Author Archives: Jay Bates

Day 199 – Tree Work Makes the Dream Work

One of my favorite sayings is, “Nothing works unless you do!” Not a single time has my wife complained about this big land adventure being too much work. She never complains. Head down, move forward, and make it work. This day was no except…

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Day 198 – Felling Tall Trees

When you think of wood-destroying insects, I bet you immediately think of termites. In this case, we’ve got beetles—lots of them. We have some kind of combination of Ips Engraver Bettles, Southern Pine Beetles, and/or Black Turpentine Beetles. I&…

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40×60 Shop – Part 1: The Design

Subscribe to BPo3 Homestead: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhJjWOqHbOAnjuTLepaKOQ?sub_confirmation=1 The new shop is scheduled to be started the last week of October, or the week after. The shop itself is a 40x60x14 red iron welded building with a …

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Day 191 – Four Corners

I’m not sure if we will be able to get roots started in the two acre clearing before winter. We still have too many holes and lumps and bumps to start seeding. One improvement we can immediately make, however, is to condense our burning locations…

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Day 187 – Much Needed NO-WORK Days

Sometimes, you have to slow down and smell the roses or the fresh wild hog droppings on the side of the river bank. Either will do. A couple friends and I went exploring in a waterway that eventually flows into Sardis Lake in North Mississippi. We fish…

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