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.
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 […]
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.
Building a Dryland Hugelkultur: Water-Wise Gardening for Arid Climates
High Desert Permaculture: Implementing Hugelkultur at Stony Oasis Farms It was a beautiful early spring day up on Stony Oasis Farms....leaves just budding out on all the trees I have planted in my food forest. I cannot express how much I am looking forward to living there...it is my personal Oasis! This is the second […]
Building Birdhouses for Stony Oasis Farms - Homes for the Homeless
There is little more satisfying that sitting by one of my ponds in July when the first clutch of birds have been raised, and watching whole families of birds come by for a drink. I have had them fly over and sit just a few inches from my head turning their head this way and that trying to figure out what I was.
Building a DIY Wildlife Guzzler: An Off-Grid Wildlife Water Solution for Central Washington
This guzzler is located in eastern Washington sate which has a semi-arid environment. And it is this kind of dry climate where guzzlers shine. They can provide excellent water for most of the summer. A real blessing for the animals that live there.