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Since that's no good, I've been doing some other jobs this morning and hoping for it to dry a bit.
Under the old harrow I hauled away were several small Linden saplings. I dug them up and replanted them by the forest edge near the spring. Planting trees brightens the mood.
Then hauled some more junk up from the valley shack, including parts of this tiny hut that fell down. I found a message, someone had written "pasaku namelis" (little fairy house) on the inside above the door. Curious. Always wondered what that thing was for. Fairies, apparently. They seem to have moved out a while ago.
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Since that's no good, I've been doing some other jobs this morning and hoping for it to dry a bit.
Under the old harrow I hauled away were several small Linden saplings. I dug them up and replanted them by the forest edge near the spring. Planting trees brightens the mood.
Then hauled some more junk up from the valley shack, including parts of this tiny hut that fell down. I found a message, someone had written "pasaku namelis" (little fairy house) on the inside above the door. Curious. Always wondered what that thing was for. Fairies, apparently. They seem to have moved out a while ago.
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Since that's no good, I've been doing some other jobs this morning and hoping for it to dry a bit.
Under the old harrow I hauled away were several small Linden saplings. I dug them up and replanted them by the forest edge near the spring. Planting trees brightens the mood.
Then hauled some more junk up from the valley shack, including parts of this tiny hut that fell down. I found a message, someone had written "pasaku namelis" (little fairy house) on the inside above the door. Curious. Always wondered what that thing was for. Fairies, apparently. They seem to have moved out a while ago.
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Since that's no good, I've been doing some other jobs this morning and hoping for it to dry a bit.
Under the old harrow I hauled away were several small Linden saplings. I dug them up and replanted them by the forest edge near the spring. Planting trees brightens the mood.
Then hauled some more junk up from the valley shack, including parts of this tiny hut that fell down. I found a message, someone had written "pasaku namelis" (little fairy house) on the inside above the door. Curious. Always wondered what that thing was for. Fairies, apparently. They seem to have moved out a while ago.
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Since that's no good, I've been doing some other jobs this morning and hoping for it to dry a bit.
Under the old harrow I hauled away were several small Linden saplings. I dug them up and replanted them by the forest edge near the spring. Planting trees brightens the mood.
Then hauled some more junk up from the valley shack, including parts of this tiny hut that fell down. I found a message, someone had written "pasaku namelis" (little fairy house) on the inside above the door. Curious. Always wondered what that thing was for. Fairies, apparently. They seem to have moved out a while ago.
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Well, that cover sure kept the rain out of the trench and it didn't get muddy at all 😬
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Another thing that was in the crooked shack (the one with the useful beams) was this pile of dried bundles of reeds.
No idea what these were collected for here. Don't think I've seen many thatched roofs around. No, I don't want to build one either.
What to do with this? Someone spent a lot of effort gathering and bundling them.
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Another thing that was in the crooked shack (the one with the useful beams) was this pile of dried bundles of reeds.
No idea what these were collected for here. Don't think I've seen many thatched roofs around. No, I don't want to build one either.
What to do with this? Someone spent a lot of effort gathering and bundling them.
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Another thing that was in the crooked shack (the one with the useful beams) was this pile of dried bundles of reeds.
No idea what these were collected for here. Don't think I've seen many thatched roofs around. No, I don't want to build one either.
What to do with this? Someone spent a lot of effort gathering and bundling them.
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Another thing that was in the crooked shack (the one with the useful beams) was this pile of dried bundles of reeds.
No idea what these were collected for here. Don't think I've seen many thatched roofs around. No, I don't want to build one either.
What to do with this? Someone spent a lot of effort gathering and bundling them.
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Another thing that was in the crooked shack (the one with the useful beams) was this pile of dried bundles of reeds.
No idea what these were collected for here. Don't think I've seen many thatched roofs around. No, I don't want to build one either.
What to do with this? Someone spent a lot of effort gathering and bundling them.
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Back to foundation work. Guide string and depth gauge out and hacked away the clay to the right level. That last bit is always manual work.
Pulled out the grounding rod for the old phone line, which was pounded in deep along the foundation.
Then some rock drilling and hammering anchors for connecting rock and concrete and I even got the long glass rebar pieces in before it got too dark.
Finally threw some improvised cover over the hole as tomorrows forecast is for heavy rain and I don't need to wade around in a mud pit the day after.
Oh, those Colorado spruces I felled because they were too close? Found their roots. Under the foundation rocks. So they did indeed have to go.
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Looks seedy.
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Another sleep deprived night, this time on account of #Knirps having a 4am dance party.
Strong morning coffee and back into the trench, patching the poor house up.
Cleaned out most of the rot and fitted a support for the window post that is somehow still intact, then moved the exterior brace over to a smarter place, after much thought.
Mortared the back gaps a bit, stuffed in some reclaimed slag wool, OSB on top and cladding back on to hide my bodge.
Its not great, obviously the beams still need replacing once we find some and are ready to make a huge hole in the living room wall. But it'll last the winter.
Ready to resume work on the foundation, which is what I actually was planning to do. Alas, tomorrow the usual flood resumes. 😫
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Well, that sucked. I cut away a section of the cladding to see how far the hole goes. Its partway up the window. Must've leaked for 50+ years, the beams are gone entirely, up to the backing strips of the plaster in the living room. Something has been living in there as well.
The rest of the wall luckily was not so bad. One more long small beam replacement on the bottom.
Then I cleaned up the big hole and went looking for at least one big beam. Found one too short, one too narrow and one too moist. Saw a baby racoon dog though, which was very cute.
So I spliced in what I had, another of the small beams at the outer bottom. Better than nothing. Then a big beefy 14x7 brace on the outside so I can sleep again, which I could not last night.
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Tackling the bottom beam problems, one at a time. Started at the corner. Since the bottom of the dovetail was rotten, I chainsawed away a quarter of the beam and spliced in a new small beam from a convenient stash I found clearing out a crooked shack the other day.
Everything got hosed down in nasty wood preserver, supported on the usual granite wedges with lime mortar and finally some very modern large caliber wood screws to connect it to the old beam and the adjoining corner.
Some more granite wedges, moss in the gaps between beams, lime mortar on top to keep creatures out.
Then it got very late because someone poured an entire cup of hot tea over themselves 😬
#Renovation #LogHouse #Woodworking #Chainsaw #DIY #Repair #Homestead
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Beans did great this year, we ate loads, froze some and they just kept coming.
Peas are done, we let some dry for seeds and tore out the plants and supports.
The last two surviving sweetcorn cobs were the largest and so got plucked and peeled to dry for seeds.
Also got seeds from the two tobacco plants that popped up randomly after we dug over the former greenhouse for the first time. Nobody here smokes, but I'm kinda curious to experiment with them.
Cucumbers are done too.
Even managed to save a few hazelnuts from the mad squirrels this year.
Just pumpkins, sunflowers and apples left now. And the apples are pretty sour still. Not enough sun. Endless rain.
#Homestead #Harvest #Garden #Beans #Peas #Sweetcorn #Tobacco #Pumpkin #Cucumber #Hazelnuts #SeedSaving
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The birds are informing us that the grapes are ripe. By having eaten them.
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@mcSlibinas @krahabors Hotfix deployed.
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Barn roof fixed! 😀
I've put on my social media asbestos advice-proof gear and scrounged for some relatively intact roof panels in the old man's stash. Found a few that looked almost new.
The big oak had to loose a branch that was not only in the way but possibly related to the damage.
The next part was hard. Hauling the panels up the ladder in one hand, impact driver dangling off my trousers, pocket full of screws was still ok, but jamming the replacement panels underneath the old panels without falling off the ladder or dropping anything was rather tricky.
One cracked under my weight (weird, I can't be much more than the pine marten, can I) and got a professional grade fix with some PU foam and a piece of old panel.
Ready for rain! 😌
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Started on the barn roof repair. The barn is huge and therefore the roof is also.
The 10m ladder only reaches 5/8th up there, so I fashioned some ridge hooks for the telescoping aluminium ladder from wood. Makes it bloody heavy though.
I've put away my general purpose farm safety clogs for this and some climbing boots on and then with great effort hauled the second ladder up the first in one hand and then hooked it over the ridge, the pesky lightning arrestor cable there not helping at all.
The actual repair on that side was easy, just a panel to slide back into place, poke around for the batten and put some screws in. Then screw down all others in range so they don't get any ideas next storm.
The other side is going to be more work.
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The barn is now full 😆
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The last of Alan Birch is finally split and stacked.
This was a tough birch. I thought I lost my mojo but some ancient oak and fresh maple logs did split just fine so it was just that this birch was really tough. Probably because it didn't grow in a forest but on its own on a windy hill. Sadly it rotted inside as forked trunks often do.
As you can see I resorted to the chainsaw for some of the knottier pieces, the rest with wedge and axe.
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A Day in the Life at Duffney’s Bird Barn
How I balance a remote career, homesteading, crochet, writing, and motherhood—one day at a time. People often ask me how I find time to do everything. Honestly... Some days I wonder the same thing. The weeds don't always get pulled. The laundry doesn't always get folded. The dishes aren't always done when I want them to be. Some crochet projects take longer than I planned, and there are days when my to-do list is still staring back at me when it's time for bed. I've learned that's […]https://duffneysbirdbarn.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/a-day-in-the-life-at-duffneys-bird-barn/
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That's not where I found it. Someone didn't heed the instructions on this old crate 🤣
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Hype for the Future 195K: The Amana Colonies
Overview The Amana Colonies are a notable group of utopian communities today located within Iowa County, Iowa, including the village areas of Amana, East Amana, West Amana, Middle Amana, High Amana, South Amana, and Homestead. Overall, the region is today located to the east of the community of Marengo along Route 6 at the junction with the diagonal Route 51 corridor. Notable amenities within the Amana Colonies include the Hotel Millwright in Amana, the Trail Inn, the Amana Heritage Society, […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/hype-for-the-future-195k-the-amana-colonies/
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Hauled a trailer full of metal to the scrap dealer, 323 kg Steel and 11 kg Aluminium.
Minus 5% income tax that yielded €100, some cake and more space in the yard 🥳
Edit: Oh, also while I was throwing my junk on a giant pile I got to watch a stripped bare Volvo chassis get smashed flat and stacked on top of that pile of car bones. Exercise, entertainment and you get paid for it!
#Homestead #Cleanup #ScrapMetal #Junkyard #Trailer #Recycling
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Goat pen #2 is also going down.
It was full of thorny fuckers*, which got cut down and piled up for chipping, although they don't even make usable woodchips due to the incredibly hard thorns that remain intact. They'll go through boots and tyres.
Maybe LV/EE want them for planting along the border? Couple meters thicket of these and no infantry will get through. Cheaper than barb wire and always stays sharp.
* Botanical term. Common name: Blackthorn
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We bought our little farm 7 years ago and there were various artifacts on the site. This one has been given a sacred space on our back porch. I am always thankful for animals that give sustenance (we get eggs and milk from ours) or companionship.
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/rich-blue-longhorn-cow-skull-art-sharon-cummings.html
#cow #cows #cattle #bovine #beef #ranch #ranching #farm #farming #farmhouse #animal #animals #rustic #country #countryhumans #countrywestern #SharonCummingsArt #homestead #homesteading #longhorns #longhorn -
EDIT: car insurance is now only 1 month behind instead of 3! Let's see what else we can do to improve this situation, fedi!
Atha is bureaucratically and politically disabled from getting a job for a while.
Inamruzui is partly disabled by POTS and sleep issues. Employment is not a simple matter for them to arrange.Atha was at the food bank yesterday and was given two small shopping bags of canned and dried food for hir and Inamruzui to last a month. Let's raise some funds for the rest of their grocery needs! $300 might be a good start for that.
Let's take another chunk out of Atha's debts! The IRS is being ass, cranking up its non-payment fees. They alone want $860ish. The rest of this part of the request goes to credit cards and car loan and car insurance, with any small change for food.
#MUTUALAID #URGENTMUTUALAID
$373.98/$2500 for debts and bills this week!Then there's the matter of solar batteries: the #Vulpibus systems struggle to store enough energy to keep running overnight in winter.
We need to get them AT LEAST 2 more (ideally 10 more) batteries at around $250 a pop. So $500 (ideally $2500)
Any small change from that goes to cable crimps and mounting hardware.
They also need battery insulation and heaters!Then there's the matter of insulating more of the bus itself. Not only is the insulation itself needed, so is something to hold it all in place. A layer of thin plywood would be good. Also not a cheap matter.
The bus grows heavier as more is added to it, so care needs to be taken to choose lightweight but sturdy things to fit.
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Germany: Our car industry is dying!
Me: Impossible! Your Volkswagen garlic curing racks were legendary!
#Garlic #Harvest #Curing #Volkswagen #SalvagePunk #Homestead #CarIndustry
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WATCH: #Queer #cowboys run the #ranch in modern #Western ‘#NationalAnthem’.
When he’s offered a job at the #HouseOfSplendor—a #homestead run by a group of #queer #ranchers—Dylan has his eyes opened to a whole new way of life, one where his preconceived notions of #gender and #cowboy #bravado are thrown out the door.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Movies #Representation #Culture
https://www.queerty.com/watch-queer-cowboys-run-the-ranch-in-modern-western-national-anthem-20240514
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Start your day the right way
✔️Cuddle a chicken
✔️Drink coffee
✔️Sit in the sunshine#pekinbantam #bantam #chickens #chicken #chickadees #homestead #coffee #GoodMorning
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I dont know who needs to hear this, but there is a difference between being #prepared... and being a #doomsday #prepper.
Especially in today's day and age.
The sky isn't falling. Calm down.
#foodforthought #friday #fridaythoughts #fridayfunday #selfreliance #selfreliant #selfsufficiency #selfsufficient #doomsdayprepper #doomsdaypreppers #calm #homestead #homesteading #homesteaders
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Hello! My #Introduction - I'm a #Radio DJ (DAB, FM, #Online) & producer. For a day job I'm a UK #Postie. Massively into #Music. Love to laugh. Want to do my bit to save the planet.
Live in #SouthWales on an #Eco-Friendly #Smallholding (or #Homestead) #BytherFarm with my lovely Mrs, Liz Zorab (her first book #Grounded tells more - https://www.bytherfarm.com/books ) Oh, and she's here too - @LizZorab
Grateful for all the #Boosts and friendship.