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MiHale

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3. Oh by the roots of me ...
Wed Apr 19, 2023, 06:58 PM
Apr 2023

The barrier will be the floor forever. Field grass grows all over this was a working farm, orchard, hay field in the day. It’s a hay field now. That’s behind our property, it creeps in. Another grateful plant that has ahold on the ground is field horsetail. It’s an amazing plant on its own, benefits are awesome but it’s so invasive, I harvest as much as I can.

In the house water shouldn’t be a problem, we have an “ungreenhoused” raised bed garden and some in ground “free range” plots, plus an experimental straw bed garden.

Weather and age has been a slowdown in progress. We went from the high eighties to the high of fifty plus a wicked rain in 3 days, took the time to help rest up a 70 yo body.

I’m in the northern part of the lower peninsula in Michigan at approximately 44 degrees latitude 15 miles west o Tawas City.

Here’s the inside so far…

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Please post again with the finished product Bayard Apr 2023 #1
Good luck with your project WhiteTara Apr 2023 #2
Oh by the roots of me ... MiHale Apr 2023 #3
fabulous! Good floor! WhiteTara Apr 2023 #4
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