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Waited half a day for the mud to dry out a little and then squished around in it to drill a bunch more holes into the rocks, installed rebar, an end piece so the concrete doesn't run out and then the vertical part of the insulation, which are always a bit tricky to align.
In this section there were a lot of protruding rocks to be insulated around.
Then the extended footing on the bottom and the sun went down again.
Horizontal part tomorrow, I hope!
#Homestead #Renovation #DIY #LogHouse #Foundation #Insulation #Mud
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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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Well, that cover sure kept the rain out of the trench and it didn't get muddy at all 😬
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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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Well, that cover sure kept the rain out of the trench and it didn't get muddy at all 😬
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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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How do you even store these massive, writhing steel snakes? They don't like to bend. And they're heavy. I can barely drag this one around and its a short length.
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Few days ago. Little lizard sunning itself on a brick by some nettles.
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The neighbours on the other side of the road are wandering past most evenings.
Spot the stork! This stork always hangs out with the herd. I think it likes milk or something.
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Hmm, could use some kind of dumper right about now 😅
Also some new wheels and tyres for this thing. Those are really hard to find (at a non-ridiculous price, that is).
Anyone got some Simson moped wheels laying around they don't need?
#Digging #Hauling #Dirt #Homestead #DIY #Dumper #Wheelbarrow #Simson
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Woodchipper experiment. Straight to bag. Worked surprisingly well, except for the bag filling up real fast.
I wonder if this will dry if I just hoist it into the rafters of the barn like that. Lets find out!
#Woodchipper #Tractor #Woodchips #Chipping #Homestead #Wood #Maple
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Caught up on the woodchipping by working in the rain.
Took a while to clean the muddy boots and the gloves are soaked but all the spring shrubbery is taken care of.
Hit something hard that made a loud clunk but didn't stop the chipper (there's a slip clutch on the PTO shaft just in case), probably an ingrown nail or rock. Woodchipper needed a bit of filing on one of the knives but ran fine again after that.
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Debushification.
It went slowly. The wrist ached, the gnarly, thorny shrubs were difficult to stuff into the shredder and some spectators came by for a demonstration of the chipper (friends of wife, so I obliged).
Still, one area got cleaned up and should be maintainable now. Just a few bits of firewood to collect.
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Buggered wrist or not, the show must go on (carefully).
Fetched the Red Dragon and giving it some lube and dental cleaning before putting it to work.
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Going through images of our farm through the years. This was our mini Jersey bull Signet. A super sweet boy that gave us healthy beautiful babies. He moved on to bigger pastures with more lady friends. :)
ART
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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 -
Homestead - Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/homestead-lisa-s-baker.html
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Thorny fuckers.
Got to be super careful throwing these in the chipper. They go through thick leather gloves like through wet paper.
I guess you could make sewing needles from them.
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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.
If you are looking for someone interesting to host in their vehicles on your homestead a while in Colorado, give us a DM.
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The #Vulpibus folks are now just past the halfway point of their journey, which is only possible thanks to your #fedihelp #mutualaid!
But to get all the way there #gtfomystate, hundreds of dollars are still needed for the cost of fuel and food in this capitalist nightmare, and a few hundred more for preventing their car from being towed away for non payment of loans and insurance.
Let's call the goal $1000 over this next few days. This will help with a couple of maintenance things too hopefully.
Progress was made this last few days on the #electrical breaker box, on sewing of a lovely cloak for Inara, and on the gene editing system ( https://gitlab.vulpinedesigns.com and be sure to familiarise yourself with Qt Creator if you want to see the concepts being laid out first paw).
You are all amazing people living in this same messed up world as us. You know what you can and cannot manage to do. Be strong. Be loved. Receive the tolerance you give.
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#Freestuff along the route always appreciated and considered.
One thing currently on the to get list is a clothes washing machine, preferably front load as a single or small unit sized combo machine with tumble dryer.
Another is a countertop sized dishwasher.
And a three quarters height, narrow width fridge-freezer.
If you have any of these spare in IA, NE or CO in working or easy-repair condition, please let us know.
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When the bus reaches its destination, a commune is to be established with its own off grid systems and food growing. The lab is to be expanded. We intend to help people escape and learn and transform into what they truly want to be.
When I say we, I mean a broad loose-knit network of agents across the world who are a decentralised, unstoppable force for good. The Vulpibus is a catalyst and a tool, the people know how to use it.
Atha is to me a being with great potential focussing on survival when hir real impact should be felt from hir work on gene editing tools for freedom of form.
I fight for hir and everyone to get a fair chance at making that happen. I fight with nice words, sharp words and blunt words, and if needed I will fight with weapons.
A good Nazi is one remembered in history as the discarded husk of our disgraceful mistakes gone by, long since eroded to dust. That starts not just with brute force, but by confounding their efforts in sheer fucking spite.
Join with us now to do just that.
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Wood spitting dragon eating a bush.
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🌿Amazing new channel I found similar to Project Kamp ✨
• Off grid, organic homestead in Sardinia, Italy 📍
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRCdEfezDNxDBPGUMf3kOA
#projectkamp #alternativeliving #offgrid #homestead
#ecovillage #intentionalcommunity #italy #sardinia
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Hauling complete! It was 10.75 loads, we both guessed 10, so not far off.
Now I can process it at my leisure.
Should last a while!
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Getting there! A few more loads. There's quite a lot of junk at the bottom, which I'll cut up and take too. I didn't count that when I measured for pricing, as some of it looked rotten. But the sauna is always hungry and rotten wood, once dried, burns fast! :)
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As a victim of a chimney fire ourselves (WE got LUCKY) we take preventative maintenance VERY SERIOUSLY. If YOU have a wood stove or fireplace in YOUR home, YOU SHOULD TOO! Please watch this and then let us know what you think of our latest video... #DIY #homestead #safety #fireprevention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcTEGgTGWps
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As I said last night, homemade beef jerky and crusty Italian bread were on the menu to be made today.
Unfortunately, the best laid plans of mice and men always run awry.
I had a migraine for the majority of today, and the meat that I pulled out for the jerky was pretty thick, and was thawing slowly. Therefore, the most I could do jerky-wise was getting the meat cut and into the marinade.
Then, it was onto the crusty bread. Simple to make, and absolutely delicious. I happened to overwork the dough a little bit, so the loaf came out more dense than I would've preferred-- which you can see in the last photo-- but it is still tasty.
Trust me-- I'm eating it typing this post.
#homestead #homesteading #homemadebread #bread #artisanbread #artisanalbread #homemade #homemaking #homemadefood #lovepeoplecookthemtastyfood #cookwithlove #baking #bakedbread #freshbakedbread #beefjerky #homemadebeefjerky #marinade #marinading #nospendjanuary #getcreative #fediverse #federated
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It is No Spend January on the homestead.
This means-- aside from the obvious of not spending money-- that it is time to get creative with what we have in the freezers and pantries.
There is very minimal spending allowed, and it is really only if necessary for fresh produce. This is fine.
I made a batch of potato and onion soup that I have been eating through, as well as having eaten a small piece of the family's pot roast last night. Tonight, they had sausage and potatoes.
While looking through what we have, I decided to make butter with the heavy cream we had leftover from another project... which lead to the next plan of making a crusty Italian bread tomorrow that can be eaten with the soup, dipped in oil, or slathered in butter.
Not one to be known to take on an appropriate amount of projects simultaneously... homemade beef jerky is also on the menu for tomorrow. I figure the jerky is a good protein packed snack that will last for a bit, and even longer if I vacuum-pack it.
Wish me luck!
#cooking #baking #homemadebread #homemadefood #beefjerky #homemadejerky #homemadebeefjerky #homemadebutter #getcreative #nospendjanuary #gardemanger #keeperofthefood #keeperofthepantry #garmo #homestead #homesteading #pantryparty #pantryraid #selfreliant #selfsufficient #fediverse #federated