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freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
April 12, 2012 4:48 PM Post #9080112
| ok here is the 3rd part being the other one was getting so long an hard to load. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
April 12, 2012 5:02 PM Post #9080129
| here is some pic's of the little log cabin im building atm. 
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freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
April 12, 2012 5:10 PM Post #9080138
| and a few more ... 
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freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
April 12, 2012 5:11 PM Post #9080142
| more to come on that and other projects |
Dyson
Rocky Mount, VA (Zone 7a)
April 13, 2012 3:27 AM Post #9080544
| Bravo ! (again). |
darius
So.App.Mtns.
United States (Zone 5b)
April 13, 2012 5:14 AM Post #9080601
| Wow, that's nice! Looks like pine logs... will there be a problem with ground contact? |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
April 13, 2012 7:09 AM Post #9080739
| the bottom two logs are white oak, so i dont think there'll be a problem, all the pine is off the ground around a foot. and after the roof is on it with the over hang an drainage around it not much water should even come in contact with the oak. |
darius
So.App.Mtns.
United States (Zone 5b)
April 13, 2012 7:45 AM Post #9080781
| Cool... white oak should work fine! |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
April 16, 2012 10:30 AM Post #9084753
| That is coming along well. How about the pizza oven?
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freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
April 16, 2012 2:09 PM Post #9085017
| Cajun,
still workin on that, its a slow work in progress .. LOL |
CricketsGarden
Nauvoo, AL (Zone 7a)
April 19, 2012 7:30 PM Post #9089587
| I love it!!!!! |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
April 23, 2012 7:39 PM Post #9095250
| Will the top part of the pizza oven be enclosed? |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
April 24, 2012 6:19 PM Post #9096455
| Cajun
yes it'll be enclosed with a optional door for bake'n breads n such.. or left open for pizzas etc... |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
June 17, 2012 8:51 AM Post #9168669
| here's a few pic's of the bread/pizza oven 
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darius
So.App.Mtns.
United States (Zone 5b)
June 17, 2012 9:12 AM Post #9168694
| That looks mighty fine!
I hope eventually to build a bread/pizza oven, maybe cob or maybe brick... |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
June 17, 2012 8:35 PM Post #9169462
| I did not realize the food was actually in the same chamber as the fire. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
June 19, 2012 6:50 PM Post #9172154
| yeah its still not finished, but close enough to start cooking some in it. |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
June 23, 2012 3:34 PM Post #9177544
| I may look into making me such an oven. Be good for hot days. But I have no experience with stone masonry. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
June 23, 2012 10:17 PM Post #9177940
| its not that hard to do, plenty of good info on the net. and now days with the materials available just makes it easier
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freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
June 26, 2012 12:46 AM Post #9181328
| few more pictures of some bread an the oven ... 
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CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
July 4, 2012 8:20 PM Post #9193393
| Looks as if that is another project you can put in the "finished" column. Good job. What's next? :)
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freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
July 5, 2012 8:31 AM Post #9193833
| Thanks Cajun, yep time to move on to another project now.. hmmm not sure just what it'll be tho, maybe finish up the little cabin, or finish the sawmill which i need very badly.. who knows .. hahaa |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
July 6, 2012 8:59 AM Post #9195246
| Do you watch much TV. I have been enjoying "Mountain Men" on the History channel. There is a self sufficient guy on there in NC. I'd like to see more of his setup. |
o_angi2001
Bentonville, AR
July 6, 2012 12:08 PM Post #9195476
| I have been watching Mountain Men, too. Good show. Sailer, the bread looks good, I hope to build an oven eventually, but my list of projects is enormous at this point. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
July 6, 2012 1:23 PM Post #9195546
| Cajun, i watch a very little bit of tv, i have seen a few of the shows tho.
o_angi, hard to beat that bread from a wood fired oven .. the flavor the wood gives it .. mmmmmmm |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
July 13, 2012 8:06 AM Post #9203766
| I did some googling on that guy last night and he has a big setup there. 1000 acre place that he uses like a school to teach people about the enviroment, ect. You can go there for different classes. He has been lots of places and done lots of things and he has a degree in English. It is called Turtle Island if you'd like to read about it. I wonder if he has an oven like yours. Bet he'd want one if he saw yours. Seems like I can smell the warm loaves everytime I look at your pics. :)
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freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
July 13, 2012 10:40 AM Post #9203900
| Cajun, sounds interesting, ill check it out, i'd guess that he did have a bread oven or wood oven, like mine well .. hahaa mine is my design because i follow my own path hahahaa yeah i know im strange. an the bread that comes out of it is just Awsome.. fills the air with the smell of warm fresh baked breads..
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CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
July 13, 2012 1:22 PM Post #9204052
| I know how good my kitchen smells when I use the bread maker. Can't imagine how much better it smells when you add the earthy smell of woodsmoke. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
July 13, 2012 3:15 PM Post #9204183
| it is pretty amazing, i hadnt remember it sence long long time ago, its nice to bring back old memories |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
July 13, 2012 5:46 PM Post #9204345
| Amazing how smells can do that. Things we had forgotten about from years long passed, can come flooding back like a tidal wave. Old spice always brings my Dad back to me. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
July 13, 2012 6:26 PM Post #9204377
| yes it is, they can transport you to another place an time an make you remember things long forgotten . |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
July 14, 2012 10:05 AM Post #9204970
| And, sadly, they can take us back to things we'd just as soon not remember but we have to take the good with the bad. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
July 14, 2012 6:15 PM Post #9205381
| That is very true Cajun, sometimes it takes the bad to show us all the good and appreciate it for what it is. |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
July 14, 2012 6:54 PM Post #9205407
| That is so true. You don't really appreciate the things of life, like family, friends and freedom, until they are threatened or lost. |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
November 13, 2012 12:21 PM Post #9332214
| How is the cabin coming along?
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freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
November 29, 2012 2:24 PM Post #9345602
| slowly but surely, just finding the time now to work on it seems to be a chore... |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
December 1, 2012 11:16 AM Post #9346957
| I know what you mean. I am starting to make plans for my spring garden. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
December 10, 2012 1:09 AM Post #9354296
| thats great, im planning more garden spots this year .. hope'n to grow alot more veggies |
porkpal
Richmond, TX
December 10, 2012 6:06 AM Post #9354435
| A Dragonfly needs to read all the posts in this thread if he wants to know how homesteading is really done! |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
December 10, 2012 10:03 AM Post #9354694
| That is the truth. Freedom, do you plan on getting any animals? |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
December 17, 2012 9:41 PM Post #9361152
| yeah just got some baby ducks, an chicks, want to get me a pair of goats an maybe a welsh pony if i can find one that will work... just have to wait an see |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
December 19, 2012 8:59 PM Post #9362736
| Whoo hoo!! Gotta see some pics! |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
December 20, 2012 7:49 AM Post #9362934
| yeah ill have to take some pic's an post them, asap... just sooo much goin on right now
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CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
December 20, 2012 1:31 PM Post #9363235
| What kinda chicks and ducklings did you get, how many and where from? I have been searching the net to try and decide and I think I would like EEs and Welsummers. Then I can breed for olive eggers.
Any idea what kind of goats you want? Will you be using them for meat and milk? We like goat meat but haven't butchered any because I have been able to sell them all. Going to breed my grown doe this month and the doe kid in March.
You might want to get yourself a Haflinger instead of a welsh pony. Haffies are very sturdy so you can work it and ride it, they are very easy keepers and being a draft breed they are "cold" blooded so they are much more easy going and easy to handle. I loved ours and wish we had been able to keep her. |
porkpal
Richmond, TX
December 20, 2012 2:44 PM Post #9363282
| I don't know about Haflingers in general, but a neighbor has had a couple of them that were quite unreliable - she called them crazy. If you want hard work and easy keeping, get a mule. |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
December 20, 2012 6:49 PM Post #9363459
| Or a jackass. I think pound for pound they are the strongest animal going and they are VERY easy keepers. You have to be very patient to work with an ass or a mule. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
December 23, 2012 12:27 PM Post #9365470
| yeah i had a welsh once, she would work, plow, ride, pull a cart or ground slide enough to wear me out an very very gentle ... my ducks are pekin .. chicks are rr's ... far as the goats go, dont really matter long as they'll clean up thickets hahahaa ... |
flsusie
New Port Richey, FL
December 24, 2012 4:32 AM Post #9365848
| I don't know, my jackass is pretty high maintenance and I can't get seem to get him off the couch to do a blasted thing. |
porkpal
Richmond, TX
December 24, 2012 9:07 AM Post #9366034
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:-) |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
December 29, 2012 10:54 AM Post #9369891
| LOL flsusie, hehee hahaa im still laughing at that one ... |
flsusie
New Port Richey, FL
December 30, 2012 5:47 AM Post #9370353
| Sorry about that. It was just one of those mornings and I couldn't resist. Glad Hubby doesn't use the computer, but I do keep it away from the couch. Hope you didn't have any damage during the storms and the New Year brings better things to all. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
December 30, 2012 9:26 PM Post #9371020
| LOL tooooo funny, no damage here other than a few old dead a trees down, which will make extra firewood... and Happy New Year to Everyone... |
darius
So.App.Mtns.
United States (Zone 5b)
December 31, 2012 6:20 AM Post #9371165
| Did you ever get a roof put on that log cabin you posted in back in April? |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
December 31, 2012 2:57 PM Post #9371622
| no, never did, i have the rafters up and the ridge log an got busy with other stuff .. it does have a tarp over it tho .. LOL
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CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
January 2, 2013 3:32 PM Post #9373443
| We need to see pics of your progress. I live vicariously through your projects. lol |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
January 2, 2013 4:15 PM Post #9373498
| ill get some up asap ... |
porkpal
Richmond, TX
January 2, 2013 6:43 PM Post #9373646
| Yes, you make us all feel busy just keeping up with your projects. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
January 3, 2013 3:03 PM Post #9374472
| yeah wintertime is more firewood an hunting than projects and such... but there are some pretty days that i work on a few projects ... mostly small things tho ... |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
January 3, 2013 4:58 PM Post #9374583
| All I seem to get done in winter is the bare necessities of feeding. I just don' t have any drive in the cold. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
January 4, 2013 2:27 PM Post #9375539
| yeah i can understand that, i kinda go into low gear in the winter, guess im just restin up for spring planting .. LOL |
CricketsGarden
Nauvoo, AL (Zone 7a)
February 12, 2013 5:34 PM Post #9417094
| better start cranking the gears up. Spring is around the corner.
What'cha doin? |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
February 13, 2013 2:45 PM Post #9418047
| planting taters, onion an breakin up some of my garden spots, an hope'n this rain is over with for awhile
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CricketsGarden
Nauvoo, AL (Zone 7a)
February 14, 2013 5:36 AM Post #9418624
| I wish I could break my garden up. I have my taters and onion sets standing by waiting for the moment. Should be a sunny week to give the ground a chance to drain. Looks like I might have to use the regular tiller. The tractor is too heavy for the garden right now.
How is the construction plans coming along for your sawmill ? We were wishing we had one. My son saw Somebody on Craigslist --i think--has several 2ft wide and wider cedars standing on their property and they just want someone to cut them down and take them away. They are suppose to be in Alabama. Thought you might be interested .
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TrumpetFlowerz
Ft Myers, FL (Zone 10a)
February 16, 2013 10:00 AM Post #9420914
| Loved reading this thread, and can't wait for more pictures of the little log cabin and possibly the construction of your sawmill freedom. How many acres are you on? Do you have electricity, or are
you using an alternative power source? (Or have plans for such, as perhaps the sawmill also generating electricity, etc?) |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
February 18, 2013 9:52 PM Post #9423876
| Cajun, still workin on the sawmill as i have time, an yes thoes cedars would be awsome to have ..
TrumpetFlowerz ... glad you enjoyed it, an ill post some pic's of the little log cabin in the next week or so if the weather will hold out long enough for me to get some more work done on it... i have 20 acres here, been totally off grid for 7 years now .. the sawmill ive designed myself, mostly for personal use but i do plan on cutting some lumber an beams for the public when needed ... |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
February 23, 2013 10:26 AM Post #9428947
| Looking forward to those pics. |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
March 26, 2013 10:55 PM Post #9463467
| You have surely taken those pics by now and I really need something to look at and dream about. It is snowing here and I am feeling bad. I need a pick me up. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
April 10, 2013 3:50 AM Post #9478466
| Time for spring planting, got most of my gardens planted, just like a few more things an ill be finished, then i get to work on the little log cabin while i wait for everything to come up, lol awww the joys of nature, even nature will give you a break now n then... |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
April 11, 2013 11:02 AM Post #9480173
| I have to start over with my seeds. Everything got burned up in the greenhouse. Grrrr |
CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
May 5, 2013 7:50 PM Post #9509838
| How are things going? |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
May 9, 2013 7:26 AM Post #9514307
| so far so good, been so busy garden'n an all havent had time to work on any projects yet, always very busy untill i get everything planted an such ...
got sooooooo much goin on ..
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CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
May 13, 2013 7:11 PM Post #9519573
| My small garden is looking pretty good after a slow start. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
May 15, 2013 12:59 PM Post #9521719
| Cajun.. same thing here, too many cold snaps an set backs but maybe the weather is more "normal" now hahaa least i hope so
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CajuninKy
Biggs, KY (Zone 6a)
May 15, 2013 9:52 PM Post #9522241
| There has been frost around us the last few mornings but our micro climate has protected us. |
freedom_sailer
Vernon, AL
May 16, 2013 1:27 PM Post #9522952
| great, glad you dint have any frostbite damage .. young plants are very tender
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