After the excessive amount of digging holes, Tyler switches to all out pulling out trees with the excavator.
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Renting an Excavator
It’s sometimes a little sad to look back at all the things that were possible to get done last year at this time, due to the unexpected shut downs. I was feeling like I was just really behind on blog posts, until I realized I was comparing output to the six month summer we had last year.
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I’m not sure if you aware, but the lumber industry is in quite a state, still trying to recover after the shut downs of covid. What this means, of course, for people who build and renovate or do construction, is that supply is not meeting up with the demand for lumber. Things like plywood are marked up double from what they were pre-covid. And regular beams (or 2x4s, etc) can cost as much as triple.
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A new spring task has started to become an annual event at the homestead. Moving thrown rock.
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In an effort to not spend money needlessly, I’ve been making sure to try to mend or upgrade current clothing options when needed, instead of buying new. But, deep down, I also find this to be a fun task. It’s like a puzzle, how can I make this clothing work? Can I turn it into something else? Can I alter it? Add new buttons? Add patches?
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