L is for Float Cabin Living
Summer's wonderful on Powell Lake. Lots of sunshine and blue skies. The lake is warm for boating, kayaking and swimming. It's the season for guests and we had quite a few. Kurt came in his floatplane from California. Our friends Dave and Marg came with their grandkids. And friends stop by as they head to their cabins.Summer is gardening season. My float garden provided lots of greens, kale, peas, onions, garlic, broccoli and herbs. Containers on the deck held tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, potatoes, beans, peas, blueberries and red currants. Flowers were pretty and attracted bees.
We eat much of our produce fresh, but I can tomatoes, peppers, pickles and jam for winter meals. I also dry onions, garlic and potatoes.
We had to remove our shore structures as a part of our water lease. My rain barrels went to a farmer in Powell River. Our friend helped us remove our shed and stairs. The wood was reclaimed for firewood.
Other summer chores included installing our Xplornet satellite system and storing firewood in our floating woodshed.
Now that fall has begun, it's a quiet time up the lake. Lots of time for reading, writing and relaxing. It's hard to decide which is my favourite season. What's your? -- Margy
Very interesting. I love cruising, so probably i would love living on a boat as well.
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I like cruising but don't think I would like living on a boat. A float cabin is a building on top of a large cedar log float. It's like living in a land cabin of a similar size. - Margy
DeleteYou have a wonderful life, Margy. Lots of work, definitely, but it sounds so satisfying. Good for you and your husband. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteLots of time to relax inbetween. - Margy
DeleteYou pack a LOT in your posts!
ReplyDeleteThe collage feature gets a lot into a little space. - Margy
DeleteI am impressed by your floating garden and floating wood shed!
ReplyDeleteIt helps keep weight off the cabin deck, very important for the foundation of our floating home. - Margy
DeleteSpecial way of living, wich I like as I do your photo's
ReplyDeleteHave a splendid, ♥-warming ABC-Wednes-day / -week
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Thanks. And thanks for hosting ABC Wednesday. - Margy
DeleteIt's quite the life!
ReplyDeleteThanks for being a faithful reader. - Margy
DeleteRemoving the structures is a lot of work. I've often wondered what the regulations are for float homes. Your garden produced a lot of food for you - so satisfying, I imagine.
ReplyDeleteIn my spare time I like reading or sewing or cooking in the fall and winter. Have a great week.
Lorrie
Regulations vary based on where a float home is located. Ours is regulated by a water lease from the BC government. - Margy
DeleteFascinated with your life on the water. Your floating garden is/was very productive. I love the fall (if it every arrives)!
ReplyDeleteWe were fascinated when we discovered it. Took a leap of faith and now it's our home. - Margy
DeleteHi Margy, I really enjoyed learning more about your float cabin and how you manage the garden, wood store etc. It's been a busy time for you for sure, time now to enjoy your books and relax.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you shared life on Powell Lake with the the MM crowd again this week.
Glad I discovered this new blog sharing spot right after I figured out how to make mosaic pictures. - Margy
DeleteEvery time I read about your gardens it makes me smile and then it makes me think how lazy I am not to plant one on my terrace (here) or on my deck in Florida -- if you can do it on your float house, I could do it at my small homes.... I like Autumn because it is the one seasonal change we see. (Not a lot of difference to us in Florida between late winter and spring). So we kind of just have the two seasons -- summer there and here and Autumn here. (A few cool days in December in Florida, but nothing like anywhere else in North America that month ;.0
ReplyDeleteKind of reminds me of when we lived in California. There were two seasons, smog and fog. Well, there was January. The only month I remember with nice clear skies. - Margy
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