Larsen Poultry Ranch - homesteading journey

[Baymule]

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Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s

From the sixteenth to the twentieth century, urban farmers grew Mediterranean fruits and vegetables as far north as England and the Netherlands, using only renewable energy.

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[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Thanks @Baymule ! The article started out as the same info I've seen on several sites but went into more detail, then a link to another article about the passive solar greenhouses in China. That looks like something that would be cool to try and I bet if I could make one big enough I could get avocados or even other tropical fruit trees going in there. Needs southern exposure and the roof slope should be calculated to the sun's position to receive maximum sunshine. Hmm, might have to do some math and calculations.

And take out more trees. I have a spot in mind though, it's got a low spot to it almost like a gully? Need to see if it turns into a stream when it rains, that could throw off the plans. But if it doesn't have water issues, I bet we could dig down a bit and have the greenhouse partially in the earth to help with heat retention.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

It's cloudy today, has been raining off and on the past few days. Saturday was cloudy but no rain so we got outside stuff done. Haven't been able to work on the new shed yet, so it's sitting under a tarp in its box. I need to rearrange the tarps on the rabbits, their feed is getting wet or at least damp.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

We finished the baseboards!! We'll, for the room, we realized we forgot the baseboards in the small closet after we put everything away. Hubby swapped out the old outlets to nice new ones, still need new covers for them though. We can start moving into the bedroom and start prepping the next room for the new flooring.

 

[Baymule]

That looks so nice! I know you are excited to be making progress like this!

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

That looks so nice! I know you are excited to be making progress like this!

Amen to that!

 

[thistlebloom]

Good job! You guys are cracking right along!

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Yes, it looks really nice but I'm not thrilled about the door trim. We didn't change it and parts of it were cut to install the flooring so the bottoms don't look so great. I'm hoping once all the flooring is done we can upgrade the doors and will do the door trim at that time. Trying to stay on track and keep projects going.

 

[thistlebloom]

I think you're right about pushing on the big stuff and not getting bogged down too much on the details.
Doors and trim are something that can be put lower on the to do list since nothing else is waiting on them to get done.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Got most of our bedroom stuff moved, this room is huge compared to the other one. It didn't look that way with no stuff in it, but it's so roomy even with stuff now. Need to finish up moving and organizing.

Cats aren't certain what to think about moving rooms, they don't get a ton of traction on the hardwood. We need another runner rug by the door.