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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieFeatures #NealMcDonough #Homestead This 110-Minute 'Quiet Place' Replacement Is a Streaming Smash http://dlvr.it/TVYP0s

The less appealing, smaller apples were kept apart and eventually used for a little bit of marmalade. It's my first time trying, hence the small quantity, and I am not too pleased with how chunky it came out. I will look for another recipe or feedback on how to get it more smooth.

#wild #apple #forage #jam #marmalade #preservation #slowlife #homestead #italy #permaculture

The less appealing, smaller apples were kept apart and eventually used for a little bit of marmalade. It's my first time trying, hence the small quantity, and I am not too pleased with how chunky it came out. I will look for another recipe or feedback on how to get it more smooth.

#wild #apple #forage #jam #marmalade #preservation #slowlife #homestead #italy #permaculture

The less appealing, smaller apples were kept apart and eventually used for a little bit of marmalade. It's my first time trying, hence the small quantity, and I am not too pleased with how chunky it came out. I will look for another recipe or feedback on how to get it more smooth.

#wild #apple #forage #jam #marmalade #preservation #slowlife #homestead #italy #permaculture

The less appealing, smaller apples were kept apart and eventually used for a little bit of marmalade. It's my first time trying, hence the small quantity, and I am not too pleased with how chunky it came out. I will look for another recipe or feedback on how to get it more smooth.

#wild #apple #forage #jam #marmalade #preservation #slowlife #homestead #italy #permaculture

The less appealing, smaller apples were kept apart and eventually used for a little bit of marmalade. It's my first time trying, hence the small quantity, and I am not too pleased with how chunky it came out. I will look for another recipe or feedback on how to get it more smooth.

#wild #apple #forage #jam #marmalade #preservation #slowlife #homestead #italy #permaculture

My bush experiments. I rescued these three from various horrible places inside rusty fences I was removing and/or choked with Virginia creeper. Planted them here to see what happens.

They looked pretty dead for a while, but two out of three are alive and produced new leaves and twigs. One gooseberry and one rosehip.

Particularly happy about the rosehip surviving. Makes nice filling for Krapfen. Or winter bird food. The fruit stays on the bush long after frost and snow.

The other half of the gooseberry bush was completely dead and I dug out the roots, which were rotten. Two out of three ain't bad though.

Edit: Can't remember my berries.

#Garden #Bush #Experiment #Homestead

My bush experiments. I rescued these three from various horrible places inside rusty fences I was removing and/or choked with Virginia creeper. Planted them here to see what happens.

They looked pretty dead for a while, but two out of three are alive and produced new leaves and twigs. One gooseberry and one rosehip.

Particularly happy about the rosehip surviving. Makes nice filling for Krapfen. Or winter bird food. The fruit stays on the bush long after frost and snow.

The other half of the gooseberry bush was completely dead and I dug out the roots, which were rotten. Two out of three ain't bad though.

Edit: Can't remember my berries.

#Garden #Bush #Experiment #Homestead

My bush experiments. I rescued these three from various horrible places inside rusty fences I was removing and/or choked with Virginia creeper. Planted them here to see what happens.

They looked pretty dead for a while, but two out of three are alive and produced new leaves and twigs. One gooseberry and one rosehip.

Particularly happy about the rosehip surviving. Makes nice filling for Krapfen. Or winter bird food. The fruit stays on the bush long after frost and snow.

The other half of the gooseberry bush was completely dead and I dug out the roots, which were rotten. Two out of three ain't bad though.

Edit: Can't remember my berries.

#Garden #Bush #Experiment #Homestead

My bush experiments. I rescued these three from various horrible places inside rusty fences I was removing and/or choked with Virginia creeper. Planted them here to see what happens.

They looked pretty dead for a while, but two out of three are alive and produced new leaves and twigs. One gooseberry and one rosehip.

Particularly happy about the rosehip surviving. Makes nice filling for Krapfen. Or winter bird food. The fruit stays on the bush long after frost and snow.

The other half of the gooseberry bush was completely dead and I dug out the roots, which were rotten. Two out of three ain't bad though.

Edit: Can't remember my berries.

#Garden #Bush #Experiment #Homestead

My bush experiments. I rescued these three from various horrible places inside rusty fences I was removing and/or choked with Virginia creeper. Planted them here to see what happens.

They looked pretty dead for a while, but two out of three are alive and produced new leaves and twigs. One gooseberry and one rosehip.

Particularly happy about the rosehip surviving. Makes nice filling for Krapfen. Or winter bird food. The fruit stays on the bush long after frost and snow.

The other half of the gooseberry bush was completely dead and I dug out the roots, which were rotten. Two out of three ain't bad though.

Edit: Can't remember my berries.

#Garden #Bush #Experiment #Homestead

Some more firewood, this time without the rain.

My new sawing/splitting area is much nicer than the muddy ditch I had it in before :)

The garden cart is great by the way, very happy with it. I've hauled it heaped with wet soil and it managed that, although I could barely pull it.

#Firewood #Homestead #Cart

Some more firewood, this time without the rain.

My new sawing/splitting area is much nicer than the muddy ditch I had it in before :)

The garden cart is great by the way, very happy with it. I've hauled it heaped with wet soil and it managed that, although I could barely pull it.

#Firewood #Homestead #Cart

Some more firewood, this time without the rain.

My new sawing/splitting area is much nicer than the muddy ditch I had it in before :)

The garden cart is great by the way, very happy with it. I've hauled it heaped with wet soil and it managed that, although I could barely pull it.

#Firewood #Homestead #Cart

Some more firewood, this time without the rain.

My new sawing/splitting area is much nicer than the muddy ditch I had it in before :)

The garden cart is great by the way, very happy with it. I've hauled it heaped with wet soil and it managed that, although I could barely pull it.

#Firewood #Homestead #Cart

Some more firewood, this time without the rain.

My new sawing/splitting area is much nicer than the muddy ditch I had it in before :)

The garden cart is great by the way, very happy with it. I've hauled it heaped with wet soil and it managed that, although I could barely pull it.

#Firewood #Homestead #Cart

Rainy day. Sun came out for a few minutes so I thought yay, let's do some stuff.

Result: Bunch of things got wet and I spent more time hiding from heavy downpours than working. Managed to cut and stack one meagre sawhorse worth of firewood 😫

#Homestead #Rain #Firewood

Rainy day. Sun came out for a few minutes so I thought yay, let's do some stuff.

Result: Bunch of things got wet and I spent more time hiding from heavy downpours than working. Managed to cut and stack one meagre sawhorse worth of firewood 😫

#Homestead #Rain #Firewood

Rainy day. Sun came out for a few minutes so I thought yay, let's do some stuff.

Result: Bunch of things got wet and I spent more time hiding from heavy downpours than working. Managed to cut and stack one meagre sawhorse worth of firewood 😫

#Homestead #Rain #Firewood

Rainy day. Sun came out for a few minutes so I thought yay, let's do some stuff.

Result: Bunch of things got wet and I spent more time hiding from heavy downpours than working. Managed to cut and stack one meagre sawhorse worth of firewood 😫

#Homestead #Rain #Firewood

Rainy day. Sun came out for a few minutes so I thought yay, let's do some stuff.

Result: Bunch of things got wet and I spent more time hiding from heavy downpours than working. Managed to cut and stack one meagre sawhorse worth of firewood 😫

#Homestead #Rain #Firewood

Been browsing old photos to remind myself when I planted the garlic last year (mid October).

Always seems like there is too little progress on the homestead until you look at old photos and go "huh, last year it still looked like this."

This is the same potato field exactly one year ago. An overgrown goat pen full of thorny fuckers, 2m tall weeds and an ingrown fence.

Now it has yielded a basement full of potatoes, a bunch of huge beetroots and some still growing pumpkins. Guess there was some progress after all. :blobcatgoogly:

#Homestead #Farm

Been browsing old photos to remind myself when I planted the garlic last year (mid October).

Always seems like there is too little progress on the homestead until you look at old photos and go "huh, last year it still looked like this."

This is the same potato field exactly one year ago. An overgrown goat pen full of thorny fuckers, 2m tall weeds and an ingrown fence.

Now it has yielded a basement full of potatoes, a bunch of huge beetroots and some still growing pumpkins. Guess there was some progress after all. :blobcatgoogly:

#Homestead #Farm

Been browsing old photos to remind myself when I planted the garlic last year (mid October).

Always seems like there is too little progress on the homestead until you look at old photos and go "huh, last year it still looked like this."

This is the same potato field exactly one year ago. An overgrown goat pen full of thorny fuckers, 2m tall weeds and an ingrown fence.

Now it has yielded a basement full of potatoes, a bunch of huge beetroots and some still growing pumpkins. Guess there was some progress after all. :blobcatgoogly:

#Homestead #Farm

Been browsing old photos to remind myself when I planted the garlic last year (mid October).

Always seems like there is too little progress on the homestead until you look at old photos and go "huh, last year it still looked like this."

This is the same potato field exactly one year ago. An overgrown goat pen full of thorny fuckers, 2m tall weeds and an ingrown fence.

Now it has yielded a basement full of potatoes, a bunch of huge beetroots and some still growing pumpkins. Guess there was some progress after all. :blobcatgoogly:

#Homestead #Farm

Been browsing old photos to remind myself when I planted the garlic last year (mid October).

Always seems like there is too little progress on the homestead until you look at old photos and go "huh, last year it still looked like this."

This is the same potato field exactly one year ago. An overgrown goat pen full of thorny fuckers, 2m tall weeds and an ingrown fence.

Now it has yielded a basement full of potatoes, a bunch of huge beetroots and some still growing pumpkins. Guess there was some progress after all. :blobcatgoogly:

#Homestead #Farm

The potatoes had two weeks to cure and dry in the barn since harvest, so its time for the final work.

Haul them back out to sort, crumble off the chunks of dirt (it was an inevitably moist harvest) and lug them into the little basement under the house.

I didn't bother weighing them but a very rough guesstimate would be around 300 kg.

Plus a few damaged ones to eat soon and two small crates of baby potatoes which don't store well but are delicious autumn food, boiled with the skins on.

Ready for a cepelinai* party.

#Harvest #Potato #FoodPreservation #Homestead

* Look it up. Go on.

The potatoes had two weeks to cure and dry in the barn since harvest, so its time for the final work.

Haul them back out to sort, crumble off the chunks of dirt (it was an inevitably moist harvest) and lug them into the little basement under the house.

I didn't bother weighing them but a very rough guesstimate would be around 300 kg.

Plus a few damaged ones to eat soon and two small crates of baby potatoes which don't store well but are delicious autumn food, boiled with the skins on.

Ready for a cepelinai* party.

#Harvest #Potato #FoodPreservation #Homestead

* Look it up. Go on.

The potatoes had two weeks to cure and dry in the barn since harvest, so its time for the final work.

Haul them back out to sort, crumble off the chunks of dirt (it was an inevitably moist harvest) and lug them into the little basement under the house.

I didn't bother weighing them but a very rough guesstimate would be around 300 kg.

Plus a few damaged ones to eat soon and two small crates of baby potatoes which don't store well but are delicious autumn food, boiled with the skins on.

Ready for a cepelinai* party.

#Harvest #Potato #FoodPreservation #Homestead

* Look it up. Go on.

The potatoes had two weeks to cure and dry in the barn since harvest, so its time for the final work.

Haul them back out to sort, crumble off the chunks of dirt (it was an inevitably moist harvest) and lug them into the little basement under the house.

I didn't bother weighing them but a very rough guesstimate would be around 300 kg.

Plus a few damaged ones to eat soon and two small crates of baby potatoes which don't store well but are delicious autumn food, boiled with the skins on.

Ready for a cepelinai* party.

#Harvest #Potato #FoodPreservation #Homestead

* Look it up. Go on.

The potatoes had two weeks to cure and dry in the barn since harvest, so its time for the final work.

Haul them back out to sort, crumble off the chunks of dirt (it was an inevitably moist harvest) and lug them into the little basement under the house.

I didn't bother weighing them but a very rough guesstimate would be around 300 kg.

Plus a few damaged ones to eat soon and two small crates of baby potatoes which don't store well but are delicious autumn food, boiled with the skins on.

Ready for a cepelinai* party.

#Harvest #Potato #FoodPreservation #Homestead

* Look it up. Go on.

Junk cleanup yielded a piece of 4mm corrugated steel sheet.

Just the right size for a replacement lid for the septic tank. The old concrete lid is crumbling away.

Drew a circle with a magnet, string and a nail and set up the plasma cutter.

This is the difficult part as we don't really have enough power for it. The 4-5mm is about the maximum I can do before the fuse blows and that is with the air compressor already offloaded to the generator.

It worked though and if you ever tried to cut a circle with an angle grinder you know it was worth the faff.

Hammered some flat bar from the scrap bin into a handle and sparkled that on, then some rust converter and a bit of paint.

Good enough for sitting out in a field where nobody sees it.

#Lid #DIY #Homestead #Metalworking #PlasmaCutting

Junk cleanup yielded a piece of 4mm corrugated steel sheet.

Just the right size for a replacement lid for the septic tank. The old concrete lid is crumbling away.

Drew a circle with a magnet, string and a nail and set up the plasma cutter.

This is the difficult part as we don't really have enough power for it. The 4-5mm is about the maximum I can do before the fuse blows and that is with the air compressor already offloaded to the generator.

It worked though and if you ever tried to cut a circle with an angle grinder you know it was worth the faff.

Hammered some flat bar from the scrap bin into a handle and sparkled that on, then some rust converter and a bit of paint.

Good enough for sitting out in a field where nobody sees it.

#Lid #DIY #Homestead #Metalworking #PlasmaCutting

Junk cleanup yielded a piece of 4mm corrugated steel sheet.

Just the right size for a replacement lid for the septic tank. The old concrete lid is crumbling away.

Drew a circle with a magnet, string and a nail and set up the plasma cutter.

This is the difficult part as we don't really have enough power for it. The 4-5mm is about the maximum I can do before the fuse blows and that is with the air compressor already offloaded to the generator.

It worked though and if you ever tried to cut a circle with an angle grinder you know it was worth the faff.

Hammered some flat bar from the scrap bin into a handle and sparkled that on, then some rust converter and a bit of paint.

Good enough for sitting out in a field where nobody sees it.

#Lid #DIY #Homestead #Metalworking #PlasmaCutting

Junk cleanup yielded a piece of 4mm corrugated steel sheet.

Just the right size for a replacement lid for the septic tank. The old concrete lid is crumbling away.

Drew a circle with a magnet, string and a nail and set up the plasma cutter.

This is the difficult part as we don't really have enough power for it. The 4-5mm is about the maximum I can do before the fuse blows and that is with the air compressor already offloaded to the generator.

It worked though and if you ever tried to cut a circle with an angle grinder you know it was worth the faff.

Hammered some flat bar from the scrap bin into a handle and sparkled that on, then some rust converter and a bit of paint.

Good enough for sitting out in a field where nobody sees it.

#Lid #DIY #Homestead #Metalworking #PlasmaCutting

Junk cleanup yielded a piece of 4mm corrugated steel sheet.

Just the right size for a replacement lid for the septic tank. The old concrete lid is crumbling away.

Drew a circle with a magnet, string and a nail and set up the plasma cutter.

This is the difficult part as we don't really have enough power for it. The 4-5mm is about the maximum I can do before the fuse blows and that is with the air compressor already offloaded to the generator.

It worked though and if you ever tried to cut a circle with an angle grinder you know it was worth the faff.

Hammered some flat bar from the scrap bin into a handle and sparkled that on, then some rust converter and a bit of paint.

Good enough for sitting out in a field where nobody sees it.

#Lid #DIY #Homestead #Metalworking #PlasmaCutting

Last Saturday I cut down the prickly pear in my parents' #garden because it had grown too tall and overflowed into the neighbor's garden. Circled in brown, where it was, in green the #leaves / #pads to #plant again in my #homestead, in red those to #compost .

Only one #needle stung me, but it was more than enough to convince me of their efficacy to deter intruders.

Another neighbor pleasantly chatted about #breaded and #fried #cactus pads. I gave him some.

#gardening #slow #slowlife #cooking

Last Saturday I cut down the prickly pear in my parents' #garden because it had grown too tall and overflowed into the neighbor's garden. Circled in brown, where it was, in green the #leaves / #pads to #plant again in my #homestead, in red those to #compost .

Only one #needle stung me, but it was more than enough to convince me of their efficacy to deter intruders.

Another neighbor pleasantly chatted about #breaded and #fried #cactus pads. I gave him some.

#gardening #slow #slowlife #cooking

Last Saturday I cut down the prickly pear in my parents' #garden because it had grown too tall and overflowed into the neighbor's garden. Circled in brown, where it was, in green the #leaves / #pads to #plant again in my #homestead, in red those to #compost .

Only one #needle stung me, but it was more than enough to convince me of their efficacy to deter intruders.

Another neighbor pleasantly chatted about #breaded and #fried #cactus pads. I gave him some.

#gardening #slow #slowlife #cooking

Last Saturday I cut down the prickly pear in my parents' #garden because it had grown too tall and overflowed into the neighbor's garden. Circled in brown, where it was, in green the #leaves / #pads to #plant again in my #homestead, in red those to #compost .

Only one #needle stung me, but it was more than enough to convince me of their efficacy to deter intruders.

Another neighbor pleasantly chatted about #breaded and #fried #cactus pads. I gave him some.

#gardening #slow #slowlife #cooking

Last Saturday I cut down the prickly pear in my parents' #garden because it had grown too tall and overflowed into the neighbor's garden. Circled in brown, where it was, in green the #leaves / #pads to #plant again in my #homestead, in red those to #compost .

Only one #needle stung me, but it was more than enough to convince me of their efficacy to deter intruders.

Another neighbor pleasantly chatted about #breaded and #fried #cactus pads. I gave him some.

#gardening #slow #slowlife #cooking

Rest of the machine got dirty grease wiped off, washed and then greased again. Found two problems, both on the dozer blade pins.

Bottom had a crushed collar around the grease nipple, that was probably me trying to juggle concrete beams without a thumb. Hammered it back in shape.

The top grease nipple wouldn't accept any grease. A battle ensued, the victims of which included a pile of rags, my t-shirt, the hose of the grease gun and half a cartridge of grease when I had to load and repair the other grease gun.

Turned out the pin is just very tight fitting and with the good pump I got some grease in there. Should get easier with wear!

One track needed a little more tension. Luckily no grease needed for that.

Ready!

#Excavator #MiniExcavator #Maintenance #Homestead #DIY #Grease

Rest of the machine got dirty grease wiped off, washed and then greased again. Found two problems, both on the dozer blade pins.

Bottom had a crushed collar around the grease nipple, that was probably me trying to juggle concrete beams without a thumb. Hammered it back in shape.

The top grease nipple wouldn't accept any grease. A battle ensued, the victims of which included a pile of rags, my t-shirt, the hose of the grease gun and half a cartridge of grease when I had to load and repair the other grease gun.

Turned out the pin is just very tight fitting and with the good pump I got some grease in there. Should get easier with wear!

One track needed a little more tension. Luckily no grease needed for that.

Ready!

#Excavator #MiniExcavator #Maintenance #Homestead #DIY #Grease

Rest of the machine got dirty grease wiped off, washed and then greased again. Found two problems, both on the dozer blade pins.

Bottom had a crushed collar around the grease nipple, that was probably me trying to juggle concrete beams without a thumb. Hammered it back in shape.

The top grease nipple wouldn't accept any grease. A battle ensued, the victims of which included a pile of rags, my t-shirt, the hose of the grease gun and half a cartridge of grease when I had to load and repair the other grease gun.

Turned out the pin is just very tight fitting and with the good pump I got some grease in there. Should get easier with wear!

One track needed a little more tension. Luckily no grease needed for that.

Ready!

#Excavator #MiniExcavator #Maintenance #Homestead #DIY #Grease

Rest of the machine got dirty grease wiped off, washed and then greased again. Found two problems, both on the dozer blade pins.

Bottom had a crushed collar around the grease nipple, that was probably me trying to juggle concrete beams without a thumb. Hammered it back in shape.

The top grease nipple wouldn't accept any grease. A battle ensued, the victims of which included a pile of rags, my t-shirt, the hose of the grease gun and half a cartridge of grease when I had to load and repair the other grease gun.

Turned out the pin is just very tight fitting and with the good pump I got some grease in there. Should get easier with wear!

One track needed a little more tension. Luckily no grease needed for that.

Ready!

#Excavator #MiniExcavator #Maintenance #Homestead #DIY #Grease

Rest of the machine got dirty grease wiped off, washed and then greased again. Found two problems, both on the dozer blade pins.

Bottom had a crushed collar around the grease nipple, that was probably me trying to juggle concrete beams without a thumb. Hammered it back in shape.

The top grease nipple wouldn't accept any grease. A battle ensued, the victims of which included a pile of rags, my t-shirt, the hose of the grease gun and half a cartridge of grease when I had to load and repair the other grease gun.

Turned out the pin is just very tight fitting and with the good pump I got some grease in there. Should get easier with wear!

One track needed a little more tension. Luckily no grease needed for that.

Ready!

#Excavator #MiniExcavator #Maintenance #Homestead #DIY #Grease

Excavator maintenance. Its been a year already.

Found the throttle frame on the engine was bent. I recall sometime in winter the throttle briefly sticking, which I put down to it being frozen. Working it loose probably bent the frame. Bent it back.

Other than that, the little 1-cylinder Koop diesel is doing ok. Very light on service items, the fuel filter is see-through, the oil filter is really just a re-usable strainer and the air filter can be blown out and will last a long time if you don't work in a dusty quarry.

There is some dust from the rubber pads on the flexible engine/pump coupling, I guess that will need to be replaced when they're worn through. The rubber is available separately.

#DIY #MiniExcavator #Excavator #Maintenance #Homestead #Oil #Koop

Excavator maintenance. Its been a year already.

Found the throttle frame on the engine was bent. I recall sometime in winter the throttle briefly sticking, which I put down to it being frozen. Working it loose probably bent the frame. Bent it back.

Other than that, the little 1-cylinder Koop diesel is doing ok. Very light on service items, the fuel filter is see-through, the oil filter is really just a re-usable strainer and the air filter can be blown out and will last a long time if you don't work in a dusty quarry.

There is some dust from the rubber pads on the flexible engine/pump coupling, I guess that will need to be replaced when they're worn through. The rubber is available separately.

#DIY #MiniExcavator #Excavator #Maintenance #Homestead #Oil #Koop

Excavator maintenance. Its been a year already.

Found the throttle frame on the engine was bent. I recall sometime in winter the throttle briefly sticking, which I put down to it being frozen. Working it loose probably bent the frame. Bent it back.

Other than that, the little 1-cylinder Koop diesel is doing ok. Very light on service items, the fuel filter is see-through, the oil filter is really just a re-usable strainer and the air filter can be blown out and will last a long time if you don't work in a dusty quarry.

There is some dust from the rubber pads on the flexible engine/pump coupling, I guess that will need to be replaced when they're worn through. The rubber is available separately.

#DIY #MiniExcavator #Excavator #Maintenance #Homestead #Oil #Koop

Excavator maintenance. Its been a year already.

Found the throttle frame on the engine was bent. I recall sometime in winter the throttle briefly sticking, which I put down to it being frozen. Working it loose probably bent the frame. Bent it back.

Other than that, the little 1-cylinder Koop diesel is doing ok. Very light on service items, the fuel filter is see-through, the oil filter is really just a re-usable strainer and the air filter can be blown out and will last a long time if you don't work in a dusty quarry.

There is some dust from the rubber pads on the flexible engine/pump coupling, I guess that will need to be replaced when they're worn through. The rubber is available separately.

#DIY #MiniExcavator #Excavator #Maintenance #Homestead #Oil #Koop