THE SHED'S COMPLETE, SOLAR IS RUNNING, A GARDEN STARTED, AND A NEW FOOD SOURCE DISCOVERED(A HOMESTEAD UPDATE)
BUSY AS BEES
That's what we have been. The weather has been nice and with the uncertainty of the future we are in full swing trying to get the homestead liveable.
THE STORAGE SHED
It now has all it's walls and the door. This is one of the big hurdles I've been wanting to accomplish and now it mostly done I can move forward. It was about 30° F(-1°C) last night and we spent the night in the shed instead of the tent to stay warm.
It worked very well and we were not the least bit cold. The hardwood floor felt amazing to sleep on as well.(I hate our soft bed and think it may be the cause of some of my back problems.)
SOME SHED PICS
*As it neared completion.
*Evan adding the camoflauge to help hide it.
*What the shed started as a couple weeks ago.😆 I look at that picture and think about the fact I started this project with snow on the ground...it makes me smile.
WE HAVE POWER....IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS.
The shed being completed allowed me to move on to the next big project...our solar array. This hurdle being overcome will allow for us to have power at the Homestead. This will help tremendously as we will have the ability to use power tools and have a fan to help keep us cool.
We don't have the money for all the fancy brackets and mounts so I had to make my own. It was simple enough and putting those two panels together, making the mount and installing it in the ground only took a few hours.
Inside the shed is where all the electronics of the system go. After hooking everything up I gave it a test run and it worked beautifully! The charge controller comes with a real nice display that let's me keep track of a lot of important information including how much electricity the panels are making, how much power I'm using and how charged the battery is.
*Anyone up for a cup of coffee? 😆
THE GARDEN IS A GO
We planted a few seeds recently to get a jump on the garden this year as well. We have a few younguns coming up. But our dog knocked all the seed cubes over one day before they sprouted so we aren't sure what's what right now...we will just have to wait and see.😂
A YUMMY NEW FOOD FOUND AT THE HOMESTEAD!!!
This is the Eastern Pear Cactus and we found a pretty big patch of them near the top of our huge ridge on the north side of our property.
These cacti can be boiled, fried, made into candy or jellies and taste really good. We are definitely looking forward to trying some later this spring.
Thanks for adventuring along with us as we attempt to get along in this crazy world. We truly appreciate all the love and support granted to us from all of you. And as always we send our love to each and every one of you.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
*All pictures are my own, taken with my Kyocera phone..
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Whooaa... im looking forward for your post about processing the cacti😯 that will be interesting, coz I didn't know that we can eat cacti😊
Yes, they can be ate, just have to make sure all the pokeys are out of them. How are you and the husband doing? And the kitties as well?
Congratulations on your functioning shed! I've always wanted to find an Eastern prickly pear cactus! That's cool! Will you be cooking the spears? Personally, I would like to try the fruit.
I think we will try both and see how each tastes. I am wanting to try the fruits as well!
Very nice. Kudos.
You can grow some Dragon Fruit Cacti... and loads of herbs and veggies.
Maybe transplant(grafting?) fig tree or Avacado tree. (planting from seeds will taken 10 yrs or more to get fruit I think).. so grafting is the way to go.
What about various types of heirloom tomatoes?
We hope to grow a variety of foods. Heirloom tomatoes would be awesome. Are you doing well with all the world drama going on? Thanks for swinging by my dear friend!🤗
long story.. do you use any form of chat like messenger or whatsapp? better to chat privately.. ;)