• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 9 months ago

  HOMESTEADING UPDATES-- WE GET A DEEP FREEZE, OUTDOOR KITCHEN/GUESTROOM, AND THE BACKUP GENERATOR FAILED 😁😅

  BUSY TIMES AT THE HOMESTEAD With spring in full swing, my son and I have been busy out at our self sustaining homestead. The weather has been good to us, but we definitely…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • last year

  THE MOST AMAZING KAYAKING ADVENTURE THROUGH THE GLADES...AND A MILLION WATT MILESTONE!!!!

  THE ILLINOIS GLADES While not as impressive as the glades in Florida.... I would say these are one of the most beautiful waterland areas around our home. *A picture taken…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • last year

  A PRETTY OWL-MAZING DISCOVERY!!!!🦉🦉

  SIMBA MEETS A NEW FORREST CREATURE Recently one early morning, just after sunrise, I heard Simba barking his "I have an intruder pinned" bark. So, I made my way out to see what…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • last year

  USING HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO SPEED THINGS UP AT THE HOMESTEAD(DESPITE BREAKING IT IN THE PROCESS😁😁)

  HYDRAULICS ARE SIMPLY AMAZING!!! I'm sure hundreds of years ago, people felt the same way when using horses. But, watching a piece of heavy equipment like my dad's Bobcat T300…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • last year

  SPRING HAS ARRIVED!!!🌸🌹🌻🌼

  MY FAVORITE SEASON... By far is spring! Lots of people enjoy autumn, and the foliage of the trees as it seems to burn in bright yellows reds and oranges. However, for me it…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • last year

  HOMESTEAD UPDATES!!!(THE WALL, COOK AREA, SHELVES AND MORE)...SOME GREAT PROGRESS⚒️🔨🛠️

  DESPITE A RECENT FOOT INJURY More steady progress has been being made on the home front.💪 It did slowe down considerably as I was not able to put on a shoe. *Several days…

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• johndoer123 (68)in #homesteading • last year

  A RECENT MEDITATION AT THE HOMESTEAD....

  FEAR Fear, has its uses and its purposes. But it is not a natural state, and definitely not a state that is healthy to live in on a regular basis, let alone all the time. If…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • last year

  HOMESTEAD UPDATES 2 of 2!!!

  CONTINUING ON.... Picking up where we left off, the homestead has been very busy as of the late, and has kept my son and I pretty....well, busy.😁 THE CABIN GETS NEW FLOORING…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • last year

  HOMESTEAD UPDATES(1 of 2, hopefully)---SORRY IT'S BEEN SO LONG😬😬

  This update is dedicated to a very special friend of mine, I shall call Bright Eyes.😺😻.....sorry so long since I posted. WHERE TO START?😁 First, around three months ago I…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 2 years ago

  SIMBA, OUR BABY, OUR BADASS.🐶🐾

  OUR BABY *Simba, his paw over my hand as he sucks my finger like a pacifier, as he falls asleep. Don't let the picture above trick you.😁 As I'll start off by saying this…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 2 years ago

  ANOTHER FREE, ENERGY DEVICE~A NEW DOGHOUSE-FORT,~AND A NONPHOTOSYNTHETIC PLANT

  IN NEED OF A REPAIR Recently, a very good friend and I were talking, and I was telling him about how I was going to get a generator for the homestead. I thought having one…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 2 years ago

  MARVIN HAS A MELTDOWN, OUR NEWEST INTEREST, CLEARCOAT ON THE WALLS, GARDEN ISSUES

  WHAT A WEEK IT'S BEEN!😂😂 First of all, our main workhorse at the homestead, Marvin the Ford Ranger, suffered a major meltdown...and it took me a bit to figure out what the…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 2 years ago

  A NEW IDEA FOR DEALING WITH THE LEAKING RESERVOIR (ANOTHER DAM UPDATE😁)

  THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY... I heard once that it is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." ...I've never looked that up, so it may not be…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 2 years ago

  A SERIOUS DAM PROBLEM...

  I CANNOT COMPLETELY FILL THE DAM RESERVOIR This is due from the water having a way to bypass the dam. The dam itself does not leak. The issue is this... So, what is that…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 2 years ago

  IT'S ABOUT DAM TIME!!!

  YEP, I GOT THE RESERVOIR SIDE OF THE DAM DONE!! *Kind of looks like a face doesn't it?😁😁 So, the overflow pipes are installed permanently now with mortar. There will be…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 2 years ago

  HIVE BLOG AND HOMESTEADING ~KNOWLEDGE, OPPORTUNITIES, AND SOME PERSONAL ANALYTICS

  WHY IS THE HIVE CHAIN SUCH A COOL TOOL FOR HOMESTEADERS? Well there are probably an infinite amount of answers for that question, I'm going to cover a few that hit close to…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 2 years ago

  MORE DAM NEWS, A NEW MULTI-USE TANK, AND AN UPDATE ON OUR DÌONADAIR

  FIRST THINGS FIRST *Reservoir side of the dam. I've veen busy with throwing stones at the dam with the excitement of the first stage of the process being done, that of the…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 2 years ago

  BACK TO THE DAM BUILDING!😁

  SOME GOOD PROGRESS So, after all the great fun that was our community slip 'n' slide....it was time to get back to business on constructing the dam. I'll start off by showing…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 2 years ago

  BUILDING THE WORLDS BIGGEST SLIP 'N' SLIDE FOR THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY

  IT'S ALL FOR THE KIDS! And it's a lot of work. A whole day of preparation is needed to get everything set up, followed by a day of playing, and then we have to put it all back…

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• johndoer123 (68)in Homesteading • 2 years ago

  ANOTHER DAM UPDATE

  SLOWLY BUT SURELY That's how we win the race, right?😁 Well, if so I'm definitely doing well at getting the dam done. We've been having record hot days the last couple of weeks…

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