Author Archives: Jay Bates

Day 203, 208, 209 – Deliveries

A tweaked neck has slowed me down considerably since mid-October. It’s the morning of November 7, and as I type this, the neck situation is finally resolving itself. I’m feeling much better and getting antsy about big progress being made. T…

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Day 202 – Knockin ’em Down

Day 3 or 4 or 16 thousand of working on this space. I have no concept of time anymore. But life is great and they say time flies when you’re having fun. Taking down big trees with one of my best friends for the past couple of decades made for suc…

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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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