After Three Years…
Update- finally! on the Judith Mountain Vineyard. We finally have a
real toilet, hot water, and a shower after THREE YEARS of living in a
14×14 foot cabin!
It’s amazing, in this time we’ve put in power,
water, a road, and a new home. We moved in on December 23rd, and love
living with the horses and goats and chickens. Our rooster ‘Re-peep’
[Peep's son] reminds me at nearly 5:24 am every morning to wake up and
stoke the fire. Getting used to it, at first we were thinking of stew
but now kind of enjoy it. This barnhouse is a cool system, with
animals –> humans –> waste back to animals, it’s pretty efficiently
cyclical, and entirely off the grid except for a propane on-demand
Bosch Aquastar hot water heater [awesome and inexpensive, by the way].
For the vines, the season finished off well is moderate temps,
dropping to freezing at night started in late September. On other
notes, looking into adding a distilling circuit on the future winery,
and growing bison, and adding on our long-awaited sauna or sweat
lodge. We’ll see how that turns out……
We are so blessed this holiday season, and many millions of thanks to
everyone who helped along the way. All of our friends and neighbors
dedicated time and effort for us to be here, advice and books and
texts, and we couldn’t be more grateful for everyone’s support. Come
visit! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year -Scott
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Hey Scott! Happy New Year! So glad to hear you have moved in to the barn. In fact, I was looking at the sketch-up diagram you left on my lap-top just the other day.
Our move and renovations have gone very well, too. We moved late August, and the renovations have just about wrapped up. Next time you are up in Vancouver, we should have an actual guest room for you!
Take care!
-s-
February 5th, 2010 at 9:30 am
Heya Simon- coming up sometime in June, I’ll call ahead! Meanwhile, seriously considering the termination of that damn bird.