Perhaps more common in owner/builder situations? My cabin was built by the previous owner with logs from the property.

You’d have to check with the builder. Who would be harvesting, debarking, milling and drying the logs for the builder?

Congrats and good luck on your big move!!

I moved with a bunch of jars last year and had no original boxes because most of mine were from Granny or thrifted. I packed in smaller, hefty cardboard boxes with dishtowels, bath towels, dog towels, rags, socks around them lol, and pretty much whatever else I had on hand that wouldn’t be ruined if some tomato sauce or jam broke. Make sure the box bottoms are taped really well and don’t overload heavy breakables. You might also try filling any empty voids in the tops of boxes with something so if it happens to get stacked on the bottom, it holds the shape better and doesn’t get crushed. I shrink wrapped most of my dishes and bowls together in stacks and separated layers with clothing, sheets or smaller blankets. Sides of breakable boxes got reinforced with books, cutting boards, etc around the perimeter in case something smashed against the box during transit.

Possible to invest in a small propane RV fridge and some propane tanks? Forklift propane tanks are a good size while still kinda manageable to move around if you happen to find any used.

Might supplement a canned food cache with some freeze dried / dehydrated backpacker meals? (Mountain house,backpackers pantry, etc.) They’re not exactly cheap but it’s hella nice to have a warm meal sometimes with no dirty pots to clean up after. Look up “backpacking food”, “thru hiker meals”, or “hiker trash meals” for other stable, calorie dense, packable menu ideas?

Stock up on some shelf stable deli/fast food condiment packets? Mayo, ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, jams, etc.

Packets of oatmeal, pancake mix, trail mix, dried fruit, powdered coffee creamer, powdered milk, pour over coffee or french press, granola bars or various types, fig newtons, oreos lol, canned salsa with tortilla chips, hickory farms shelf stable sausages and cheeses, crackers, sugar cereal as a snack food, canned baked beans, canned chili, pre-cooked packets of rice/lentils, soups, pb and honey, powdered gatorade/liquid IV. Smuckers squeeze jelly might be shelf stable, cheaper bread with preservatives usually lasts a week or two, sourdough tends to hold up well. Tortillas last forever lol.

If you don’t have pest-proof food storage, maybe pack non-canned food items in 5 gallon buckets with the thinner style snap-on lids. Plus you can’t have too many buckets. We used 5 gallon buckets all last winter to haul water. Not ideal but it got us through.

Buy a few extra tool batteries so you can rotate and charge some during sunny daylight hours if using portable solar? Good luck on your project and good luck not running to the hardware store multiple times. MAKE LISTS or get creative but not too creative, haha.

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Thank you so much for treating him with kindness, letting him call his mom and getting him home safely. My son has non-drug related mental health challenges, and I grew up in Marysville so this hit close to home for me. ❤️

I’ve seen this method before, I believe it’s called “Vertical Hugelkultur.”

If you ever get the chance to visit Republic, WA you might see turkeys strutting around town. Last time I was in town I parked to go to the bank and my dogs were barking like crazy but nobody was around. Opened the car door to get out and almost smacked a turkey!

Thanks for sharing, that was a good read.

Yay, ravens for me too! They’ve been at war with a hawk lately. They used to alarm call snitch when we first moved here but I think they got used to us or bored haha. A red-naped sapsucker has been working on our garden fence rails lately and pileateds are usually around. Barred and Great Horned owls at night and barred pops off during the day occasionally. And wild turkeys haha, how could I forget about them lol. (I’m in the Kettle Range Mountains of the PNW.)

She does look feisty and he looks like a deer in the headlights. Do you suppose she brushed off his other hand that’s in the air?

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Lists lol. I have lists for everything. But it’s the items that never made it onto the list that drive me bonkers later. “Oh man, I thought about that 4 times and never put it on the list…” And my husband loves saying “well, it wasn’t on the list…”🤦🏻‍♀️

Idk what that means either lol. You guys did a great job, its a nice looking cabin and I hope you can enjoy it for many years to come.

Will rats fit in bucket traps or are they too fat? I’ve got five of those going right now. We have mice, packrats, squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks and yellow bellied marmots. Don’t even have prairie dogs here and still gotta watch out for holes everywhere! Sure keeps the dogs busy all day haha

I need to make a handle like yours for pull cords, thanks for the idea. I’m 45f with two cranky shoulders. I can manage most tasks but really struggle with pull cords. I tend to use wagons for hauling around heavier items. I purposely bought a smaller wagon so I wouldn’t overload it haha.

1997 and 2023 for me, haha but I’m finally here now! Got a small orchard planted and veggie garden going and a lifetime of projects lined up.

It’s an older Englander stove and basically runs Oct-June ish, it froze here last night. My sense of normal is probably skewed a bit haha, we’re up in the mountains with no other source of heat.

My (off grid) cabin is about 20x30 with a full upstairs loft and our wood stove has no problem keeping the place warm even during negative temps. No fans needed but we also don’t shut any interior room doors. Be sure to have enough firewood and then some before winter for your region. We’re in zone 5a and went through maybe 6-8 cords this last winter. Keeping a fire takes some learning and finesse in the beginning until you get the hang of it. Some people like to build elaborate fire starter structures with newspaper but I prefer using a small propane blowtorch on kindling haha. Keep a pot of water on the top, get a temperature gauge to stick on the stove pipe to monitor the ideal burn temp range to adjust, get smoke alarms and fire extinguishers, and never ever under any circumstances put ashes into anything other than a metal bucket and be sure to promptly empty it outside in a spot that won’t scorch anything if the wind picks up suddenly. Someone in our county dumped their “cold” ashes in a plastic tub on the porch and burned their whole house down this past winter.

I thought brown was dominant and other colors were recessive per high school biology class 20-something years ago. Something about Bb x Bb parents could have BB (brown) Bb (still brown with carrying blue recessive) or bb (blue) eyed kids. Now how the the other colors fit in, idk, I think this is probably a very basic example haha. Or here’s the genetics explanation using gummy bears example.

Ancestors inception. Wonder what ever happened to the pictures she’s holding up for the photo?

Well I’ve seen black bear bites and a claw swipe on a dog and that’s not really similar. (Dog made a full recovery.) Only mentioning it because my cousin lives in Lenoir County, NC and was just talking about black bears, she saw one the other day. My guess is a piece of metal sticking out like an old T post, barbed wire snag at full run or a sharp stick. Weird spot for barbed wire though unless it was wrapped around a post or tree. One of my girls has scraped her forehead a few times on barbed wire but still won’t slow down to limbo. Hope your pup makes a speedy recovery.

I love the contrast with the red trim. Any old cans of exterior wood stain hanging around so you can match it? I’d guess the interior might be coated in a semi or gloss polyurethane or possibly amber shellac. Might take a tiny bit of denatured alcohol in a hidden spot and if it gets sticky, it’s probably shellac.

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Pigs is 13. She melts in the rain but loves snow and playing in the creek.