Entry # 17 – A sustainable Hope
Hope harvests the green beans. Our granddaughter’s name is Hope and she brings joy to all of our hearts. Hope loves the ranch and is gaining a deeper appreciation [...]
Entry #16 – First snow – a time to wonder
Putting up the sign at Timber Butte Ranch. Earlier this week we woke up to the first snow of winter. It came late this year but when it did, [...]
Entry #15 – “Quaerite Primum Regnum”
One of my all time favorite western movies is Lonesome Dove. If you’ve seen it you may remember the scene where the two main characters Gus McCrae and [...]
Entry # 14 – Readiness
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Entry # 13 – Building a Root Cellar Part 4 – Ready to use
A root cellar is an amazing thing. Our cellar maintains a constant temperature of 40 to 50 degrees year round – day and night, while holding a humidity [...]
Entry #12- Building a Root Cellar Part 3 – Worn out, used up, rejected old tires – the perfect functional thing
If you have been following my entries this past week you know that I have been sharing about my experience building root cellars. To catch up you might check [...]
Entry #11 – Building a Root Cellar Part 2 – Getting started
Putting up the sign at Timber Butte Ranch. When I dug the hole for the first root cellar (Better known as the Hole) on the old ranch I used a pick [...]
Entry #10 – Building a Root Cellar Part 1 – Revisiting the “Hole”
The "Hole" on the old ranch. When Nancy and I moved onto the original old ranch after we were married in the early 70’s (See about us) [...]
Entry #6 – Six dump truck loads of cow manure – A first house warming gift.
Here is our garden, growing in the manure. As summer came to an end our other new neighbors, Craig and Joan Krosh dropped by to announce that our friend [...]
Entry #5 – The barn before the house
Preparing the poles for the barn Tri and the barn almost completed in the dead of winter As soon as the Water, gas and electrical lines were buried Nancy [...]
Entry #4 – The important work nobody will ever see
Laying water pipes and power lines Every step of building Timber Butte Ranch has been a step of faith. It’s been like crossing a creek in [...]
Entry #3 – Scars heal
The day our friend and neighbor Harvey Church showed up with his D8 CAT was a hard day for us. It was the day we would cut a road [...]
Entry #2 Getting started – Putting one foot in front of the other.
Putting up the sign at Timber Butte Ranch. Every step of building Timber Butte Ranch has been a step of faith. It’s been like crossing a [...]
Entry #1 – The gift of vision
Tri and Nancy Robinson In the fall of 2006 Nancy and I stood on 80 acres of bare land that we envisioned would one day become “Timber [...]
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