Day 761 – Five CRAZY Days – New Chipper, Garden Progress, Oak Logs, Tractor Fix
Holy smokes, I didn't intend on this video being this long! I set out to make one video of setting up the new chipper...
Day 760 – Logs and Pond Start
Another huge tree service log, starting of a small pond, and getting sprayed by hot hydraulic fluid.
Day 755 – Garden Gates and Compost Station – Homestead Garden | Part 6
More progress on the garden. The main entry gates go up, and a two-bay compost station is built.
Day 750 – Garden Talk with Jamie and Flash Flooding
We had some outside timeline setbacks due to the weather. Behind the scenes, we made progress on a few long-term unknowns. A major shop...
Day 742 – Garden Fence – Homestead Garden | Part 5
We built a fence! Well, mostly. It took us five days, but we got the largest chunk of work done before the rain ended...
Day 734 – Flail Mowin & Garden Talk with Jamie
Another day of getting familiar with the mini skid and another attachment. This time, the flail mower. I didn't get as much of the...
Day 727 – Beginning Storm Debris Cleanup | Baumalight Mini Skid with Grapple
We still have storm debris everywhere....EVERYWHERE. Cleaning up the future orchard area seems like a good place to get familiar with the grapple on...
Day 726 – Baumalight TRL630D Mini Skid Steer & Homestead Garden | Part 4
We added some new muscle to the lineup. The Baumalight TRL630D is a mini tracked skid steer, and we've got six implements to give...
Day 724 – A HUGE Score & Garden Talk with Jamie
An incredible score on white oak logs. I'm not sure if it can get better than this..
Garden talk with Jamie. Adding some flowers to...
Day 719 – I Hired a Film Crew. This Is What Happened..
I started making videos in 2012 and have been doing it full-time since 2014. This video is on my personal Mt. Rushmore of favorite...
Day 718 – East Side Park, Garden Part 3
Introducing the East Side Park. Whatcha think? We also got one step closer to planting in the garden.
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Day 712 – Mama Movin’ Logs
Jamie offered to run the tractor while I ran the chainsaw, so that's exactly what happened.
Day 710 Sawmill Oak, Woodchip Garden, Five Pines
We've had a stretch of great weather, so we're taking advantage of it. Continuing on with Mr. Tony's order, I milled a red oak...
Day 708 – We Scored Big
We scored big. I spoke with a tree-cutting service, and we will now be a dumping location for woodchips whenever they are in the...
Day 704 – Insulating a Crawlspace. Apartment Build | Part 8
We have now experienced 85° days and 20° nights in the fully insulated apartment. Heating and cooling the space is easy and temperatures are...
Scooter Bug’s Last Dance
Our little old man, Scooter Bug, is no longer with us. This video is a brief story about him and a slideshow for us...
Day 701 – Chicken Run Plum Trees | Homestead Garden, Part 2
I have great friends. I really do. My buddy Nathan surprised us with a pair of plum trees, and the timing couldn't be mo-betta...
Homestead Garden | Part 1 – Intro
The time has come to start the homestead garden. The lay of the land determined the shape, we determined the size. The garden will...
Day 697 – Ice Storm Cleanup & Massive Oak Logs
The ice storm left its fingerprints on everything. When we installed gutters on the shop, it stopped the muddy splashback onto the shop. We...
Day 688 – Camper Sold, Quick Organize, Sawmill Bolt On Upgrade
It felt really good to pump the brakes after we got settled into the apartment. Speaking of an apartment, Jamie says we don't live...
Day 684 – Did We Mess Up? Apartment Build | Part 7
Progress rolls on with the apartment build and I'm finally at a point where the apartment is no longer on life support and is...
Day 680 – 3 Miles of Destruction | Ice Storm Aftermath
Ugh. A whole lotta uuuuuugh.
When we bought the property, there was a single 4-wheeler trail running through the middle. In the first summer, I...
Day 672 – The Widowmaker Tree
I needed this tree for a clean lumber job. It had a few snapped and dangling limbs, and its canopy was in shambles. Sounds...
Day 667 – I Spray Foamed my Ceiling! Apartment Build | Part 6
Spraying the ceiling was definitely a different experience from spraying the walls. MESSY! But the results are great!
Thank you, BEESTUSA FullStop, for working with...
The 2026 Ice Storm
On January 24, 2026, North Mississippi got hit with an ice storm. The extended forecast showed rain. The rain turned into a chance of...
Day 652 – DIY Spray Foam Insulation, Apartment Build | Part 5
The insulation phase of the apartment build has begun. We partnered with BEESTUSA to do a DIY closed-cell hybrid spray foam job. Closed-cell foam...
Day 650 – It’s not up to code
Well, our apartment isn't up to code, apparently. Luckily, we're not subject to code. In real time, we weathered the ice storm, and I've...
Day 639 – Mulching, Logs, Lumber, Oil Changes
A hodgepodge of progress:
1) I completed a mulching job for Mr. Greg's ditch bank. This was a tractor work trade. He will be preparing...
Logs, Lumber, Sales, and Trades
Finally, a return to building furniture is at least within sight. Once we get the insulation in the apartment we are moving in. We...
Day 633 – Apartment Build | Part 4
The most boring part of the apartment is behind me: electrical! Electrical work isn't necessarily difficult; I just find it to be incredibly boring...
Day 628 – Taking Down a 32″ Full Top Hickory
Another "my biggest tree yet" event. This time, a 32" hickory in the beginning stages of dying. The tree had a hard lean and,...
Day 624 – Loft Storage, Mulching for Tilling
With the shell of the apartment complete, a new loft storage space has been created. Time to reduce a bit of clutter and organize...
Day 620 – Apartment Build | Part 3
The apartment build is crawling along. December has really kicked my but personally—sickness, death in the family, wisdom tooth extraction, blah, blah, blah. But...
Day 617 – Apartment Build | Part 2
Thank you to everyone who reached out and offered kind words and positivity after the last video. It was and is very much appreciated....
Day 605 – An EPIC week comes CRASHING down
We started the apartment build. We did not finish. I'm taking some time off.
Day 599 – Sketchy Hillside Hickory Extraction
The day has come to try to extract a few hickory trees from the side of a hill. Mr. Jack had a few trees...
Day 595 – I’ve Never Seen This Before, Chain Failure
We're about to hit a stretch of being extremely busy. The apartment is on the calendar. Hopefully, a wood-burning stove for the shop as...
Day 589 – Trading..and having the attention span of a squirrel
I've been wanting a solid, small trailer platform to modify for our trails. Something I can use in conjunction with different platform attachments for...
Day 588 – Pre Thanksgiving Break Mind Dump
Documenting where our plans and current status. No work is getting done in this video.
Day 585 – Firewood Donation, Finishing a Beam Job, & Board and Batten
Day 585 on our forever property was a sweaty one. First up is a firewood haul. Mr. Jack gave us 20-ish red oak logs...
Day 584 – The Biggest Tree and BEST Lumber I’ve Ever Cut
Another beautiful day in the woods. Our own slice of paradise is taking shape each day.
Today I have to take down a large loblolly...
Day 583 – Moisture Meter, Log Yard Expansion, & an Orange Marbled Orbweaver
How long does wood take to dry in open air? One year per inch, right? That's the commonly used saying, but it's not really...
Day 578 – A Whole Lotta Free Logs
I had a plan for what to do during these two days but an opportunity struck. A gentleman contacted me via one of my...
Day 576 – Stocking Up
Stocking up on beams to experiment with timber framing. I'm cutting a few 8x8x12 posts, and processing the offcuts as 10' 1x stock.
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Day 574 – $200 IN $1,000 OUT
More rearangeritus near the driveway. Our driveway is 1,300 feet long, and we didn't have the budget up front to build the driveway to...
Day 563 – Nothing Works Unless You Do
We've spent a lot of time lately pondering, planning, and working with our brains more than our bodies. So I felt the need to...
Day 563 – Yup. I did it again. And training a future pro!
TK gets more seat time on the tractor and uses the grapple for the first time. At this rate, I'll be out of a...
Day 555 – A Lot of Work in 2 Directions
Busy days make for great sleep! In this video we refined a corner of the clearing by taking out a patch of relatively useless...
Day 551 – Wood Sales are UP!
Two ash logs milled to 4/4 boards and 8/4 slabs SOLD
140bdft of 4/4 pine SOLD
Five 8' beams 8-10" square SOLD
Not a bad start! Now...
Day 541 – Better Than Expected – Log Round Raised Bed
We made a raised garden bed with log rounds. It turned out better than we expected. Over the winter, we will treat this as...