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Each winter i’ll build a few of these as a way to stay busy (pass the long winter) and always enjoy that time. The garden is waking up so i better quit playing and get after it, in earnest! Oh yea, it’s garden related if i add any fish guts to the Hydroslate barrel and apply it to the plants! Mike

With a little time before butchering starts, i’ve been spending some time on a close by lake. 1939 Heddon bait caster and several fly rods have kept me entertained over the last couple days. Even caught a few fish!

I’ve never seen this “water puddle” with out water in it and every time it rains it turns into a quasi lake. Our 1.3 inch rain on Thu/Fri didn’t help either and yet “someone” will invariably attempt to cut the corner which brings about the exact same results every time!🙄 And then of course one...

As a general rule, im a mostly, pretty much of the time, Thankful person. Not just on this day we choose to celebrate Thanksgiving! To say “im thankful for our minus 5f weather today” might be stretching it though. You don’t have to look very far to find someone with worse problems than your...

And if you don’t live in America you live somewhere free or you wouldn't be reading this. I certainly hope everyone appreciates and cherishes what we have; many folks dont! I celebrated by putting together a nice spread for my plants! All the important stuff got a big dose of my fermented...

Moose interactions are fairly common to us so this isn't surprising, however it’s the boreing’est time of the year so i thought i’d mix it up a bit. Don't try this at home! https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/02/15/video-shows-anchorage-woman-shooing-moose-grocery-cart/

We certainly do and utilize far more than the fillet’s! Everything else goes in the drum and on-to the garden. Kinda, sorta like one of them symbiotic relationship things!😋 We have that dip net fishery here and each year 4-600 of us converge on the bank, in the mud, in a canoe or a truck...

The title says it all. New to us bug this year, found on Swiss Chard. Don’t seem to be a problem, just being pro-active incase new buggy comes back next year. recognize him?

Just another day - i guess! https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/07/whats-code-this-moose-wanders-into-providence-hospital-lobby-anchorage/

I’m wondering if anyone, @heirloomgal; might know anything about these folks? https://www.damseeds.com/pages/about-us By this time of year all of the important seeds have been ordered long ago; however i‘m always looking for new possibilities and these folks look like someone id like to...

I really miss @thistlebloom and @Beekissed, wonder how things are for them?

This guys getting good at this1 https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/08/30/telling-alaskas-story-pumpkin-man-alaska-dale-marshall-triumphs-again/.

Here in the Greatland it’s not uncommon to have power outages, most lasting less than 24 hrs, but depending on the time of year that can be 23 too many hours! During freezing weather the Rabbit’s heat, water pump and lights need constant power; any longer and i’d need to get the generator going...

This is a long way’s from a garden question but i was hoping some studious soul can identify the astronauts in this picture, besides the obvious one. John Glenn. My father (the rotund fellow) was a chief engineer on the ships used to pick these guys up way back when and i recently pulled out...

Having just posted a little ditty in the seed starting thread made me think to offer this. much of the how, when and why determining our collective ”move to the outdoors’ is based on our success during the transplant phase. The bigger things get, the harder they are to transplant! Around here...

Wipe dish with our beef tallow, drench with Olive oil, add 2 sprigs Rosemary, salt; bake @ 350 for 1 hour!

While making a batch of tea today, i decided to do a little pictogram - for anyone who may be interested. Pretty simple really, fill tea brewer to the desired level, add the dry ingredients - 2 cups each. Add the Microbe sources, 1 gal. Rabbit poop, 2 cups Black Soldier fly frass, 2 cups worm...

Over the 4th; i’ll be on the fish wheel for 3 days and expect to re-fill my fish hydroslate barrel with carcasses. They’ll need broken down before they’re useable and it will be next year before i need any of the stuff as i used up most of what was all ready in the barrel recently. not unlike...

When i retired from the Oil Industry 2 years ago i brought some “souvenirs” home with me for this project. It’s made from a 6 3/4 cone bit, 2 connecting rods, 2 horseshoes, 4 Ruston Gas Turbine blades and a fiberglass neck & head. never done any Steam Punk before and am looking for a special...

In a conversation with @ninnymary this came up and i offered to write this little diddy to give you some idea of the benefits of a simple drip set up. It will be written in two parts with pictures coming later today. if you travel regularly or are lazy like me or are concerned about water usage...