Glad your Mom’s issue resolved itself quickly. Such a relief for you both, I’m sure!
I know you are super-busy, but it was nice for the update, so thanks! :)
Joel Salatin is a great resource. I’ll plug his books. ‘The Wonderful Pigness of Pigs’ is really charming and informative, though I have no desire to raise pork. A steer a year and chickens for eggs is enough for now. :)
His, ‘Everything I Want To Do is Illegal’ is also a great read.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/2623.Joel_Salatin
Our neighbor grew up Amish, but still certainly has the Work Ethic. The best compliment I’ve ever gotten was from Enos: “You sure do know how to grow a tomato! They taste just like my Mom’s did.”
Hard to top that! ;)
My mom has about 45’ of hanging clothes (no comment!). When dad built the bedroom addition in the old house, he included a huge walk-in closet for her - his closet was separate & smaller because part of it was the laundry. Since he is gone, she has taken over his closet, too.
Mom has been in a quandary as to where all her clothes will go at the new house - she has a small walk-in closet in her master bedroom suite & she could literally fill up every closet upstairs (2 guest rooms & storage under dormers off the hall) & still not have enough space.
I told her the ‘extra’ clothes that won’t fit in HER closet need to go in the full basement which is quite clean, not dusty (old sheets would be a good dust cover, too). She could keep clothes for the current season upstairs & off season clothes in the basement. Looking at racks to buy, they are pretty expensive, so I started looking for DIY & found this:
https://rainonatinroof.com/diy-clothes-rack-free-printable-size-dividers-for-yard-sales/
Great for yard sales, but also excess hanging space. One thing we have is LOTS of scrap lumber, including untreated 2x4s ... being inside, the wood doesn’t have to be treated. These are also well within my carpentry skills & I have all the tools to make them.
Clothes problem solved? I think/hope so. You could also use smaller multiple dowels on one set of the support ends & make a drying rack for flowers & herbs.