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The Hobbs Homestead: Concrete Slab

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Monday, June 13, 2011. Although concrete has a high embodied energy ( http:/ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied energy ) and we considered a few other options, but obviously, we decided to use it, anyway. Concrete also served a few different purposes for us- foundation, floor and thermal mass for passive solar purposes (it absorbs the sun's warmth on winder days with the sun shining, and hold it for the cold nights.). Overall, I'm happy to be moving forward and now we have a floor! Enter your email address:.

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The Hobbs Homestead: What the kids have been doing...

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Friday, June 10, 2011. What the kids have been doing. Practicing photography, gathering eggs, exploring the creek with friends, making pottery with clay from the land, lounging in the shade on hot days, building skills, digging, trying to get catapulted, watching how concrete gets made, getting squirted by cement truck hoses, making thier marks. Again, sorry about the sideways pics. Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.0. Now this is childhood at its best! June 15, 2011 at 6:28 AM. Enter your email address:.

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The Hobbs Homestead: Framing

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Sunday, June 19, 2011. It is going so fast! And I have no idea how it got so big. Hmmmm. General timeline of this past week-. Monday: block retaining wall, block on north wall, posts up. Tuesday: interior walls, begin loft floor, cedar tree post. Thursday: 1st ridgebeam and rafters. Friday: 2nd ridgebeam and rafters. Framing should be done sometime next week, then as long as our electrical work and inspection go as planned, we could be straw baling next weekend! Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.1. Dec 1...

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The Hobbs Homestead: Preparing to Pour the Slab

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Friday, June 10, 2011. Preparing to Pour the Slab. We had lots of things happening around here! My dad is a retired electrician so he is helping us to do our wiring. We laid the conduit, or pipe that the wiring goes through, that goes under the slab. It was very cool to work with my dad and hear stories of his working days. One holding a stake and the other swinging a big sledge hammer to pound it in. Yikes! David and the boys also dug holes for the posts for the shed on the east side of the barn. Th...

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The Hobbs Homestead: Teeker

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011. So, we are sitting in our outdoor kitchen visting with a friend when we see this (first picture) under out cook table. A baby chick? None of our hens have been sitting on a nest. They all sleep in their henhouse. Could a fertilized egg have hatched all by itself in the heat, hidden in the woods? No, it is a wild turkey! I thought a turkey chick should be bigger than this, but we googled pics and that's our baby! Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.0. Enjoy your new pet! Dec 4- tour...

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The Hobbs Homestead: Furnishings or How We Are Keeping Things Cheap

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Furnishings or How We Are Keeping Things Cheap. The last few weeks, we have been gathering materials and furnishings for the barn. Craigslist, the ReStore and clearance sections of local stores have been our friends lately. We left all of our appliances as a condition of sale with our house. 9'9" countertop with stainless sink, faucet and 2 extra counter pieces (CL) 60. Propane stove/oven (CL) 150. One piece tub/shower enclosure with hardware (CL) 125. He went to a neighbor's yar...

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Green Re-Creations: 07/31/08

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Making It Simple To Live Green. Thursday, July 31, 2008. Hello Green Home, I Love You! Today, Steven and I visited with our buddies, John Price and Ryan Nichol, of Hello Green Home. (visit their website at www.hellogreenhome.com. A lot of Baby Boomers gripe about Gen Y, or the Millenial Generation (born between 1980-2000) but not me.I think they're great! And John and Ryan are two of the finest examples of Millenial smarts, entrepreneurship, hard work, and heart, that I've ever seen. My favorite thing ab...