tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.comments2023-10-26T10:42:53.211-04:00A Tiny HomesteadElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07150100743522744058noreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-63396443985600269372015-05-23T13:20:57.406-04:002015-05-23T13:20:57.406-04:00Wow, this makes me want to stop by the Ivy Corner ...Wow, this makes me want to stop by the Ivy Corner Garden Center, have went past so many times and never did stop! Great pictures! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-17404982311494001592014-08-14T20:58:51.533-04:002014-08-14T20:58:51.533-04:00Yes, I agree those donuts look yummy!!! I use my c...Yes, I agree those donuts look yummy!!! I use my coffee grinder for grinding spices and making raw sugar in to powder sugar and just finer sugar so it will mix in better into the things that I bake.Lilac Cottage Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727658522690256248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-39031993934695581572014-07-21T19:29:01.470-04:002014-07-21T19:29:01.470-04:00Are the wild black cherries good to eat right off ...Are the wild black cherries good to eat right off the tree? I have one growing in my back yard and just found out what it is. I know I am going to have to cut it down as it is growing under cable lines and they will make me take it down, but right now it has berries all over it. Not quite ripe enough yet, but it is loaded.MariAnnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-84496699077865890672014-06-03T04:22:46.148-04:002014-06-03T04:22:46.148-04:00Welcome back to the blogging world Elizabeth!! Ab...Welcome back to the blogging world Elizabeth!! About the time I started following you, you stopped blogging. LOL Just my luck! <br /><br />I have three coffee grinders. One for coffee beans, one for spices, and one for dry items easily cleaned, like powdered sugar. i also use my spice grinder for wet items like pulsing onions to a mush, salsa (small amount) and anything that needs to be chopped quickly. The bread recipe sounds yummy!Gammyshousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681740912111693697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-65087294433159734872014-06-01T17:02:36.014-04:002014-06-01T17:02:36.014-04:00Those donuts look yummy! I found you via blogcatal...Those donuts look yummy! I found you via blogcatalogAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533773294220236131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-38481363380986865522014-06-01T17:01:51.270-04:002014-06-01T17:01:51.270-04:00Those donuts look so yummy! I found your blog via ...Those donuts look so yummy! I found your blog via blogcatalogAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533773294220236131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-58146720455986490052014-05-30T06:52:56.603-04:002014-05-30T06:52:56.603-04:00I favor using the woven wire also. For the reasons...I favor using the woven wire also. For the reasons Bill gives, and also because it has more "give." I have used a woven <br /><br />wire round pen for many years, and still do. Five or six years ago we built a second round pen panels with <a href="http://roundpenpanels.kickoffpages.com/" rel="nofollow">cattle panels</a> in <br /><br />a different field. It looked very spiffy. The first time we used it was at a clinic, where an out-of-control novice dog ran <br /><br />one of the sheep into a panel. Its neck broke and it had to be put down (fortunately, one of the clinic attendees was a <br /><br />vet). If that sheep had been run into wire fencing I'm sure the damage would have been minimal John Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11492497517229632930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-66591282887122012052014-05-10T20:23:42.880-04:002014-05-10T20:23:42.880-04:00I would say if you have wormed your pigs you shoul...I would say if you have wormed your pigs you should be fine but I've read it takes five years for the land to be safe if not. Round worm eggs evidently will survive that long in the ground. I did worm my pigs and they had some huge worms. Hope this helps.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07150100743522744058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-14682288247479150172014-05-10T17:28:19.650-04:002014-05-10T17:28:19.650-04:00We just got pigs and put them in to till our garde...We just got pigs and put them in to till our garden. I was planning on planting our warm weather plants there, but now am worried about the pig poo. Is it safe to plant this year, or should we wait? Thanks for any thoughts.mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552732476370304081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-70824426273258413962014-05-01T19:15:24.744-04:002014-05-01T19:15:24.744-04:00I'm thinking. I have seen some old fashioned s...I'm thinking. I have seen some old fashioned separators. They kinda look like sun tea jars.... It could work. You would just need to really clean it out good after each use....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-27237211752273255632014-04-14T08:37:26.319-04:002014-04-14T08:37:26.319-04:00I've been on a stall mat mission over the past...I've been on a stall mat mission over the past week. You see, when I was thinking about moving Lucy to the new barn, <a href="http://www.ranchsupply.com/1-66-victory-cattle-panel-10.html" rel="nofollow">Cattle panels </a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02532892240234909103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-5665721913222113202014-04-14T08:37:03.070-04:002014-04-14T08:37:03.070-04:00I've been on a stall mat mission over the past...I've been on a stall mat mission over the past week. <a href="http://www.ranchsupply.com/1-66-victory-cattle-panel-10.html" rel="nofollow">Cattle panels </a> You see, when I was thinking about moving Lucy to the new barn, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02532892240234909103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-78853171744275437312014-03-11T09:49:41.390-04:002014-03-11T09:49:41.390-04:00Well, I had to see how it held ou the first winter...Well, I had to see how it held ou the first winter. I created a design based on your photo witrh the supports. I added side and end boards, used 2 2x6" 12' per side board. added 3 fence <a href="http://www.ranchsupply.com/1-66-victory-cattle-panel-10.html" rel="nofollow">cattle panels</a> used another 2x6" to hold the panels in place. Used 3 2x4" landscape timber 3 high to make the ends, then added sections of fence cut to form the ends. To prevent damage from the sharp cut ends of the fence I added a layer of old plastic mesh feed bags taped around the edges before I installed the end panels.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00768541508865186644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-19352663255847029402014-02-19T06:46:28.369-05:002014-02-19T06:46:28.369-05:00Well, I had to see how it held ou the first winter...Well, I had to see how it held ou the first winter. I created a design based on your photo witrh the supports. I added side and end boards, used 2 2x6" 12' per side board. added 3 fence panels used another 2x6" to hold the <a href="http://www.ranchsupply.com/1-66-victory-cattle-panel-10.html" rel="nofollow">cattle panels</a> in place. Used 3 2x4" landscape timber 3 high to make the ends, then added sections of fence cut to form the ends.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955727915018821429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-83660028043933257242014-02-17T03:15:45.085-05:002014-02-17T03:15:45.085-05:00We built corner and middle columns and laid 2x12s ...We built corner and middle columns and laid 2x12s corner to corner and the same on the west end of it. I wanted barrels filled with water on the north, so used the barrels as the support for the 2x16. The east end was filled with barley straw bales after the weather got cold (it gets to -40 here sometimes in the winter since it's over 7,600 feet here in the Rockies). We got a local metals firm to laser cut holes in angle iron so we could attach it to the top of the boards, where the cattle panel ends would rest. We just used nails and bent them over to hold the panels to the rails. Not the perfect way to do it, but it held the panels with no problem. the bottom part was 4' high, and the panels were a pretty wide span, with a 4' height in the middle, making it 8 feet tall. Covering it was a job, and all we could get here was 4 mil plastic. We anchored the lower walls to the ground with rope and the side with the barrels full of water, I tied rope around the barrels and the boards to anchor it more. The thing went through some 70 mph winds great, but one day a strong wind ripped the plastic and to make matters worse, the wind was out of a direction so that the wind hit the house and bounced down to the north side bowing it in and out badly. That was a scary sight, since the structure was near a plate glass window. We decided to rip the plastic off, since I had already taken the plants I wanted to save, into the house. I had planned to build an arbor support structure such as you have down the middle, but with other work, we couldn't get to it in time. It did extend the growing season here by 2 months, but I will put a rocket mass heater in the next one - electricity was too costly to take it beyond the middle of November. The next one will also have a center support, definitely. With winters here as harsh as they are (we have a 3 month growing season) I'm thinking of putting a hoop over a pit and creating a walipini. I've even thought of getting the ends overlapped a foot, putting each panel end to end, and welding the overlapped parts. Would make a wider greenhouse, but would need plenty of support in the center area. I dug trenches in there instead of building raised beds (which seems like raised beds next to the trenches, so all I have to do now is dig the center bed out and make the side beds wider to make way for support in the center. The walipini would be 3 to four feet deep with the cattle panels resting on the ground or on boards. Still in the planning stages, but that would cut down the wind, and if I stacked hay on the west, 2 bales deep or so, that would also cut the wind. I do want barrels, again, perhaps in conjuction with the rocket mass heater heating the water in them, but that's a lot of room to sacrifice. We'll see. I do have pictures, but don't see how to upload them here.DJhttp://www.solaceradio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-90744266424653037762014-02-09T17:58:39.093-05:002014-02-09T17:58:39.093-05:00I love this site! You have given me a LOT of great...I love this site! You have given me a LOT of great ideas for our little mini homestead! We also have roughly 3 acres and want to goats, chickens, garden and eventually...pigs :) Keep at it and tell us the tricks so we can follow in your footsteps!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-18611169483522748682014-01-31T05:44:07.842-05:002014-01-31T05:44:07.842-05:00what a beautiful pics you have uploaded.I also mad...what a beautiful pics you have uploaded.I also made <a href="http://www.ranchsupply.com/1-66-victory-cattle-panel-10.html" rel="nofollow">cattle panels</a> and it is very helpful for me to make a fancy panel.thanks for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371983032211992326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-22338291888468407882014-01-31T02:32:00.950-05:002014-01-31T02:32:00.950-05:00We have used them for shade in our smaller treeles...We have used them for shade in our smaller treeless pasture to make shade for our miniature sheep and goats. <a href="http://www.ranchsupply.com/1-66-victory-cattle-panel-10.html" rel="nofollow">cattle panels</a> We arched them as you did for your arbor and then covered it with a heave tarp. We arched the sides high enough that the pygmy goats could not jump on top of it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02995663865953125804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-62210953767644241812014-01-29T05:04:53.279-05:002014-01-29T05:04:53.279-05:00Friends,this can also be used for chicken coops,
i...Friends,this can also be used for chicken coops,<br />i tried it at my place.looks like a beautiful thing..<br />and it is has also not much cost.i bought <a href="http://www.ranchsupply.com/portable-chicken-coop.html" rel="nofollow">chicken coops</a> at a very handsome price and have a good experience of using it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371983032211992326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-85993506825850772962014-01-21T05:53:04.578-05:002014-01-21T05:53:04.578-05:00I would like to incorporate a cattle panels arch i...I would like to incorporate a <a href="http://www.ranchsupply.com/1-66-victory-cattle-panel-10.html" rel="nofollow">cattle panels</a> arch into my vegetable garden. I am just afraid it would create too much shade for the surrounding plants. There are lots of things you can do with cattle panel if you are creativeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955727915018821429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-2437203456297047482014-01-20T20:06:43.669-05:002014-01-20T20:06:43.669-05:00I do realize this post is pretty old but thought I...I do realize this post is pretty old but thought I would add a comment. I live in Buffalo NY so we get a little bit of snow. I have found that if you keep the ends between 6.5 to 7 feet wide this keeps sides sufficiently sloped to shed snow well. This will give a center height of about 6.25 feet. Also as another poster said, wind direction also helps shed the snow. If you generally have a west to east wind, setting up the structure in a north south orientation really helps, of course if you are using this as a green house the east west orientation is probably better for growing conditions and should have extra bracing to support extra weight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-83450390160831637722013-12-18T06:18:06.944-05:002013-12-18T06:18:06.944-05:00waoh..this blog is excellent i reading your articl...waoh..this blog is excellent i reading your article keep up the great work. <a href="http://www.ranchsupply.com/1-66-victory-cattle-panel-10.html" rel="nofollow">cattle panels</a> I was wondering how I could make a decent shelter for the goats I want to get and I think this will work nicely!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01702940296260756142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-83742761774793675592013-12-08T17:41:47.492-05:002013-12-08T17:41:47.492-05:00I built 3 this fall for car storage and of course ...I built 3 this fall for car storage and of course the one fell that had the corvette in it, it doesn't handle snow load in Minnesota, we got hit with 7 inches of snow and it collapsed<br />Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15244162196420376902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-33904777837782245982013-10-16T01:43:53.618-04:002013-10-16T01:43:53.618-04:00I too just found your blog, It's GREAT! I see ...I too just found your blog, It's GREAT! I see your previous blogs are old but hope you see this. You are living the life I always wished for. Anonymous 78Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848125805420091724.post-59725956609666377272013-08-11T16:27:51.679-04:002013-08-11T16:27:51.679-04:00Love the post Elizabeth
Love the post Elizabeth<br />L Lindallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323923937850264858noreply@blogger.com