1. Where my farm is located, we have a lot of soft limestone close to the surface of the ground. It is hit-n-miss when auguring a hole. You never k...

2. This part of the process was a little tedious. The ground has 2 layers. About 6" of topsoil and the rest is virgin hardpan clay..........re...

3. After it dried up some from all the rain we had, I had to pull all the posts back out of the holes and take a post hole digger and remove all th...

4. After getting the sub-floor down, I had to wait another week due to more rain. I tarped everything down. I had my nephew help me build the walls...

5. I framed the porch structure from 4" x 4" posts. I post notched all of the joints and lagged them together with galvanized lag bolts....

6. I put a dual off grid power system in the cabin. The lighting is all 12 volt DC, utilizing standard 120 VAC lighting fixtures and switches. I pu...

7. The roof is clad in 28 gauge painted metal roofing material. No gutters. Love the sound of rain on a metal roof.

8. I used 4' x 8' sheets of hardboard that looks like barn siding that I picked up at Lowes for around $18.00/sheet. Installing it wasn't the easie...

9. Before I put any insulation in, I took foaming sealer in a can and foam sealed any cracks, crevices or bored holes, to keep out moisture, bugs a...

10. I put the ceiling panels up first. I thought about using tongue and groove pine, but my budget was getting tight. I was going to use 4'x 8' 11/...