New Brooklyn: House build project

An overshare of our project to buy land and build a house :)

2022-11-21: Finishing the last of the temporary chicken coop
2022-11-20: Time to exit the temporary chicken coop
2022-11-18: Gutters, and cleaning
2022-11-14: Checking my work in the daylight
2022-11-13: Cleaning slash by the road
2022-11-10: Second wood yard filling up nicely
2022-11-08: Time to move the big boys
2022-11-05: Stacking logs
2022-11-04: Stacking and picking up piles of slash
2022-11-01: Time to start cleaning up slash after the second tree clearing
2022-10-30: Stacking logs
2022-10-29: Sticks everywhere!
2022-10-20: Flew to Cincinnati
2022-10-14: Working from the truck for the day
2022-10-13: Time for the big trees to come down
2022-09-28: Chicken coop is finally finished being painted!
2022-09-23: Finally installed the nesting box
2022-09-22: I hate painting trim
2022-09-19: Almost done painting the coop
2022-09-18: Getting going on the coop painting
2022-09-13: Dealing with the mold on the coop
2022-09-06: So this happened ;)
2022-09-05: Contractor giving a quote, decided to paint the road
2022-09-03: Cute Elin on that dead cedar by the office
2022-08-25: The poor gerbil passed away, rest little man
2022-08-20: Barking the trail to the office
2022-08-17: Trail to the office
2022-08-16: Starting the trail to the back office area
2022-08-13: Picking paint colors for the coop
2022-08-12: Collecting slash from the office area
2022-08-06: More testing of solar panels
2022-08-05: Testing solar panels
2022-08-04: Getting ready for testing solar power
2022-07-28: Clearing by the driveway, hot and exhausted
2022-07-26: Big log where my office will likely go
2022-07-24: Stacking logs
2022-07-23: Stacking logs
2022-07-17: More stacking in the first wood yard
2022-07-10: Time for some fun
2022-07-09: Lots of logs to deal with
2022-07-08: Kubota 50h maintenance
2022-07-07: Hydraulic dip stick is extremely fickle
2022-07-05: Tractor maintenance - filters
2022-07-04: Got a job box, tired of carrying tools
2022-06-26: The first wood yard begins
2022-06-05: Branch fell and damaged the truck
2022-05-09: No words
2022-05-01: Trying to remove a stump with a 2:1
2022-04-30: Time to start working the new wood yard trail
2022-04-29: First proper test of the driveway
2022-04-15: Emptied the second of two storage units in Poulsbo!
2022-04-09: Need to make a trail here, eventual wood yard
2022-03-29: Ran out of space in storage - made more
2022-03-25: Fired up the giant rocket stove for the first time
2022-03-24: Emptied the first of two storage units in Poulsbo!
2022-03-22: Finished the shelving unit
2022-03-21: More work on the shelving unit
2022-03-20: Out of space, time for a massive shelving unit
2022-03-12: Install rain protection between the coop and run
2022-03-04: Time to install the mailbox
2022-03-03: Finally got around to the gutters...
2022-02-28: Woke up this morning to a flooded garage
2022-02-27: Time to move the chickens into their new home!
2022-02-26: Time for hardware cloth on the run
2022-02-20: Asphalt skirt went in
2022-02-18: Time to play
2022-02-17: Welcome to the family, Robin
2022-02-16: The hardest day
2022-02-15: Another hard day :/
2022-02-11: Researching assisted living options
2022-02-05: Chicken run foundation, adding metal
2022-01-31: Working on chicken run foundation
2022-01-30: Apply some heat to the mailbox
2022-01-28: Time to work on the mailbox
2022-01-27: Working on the chicken run foundation
2022-01-24: Found water under a mattress at the rental
2022-01-16: Chicken run foundation being filled in
2022-01-10: Victory! (no longer freezing my butt off)
2022-01-08: The 2 inches of XPS
2022-01-07: Time for insulation
2022-01-06: An experiment of adding carpet inside the office
2022-01-05: Time to build a structure inside the garage
2022-01-04: It's definitely starting to get cold
2021-12-30: Coop roofing doing the job...
2021-12-27: Snow, so pretty :)
2021-12-22: Tractor!
2021-12-20: Coop flooring is finished
2021-12-14: Working on coop hardware cloth
2021-12-08: Install a dehumidifier first thing
2021-12-07: Moving to a new rental
2021-12-04: Rain water came up through the floor in the rental
2021-12-01: Making roofing sled for the coop
2021-11-24: More work on coop roofing
2021-11-23: Starting on metal for the coop
2021-11-21: Completion of the coop trusses
2021-11-20: Progress on the coop trusses
2021-11-19: Starting on the coop trusses
2021-11-13: The coop gets a door!
2021-11-12: Time for the pros handle remaining danger trees
2021-11-09: Chicken coop, land of tarps
2021-11-08: Chicken coop joist fully repaired
2021-11-06: Covid is still a thing
2021-11-05: Tree falls in the wind, onto the coop!
2021-10-24: Working on the chicken coop in the dark
2021-10-22: Chicken coop construction... rain
2021-10-21: Starting on chicken coop walls
2021-10-20: Starting on the chicken coop
2021-10-15: Ideas and trees
2021-10-14: Finished laying block for the chicken run
2021-10-13: Laying block for chicken run
2021-10-12: Work begins on the chicken coop
2021-10-04: Driveway ready for gravel!
2021-10-03: More digging on the driveway
2021-10-02: Real driveway work begins
2021-09-28: Culvert is finally done and working!
2021-09-25: Last load of rock for the culvert
2021-09-23: Rest day
2021-09-22: More rock for the culvert
2021-09-21: Actually laying down the culvert pipe
2021-09-19: Work begins on the driveway
2021-09-03: Bad water at the rental :/
2021-08-29: Dirty water at the rental
2021-08-20: Faulty wiring at the rental
2021-08-17: Office setup at the rental
2021-08-08: Covid palace!
2021-08-05: Nothing but the shirts on our backs
2021-08-03: Having fun at the cabin
2021-07-29: Tiny mouse in the office
2021-07-24: Prep work begins on what will become the driveway
2021-07-13: Temporary coop is ready for the chickens
2021-07-07: Supply chain issues
2021-07-06: Second day on installation of temporary chicken coop
2021-07-05: Time to install the temporary chicken coop
2021-07-04: Time to build a temporary chicken coop
2021-06-29: Still hot and smokey
2021-06-28: Still hot and smokey
2021-06-27: Still hot and smokey
2021-06-26: Stupid climate dome thing
2021-06-22: Time to leave the hotel
2021-06-21: Got an offer on the Dolphin House
2021-06-20: Camping during an open house at the Dolphin house
2021-06-19: Camping during an open house at the Dolphin house
2021-06-18: Camping during an open house at the Dolphin house
2021-06-08: Always be finishing
2021-06-02: Move cord wood from Dolphin house
2021-05-27: Cord wood stands to become chicken coop
2021-05-14: Checking out land, and some leisure
2021-05-06: Looking at new survey pins
2021-04-18: Trying to measure, but it's impossible to walk
2021-04-11: First visit as owners
2021-04-10: The beginning!
2021-04-03: Egg hunt!
2021-03-17: Water, feels a long way away
2020-12-24: Will soon be time to put away the smoker