Author Archives: Jay Bates

Day 178 – Cleanup Day

Day 178 was a relaxing water cleanup day on the property. I was able to fill in most of the trench with a box blade on my tractor. I was really hoping to find a used rear blade on the FB marketplace by now, but I haven’t found the deal I was look…

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Day 178 – Cleanup Day

Day 178 was a relaxing water cleanup day on the property. I was able to fill in most of the trench with a box blade on my tractor. I was really hoping to find a used rear blade on the FB marketplace by now, but I haven’t found the deal I was look…

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Day 175 – Boring For Water

We finally have water! I say finally because it took 53 days from the time I paid for the meter to the day the meter was installed. BUT…I’m not too upset about it. I understand things happen. If there’s one piece of advice I can give …

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Day 170 – Installing 1335 Feet of Water Pipe

We’ve delayed water as long as possible. Mostly due to an order of operations with our unique property. The only way in for water to the home site is through the driveway, but the same holds true for electricity. Of course, a complete off grid se…

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Historic Aerials of our Property

I’ve been stuck in our camper most of this week due to the hurricane passing through Mississippi. We’re five hours north of the Gulf of Mexico, so we rarely get anything major from hurricanes that impact the coast. On Thursday, we received …

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