Oakridgehomestead.com chronicles our experience as owner-builders and our transition to farm life. As the build slows down and we move into the house we will transition the blog to chronicling our attempts at slow food, farm to table, raising chickens, gardening and preserving our harvests. There will also be an occasional post about local events or trips we take with the extended family. Please feel free to comment and check back often! :)
Friday, March 14, 2014
Artsy Photo editing using Microsoft Word!
Since we don't have Photoshop I decided I would try and change some of our photo from color to black and white with Microsoft Word 2010. I was pleasantly surprised with the result! As you may notice not one stayed just black and white. :)
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Birthday and approved conditions!
March 11th
We received clearance for the school fees, Grading and from the Fire
Authority yesterday! All we have left is the septic system! The design/report for
the Microfast system should be done soon (by the end of the week) and then we
can submit it. I am anticipating some problems because we are using the perc
report from Mark Sweeney and not from the new engineer. Which means it may or may not be approved by the end
of the month.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Putting down Stakes!
March 4th
K and I decided that we would shift gears and not use the
septic design as Mark Sweeney designed (JetInc) and hire Michael Mark and his
engineer to design a system using Microfast. The cost savings using Microfast
offsets the additional cost of redesigning. The Microfast system doesn’t have
any moving parts inside the tank which is also a maintenance bonus.
I picked up the paperwork from the water district so I can
now turn in the remaining paperwork that is required for the Fire Authority authorization.
We asked Tom to write a letter certifying that our lot will not be moving a
total of more than 50 yards of soil. He said he will get that to us before I
head to the county offices on Monday the 10th. Talked with Tom La
Duke about next steps and he said we would have to meet at the lot and put down
official markers for the corners of the house. We are planning on meeting him
Saturday the 15th! Can’t wait to start moving dirt!
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