We are always looking for ways to save money on the East Texas Homestead. With our friends knowing this, the other day a friend of mine let me know about an opportunity to get some free lumber. I couldn’t pass this up. He was going to be reconstructing a hot tub deck and needed the original deck removed. The wood …
New Roof for the Future Homestead!
Experimental Mini Hand Dug Swale
Problem Solved – Adobe Bridge Cache Error
Have you ever received the following Adobe Bridge cache error message? Bridge encountered a problem and is unable to read the cache. Please try purging the central cache in cache preferences to correct the situation Anyone who has seen this knows that purging the central cache does nothing to help the problem. Luckily, there’s an actual solution for the Bridge …
Why I Built a DIY Home Battery Backup
How do you cope with the power going out? While rearing two young boys with life-threatening allergies, the smallest things can become big problems. Let’s take losing power due to a summer thunderstorm for example. Here’s a quick story about my oldest son (let’s call him Buddy) and how our DIY home battery backup system kept him safe. He’s two-years-old, …
The first post
This is a big step for most people. In fact, I would be willing to bet that coming up with the first blog post is one of the primary reasons people never start the blog they want to. Actually, I have no facts to back that up. It’s just the way I’ve felt for a while and assume others are …