home & Living category. Read all I have written about this topic.
Entering Full Hermit Mode
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen things change so quickly in my life. At the beginning of this past week, I was walking around, fairly aware and concerned with what’s going on in the world around us and then by Wednesday or Thursday, I became acutely aware and concerned with them. I’m sure you know […]
My Road is Finished – Until Next Year
I’ve had a pile of about three yards of stone dust (sand) staring at me ever since the last time I dug into it. That’s got to be a few weeks by this point. I haven’t been too eager to transport it to the area of the woods it was intended for because I’m not […]
Installing the Last Section of Wood Stove Chimney
I received the final section of our wood stove chimney yesterday. I’ve been purchasing these things a few at a time over the past few months as to keep the expense of installing a new wood stove as least noticeable as possible. Overall, I say I’ve done pretty well because, as I’ve mentioned in one […]
Finishing the Driveway Repair
I did a lot of work outside on the driveway this afternoon. It’s strange – I thought I was actually becoming lazy over the summer. I didn’t want to do anything. The moment the heat and humidity disappeared though, I jumped out of my seat and ran outside to get things done. In the past […]
More Stone Dust to Top the Driveway
The first question I’m sure you have is: what the heck is stone dust? Well, I can tell you that it’s not exactly stone, nor is it dust. It’s a coarser version of regular sand. Stone dust is the byproduct of crushed rocks. Gravel if you will. As the rock crusher crushes larger rocks, chips […]
Pruning Trees for the Firewood
I’ll admit it. I’m slightly addicted to collecting firewood. I know I have enough. As a matter of fact, I’ve got a garage full of it right now, waiting to be burned this winter and next. That doesn’t stop me from collecting even more though. After all, like I said, I’m addicted. Plus, it’s just […]
How Long to Bake the Paint on a Brand New Wood Stove?
We’ve now had three full-length fires in our new wood stove. During the first burn, I got a bit nervous that the stove was too small. I’m so used to jamming huge logs into our other stove that I wasn’t quite prepared for what I’d need to satisfy this one. Our new stove is less […]
Cleaning Up the Basement Plumbing
As you’ll surely read in my next post, I completed a small plumbing project this week. I had to change a bad well pressure tank out for a good one. While this wasn’t a difficult task, it did come with some quirky areas that made me lose some sleep at night. First, there was a […]
Replacing a Shallow Well Pressure Tank
Just so you know, there’s no difference between a shallow (dug) well pressure tank and a deep well pressure tank. I stuck the word “shallow” in the title because I thought people might search for that and land on this page. I’m clever like that. Here’s the situation. A few weeks ago, I began hearing […]
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