We are trying to find someone to help us with the reconstruction of our canning kitchen.  Pics were taken during the deconstruction last April.

  The first company I contacted left me with little hope.  He says, “I can’t even give you a plan, because that type of building isn’t recommended” and [...]

DH has the support beams up for the addition.  If I had come outside a few minutes earlier, I could have had a pic of him falling into the hole surrounding the beam he’s working on in the pic.  That’s why, if you look really closely, you’ll see his butt’s covered in dirt. 

Those [...]

Got Dirt? day 2…
  So day number 2, which was on 3/14 came and went.  We had gravel for foundations laid that day.

Future home of the new chicken house.

Future home of the addition to the pole building… where the lawnmowers will go.

The long dirt pile is where the tube encasing the electrical [...]

Taking down the house: day 1
    On March 13th, our equipment to take down the chicken house came around 3pm.  The first thing on DH’s to-do list was dig out the cat-tails growing in the pond. 

The boys and girls were a little upset by all the action going on.  They kept their distance that [...]

Our projects so far
The first one I started was peeling off the wall paper in the bathroom.  We still have to clean off the old glue residue and mildue, then prime and paint.  I’m going with the excuse that I’d like it to be warmer out, so we can open some windows for ventilation.  Here’s [...]