One Straw Farm

[Hoosierhunting]

Looking good. I built one very similar 20 years ago. It’s still going strong.
I would STRONGLY recommend overlapping the gable end (lower) sheathing on to your framing of the side wall. It’s where 80-90% of your shear strength comes from.
You could also use “L” brackets on inside, so long as you have 20-30 nails holding the walls together.
But you really need a mechanical connection between both walls other than the top plate nails.


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You’re dead right Massey. What happened was I sheathed all the walls while flat on the deck and left the overhang on the side walls to tie them into the end walls. The end walls were supposed to be 8’ wide and the side walls 16’-7”. I went to set the first side wall and realized that it was setting 4” over the trap door that I had already built into the deck. After a torrent of cussing that ended in.... “%#*! it, it ain’t a church” I trimmed the overhand off the sidewalls and set them outside the end walls. I didn’t want to spend the time or money to re-sheath the end walls. Since it’s not insulated I used old school corner leads, instead of ladders or “California corners” and nailed the hell out of them which should help some. The walls are going to be finished with cedar shakes and I run furring strips on the walls so they have an air gap. I’ll use the furring strips to tie the walls together which should help also. Now that I know you’ve got eyes on this project going to have to start taking pics from further away.


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[Hoosierhunting]

That is a nice treehouse. You could probably rent that out on VRBO.

Ha! I might need to at the rate Lowe’s is separating me from my money.


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[Triple C]

Looks like Native Hunter has inspired a bunch of folks to build Ritz Carlton style, raised hunting shacks. You could bout move in that thing. Nice work!

 

[massey]

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Don’t forget the fake flowers in window boxes. Not my idea I swear.

 

[Hoosierhunting]

Looks like Native Hunter has inspired a bunch of folks to build Ritz Carlton style, raised hunting shacks. You could bout move in that thing. Nice work!

Thanks Triple C, I occasionally slip and refer to the boy’s treehouse as treestand.


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[Hoosierhunting]

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Don’t forget the fake flowers in window boxes. Not my idea I swear.

Dang you Massey, you set a real high bar there! I’m not showing my wife! She’ll insist on flower boxes. What do you guys use that for? Cabin? Looks huge and way too nice for a playhouse. Although that’s what everyone is telling me about this project.


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[massey]

It started out as a large treestand for my Dad. Quickly morphed into a little cabin. Even has a bathroom and running water (it’s next to a pond). It sleeps 4 adults or 7-8 kids. Usually kids sleep up there.
When I saw the pickup truck loaded with cedar shakes, it brought back a lot of memories.



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[Hoosierhunting]

The deer have started browsing the PTT and rape early this year.

The turnip in pic is small but most of them are good sized. I thought the rape would do better than it has but it may have been too high of a seeding rate.


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[Hoosierhunting]

I’ve slacked off on the deer hunting but took some time today to let this guy do what he does best.


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[Hoosierhunting]

It hit 51 degrees today. Looks like the poor kids won’t have a white Christmas but other than that I sure don’t mind these temps. I put a coat of Cabot’s Australian Timber Oil on the cedar shingles today even. I debated a lot about letting them age naturally and go silver or staining them. I wanted to leave the natural color as much as possible. I wasn’t sure at first but like the end result. Much darker than natural but I like the look. The product is transparent so there’s no heavy stain pigment hiding the natural grain, colors, etc.
Before:










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[Hoosierhunting]

We haven’t had a ton of snow this year but have had a couple decent ones. I’m satisfied with how well the Egyptian Wheat screen has held up. I underestimated nitrogen needs and the dog loves crashing through it, taking that into consideration it’s done pretty good. I plan on working on a more permanent solution for road screening but will continue to use EW to provide separation between plots.


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[lakngolf]

I had great luck in Bull Pen with Egyptian wheat also. Birds are hitting it like crazy now. It got 8 to 10 feet tall, now only about 3 to 4. I have already determined how it will be differently planted next year. And thanks for the reminder. I need to order

 

[Hoosierhunting]

I had great luck in Bull Pen with Egyptian wheat also. Birds are hitting it like crazy now. It got 8 to 10 feet tall, now only about 3 to 4. I have already determined how it will be differently planted next year. And thanks for the reminder. I need to order

Where I had adequate nitrogen it was 8-10’, nitrogen starved areas were much shorter. Stalks were about half the diameter of a corn stalk.


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[Hoosierhunting]

Did some management burning today.


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[Hoosierhunting]

Put in some work on windows for the kids treehouse. Still trying to button that dang thing up. Still have to make some mullions for the windows.


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[Hoosierhunting]

Rented a new toy to trim up a silver maple in the backyard that has all sorts of problems. Put in an honest days work and I’m feeling it.


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[Hoosierhunting]

Made several brush piles along treelines with the trash from the maple I cut. Hoping to help the rabbits out, we never have many at the farm.


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[Hoosierhunting]

Today was just the most perfect spring day you could ask for, and Mother Nature put the cherry on top with a super moon this evening. Spent the entire day outside and am grateful that I could.


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[Hoosierhunting]

At this time of year the front fields are usually under water. Ducks, geese, cranes and herons all jockey for real estate, the frogs are singing like their life depends on it. I really enjoy this part of the farm in the spring.


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