Walking the Fence Line – Contemplation for the time we live
Building and maintaining the fences here on the side of Timber Butte have always been one of my preferred pastimes. Walking the fence line has provided one of my best excuses to be in the [...]
Building a permanent deep-pit BBQ
Jacob, our pet sheep, oversees Aaron's preparation of the BBQed lamb There’s nothing like a deep-pit BBQ when you’re cooking for a bunch of special friends. It’s a lot of work, no question, [...]
A New Cellar for Meat & Wine – Finishing Touches
Jacob and Lily examine the finished project From the beginning it had been our goal to have the new cellar finished in time to be used for the next grape harvest in [...]
A New Cellar for Meat & Wine – Part 3 – “Many hands make for light work”
Brook, Tri & Daniel prepare to build the log roof structure After the hole had been dug for the new cellar the next challenge would be to pour a concrete floor and [...]
Root Cellar Construction – Part 2 – Getting started
The kitchen cellar at Timber Butte Homestead I’ve built three root-cellars over the past forty-five years. The first one I hand dug when I was in my 20’s on the old original [...]
A Cellar for Meat and Wine – Part 1
A New cellar for Timber Butte Our farmstead here on Timber Butte has continued to mature since its conception ten years ago. As a result our agricultural production has increased year by [...]
