After five years on the property, we have a fully functioning (and cute) homestead cabin bathroom! Come peek inside!
Rustic Homestead Cabin Bathroom Build & Reveal
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Plugging Away & Homestead Blog Hop 447
Homestead Blog Hop 446
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Welcome to by blog too! We’ve just been keeping busy around here. Mostly working on the cabin/house. That’s good news to my ears! We’ve kind of just been working on a little of this and a little of that! Little by little gets it done! Adam and Andrew have…
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Happenings & Homestead Blog Hop 438
Homestead Happenings Anyone who’s been reading my blog knows some of the trouble we’ve had with our wood planter, a necessary machine either all the tongue and groove/shiplap we are doing in our cabin. It’s been one thing after another, but recently it dawned on us that we just needed to replace it. Hard…
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Choosing Our Bathroom Tile & Homestead Blog Hop 427
Choosing Our Bathroom Tile So… Unless you’ve tackled a few DIY projects, you may not understand the relief/excitement/exhaustion that I feel since we got our bathroom shower tile decided on today, and ordered! It’s huge! Our cabin project is moving along title by little. Greg gave me the gift of a shower for Christmas. I…
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Homestead Chat. Hard Freeze, Solar Water Systems, and Updates
Hanging Insulation for our Home
🏡 Time to hang some insulation and make this cabin home as snug as a bug in a cozy bear rug! 🐻
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Cabin Update and Homestead Blog Hop 403
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Dear Readers, I’m glad you came out again to check out the blog hop! It wouldn’t be here without you! This week, around our homestead, we are mostly working inside. Trying to hit the plumbing, learning a little every day, and working on the ceilings and joists. I’ve been…
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Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop, and Building Reflections
Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Character development, Home-Built Cabin, Homesteading Journey, Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop ☀️
Welcome to the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop! The Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop I can’t believe it’s already Sunday again, and time for another blog hop! I’ve been trying to find a minute or two to sit down and do an update, but it’s been hard to find those minutes. I will say that we…
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Seven Easy Ways to Conserve Water Every Day
💦 We waste a lot of water every day, but at certain times, like during power outages, we really notice how much water we actually need. We can learn simple ways to conserve water by small changes, and that can make a big difference when water is scarce. 💧
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Top Ten Reasons to Heat with a Wood Stove
To heat your home with wood or not? Is it a good choice for your homestead? We’ve listed our top ten reasons, but you get to decide!
Stay warm!
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Modern Farmhouse vs. Authentic Farmhouse
Three Years in an Off Grid Camper
Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Character development, Family, Home-Built Cabin, Home-Tested Faith, Homeschool, Homesteading Journey, Practical skills
Three Years Off Grid—The Good, The Bad, The Ugly…and the Blessings? What have we learned in our three + years off grid? What would we do differently if we could do it over again? Should YOU live in your camper while building or setting up your off grid homestead? We will discuss a few lessons…
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What’s Up on the Homestead? #1
Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Book of Nature, Family, Home-Built Cabin, Home-Grown Bounty, Homemade, Hobbies, and Handicrafts, Homeschool, Homesteading Journey
Making Rebar Railings for our Loft and Stairs
Wood and Rebar Railings for our Loft and Stairs Recently, Andrew went to work on some rebar railings for our loft and our stairs. This is our middle son, Andrew ? Let me say, they ended up taking way more time than we thought they would! But that’s how we seem to roll! It’s totally not…
