At Home In The Woods

[Obed]

wow your little girl has grown up!!

Obed, good to hear from you again. your helper sure is getting growing up. Congrats on getting the tree down safe.

Yes, she is growing fast. I enjoy her more every day. She really likes to drive the tractor.

 

[Obed]

Working on the second round stack of firewood. The first stack can be seen in the background covered by a brown tarp. We have used up the firewood from the front half of the first stack.



I cut holes in a vent pipe for the center of the round stack. This pipe provides a conduit for air flow up and out of the firewood to assist in drying the wood.



The cross poles help keep the stack from falling apart outwardly.



My daughter took this picture.

 

[PAGUY]

Your daughter HAS grown up but so has her father. You both have come along way since the being of this thread.:thumbsup:

Question - How about an update on how the wife's gardening went in 2015? Any trouble with the woods critters enjoying the harvest?

PAGUY

 

[PAGUY]

repeat of above post.:thumbsdown:

 

[Obed]

Question - How about an update on how the wife's gardening went in 2015? Any trouble with the woods critters enjoying the harvest?

PAGUY

PAGUY,
Our system for keeping critters out of the garden has worked very well. We have chicken wire fence around it. Plus we have Scarecrow motion activated devices that spray water when activated. The chicken wire keeps the small critters out. The Scarecrow devices keep the deer out.

Unfortunately we forgot to turn on the Scarecrow devices for a couple days this past spring and a deer ate all the Ocra plants. We did not get any ocra in 2015.

 

[PAGUY]

Obed - Here is a you tube thread you might enjoy about harvesting wood by a guy who goes by Boss of the swamp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiK-7-Nea2o (Google this thread)

I really enjoy all his posts about being self-sufficient in living in the woods at two different cabins he owns in New Hampshire.

Hope you enjoy. He has good tips about gardening also.

PAGUY

 

[Larro Darro]

Obed - Here is a you tube thread you might enjoy about harvesting wood by a guy who goes by Boss of the swamp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiK-7-Nea2o (Google this thread)

I really enjoy all his posts about being self-sufficient in living in the woods at two different cabins he owns in New Hampshire.

Hope you enjoy. He has good tips about gardening also.

PAGUY

A very thoughtful guy. I watched his video on camp fire cooked quiche this morning. I'm addicted to bush-craft videos. My favorite guy on You Tube is Really Big Monkey 1. Hearing his southern drawl is worth the price of admission. I'm not as hardcore about my camping as most of those bush-crafter guys, but it is good stuff to know if you are ever lost in the woods without much in the way of tools.

 

[GoatDriver]

Obed..enjoyed the thread. :thumbsup:

Here's a link that will help you with your welding skills

Welding tips and tricks - Mig welding basics
https://youtu.be/5KrwmK7df-s

 

[clemsonfor]

that fire in the pic looks awfully close to that flamable tarp!!!!

 

[Larro Darro]

that fire in the pic looks awfully close to that flamable tarp!!!!

It's been a while since I watched that one, but I think the white thing is a welder's blanket. He used it to make a chimney. But he has had camping fireplaces burst into flames. {that is one of his most popular videos}

 

[clemsonfor]

Over a year and no update Obed? Are we going to have to send out the search party again for you?

A few guys live in your area and we had even sluthed you far enough to find an address for you:laughing: to send a letter too!!

I personally want an update to how life is in the woods. I know I joked with you on all the mundane tasks that you posted about here but the honest truth is that I kind of became use to seeing them and remember I always checked here to see what you had done in the last few weeks .

 

[PAGUY]

It has been that long that I wonder did his daughter get married and has Obed busy with grandchildren now ? Wasn't he going to build a garage for his equipment and as a man cave to hide in from wifey?

 

[hawkeye08]

I too enjoyed the comments..

 

[clemsonfor]

It has been that long that I wonder did his daughter get married and has Obed busy with grandchildren now ? Wasn't he going to build a garage for his equipment and as a man cave to hide in from wifey?

He has a garage, last he checked in, unless he was going to build another one?

He kept his 2 cars in it. I know in the basement he built shelves to hold tools and a place to work.

 

[muskieken]

Over a 4 year and no update, was a very enjoyable read.
I wonder how the house is doing after 11 years

 

[jdonovan]

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02-28-2017 09:33 PM

i think with him gone for 3+ years we may never know the answer to any of these questions.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Obed left for awhile before, came back for a little bit, then has been off awhile again.

 

[garry1p]

^^^^^^
Is this a commercial or is Obed looking for flooring?

 

[old and tired]

reported the spam, flooring links....