[Homestead] Homestead Resolutions for 2007

VAN DELL JORDAN vdjor at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 23 16:06:50 EST 2006


My resolution is to manage to accomplish one tenth as
much as Bev does.  

My goal is to get a pond built. USDA has just approved
their participation.  (2)get a forestry plan made.
(3)get the house moved So that son & daughter-law can
move on site and daughter can start homesteading as
she is one with inclination and time.  Then, of course
I need to get our house settled so that Sue and I can
be close also.  (4)start planting trees,  fruit
screen,  timber and maybe start Christmas tree
farming.
(5)Layout other buildings, fences etc.

By the way Bev, I have at least a dozen old moldy
round bales, large ones, that you can have.  Just come
and get them.

Van Dell

  
--- EarthNSky <erthnsky at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> On another homestead list, a thread came up about
> New Year's
> Resolutions, and I thought it might be fun to do it
> here, too.
> Here's my list:
>   1. Build more permanent raised beds,
> (3+)additional metal sided beds
>   2. Build compost box/raised bed container out of
> pallets and wind
> shelter for growing bananas (still haven't decided
> on a variety Rob, but
> working on it!)
>   3. Rehab old chicken coop for securely raising
> turkeys to be acquired
> in the Spring along with geese and a few more ducks,
> hopefully Muscovies
>   4. Remodel bathroom.  It'd be great to have real
> lights and something
> other than a plywood vanity that looks like it came
> out of the barn. :)
>   5. Repair engines for the following: old pressure
> washer (off
> Freecycle), go kart (to be used in lieu of a
> 4-wheeler or tractor to
> pull things); shredder carbeurator cleanout for
> creating leaf mulch/mold
>   6. Acquire some old moldy round bales for use in
> the garden
>   7. Prescribed burn with Forest Service to clear
> deadfall in woods
>   8. Create silvopasture for future income with
> Pawlonia, Chestnuts,
> Black Walnuts, and Christmas trees, variety to be
> determined later.
>   9. Redesign wood storage area-put wood on pallets
> instead of between 
> stumps
>   10. Reroof greenhouse
>   11. Pork supply is running low, so acquire weaner
> pigs next fall to
> raise over winter. (Reduces smell, tills land, etc.)
>   12. Go fishing enough to provide at least one meal
> a week from local 
> catch.
> I know there will be other things, like the
> re-introduction of possibly
> a doe and a wether, but for now, this is master goal
> list.
> 
> Bev
> -- 
> Bevanron of EarthNSky Farm   Sleep well tonight, for
> somewhere in the
> ocean's depths, MY son is protecting YOUR freedom.
> 
> 
> 
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