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Homegrown Revolution

July 2, 2013 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

Here’s a great mini-documentary about a homestead in California. It’s hard to believe how much they’ve done with 1/10th of an acre. In the video they show it’s about a quarter of a football field (less actually), so it’s about 66 feet by 132 feet for the whole property. If you now count just the […]

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Putting it all together 2/4

June 30, 2013 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

We finally finished up all the painting today. Spray painting took forever. Half a day yesterday and half a day today. As I mentioned in my previous post I would not use aerosol cans again. Instead I would get a cheap HVLP gun from Harbor Freight. I did find that the grow beds had the […]

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Putting it all together 1/4

June 29, 2013 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

Today we spent about 5 hours hunting down the last of the parts we needed. And at least another 5-6 hours painting. One mistake I made. I assumed that the flex seal rubber coating would be a great first coat. It is a dark black, covers well, it’s thick so adds to insulation, best of […]

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Cutting up the IBC totes

June 28, 2013 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

So it took me a couple of days after work to get my totes cut up but they are finally ready. I’ll include all the pictures below. Here are a few things I learned along the way. I could use a razor blade to cut the totes. It’ll dull the blade quick, but it works […]

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What to do with tote scrap

June 27, 2013 by Jason Diehl 1 Comment

I finished cutting up my IBC totes tonight for the aquaponics setup we are building. And I was sitting there looking at the scraps and thinking that surely I could use some of that. The resulting scrap was 2 metal bottoms the are like a pallet to be used with a fork lift. A scrap […]

Filed Under: Gardening, Homesteading Tagged With: gardening, IBC totes, raised bed, repurpose, wicking bed

Moringa: The Super Tree

June 25, 2013 by Jason Diehl 3 Comments

Just this year, while studying various methods of self-sufficiency, I found a very interesting tree. It’s called the moringa tree. This thing grows a foot every month, has more nutrients than like 5 vegetables combined, and the powder of the seeds purify water. It’s crazy how powerful this tree is. It even lives through drought […]

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Status Update on the Tractor

June 22, 2013 by Jason Diehl 1 Comment

A couple months ago we bought a tractor. We just needed something larger to be able to take care of the 10 acres we live on. It’s a 1947 Ford 8N. An oldie but a goodie. Unfortunately, I’m not that skilled at driving tractors. I thought I could pull a pole out of the ground […]

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The beginning of my Aquaponics adventure

June 20, 2013 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

I’m officially starting my journey into aquaponics. I’ve been following a few different people. Such as Friendly Aquaponics, who does a raft based system and commercial farming. However, the investment is just to great for me to get that serious. I do plan on expanding, but for now I just need to get started and […]

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