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  1. Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #Homestead #TheWalkingDead Forget ‘The Walking Dead,’ This 111-Minute Thriller Is a Paramount+ Sleeper Hit dlvr.it/TVRyYt

  2. Cutting corners.

    Laid the skirt over the muddy bit, which is now walkable 😆

    Then dug out the huge area for the extended corner skirt. Last time I did this first and that was a mistake because the huge hole was very much in the way, so this time I did everything else first, then dug the corner. Experience!

    Hoping to fill the trench back in today. The corner skirting goes slow as there's a lot of cutting and two-way grading.

    Some black crud goes over the joints where I've trimmed the glue. Where its not trimmed it has a waterproof skin.

    Also had to carefully dig out the adjoining piece from the previous section. I had a board there to protect it but that didn't work too well.

    #Renovation #Foundation #LogHouse #DIY #Homestead #Insulation

  3. Trust me they were very happy on this wet walk - they look a bit bewildered at being asked to sit down while i checked the water tank (quite full of silt ‘cos of the rain this summer) #dogsofmastodon #homestead #flatcoatretriever #spaniel

  4. Trust me they were very happy on this wet walk - they look a bit bewildered at being asked to sit down while i checked the water tank (quite full of silt ‘cos of the rain this summer) #dogsofmastodon #homestead #flatcoatretriever #spaniel

  5. Trust me they were very happy on this wet walk - they look a bit bewildered at being asked to sit down while i checked the water tank (quite full of silt ‘cos of the rain this summer) #dogsofmastodon #homestead #flatcoatretriever #spaniel

  6. Trust me they were very happy on this wet walk - they look a bit bewildered at being asked to sit down while i checked the water tank (quite full of silt ‘cos of the rain this summer) #dogsofmastodon #homestead #flatcoatretriever #spaniel

  7. Trust me they were very happy on this wet walk - they look a bit bewildered at being asked to sit down while i checked the water tank (quite full of silt ‘cos of the rain this summer) #dogsofmastodon #homestead #flatcoatretriever #spaniel

  8. 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

  9. 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.

    #Homestead #Cleanup #Tree #Planting

  10. 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.

    #Homestead #Cleanup #Tree #Planting

  11. 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.

    #Homestead #Cleanup #Tree #Planting

  12. 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.

    #Homestead #Cleanup #Tree #Planting

  13. 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.

    #Homestead #Cleanup #Tree #Planting

  14. Well, that cover sure kept the rain out of the trench and it didn't get muddy at all 😬

    #Mud #Boots #Homestead #Renovation

  15. Well, that cover sure kept the rain out of the trench and it didn't get muddy at all 😬

    #Mud #Boots #Homestead #Renovation

  16. Well, that cover sure kept the rain out of the trench and it didn't get muddy at all 😬

    #Mud #Boots #Homestead #Renovation

  17. Well, that cover sure kept the rain out of the trench and it didn't get muddy at all 😬

    #Mud #Boots #Homestead #Renovation

  18. Well, that cover sure kept the rain out of the trench and it didn't get muddy at all 😬

    #Mud #Boots #Homestead #Renovation

  19. 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

  20. Tackling the big fallen apple tree.

    The trunk was hollow with rot inside and yet it made all those (small and sour) apples.

    In between, a lot of chainsaw problems. Oiler blocked because some wood chips got in there somehow and then when I fixed that the next pull the stupid double-recoil starter broke.

    Luckily its a standard Zenoah clone and lookit, the entire recoil assembly from a donor body fit right on it. Style upgrade, too! 😁

    And it has normal pull start now. I hated that double recoil "feature".

    The tree had a load of branches and fell on another two trees breaking another big branch, so its a mess to clear out and a lot of branches to drag out to the now huge piles.

    #Tree #Storm #Damage #Homestead #Chainsaw #Repair #DIY #Firewood

  21. Courier with this new 3m pole saw arrived yesterday just in time to clear that oak branch out of my way.

    I have a manual pole saw, ok for fruit trees, but it wouldn't cut a thick oak branch at maximum height and an awkward angle. I tried.

    This thing did the whole job in seconds. It is quite top-heavy as the motor is on the head and the pole is more bendy than I'd like, but it sure cuts fast. Cleared a whole bunch more branches from several trees near the barn roof and it really saves time.

    Could have more reach, but with the heavy head it would not be manageable.

    #Tools #Review #Saw #PoleSaw #Skil #Homestead #Pruning

  22. 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.

    #Cows #Herd #Stork #Homestead #Neighbours #Evening

  23. 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 […]

    duffneysbirdbarn.wordpress.com

  24. Hey friends, per our recent mutual aid request, here's our update. If you follow @Siiin, you've already seen something like this, but I figured folks here may be able to support, too, and we're also launching some Ranch related stuff to try to bring in more cash that you all may find exciting!

    We've added a page on our website with a service we've dubbed "homestead coaching", but which is more like permaculture design on a much more intensive scale. Even if you live far away, we'd love to hear your needs and help you design systems, choose perennials for your climate, reconsider your water use and how you plant for climate resilience, and create a closed-loop system on your land. If you're on a smaller plot and still want help climate-proofing your garden or urban homestead? That's fine! We'd love to shift the pricing to reflect the smaller scale.

    If you know anyone who may be interested, feel free to share. We're in urgent need of funds, and we really do have a lot of value we can share. We will continue releasing newsletters, and paid subscribers there also help bump us towards feeding ourselves!

    Thanks friends, hoping you're staying cool out there.

    rancholibertad.com/homestead-c

    #Farming #UrbanFarming #Homestead #Homesteading #Gardening #Farm #SmallFarm #FoodSovereignty #Resilience #ClimateChange

  25. Using fleeces from my friend's sheep that would otherwise have gone to waste. Instead, it's weedblock & mulch for our garden.

    It keeps the water from evaporating & slowly over the course of several years breaks down into the soil.

    The biggest downside? When it rains, the garden smells like wet sheep.

    #StarfieldFarm
    #sustainableFarming
    #homestead
    #GrowYourOwnFood

  26. 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, […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  27. Difficult extraction.

    This is the wheel bearing for a steel wheel that has an old, cut-off shaft stuck in it.

    At first it wouldn't budge at all, so I threw it on the sauna oven embers for a couple hours and then let it cool for a day.

    Now it moved, with some serious pounding before it finally came out. One of the rare cases where a bearing press might've been useful.

    Now I can hopefully fix up the tree hauling contraption I quickly threw together last autumn to move the two douglas spruces out of the front yard without cutting them up. Back then I just used two pipes as sleeves, but they didn't fit too well and the wheel wobbled a lot 😆

    #DIY #Homestead #Improvisation #Extraction #Steel #Wheel #Bearing #Hammering #SalvagePunk

  28. 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

  29. 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.

    #Homestead #Rain #Glove #Woodchipper

  30. 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.

    #Homestead #WoodChipper #Shrubbery

  31. 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.

    #WoodChipper #Homestead #Tractor #Machinery #Service #DIY

  32. 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

    #Homestead #Cleanup #Fence #Blackthorn #Borders

  33. 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.

    #Thorn #Thorns #Garden #WoodChipper #Homestead

  34. 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.

    paypal.me/athamanatha
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    If you would like to purchase or send things directly, let us know

    #helpthehouseless
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  35. The #Vulpibus folks have had to get moving again. They really need all the #moneyhelp you can give them with #fuel and #food.

    The good news is they have been making fast progress across unfriendly states and also a bit more progress on the Vulpibus itself and on the gene editing system design. The bad news is that progress could stall without your help.

    Please send $$$ to $Athamanatha on Cashapp
    Or to @inaraclocks or @athamanatha on Paypal
    Or to ko-fi.com/athakitsune
    Or to liberapay.com/athamanatha
    Or even the old Patreon at patreon.com/vulpinedesigns
    Or we can arrange Venmo, IBAN, Wise, ACH, Zelle or Throne on request by DM.

    Keep the #solarpunk dream alive!
    #geneediting #fuckbigpharma #fuckbigtech #fucktrump #fuckmaga #solarpower #buslife #schoolie #skoolie #homestead #communesandconvoys #DIY #funding #crowdfunding #project #hackerspace #trans #transrescue #transresistance #resistance #tuckfrump #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia2plus #queer #genderqueer #genderfuck #queermutualaid #polymutualaid #polyamory #opensource #roadtrip #evolutionrevolution #geneticiser #guess #vulpinelabs #thoughtpunk #punk #diybio #biotechnologyandhealth #labsonwheels

    @thoughtpunks @mutual_aid

  36. The #Vulpibus folks have had to get moving again. They really need all the #moneyhelp you can give them with #fuel and #food.

    The good news is they have been making fast progress across unfriendly states and also a bit more progress on the Vulpibus itself and on the gene editing system design. The bad news is that progress could stall without your help.

    Please send $$$ to $Athamanatha on Cashapp
    Or to @inaraclocks or @athamanatha on Paypal
    Or to ko-fi.com/athakitsune
    Or to liberapay.com/athamanatha
    Or even the old Patreon at patreon.com/vulpinedesigns
    Or we can arrange Venmo, IBAN, Wise, ACH, Zelle or Throne on request by DM.

    Keep the #solarpunk dream alive!
    #geneediting #fuckbigpharma #fuckbigtech #fucktrump #fuckmaga #solarpower #buslife #schoolie #skoolie #homestead #communesandconvoys #DIY #funding #crowdfunding #project #hackerspace #trans #transrescue #transresistance #resistance #tuckfrump #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia2plus #queer #genderqueer #genderfuck #queermutualaid #polymutualaid #polyamory #opensource #roadtrip #evolutionrevolution #geneticiser #guess #vulpinelabs #thoughtpunk #punk #diybio #biotechnologyandhealth #labsonwheels

    @thoughtpunks @mutual_aid

  37. The #Vulpibus folks have had to get moving again. They really need all the #moneyhelp you can give them with #fuel and #food.

    The good news is they have been making fast progress across unfriendly states and also a bit more progress on the Vulpibus itself and on the gene editing system design. The bad news is that progress could stall without your help.

    Please send $$$ to $Athamanatha on Cashapp
    Or to @inaraclocks or @athamanatha on Paypal
    Or to ko-fi.com/athakitsune
    Or to liberapay.com/athamanatha
    Or even the old Patreon at patreon.com/vulpinedesigns
    Or we can arrange Venmo, IBAN, Wise, ACH, Zelle or Throne on request by DM.

    Keep the #solarpunk dream alive!
    #geneediting #fuckbigpharma #fuckbigtech #fucktrump #fuckmaga #solarpower #buslife #schoolie #skoolie #homestead #communesandconvoys #DIY #funding #crowdfunding #project #hackerspace #trans #transrescue #transresistance #resistance #tuckfrump #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia2plus #queer #genderqueer #genderfuck #queermutualaid #polymutualaid #polyamory #opensource #roadtrip #evolutionrevolution #geneticiser #guess #vulpinelabs #thoughtpunk #punk #diybio #biotechnologyandhealth #labsonwheels

    @thoughtpunks @mutual_aid

  38. The #Vulpibus folks have had to get moving again. They really need all the #moneyhelp you can give them with #fuel and #food.

    The good news is they have been making fast progress across unfriendly states and also a bit more progress on the Vulpibus itself and on the gene editing system design. The bad news is that progress could stall without your help.

    Please send $$$ to $Athamanatha on Cashapp
    Or to @inaraclocks or @athamanatha on Paypal
    Or to ko-fi.com/athakitsune
    Or to liberapay.com/athamanatha
    Or even the old Patreon at patreon.com/vulpinedesigns
    Or we can arrange Venmo, IBAN, Wise, ACH, Zelle or Throne on request by DM.

    Keep the #solarpunk dream alive!
    #geneediting #fuckbigpharma #fuckbigtech #fucktrump #fuckmaga #solarpower #buslife #schoolie #skoolie #homestead #communesandconvoys #DIY #funding #crowdfunding #project #hackerspace #trans #transrescue #transresistance #resistance #tuckfrump #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia2plus #queer #genderqueer #genderfuck #queermutualaid #polymutualaid #polyamory #opensource #roadtrip #evolutionrevolution #geneticiser #guess #vulpinelabs #thoughtpunk #punk #diybio #biotechnologyandhealth #labsonwheels

    @thoughtpunks @mutual_aid

  39. i started wondering whether uv lamps (like blacklights) might be useful to dry dishes washed with unfiltered water here. our main danger in unfiltered water is angiostrongylus cantonensis (the cause of "rat lung worm", or angiostrongyliasis).

    i searched "uv light for angiostrongylus" and got this excellent open access article from PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases - a journal that i used to be editorial manager of 😁 :pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/

    it's a very nice literature review on the effects of uv light on various helminths that negatively affect human health.

    the article included the following info: "Similarly, larvae of the nematode A. cantonensis exposed for 15 minutes to UV-A light were unable to develop inside an animal host."

    blacklights are UV-A and i am now considering treating washed dishes with the blacklight in addition to air-drying them for a minimum 24 hours (which i already do).

    i am very happy to have found this info, thankful to the scientists who did the research, and thankful to everyone who makes open access work. it feels pretty neat to have been a small contributing part of this incredibly complex knowledge production line, and to now be a beneficiary of the open knowledge that was produced.

    working at PLOS wasn't always a picnic, but the scientists i worked with were amazing people with integrity, who genuinely cared about the research and the people impacted by the subjects they were researching. i feel proud to have facilitated the publication and sharing of their research findings to anyone - without subscriptions!

    #OpenAccess #science #NTDs #offgrid #homestead #hawaii #RLW