Workshop Power-Up: Battery Shed & Predator-Proof Coop!

In this episode of Occupy the Land, Ernie and Donna tackle separate but complementary projects on their Arizona desert homestead. Ernie constructs a compact, forklift-mobile battery shed behind the shipping-container workshop to house inverters and 15kW of batteries, ensuring safe, high-capacity power for tools while planning expandability. Meanwhile, Donna trenches a foot-deep perimeter around a repurposed 12×20 canopy frame, burying quarter-inch hardware cloth to create a predator-proof chicken coop near the garden. With family visits approaching, we organize supplies, repurpose materials, and fortify against desert critters, blending power independence with livestock prep in our evolving off-grid haven!