Making clarified butter

Making clarified butter is easy but a little tricky. To make a Quart of Ghee (clarified butter) but 2 lbs of unsalted butter in a 2 quart sauce pan and turn the heat on low. The butter will melt and start to make hissing / bubbling sounds. After about 30 to 40 minutes foam will appear on the top of the butter, then it will collect on the bottom of the pan and start sticking. The butter will become clear/translucent and that is when you know it is done, plus you will smell the wonderful aroma of Ghee. I just pour this liquid into a jar and keep it at room temperature ready to use!

Clearing the site for the garden shed

When the blades are sharp , the wood cuts like a hot knife through butter!

The first cut takes the branch down and the second cut leaves a clean cut so the tree can heal and look good. So tree #1 is out of the way.



The second tree needed a little pull in another direction, so we put a rope as high as we could throw it and Mariah pulls the tree in the direction of the fall, always standing out of harms way, and Richard works the saw. He always starts by cutting a wedge in the tree on the side where he wants the tree to fall. Then as Mariah pulls to the side, Richard saws from the opposite side of the wedge in the tree a little above and cuts through to meet the wedge. And the tree falls where we want it to fall.


Tree #3 was really tricky. There was no way it was going to fall with a simple pull, so we hooked up the come-a-long as high up on the tree we were cutting down to another tree as low as possible. Then Mariah pulled in the direction to the side, so the tree would fall clear of the fence and other trees, and it worked!!!

Putting Up The gutter.

Putting up the gutters starts with drawing a line on the face of the building starting at the high end, right underneath the roof that extends out 1/2 to 1 inch. This line needs to slope about 1/2 inch for each 20 feet of gutter, so the water will travel toward the down spout.
We used the long screws that go from the outside of the gutter and attach through to the back side and attach the gutter to the building.We pre-drilled the holes to make it easier to set the screw.
Before we cut the gutter we measured twice to make sure it was the right length and pieced together the end section with the downspout to make sure it would end where we wanted it to.
Where the gutters meet , we put the connecting piece. This is done after both pieces have been attached to the building. We used small screws to firmly attach this piece to the building as well.After everything is in place then we used the gutter caulk to seal the seams. We then placed the screens on the gutter to keep out debris . We have used this method on the 1st building and it has worked very well.