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@hansjurgen

----------------- Retired and living an off-grid lifestyle ----------------- Hans Jurgen: favored by God, tiller of the ground

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@hansjurgen Jun 3, 2018, 12:29 PM UTC

Multi purpose building update #2

I have made a little more progress on our multi-purpose building. In my last post, we had graded an area for the building. Our first choice was to have a concrete slab, but at $130 per yard it was to…

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@hansjurgen May 25, 2018, 12:00 PM UTC

Homestead Trivia

It is commonly believed that a cow has four stomachs. That is kind of correct, but technically a cow has one stomach with four different compartments. They are called rumin, reticulum, omasum, and ab…

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@hansjurgen May 24, 2018, 11:41 AM UTC

Homestead Enemy #1 - The Housefly and what we do to fight the war

The number 1 pest on our homestead is the common housefly. We have wasps, hornets, Japanese Beetles, stink bugs, ticks, chiggers and mosquitos, just to name a few. However, flies are by far the most…

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@hansjurgen May 22, 2018, 11:57 AM UTC

Staying Cool with Solar

As the days get warmer we look for ways to stay cool on a hot afternoon. I would like a ceiling fan, but without electricity, I did the next best thing. I took a solar attic fan painted it white and…

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@hansjurgen May 21, 2018, 12:53 PM UTC

One Reason We Moved from the City

According to the 1790 census 95% of American lived in rural areas. The 5% of Americans living in urban areas lived in small villages and cities like New York and Philadelphia with more than 2500 peop…

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@hansjurgen May 18, 2018, 12:01 PM UTC

Homestead Trivia

The Homestead Act of 1862 was passed on May 20 that same year. The act encouraged settlement of the western territories. Families were awarded 160 acres of public lands for a small filing fee and con…

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@hansjurgen May 17, 2018, 12:01 PM UTC

We have water at the kitchen sink

We manually pump water to the header tank on the roof which gives limited water pressure at the kitchen sink. Finding a faucet with adequate flow has been a problem. New faucets look nice, but they w…

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@hansjurgen May 15, 2018, 12:06 PM UTC

A Pavilion for Feast of Tabernacles

I started a new project this week. For me it is a bigger then the other projects I done so it will take some time. The plan is to build a 24 x 50 foot multi-purpose building for a meeting place durin…

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@hansjurgen May 14, 2018, 12:26 PM UTC

DIY Chimney Sweep

The cold weather is behind us so it is time to clean our wood heater to get it ready for next winter. I like to do this job early before it gets too hot to be on the roof. These are the tools I use.…

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@hansjurgen May 11, 2018, 11:51 AM UTC

Homestead Trivia

May 5 was International Respect for Chickens Day and the whole month of May is International Respect for Chickens Month. So we missed International Respect for Chicken Day, but it is okay, you have t…

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