Kuka lämmittää sauna?
“Who will heat the sauna?”
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Feeding my sheep
I found a makeshift solution to save hay this winter.
Library (Part 4): Things go sideways
Young man starts framing up the walls of his cabin retreat with more zeal than knowledge.
Making gyros and tzatziki sauce
Enjoying the farm-to-table experience on your own property. Making gyros with lamb we raised.
Table that idea
Plans to build tables once the shop is ready.
Library (Part 2): Finding a legend
I find an old man who sells me rough-sawn wood for my cabin-library.
Library (Part 3): Dropping the poles
Young man builds foundation for his cabin retreat he calls his “Library.”
Library (Part 1): Getting started
A book inspired me as a teenager to build a hand-built cabin as a cozy retreat space from a busy family home.
Finding fun in the snow
Re-living childhood experiences of snow machines and sleds with my family.
Winning Willow over
A young ewe is building courage to approach the shepherd. Trust takes time.
Weaving loom fills room
Why did I accept a free room-size weaving loom?
Install a range hood exhaust vent
Overcame resistance to install a range hood this week.
People
You’re not really a man until …
An old man shares how owning a company and taking care of employees is a sign of maturity.
fiction
“Starting” my book
Pushing past the frustration of the past restarts and to start writing again — with a new tool.
Woodworking
Building calculators I use
I use the Opticutter calculator to determining the number and size of boards needed for a project. To calculate the number of railing balusters, I use the Blocklayer - Baluster Spacing calculator:
Sheep
Sebastian arrives
The other half of the genetic material to make lambs next spring came this morning in the form of Sebastian. Ewes cycle twice a month so he’ll be here for 30 days. If everything goes to plan, we could have sheep as early as five months from today. [Calculating.
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Canning wild plum jelly
This is our first year canning wild plum jelly. It was a little on the tart side, but spread on a piece of warm homemade bread, it is excellent. We used a Finnish juicer from my mother to make this neon jelly.
Bible
Questions to ask when reading the Bible
This advice comes from the Gospel Coalition, and it’s related to sermon preparation but the simple questions I’ve reformatted below from a paper they published has been enormously helpful to me in studying the Bible and preparing to teach a Sunday School class. Maybe you’ll learn something
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Animals grow on you
After moving to the country, the author discovers a new love for animals.
Sheep
Find your Holly
The author and his wife unexpectedly find a wealth of sheep knowledge and experience in a mentor named Holly.
Sauna
My grandpa Reino’s sauna
Reminiscing about my grandpa Reina’s sauna.
Sheep
Creatures big and small
Some animals from the “farm.”
Sauna
Building a sauna door
Building a cedar door with a window for a backyard wood-fired sauna.
building
Building a garden gate
We had dogs escaping from our house because we couldn't keep doors shut. I decided we needed to add a gate to the porch outside the house so that even if the front door opened, the dogs wouldn't run into the yard, or worse, to the