Completing My Solar Install and Creating a Wildlife Pond
I am finally nearing completion on my solar install up at Stony Oasis Farms. I will be ready to fire it up...and have full power for everything else I need to do.
Propagating Plants at Stony Oasis Farms: My Future Food-Forest
Growing More Plants Every Year at Stony Oasis I am all about propagating plants, and growing trees at Stony Oasis. I am building a food-forest, and I am not doing this to supply myself with food only...I want to grow enough food for 100's of people. I plan on acres of food....but time will tell […]
Installing My Solar System at Stony Oasis Farms
I am close to getting my solar system installed, and operating. Got the 9 panels or 4000 watts of bi-facial panels installed.
Getting My Off-Grid Solar Install at Stony Oasis Done
Finally Back on the Solar System Install and Getting Close! Spent a day working on my solar install up at Stony Oasis, and got that much closer to finishing it. Will be glad when it is done and I wake up there every morning! I cannot wait! Got the inverter hung, as well as the […]
Mid-Summer 2026 Off-Grid Homestead Update at Stony Oasis Farms
Managing Summer Heat, Wildlife, and Getting Er Done! There is more wildlife making Stony Oasis part of their 'rounds' all the time. Turkeys show up about every day. Time for a off-grid homestead update of some of my adventures up at Stony Oasis Farms. August in the foothills of the Simcoe Mountains in central Washington […]
Attracting Western Bluebirds in Central Washington: Nest Boxes & Wildlife Ponds
I am also all about all wildlife enhancement up at Stony Oasis and my little pond is such a God send for that.
Building a Dryland Oasis...Blood, Sweat, and Fruit Trees
When one is living off grid, and actively building that off grid paradise one envisions. Things can go south, and it can happen in a split second.
Cooling Your Off-Grid Home: Why Swamp Coolers are a Game-Changer for Living With Solar
So how does one cool and off grid cabin in those long hot days of summer? I plan to use off grid evaporative cooling...ie, a swamp cooler running off my solar array.
Ohio Buckeye Trees Growing in My Washington Food-Forest
They were literally 4 foot or more at the base! And TALL! They also produced a big nut....so I was on a mission to find out what they were...after a bit of investigation I determined they were Buckeye trees, and had been brought there from Ohio...many, many years ago.
Jerusalem Artichokes Getting Established in the Foodforest
A food-forest is all about creating food, and I want food plants that can basically take care of themselves and thrive in that mountainous environment. Many times it is a try it and see if it works. As you can see the Jerusalem Artichokes work, and work well, very easily propagated and you can live on them. I will be making this patch 2 to 3 times bigger then it is.