Projects to Date

--2 raspberry bushes planted on south property line

--Planted four dwarf apple, 2 dwarf cherry trees

--Built sixteen 4' by 8' garden boxes along south property line. Jen filled the boxes with leaves, top soil, and compost.

--Built a six foot privacy fence along the front property line facing busy cut through street (where cars frequently speed past at about 60 mph. Fence runs along all of the front and part of the sides of the yard for about 240 feet. A gate was built across the drive way which locks from both the inside and outside.

--Purchased freezer which holds 250 lbs of meat. Filled it with 1/4 of a cow bought from local farmer.

--Set up three 55 gallon water barrels (linked). All filled up in one night of rain!

Projects to Date

A quick list of completed projects to date (after all of the moving in and unpacking, of course):

--One tree in the front yard was cut down (diseased). A useless plant/bush with a gigantic weed growing in the middle of it was also pulled.

--Bathroom and ceiling in the office/brewery has been painted.

--Clothes line in the backyard has been setup.

--House and office have been blessed!

--2 worm bins have been setup and the worms are doing well.

--1 pineapple sage, 1 Mexican sage, and 1 rosemary bush have been planted in the backyard.

--2 blueberry and 2 black berry bushes have been planted along drive way.

--1 4x4 raised bed box has been built.

--Some muscadines have been picked by friends.

--Someone from Lowe's is coming out to give us an estimate on the front/side gate.

We are excited and busy!

Back yard!

This is a picture of the backyard with a view of the back of the house in the background, the pool in the foreground (covered) and the front porch of the office/brewery!

Kitchen!

Here's a pic of the new kitchen. It's so much bigger than our galley kitchen we have now, and it'll be a great central room for our family to cook and eat together!

New House!

After some searching, we are closing on a new house June 30th! Jen and I couldn't decide whether we wanted to be town or country mice, so we decided on a compromise. Our new house is located on 1 acre (with no restrictions) just 3 miles (about 8 minutes) from downtown Greenville, SC. Jen searched every night on the web for the right place, and we lucked into this. The first buyers financing fell through, and we were next in line of 17 other interested parties! The sellers priced the house at 152, 500, and it's got about 3,000 square feet (if you count the separate office with full bath and kitchenette). If Jen hadn't kept plugging away at this, we would never have found the house.

What's more important is that we can get down to the business of degriding. We have lots of plans for this 1 acre plot, but it's incredibly exciting! It even has a little underground pool (this was a happy happenstance as a pool was not part of our criteria).

Featured above is the front yard and house!