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                           We've had the opportunity to learn and exercise many skills as we went from wilderness

                           to home; carpentry, engineering, plumbing, and following directions for some examples. Some

                           we pick up on better than others, but everything that must be done sooner or later will be.



                            One of the first things we needed when we moved into the mobile home was somewhere

                            to keep all of our yard tools and equipment. We went to a home supply place and got a kit for

                            a metal yard barn and treated wood to make a floor. The brochure implied that the Three Stooges

                            themselves could do it. The Yard Barn Page



                           We've got these twenty acres here, but more than half the land was almost inaccessible. We set

                           out to show that you don't have to have a degree in civil engineering to build a bridge. But it would

                           likely help. The Swamp Bridge

                          Even  tractors and backhoes need somewhere to stay. So we built a barn. Barn Raising

                           A backhoe also needs a reason to stay. William sort of invented a reason to keep Old Stoney

                           after the pond was finished - the hunt club that leases all the land around us lets him be a member

                           in exchange for working on their roads. And for going backhoe-a-rodento on their behalf. When one of the other members gets into a sticky situation we're ready to help out.

                              One of the advantages of working for free is that you can get by with minimal supervision and

work on what you want. For instance, if you think what we need is a new boat landing...

The wildlife other than beavers have cause to be appreciative. Some of Old Stoney's work is more to their benefit.

For the backhoe operator's benefit, some more modern fixtures.

                           Mr. Haney, the Farmall H, was purchased to use on projects, not to be one. He did have

                           a few infirmities when he arrived, though. He's all better now.

                           Mr. Haney, being bored with retired life, takes on a part time job in road maintenance

                            When routine maintenance gets to project status the tough get going. Some examples are showing

                             up at Mechanical Samples.

                             Sometimes a great project turns out, in the long run, to be half baked.

                              It can result in a situation such as the one that as gets covered in The Great Wall.

                             We had such success with that application of railroad ties that we felt confident to try again on a retaining                                                             

                              wall for the company driveway. We called it "The High Wall."

                              Some of our work is for our wild friends. The Owl Houses, for a sample.

                              And some is just to keep the roof over our heads, rather than down on them.

                              Just getting what we need for future projects can be a series of projects itself.