We’re planning to convert several of the stalls in the barn to a new garage for the old farm truck. One of the first sub-projects in my project plan was to build this lean-to for the firewood, which has been stored in one of those stalls. Over the MLK holiday weekend I built this lean-to…
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Hive Painting New Years 2016
Hive painting is a pain in the butt, especially when it’s below freezing. Modern Molly pine hive was my BFF over New Year’s 2016 weekend. Since the barn was no more than 30-degrees, I had to haul everything into the garage and wait for my little space heater to heat up the garage to a…
Rusty Gas Tank
One of the first repair projects required on the truck was to clean out the gas tank. There was a lot of rust and debris in the tank interfering with the fuel pump reed valve operation. The truck would keep dying because of the lack of fuel, and finally got so bad I had to…
Beekeeping in Bellevue
Yes, it’s official! We can host beehives at our property. Michael Paine replied with the official policy: “You may have up to 25 hives, each with one colony. Please see code requirements below: Maximum of four hives, each with one colony: Lots containing 15,000 sq. ft. or less; Maximum of 15 hives, each with one…
Our Farm Truck
Our old farm truck is a 1949 Chevy 3100. It was the first major redesign after WWII, billed by Chevrolet as bigger, stronger, and sleeker, and therefore called the Advanced Design (AD) truck.
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