Member BiggKidd
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You will most likely see the most gain by companion planting and inter planting. Many things grow better with the right neighbors. So pick out the items you know you want and see what they work well with that you also like to eat. Also don’t forget about hanging planters and vertical gardening. Both are good ways to make the best use of small spaces. Another thing in zone 7 you can grow many things in the cold months.
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Sounds like you’ve got it going on down there! The stove is a Victor Junior by Glascock Stove & Manufacturing in NC. I started building a greenhouse a year or so ago and damn near worked myself to death digging it and getting the frame up. That left me down for 8-10 months. I never got back to it after that, I need to and SOON! It is actually sort of a walipini I took last season off from the garden and crops knowing it would probably be the last time I could. But I and the ground needed a break. haha
There are better stove pictures in another thread about the stove.
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Does anyone know if these panels will work with the Tuff Rib metal panels? I’m thinking if I extend the building some more light inside would be real nice. If these will fit with the tuff rib panels I am using a couple of these might be a worthwhile investment.
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While I was out doing things today I counted up what metal roofing I have left. There’s enough to add about 10 more feet on one 1/2 of the building making that 1/2 roughly 13×24 that could be enclosed with a roof size of about 15×27. That would be about 12×23 open space inside a great size for a single bay workshop. The celling is even high enough to to get the deuce inside. What do you guys think? Oh and it won’t add a cent in cash to the cost, I already have everything to add that much more roof. Enclosing it is another story, I don’t have anything for that yet.
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Finally got a picture to upload looks a little better after getting a coat of oil on all the bare metal!
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Thanks guys!
I took all the burners and stuff off the top and ran a wire brush all over any surface that isn’t white. Then I wiped everything down with vegetable oil even underneath and inside the oven. Now I need to drag a vacuum up and vacuum inside the firebox and the smoke chamber and get all that oiled down. I wondering if I should actually oil the grate and inside the firebox itself or leave those parts alone? Also pulled the ash drawer and brought it down to the house for a good cleaning and some high temp paint. It’s just thin sheet metal and starting to show it’s age. -
Good job looking out and offering help!
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You make a good point and even more so for those who rely on the power grid. Personally I will keep my freezer and continue to use it. BUT I walk by it and make sure it’s running several times a day on account of it’s location. There’s over a years worth of beef and a bit of pork in there now, not much else though.
We are lucky, well maybe not lucky but I bought animals several years ago and we are getting close to the point to where we won’t need to buy meat from stores much longer. In another year ALL our food COULD be obtained from the property if it had too. We could get by just fine until then with what’s on hand. -
Sounds like you enjoyed a great life together. Homesteading alone is more than most mortals can do. I fail more than succeed even after fifteen years doing it.
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You and your late husband sound like my kind of people. I also built everything here without plans just grabbed up materials and did it.
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First sorry for the loss of you husband. Second that sounds like a real nice piece of equipment. Problem is after sitting more than 13 years it’s going to need more than a tune up unless it was put away for long storage beforehand. Best thing you can do for it is get it up and running. I know what you mean about hours in the day. With me these days it’s energy more than hours.
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You have no idea!
BTW I call my homestead A World Away
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A lot of credit goes to collecting discards and or cheap deals for many years. I bought some of that metal roofing better than 5 years ago and the other bit of it a year or so ago. I repurpose / reuse everything I can figure out a way to.
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I’m in far to rural an area for that. This whole county only has 20 some thousand people and not to many with money.
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Thank you! I think I may go ahead and add on.