What projects do you guys got planned for this summer | Construction and DIY projects | Forums

My wife and I sat down and had a serious discussion as far as what we were going to do, after such a hard winter and our employee opening up a competitor across town, we decided it was best to just hold off till the middle of the summer before we do anything with the cabin. The other deciding factor was the fact of my brother planning to move up, if he does, he will be involved with the business, plus my daughter is still showing interest in being involved, if that's the case then we will seriously need to look at opening a second location. That's a lot of chiefs for our small place, so every extra penny will need to be saved to be able to make that happen. Now we do have the money sitting there from having the land logged off last year, which should be enough to finish our projects around the house, so our primary location is complete. Technically, I don't think the projects ever really end.

So I walked around yesterday making a list of the projects I want to tackle.

Top priority is a greenhouse, I walked around trying to figure out what I want to do, and I keep coming back to our smokehouse, which was to fulfill that need. I'm thinking I'm going to remove the rocks and fill from the front and build a glassed in greenhouse extending out the front of it, still working on sketching it out, but this will probably be the first thing

The next project would be a solar powered slow sand filter for the pond and develop that more into a natural swimming pool, this is going to be a major project if I tackle it

I need to get some swales and drainage built into the yard so I can develop the gardens more, with how wet we were last summer, this is a pretty large priority, we couldn't even get back to the beds to top them off with out destroying the yard because of all the standing water

once the swales and drainage is done, I can tackle fencing in the back field better, whether it be a mini dexter or the pigs, I want them to have more grazing

develop and terrace off our huge hugelkultur berm, it is a great asset that we need to utilize better

I need to redesign my solar generator to make it more user friendly so that I can easily transport it anywhere around the property

I'm thinking something like this

I need to redesign the compost bin and make it more user friendly, I hadn't checked on it in awhile and was shocked at how good the chickens did with turning it over

I need to redo the firepit into a more permanent structure with some grilling options added to it

I still have that fridge which will become a worm farm

Need to build the outdoor kitchen/cook area which will include a rocket stove for canning, bread oven and a cajun microwave, thinking of putting it here on the end of the porch

I need to clear out behind the berm, bush hog it and set in drainage, it's about a 1/2 acre that we don't utilize and if my daughter ever gets serious about a small cabin, it would probably be the best spot for it

woodshed is a top priority as well, finishing the earth roof on our generator shed, etc, etc

Hope to get started on the greenhouse in the next couple weeks once it dries out better