Off Grid Living-

kittygrrl · 05-12-2020, 12:39 PM

i love all the rain..i can never have too much..i've made body butter many times, my base is usually coconut butter & wild cocoa butter, vitamin e, lavender and rose...

kittygrrl · 05-13-2020, 05:12 PM

you will feel the silence when you live in the bush..but you don't have much time to dwell on it because you're so busy during the day, chopping wood, wrapping pipe, tending the fire(incredibly important when the temperature drops below 0°)

kittygrrl · 05-16-2020, 04:26 PM

Log cabin build, nice to have heavy equip help but you can manage w/o it if you have a partner and you don't mind the process being a great deal slower..during one of my summers helped a friend w building a small log cabin ....peeling logs, pier block foundation, anchoring logs, chinking..etc etc..

kittygrrl · 05-17-2020, 12:27 PM

not a fan of notched style joinery especially with logs, i prefer the butt method and using rebar to secure the logs together..you're just asking for trouble if you notch a log on both sides..logs get wet and once you cut into the soft core of a log rot can set in quick and your join may not last 20 years....i'm not a carpenter but i come from a long line of carpenters in my family tree, boat, finish, cabinetmakers..so i have sawdust in my bones and a love for trees...maybe someday, i will build my log cabin..

kittygrrl · 05-17-2020, 06:49 PM

dovetails..i haven't done one in around ten years..forgotten how..but maybe my hands would remember if i gave them a chance?

kittygrrl · 05-18-2020, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kittygrrl

dovetails..i haven't done one in around ten years..forgotten how..but maybe my hands would remember if i gave them a chance?

when i thought about it, tbh..more like 14!

kittygrrl · 05-18-2020, 02:59 PM

logs on the brain.......................

05-12-2020, 12:39 PM	#1
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: Fae Relationship Status: just for fun Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: near the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,399 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,604 Thanked 21,978 Times in 7,093 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	i love all the rain..i can never have too much..i've made body butter many times, my base is usually coconut butter & wild cocoa butter, vitamin e, lavender and rose... __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

05-13-2020, 05:12 PM	#2
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: Fae Relationship Status: just for fun Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: near the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,399 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,604 Thanked 21,978 Times in 7,093 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	you will feel the silence when you live in the bush..but you don't have much time to dwell on it because you're so busy during the day, chopping wood, wrapping pipe, tending the fire(incredibly important when the temperature drops below 0°) __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

05-16-2020, 04:26 PM	#3
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: Fae Relationship Status: just for fun Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: near the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,399 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,604 Thanked 21,978 Times in 7,093 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Log cabin build, nice to have heavy equip help but you can manage w/o it if you have a partner and you don't mind the process being a great deal slower..during one of my summers helped a friend w building a small log cabin ....peeling logs, pier block foundation, anchoring logs, chinking..etc etc.. __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

05-17-2020, 12:27 PM	#4
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: Fae Relationship Status: just for fun Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: near the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,399 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,604 Thanked 21,978 Times in 7,093 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	not a fan of notched style joinery especially with logs, i prefer the butt method and using rebar to secure the logs together..you're just asking for trouble if you notch a log on both sides..logs get wet and once you cut into the soft core of a log rot can set in quick and your join may not last 20 years....i'm not a carpenter but i come from a long line of carpenters in my family tree, boat, finish, cabinetmakers..so i have sawdust in my bones and a love for trees...maybe someday, i will build my log cabin.. __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

05-17-2020, 06:49 PM	#5
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: Fae Relationship Status: just for fun Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: near the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,399 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,604 Thanked 21,978 Times in 7,093 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	dovetails..i haven't done one in around ten years..forgotten how..but maybe my hands would remember if i gave them a chance? __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

05-18-2020, 02:59 PM	#7
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: Fae Relationship Status: just for fun Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: near the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,399 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,604 Thanked 21,978 Times in 7,093 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	logs on the brain....................... __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis