Member BiggKidd
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I think a few of you are right on the money and I agree warfare is being waged on many fronts and this is another. The poor air quality and lack of sunshine are really noticeable even way down here in southern Virginia.
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I got to see the coolest emerald green humming bird up close and personal today. It came buzzing up within arms reach wings all ablur. First it hovered around at ankle level then waist high then head high. It stayed within two feet for over a minute almost as if it were trying to ask me for something. Neat looking little bird smaller than the ones we used to see here all the time. The body was maybe 3 inches long with the wingspan about double that best I could tell. They move so fast it’s hard to be sure but I’d love to see more of them around.
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6/3/23
Sold two female AGH piglets this morning to the guy who started his own homestead after being around mine. He got them for about 1/2 price and will be back for a male out of another litter. I would have given them to him & his family but extra money is nice too. His sons are also building houses on the same piece of land and two of the three are recently married his third son is only around 10 or 11. I think they will make it if / when things go south.Once Ricky saw and understood what I was doing here and why he was quick to follow suit. I’d guess he’s had his place about 6 years now.
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It’s doable expensive in labor and materials upfront but far less expensive than an ongoing bill. As for info each site needs it’s own research. But there are literally tons of books and videos on the subject. You may want to add a masonry stove or rocket mass heater for really cold times. More insulation and thicker walls with the proper roof edge overhang are a few key points. Overall mass can also make a huge difference.
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Did your tubs not have proper drainage? Rain shouldn’t cause anything to die off unless it’s a succulent or there was standing water. One other thing would be if the rain were poisoned with something. Even if a lot of nutrients did get washed out the plants shouldn’t have died just slowed growth.
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5/25/23
20 Tomato plants in the ground 12 with cages. I need to find 8 more a pile of them got run over and mashed / mangled which in turn caused them to be misplaced or maybe they were misplaced and mangled but anyway I need to find them. lol
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5/19/23
Corn is starting to sprout but it’s pretty spotty. Sure hope it fills in or I’ll be doing a whole lot of replanting.
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Spent a few hours today attempting to repair the frame on the solar golf cart. I just don’t have the proper tools or knowledge for welding 2 pieces of 1/4 inch thick aluminum. One is I beam about 6 ft long and the other is an S shaped of sorts and 4 ft long. They need to be welded back where they cross I beam over the flat of the S. But the heats dissipating to quickly for a weld to take. Open to ideas. . .
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Got a total shock when I finally fought the mud and ventured up to the field. I got really lucky I didn’t see a single spot that washed out. Everything looked a lot better than expected. Everything around here is heavy clay and has never drained since I’ve lived here up until I started using daikon radishes to burrow down deep breaking the subsoil layer.
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With spring here and summer fast approaching I started getting a few more cramps and had to start upping my salt intake for the season. It’s not as easy to do as one would think as I have a hard time just remembering to do it on a daily basis. The cramps eased right back off thankfully.
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Thanks Mr. Rain & Silver Lining. I find the older I get the more I need things written down so they don’t slip by so I’m hoping this will help.
The showers we were supposed to get turned in to flash flooding downpours. Hope it didn’t wash all my seed away.
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Stack copper lead brass powder and parts long before silver or gold but after food!
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That makes sense I guess as these were cast aluminum blocks that I was thinking of and heads.
Either way today was another failure. There’s far to much heat dissipation area for the amount of heat and size I can apply. I’m currently considering making up some raw clay to place blobs all around the areas needing welding. You know pressed tight all around the aluminum so it can’t bleed off the heat so fast. That or making a simple bracket clamp like a U-bolt but using 1/4″ steel and 3/8 bolts. Getting toward my whit’s end With this thing. I also tried brazing but again I can’t get it hot enough. Although I haven’t broken out the big propane weed burner to try yet. That move seems a bit risky considering the fiberglass and wires around the area.
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My welder is only capable of 175 amps and it just isn’t hot enough to get a good bite in the metal. Tomorrow I’m going to try preheating the metal and then welding it. Wish I had some asbestos blanket to help hold the heat in. Back in the day when I was racing it seems like we welded aluminum occasionally by preheating it to about 600f.
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I’ve started some a few times without a lot of luck. Not really a big deal as I hardly eat fruit, I planted them for my kids and they’re pretty much grown and mostly out of the house now.
I did start some apple trees from seed and have two others that I bought but need to transplant. They don’t like their location judging by the little growth they’ve had. The trees I started from seed came from some red fleshed apples out Washington state and are doing well considering my cows got out and tried to eat them to nubs. That cost me about 1/2 the trees I had started, but I was happy some managed to survive.