by Paul | Sep 10, 2022 | Farm & Homestead, Sailing & Cruising
There is quite a bit of work going on around Downeast Thunder Farm, including the repair and resurfacing of our dooryard and 600’ gravel driveway. This has caused quite a disruption and delay with work at Shoestring Shipyard. The Mirage 5.5 was in the way of where...
by Paul | Sep 9, 2022 | Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment
We just received our brand-new Box Blade for our New Holland tractor from Homestead Implements in Jamestown, New York. This is the first major tractor attachment we’ve purchased in over ten years. This box blade is the heavy-duty, “Pinnacle” series, made to order by...
by Paul | Sep 7, 2022 | Farm & Homestead, Promotions, Tools & Equipment
This is a short “teaser” to show you what is contained within an exclusive video I made for my Patrons on Patreon. The actual full featured video for my Patrons is much longer in duration and is a complete, full featured video. For as little as one dollar per month,...
by Paul | Sep 1, 2022 | Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment
Those new whiz-bang, hydraulic tree puller attachments to fit our tractor are absolutely wonderful, but at a cost of over four thousand dollars, they are way out of our reach financially. Enter the Brush Grubber. Relatively inexpensive at a little over one hundred...
by Paul | Aug 27, 2022 | Boat Building, Sailing & Cruising, Tools & Equipment
The Mirage 5.5 sailboat given to me has been getting flooded with water while sitting on the trailer – even while covered! I discovered why and used a few methods to get the water out! Here’s the video: