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Contact: hermit@pithole.com
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This website the ramblings of one man, Edward D. Clark, Jr., aka The Pithole Hermit, living on his land in a cabin, off-grid, in northwest Pennsylvania.
Includes wild edibles, farming, primitive living and other off-grid subjects. And a few electronic projects along the way. -
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Monthly Archives: October 2016
Hunting camp
Now that I’ve started setting up the cabin it has now become a hunting camp.
Pretty empty now.
Here’s a short video from my archery hunting location at the back of my property.
The orange hat is to meet game commission requirements of 100 square inches of orange within 15 feet of an archery stand.
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Ready to move in
Okay. Not completely. But the floors, walls and windows are in. A lot of finishing work but the cabin is now better than the tent. Tonight will be my first night staying on the cabin.
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Also it has been raining so much that I now have a pond on my property.
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Storage
Since my cabin used to be a storage shed, I need storage space. So I got a giant waterproof bin.
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Heat
Update: really fast delivery. Here’s the real thing.
I decided to go with a tiny wood stove instead of propane. Really get off the grid. On order
Plus I’m moving my firewall from my house. Ceramic tiles will be reinstalled after mounting.
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One Corner
One corner and floor panels in. Floor panels not yet secured.
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Walls
Started installing insulation and the first panel of drywall.
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Cabin wrap
Rain quit long enough to do some cabin wrapping.
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Coyote
Just saw a huge coyote on the road outside my camp. Couldn’t get a picture. I’ll be sure to keep my camera ready for the next time.…
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Autumn rains
With the Autumn rains here I put up a tarp for temporary storage.
And covered my building materials.
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