On my way to a - HOUSE!

[Badger74]

Any update Milius2?

 

[milius2]

Hello!

I was away on a trip this spring to Norway, to sort out the funds for the season and when I got back I found the lot overgrown with weeds, so all I did on my spare time was to fight off that, and there is a lot of it. My neighbour is running his 6 cows trough my property, so that solves 7 acres of it but another 4 is where he can't help and I have to do myself. It's a battle for now, so maybe I need some livestock, I don't like the idea of tending it in the winter though.....


But I managed to set a bench that a friend of mine has carved out of oak for me. It was a Christmas present for my wife, but was sitting indoors through the winter. So have a look and I hope flickr will help my pictures to be up for longer periods

Enjoy:


My two ladies are helping me to show it off. I removed the top soil, lined it with some stuff and fill it up with gravel. got some nice big stones (that is a big bottom stone in my fertile land) and the got some roofing stones from Norway to lay as a path.

[/URL]IMG_8854 by Andrius Milius, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/URL]IMG_8873 by Andrius Milius, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/URL]IMG_8856 by Andrius Milius, on Flickr[/IMG]


That looks ALIVE!!!

[/URL]IMG_8857 by Andrius Milius, on Flickr[/IMG]

So that's the improvement of this season. But I hope after we get back from the shop with a second baby I will find enough time to do the interiors a bit more. I would be more that happy to move in here next spring. Now it's more of a visiting site but good things don't come easy... I know.

 

[Badger74]

It looks great and is a testament to your perseverance. I got a goat to help tend my little bit of wood, but it's not like near your 4 acres 😀

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[milius2]

thanks mate I was thinking some meat goats or sheep, I really like the quality meat, but there is only dirt road leading to the cottage so winter situation can be challenging. Anyway some summer critters could be an option too, like a flock of geese, duck, chickens, I can grow them, butcher and sell before winter...... maybe even for profit, that could help me stay there a bit longer next summer...

 

[Janne]

Could you get breeds that are Winter hardy?

Several sheep and a couple of bovine breeds are more or less winter hardy. Just need wind shelter and running water.

Lovely house and family!

Edit: They cultivate the European Moose/Elk like cows in Russia. Fully winter hardy. And very, very tasty meat!

 

[Robson Valley]

I'm very fortunate to have lots of different "farm foods" all around me.
It's usually a little more expensive that the local grocery store but I'm supporting friends and neighbors.
They don't have the economy of scale to dope up 2,000 egg-laying chickens.

milius2: I know enough now that if were weren't so far apart, I'd hope to buy chickens from you , all year long.
The demand here is intense. I know one grower able to raise 300 at a time. Out of the last flock, he said that he kept 2 or them.

Then, there's a local business and they do not raise a single chicken. They are a mobile chicken slaughter business.
I've bought birds that they processed = very clean and neat and tidy.

 

[Janne]

Parents used to buy chicken from a local guy when I was a kid. 'Cash in hand' system.

It was fun to chase them once my dad took their heads off with a hatchet.

Wonder if it could have been a Hultafors?

 

[milius2]

Could you get breeds that are Winter hardy?

Several sheep and a couple of bovine breeds are more or less winter hardy. Just need wind shelter and running water.

Lovely house and family!

Edit: They cultivate the European Moose/Elk like cows in Russia. Fully winter hardy. And very, very tasty meat!

Yes, but the bigger the animal, the more troubles in handling and feeding them. We have winter hardy sheep, but it's not like they could sustain unattended in a small paddock.

I'm very fortunate to have lots of different "farm foods" all around me.
It's usually a little more expensive that the local grocery store but I'm supporting friends and neighbors.
They don't have the economy of scale to dope up 2,000 egg-laying chickens.

milius2: I know enough now that if were weren't so far apart, I'd hope to buy chickens from you , all year long.
The demand here is intense. I know one grower able to raise 300 at a time. Out of the last flock, he said that he kept 2 or them.

Then, there's a local business and they do not raise a single chicken. They are a mobile chicken slaughter business.
I've bought birds that they processed = very clean and neat and tidy.

That is something along my lines i believe, there is always market for quality products and I just need to keep it coming long enough to get enough customer to know me. I could do 250 birds a batch and about 4-5 batches a season, that could pay the bills.

Parents used to buy chicken from a local guy when I was a kid. 'Cash in hand' system.

It was fun to chase them once my dad took their heads off with a hatchet.

Wonder if it could have been a Hultafors?

Cash in hand is what we like

Alright, I'll get back to this once I have more time, now lets get back to maintaining what's already up.... just remembered I have 3 logs of shiitake sitting in water for a week, that's way to long and it's probably gone

 

[Leshy]

Milius! That bench is beautiful.

Your place is looking really good .
Hope that front door is hung the right way around now...😉😂

 

[Janne]

Milius, what is your connection to Norway?

 

[hughlle1]

Such a shame the majority of the pictures no longer work. Sounds like a brilliant project. Very much close to my heart.

 

[milius2]

Milius! That bench is beautiful.

Your place is looking really good .
Hope that front door is hung the right way around now...

Nooooo. Actually it's been hanging as it was made, I hate to get back to what's done. But before I move in I have to fix !!!

And thanks, but the credit goes to the maker! He's amazing, maybe someday I'll show you more of his stuff, quite a master he is

Milius, what is your connection to Norway?

Work mainly. I'm going there once in a while to work on some projects that suits my skill set, that is usually some construction/restoration projects, like this one that i did last time:

This farm is 200 years old and it started to fall apart, so the farmer, who is a friend of mine, called me up and I went to rebuild it. Changed the roof on it too, to the more original clay plates.

BEFORE:

[/URL]IMG_7440 by Andrius Milius, on Flickr[/IMG]

AFTER

[/URL]IMG_7706 by Andrius Milius, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/URL]IMG_7571 by Andrius Milius, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/URL]IMG_7727 by Andrius Milius, on Flickr[/IMG]


The whole back of the building was rebuild including the end wall, you can see the light coloured stonework is new. It was quite a build in two months

Such a shame the majority of the pictures no longer work. Sounds like a brilliant project. Very much close to my heart.

Yes, that's a pity, I did not take the time to upload them to flickr but used them from facebook, and they change their address in time so they're gone from here. But if someday I have them on Flickr I'll just re-post them in one go or make a slide show video. We'll see. But thanks, and welcome to my home