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RE: Homestead Vlog | Outdoor Kitchen Take 2! Roof Is On! Now We're Cooking~ (Photos of the Build)

in #homesteading7 years ago

You two are SO cute! Can old granny answer a question you asked without hurting your feelings? Because you need to KNOW this, I want you both to live in the paradise you build... But "Who cares?!" The you who is 6 years older and having to do something you already did, that is who cares. If I could undo one thing we did, I would not do "temporary" stuff again. All these years and all that money later, we still have to start over on the stuff we WANTED to do all along.
Not to be Debbie downer... the outdoor kitchen is AWESOME!!! Just trying to offer a bit of perspective from older eyes.

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Haha totally appreciate this comment and you didn’t hurt our feelings at all! To be completely candid, the “tower” the water tank is on (which we built this kitchen off of) is made of cedar posts in the ground (lasts what? We don’t really know- 6-10 years max before rotting?). To be honest, we are tired and have so much going on this year, we don’t have time to build The Longterm thing... hopefully we won’t kick ourselves (maybe we will!). Totally hear you, and we’re in this in between space of not having energy/resources/desire to do the longterm thing, but still needing to get it done. Thanks for your perspective :) what were the things you didn’t quite do that you wished you’d done and now regret that you’re older? This life definitely takes so much time and energy, we have to be wise with what we focus on. This has taken us 2 days of our time; seems fair for a full year (or 6) of use 🌿💚

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The big thing is probably the hoop house. We played around and played around, and now we are still without a proper year-round greenhouse.

Mmmm I hear that. We got a grant for that and it’s causing us some pressure/stress this year. I’m concerned about the plastic only being good for 5ish years. That seems like not a sustainable solution!

This is one of the materials on our short list... You don't have as harsh a winter as we do, but still - you might be interested!

Polykeder is what it is called. http://www.kedergreenhouse.co.uk/