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https://RegenerativeSoilAmendments.com

Christian worm farmer, biochar maker, soil builder, stick farmer, nurseryman and family guy

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2024-07-03 19:06:20

I wanted to share some techniques and success I found with bare root trees, specifically shipping for your #nursery or #garden.
I had dug up this catalpa tree for my mother-in-law a few months ago when she visited.
In order to pack it for her to take home, I had soaked some shredded cardboard in Terraganix EM-1 microorganisms. The EM-1 has some lactic acid bacteria, brewer's yeast, and purple non-sulfur bacteria in addition to other microbes. I mixed it 50-50 with some blackstrap molasses to activate it.
I then packed the roots in the cardboard, and left the top of the tree out of the bag.
This is a few months later; she hasn't had a chance to plant it yet, but the tree is doing pretty well in this cardboard-soaked-in-EM-1 mix:
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Here's a closeup of the bag. Looks like the cardboard is starting to break down in here.
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Not ideal that the tree isn't in the ground yet, but if you need to preserve some plants until you have time to plant them, this works pretty well for me.
I can share some other resources on Effective Microorganisms (EM) if you're interested.
The other thing cool about EM-1 was discovered after the Fukashima nuclear plant accident. At a nursery in Japan, they were testing the crops after the fallout to make sure that there were not radioactive elements present in the food.
One of the fruit nurseries does a soil drench and foliar application of EM-1 to build up the biology in the soil and on the leaves.
They found that the fruit from this nursery had very little or no contamination from the radioactive elements.
My understanding is the EM-1 helps establish good fungal and bacterial presence in the soil and on the leaves which forms a sort of protection from the radioactive elements. Instead of taking in the raw element as ions, the fungi is preventing the plant from taking them in as the plants are relying on the fungi to provide them with what nutrients they need, and not just taking them from the soil.
#grownostr #permaculture #gardening #plantstr

2024-06-09 02:09:09

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Yes.... I buy wholesale, pot them up and sell. I get the blueberries from Hartmann in Michigan.
https://hartmannsplantcompany.com/wholesale/shop/
I got them for $2.90 each, with shipping it came to $3.92 each from Michigan to New York. 6 boxes of plants total. I got the 1 liter 6-12 inch size. They come in 4 inch peat pots and I pot up to trade 1's.
The smallest ones were 8 inches... some were 18"!
I do prune the larger ones for the customers too as I pot them.
You have to order 100 plants minimum to shop their wholesale site.

2024-06-08 19:55:49

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Plants. $10 each or 3 for $25.

2024-06-08 19:53:26

Blueberries are GONE! Time to get some more in! Next year I'll get 200 at a time.
Made just shy of $400 so far today in about 3 hours. Most people spent $75 or so. A couple people were driving in from an hour away.
Also got compliments on the plants, info sheets, knowledge and organization.
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#nursery #permaculture #plantstr #business #grownostr

2024-06-07 22:00:28

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I have 8 people coming at one time tomorrow.... should be fun!

2024-06-06 21:25:06

In the spirit of keeping you all up to date with what I'm working on in the #permaculture #nursery, I wanted to switch it up a bit and talk business, specifically, advertisements: What the ads look like and what they are doing.
My goal was to sell some plants with berries on them, to show that they will give you berries this year.
The next ad (Early Summer rather than Late Spring) will hopefully have ripe berries!
Here is my ad: <BEGIN AD>
Plant Your Berry Garden Now: Final Spring Sale on Blueberry, Blackberry, Strawberry, and Raspberry Plants!
Don't miss out another year! Come now and get some plants so you can enjoy fresh, home-grown berries from your backyard in just a few weeks.
These blueberry, blackberry, strawberry, and raspberry plants need to be in the ground in the next couple of weeks. Act fast so you can choose from our selection of plants with berries ready for this year!
I checked the big box stores, and berry plants this year are $15 each. Honestly, they don’t look too hot.
Why pay that when you can get ours for just $10 each, or even better, 3 for $25? The exception is strawberries, which are cheaper: 6 plants for $10.
Invest in your garden this year and enjoy the rewards for years to come! These berry plants will pay for themselves with delicious, fresh berries in just a year or two. Plus, they're easier to care for than most vegetables and come back year after year, making them a perfect addition to any garden.
And if you have a problem with any of our plants in the next year, just bring them back and get a new plant.
We have different varieties of each plant to keep you in berries from mid-June until frost.
Arrange a time to come by and pick out your plants today… limited stock available. We’re open by appointment in Scottsville, NY. Please DM or text me for more information!
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<END AD>
I'm trying to use the 4U's framework for copywriting.
(From ChatGPT): The 4U's of copywriting are a framework used to create compelling and effective marketing copy. They are:
Urgency: This creates a sense of urgency that motivates the audience to act quickly. Phrases like "limited time offer" or "while supplies last" are common examples. (i.e. Plants need to go in the ground in the next few weeks)
Uniqueness: This highlights what makes your product, service, or offer different and better than the competition. It emphasizes the unique selling points that set you apart. (Cheap plants - $10)
Ultra-Specificity: This involves being very specific about the benefits, features, and outcomes of your product or service. Clear and detailed information helps build trust and credibility. (Specific about our pricing)
Usefulness: This focuses on how the product or service will be useful to the audience, solving their problems or fulfilling their needs. It highlights the practical benefits and advantages. (Plants will pay for themselves in a few years).
I posted the ad to Nextdoor, Craigslist, and Facebook.
Facebook got by far the most number of replies (and the most number of questions) Most people are interested in 1-3 plants.
Craigslist has always had fewer customers, but less "handholding" and they tend to get a lot of plants. They are looking for a deal.
Nextdoor is like a mini-facebook: Not a lot of plants wanted, questions, but closer neighbors it seems.
Hope this helps! Any critique/comments welcome: Would you buy plants with this ad?
#grownostr #plantstr #gardening #propagation #nursery #marketing #business

2024-06-05 02:33:36

Nursery reboot update... getting my mist beds set up again to take cuttings.
They are about 6 inches deep filled with concrete sand. 3' wide by 24' long.
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I can fit about 4500 -5000 cuttings in here.
After it is cleaned out, I'll set up the intermittent mist system, which is made from 4 misting heads, a propagation water controller, and a water valve I can control from the controller.
The controller will turn on about 15 seconds every 10 - 12 minutes to mist the cuttings.
The cuttings are cut with multiple lead nodes. The bottom leaves are stripped off and only the top left on, and those are trimmed as well. They are then dipped in rooting hormone and put in the sand. The mist keeps them from drying out until they root.
#plantstr #gardening #propagation #nursery #grownostr

2024-06-02 04:10:55

I saw this #bee swarm today so I put it in a hive.
I haven't had bees for 15 years and never captured a swarm before. They were mostly peaceful.
For other bee keepers... I have no idea what I'm doing so this is what I did:
Cut the swarms branch into a 27 gallon bin. My wife filmed me. She said "this is so I have something to show them at the hospital".
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Put the branch and bees into a hive.
2 deep supers... didn't have foundation so there are just frames in them. I figure the bees know what to do.
Then a medium super in top with no frames... the bees were on a branch so I dumped the branch into the medium on top. Should I fish that branch out in a few days?
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Anyway... nice surprise ending to the day!
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#beestr #beekeeping #grownostr

2024-05-30 02:46:12

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Yep! Goods from Pennsylvania. I grew up on those!
https://www.facebook.com/GoodsPotatoChips/

2024-05-30 02:41:01

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I've not heard of that. I had not described pruning them but every year you are supposed to prune off the floricanes.
That said... I don't do that, the wind and snow will knock the dead canes down after a few additional years. I'm kinda lazy that way. Some of mine have been in 15 years now with no pruning.
If I ran into that situation your parents ran into I'd mow them to the ground to rejuvenate them.

2024-05-29 22:55:16

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Additional for me, current employees:
NY State: 251,700 (From St. Louis Fed data)
County: 4,600 employees
Town: 56 employees
School District: 160 employees
What else am I forgetting? Contractors at each level are not counted.
Also, how many retirees are being supported at each level by taxes?

2024-05-29 18:30:30

A little bit on the growth and fruiting habit of red raspberries and #propagation in the plant #nursery...
Here we see a raspberry plant I have for sale. It's variety is Prelude and its first fruits will ripen in 3-4 weeks. This plant retails for $10.
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If you look closely you will see 2 kinds of canes: The 2 older looking, taller, darker canes, and then a small plant that looks like it's sprouting from the base.
Those canes are from last year are called the "floricanes", and will bear this year's fruit. It's forming now, here's a zoomed in picture.
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The canes from this year are the "primocanes". They will grow this year and will become floricanes next year. Here is a different angle so you can see the primocane forming at the base:
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The plant spreads underground and will pop up new primocanes further and further from the parent plant. Some of my patches now are 20' long and thick with plants produced by only 3 parent plants. after about 4 or 5 years.
To propagate this type of raspberry, in the spring, I will dig up the plant around the floricanes coming into their second year and pot them up. The root base from that plant will then send out roots which will sprout into primocanes and continue the plant.
You may also see "bare root" raspberries, those are plants that have been dug up as I describe and sold prior to the plant putting on any growth. They are cheaper, but, as some of my customers have mentioned, when you get them, they "look like sticks" and so are not as attractive for retail customers.
#grownostr #gardening #permaculture #fruit #plantstr

2024-05-28 17:06:39

Irrigation is very important when you have plants in containers in a #nursery. Even on a cool day, winds can really cause the pots and the plants to lose moisture. It's amazing how they can go from a soaking rain one day, where you're worried about too much moisture, and then in a few days without watering they are wilting.
I use Senniger mini-wobblers for irrigation, the beige nozzles I'm using put out 0.84 gallons per minute at the 25 PSI I run them at.
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There is a 25 PSI pressure reducer in-line to reduce our house water pressure which tends to be around 40 PSI off our well.
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I have the irrigation come on each morning for 90 minutes. I have a timer running off of our spigot at the house that controls the watering.
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If I were to water just the plants I have now by hand it would take me at least 20 minutes, so the automation is a time saver as well.
I've found that with a hose and hand watering you just can't get the same deep watering as you can with a light overhead watering over the course of an hour. With hand watering, the water seems to just run through the pots whereas a light rain-like watering over the course of 90 minutes daily will really help the plants stay hydrated.
I have the wobblers up 5' in the air on 3/4" PVC water line risers. The PVC lasts about 3 years out in the sun before needing replacement.
You can really see how they wobble back and forth and spin when they are in action!
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#plantstr #garden #propagation #permaculture

2024-05-27 20:13:41

Time for weeding, fertilizing and top dressing the plants in the #nursery.
Pulled the small weeds before they become big, fertilize with 1 tsp of Osmocote 14-14-14 slow release fertilizer, and top dress with a generous amount of worm castings.
It's like a forest of raspberries!
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The long term plan is to get completely away from the commercial fertilizer by fertilizing with compost tea, but I'm not there yet.
The more I interact with people, the more I realize what I'd consider common knowledge, is not common. Specifically worm castings, I sold some blackberries yesterday and mentioned that I had just top dressed them with worm castings, and the customer had never heard of using worm castings as a fertilizer, or even what they were.
Other things to teach is the seasonality of fruits, and that different varieties of the same fruit produce at different times. For instance, I have 4 different varieties of red raspberries that, when planted out, should produce most of the summer up to the frost. But people don't know that so you have to mention it.
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Final thing to mention is this little garden scooter that I got a few months ago from AM Leonard. This thing is a back saver and puts you right where you need to be at eye level with the plants.
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#permaculture #gardening #wormcastings #propagation

2024-05-26 02:29:15

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Is that an ebb and flow system for propagation?
That is an awesome idea!

2024-05-25 18:47:45

We've visited a couple of sales this spring to sell plants for our #nursery and I wanted to share some of the mechanics that go in to that.
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We have a landscape trailer, 10.5' long by 5' wide. I can fit about 180 to 200 plants in trade 1 gallon pots onto that trailer.
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After we load, and this is KEY, I cover the plants up with a shade cloth tarp to prevent the wind from ripping all the leaves off while we are driving.
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At the event, we've either set up the plants on low tables or on the ground. I have information sheets with me (DM me and I'll send you the PDFs!) as well as setting up a sign with our offerings.
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My goal the more I do this is to create a more exciting and inviting booth. As I look at the pictures of our set up booth, I can see we need more color (as in flowering plants) as well as more abundance and variety of leaf shapes, plants, etc. So we are going to branch out a bit into things like lilacs, daylillies, hydrangea, etc.
#permaculture #gardening #propagation #grownostr

2024-05-24 03:43:10

I went to a friend's house yesterday and wanted to share the power of simple natural fertilizers and soil amendments like #biochar and #wormcastings.
He's growing #garlic in his #garden, it went in about a month late for this part of the country.
I brought over some worm castings and biochar mixed 50/50. We added a spoonful to the planting holes and raked it in after planting.
Here it is in late May:
#grownostr #permaculture #gardening
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2024-05-23 22:21:50

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I'll work on it! Thanks for your interest!
Anything in particular? Propagation? Potting? Sales? Planning?
The mechanics of producing are most interesting to me... but the marketing and sales are where the rubber meets the road.
Just looking for a good direction to go in first.

2024-05-23 22:16:18

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All locally, yes.
Craigslist (made $175 on 2 sales) and Nextdoor ($0)
$30 in sales word of mouth at church.
Adding in Facebook this week, need to finish that up.
Also sold at a yard sale ($565 over 2 days) and a local agricultural store spring festival ($365 over 4 hours)
So I guess it's more like $1135 all together! I was just thinking of the bigger sales.

2024-05-23 18:37:33

I've been working on rebooting our plant nursery this spring.
I had things up and running a couple years ago but had gotten busy since and things had gotten neglected.
The focus this year is on berries: Blueberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, sold in trade gallon pots.
I intend to keep more regular updates going forward 😉
I've sold about $800 so far over the last 3 weeks.
Some learnings thus far for our area (Western NY):
1.) I was trying to sell at $15 each or 3 for $40. This was too high, or, at least I wasn't making any sales, so I'm down to $10 each or 3 for $25 and things are selling.
2.) People typically don't know about plant varieties at all so there is a lot of education required. Even things like the fact that they come back, year after year. When you'd get berries, etc. People are far removed from seasonality.
3.) Having leafed out plants is important.... about a month ago it was still pretty cold so especially at early sales, people would exclaim, "Those are just sticks". Next year I'll keep them in our nursery area with the black ground cover to get leaves on them, earlier.
Economics/Cost:
Plants I bought in cost $4-$5 each (including shipping). Pots are around $0.44 each. The growing medium is well rotted wood chips, biochar, and worm castings, which just cost me time.
I propagated about 75% of my plants myself (Raspberries, Blackberries) so that cost is just my time.
If you have a green thumb, a little cash to invest, and some space and time, this would be a good way to make some quick cash.
That's the first post for now, I'll follow on with more specifics so you can duplicate or learn!
#permaculture #gardening #propagation #grownostr
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2024-05-09 21:58:49

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Bitcoiners don't ask permission

2024-05-06 19:32:11

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Your

2024-05-06 18:10:47

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Foss protocols not platform

2024-05-03 04:20:07

We took some time about a month ago to stick elderberry cuttings along a seasonal stream on our property.
Here they are now!
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#permaculture
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#nevent1q…mfnw

2024-04-02 05:02:41

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Yep. Just cuttings pushed into the soil. It's fairly wet in that area so I hope they do well. I put in maybe 20 or 25.
With elderberry and most hardwood cuttings (currant, gooseberry, jostaberry) you want 2 "nodes" on your cutting. The node is the area where leaves and branches come out of the stem. They contain undifferentiated cells that can become stems if they are above ground or roots below.
I opened a slot in the soil so they weren't damaged when pushing them in.
Nice work on the guerilla grafting!

2024-04-02 00:28:09

We took some time this evening to stick elderberry cuttings along a seasonal stream on our property.
A natural gas pipeline went in here a couple years ago so I decided to take advantage of the disturbance along the edge.
#permaculture
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2024-03-01 04:54:29

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Here's some sats for them.

2024-02-10 00:19:56

Thanks to @npub1v0t…3m3e the kids have some fancy custom wallets to keep their Goldbacks safe and in order! Custom leather for #bitcoin.
These are built to last them forever!
Thanks again! I enjoyed doing business!
#v4v #bitcoin #grownostr #leather
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2024-01-27 20:44:11

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Masons and concrete guys.

2024-01-23 03:25:04

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Yeah I do not know what happened to him but I wanted to rekindle the message.

2024-01-23 03:24:11

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Nope. I should have said "Curtis Stone's Video" instead of the Ice Age Farmer. Apologies Curtis if you are reading this!

2024-01-23 00:34:58

During the recent cold snap we've had in Western NY caused by a "polar vortex", I remembered a guy by the name of the Ice Age Famer I ran across 3 or 4 years ago.
I wanted to share this in case anybody else has not run across this information.
He discussed solar activity as relates to climate on the Earth. During periods of weaker solar activity, there are more galactic cosmic rays that impact the earth. This leads to, among other things, a weakened jet stream, allowing cold air or warm air dive down (or up, as the case may be!) and more pronounced droughts and precipitation.
Now, the current solar cycle we are in (Solar Cycle 25) is more active than predicted, but not as active as cycles in the past hundred years or so. The last time the solar cycle looked like it did now was around the early 1900's. You know, dustbowl times.
Now, what to do about this? Resilience in our food systems is the key in my opinion. Here are 3 practical things we are doing:
1.) Plan for cold (and warm) snaps by planting resilient plants that can survive outside your zone. My grandfather said you should plant trees that can survive 2 USDA zones colder than you are in.
2.) Build soil organic matter and soil life with biochar, cover crops, and application of soil biology through composts. These allow the rain we do get, to penetrate the soil and can hold water and release it slow. @npub1587…kv0n just had a discussion of this on the Survival Podcast.
3.) Remineralize your soil (and composts) with rock dusts and ocean minerals to in turn build the nutrition content of your crops and animals.
I have not been able to find anything recently from the Ice Age Famer, but am leaving his video here for others should they find it interesting. The fascinating part of this was the Ice Age Farmer also tracked these solar cycles back to civilization failures and famine because of food shortages.
#grownostr #gardening #biochar #compost #permaculture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBwUQlHus7I

2024-01-22 00:36:57

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Will do!

2024-01-20 13:50:17

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What question is that out of curiosity?

2024-01-01 15:35:06

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Yeah... it may just take longer depending on what the food is.

2024-01-01 06:41:35

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Reconstitution is putting the water back in.

2024-01-01 04:40:22

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Your gnome is smarter than these gnomes who were not #hodling #bitcoin
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2024-01-01 04:31:46

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Actually, the texture is the same after reconstitution. I do not know why but it is. Even something like beef stew comes out the same as it went in.
If you were to chew on the cooked beef while freeze dried it crumbles in your mouth, but reconstituted it has the same texture.
We freeze dried this in particular because of storage. They don't have a lot of freezer space and a lot of other people are freezing them meals. It also lasts super long and they can store it anywhere.
Other advantages...
As far as survival situation, freeze drying is good because it just takes boiling water and waiting 20 minutes, not cooking.
Nutrient retention is superior vs. canning or dying, not that you'd can pasta but for things like salsa or veggies.
Freeze dried herbs especially are heads and shoulders above regular dried herbs when freeze dried. They retain really superior flavor and aroma.
If I were to freeze dry commercially I would do herbs and pastured eggs. Herbs freeze dry overnight.
But again for this application it was so it would store conveniently for them. 🙂

2024-01-01 03:48:36

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Baby's on the way man! 🤣

2024-01-01 03:12:47

Spent part of the evening getting some trays of spaghetti and meatballs ready for freeze drying.
One of our friends is due with their 6th child so we are putting some meals together for them.
I'll weigh the tests before and after in grams. To reconstitute, add the difference in weight back in, in milliliters of water. If you want to get fancy with some things you can reconstitute in broth to add more flavor. Just heat up the water, drop in the food, cover and simmer and stir for 15-20 minutes.
The trays start of at around 2400 grams (about 5.25 lbs)
It's made from store bought meatballs and sauce. All we have to cook is the pasta. Then I mixed the sauce and pasta and spooned around the meatballs.
Into the freezer dryer, it will probably take 36-40 hours to freeze dry. Then it's good for 25 years in a mylar bag with oxygen absorber.
#foodstr #pregnancy #freezedrying
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2023-12-31 05:17:35

To start this back up on a cold start, I light a fire in the oven chamber, to get a good draft going.
The masonry heater has about 20 feet of masonry channel to absorb heat before the smoke hits the chimney. Part of those channels cause the smoke to travel down.
A good draft pulls the smoke down so it can eventually leave via the chimney.
After the heater is warmed up I'll light the main wood charge in the firebox.
A normal fire is about 40 lbs of wood at a time.
#firestr #masonryheater #fire
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2023-12-31 04:59:56

Just got home from our Christmas tour visits with my parents and inlaws.
Time to get the masonry heater warmed up again!
Starting off the stonework is at 58°F... tomorrow at this time we should be back at 150 - 160°F.
#firestr #masonryheater #fire
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2023-12-30 15:41:49

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I agree on all counts. We are visiting family 8 hours from home.
I'm working my way through Choose your Enemies Wisely by Patrick Bet David but am yearning to go home and get back to work!

2023-12-30 15:32:09

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Hello there! Welcome!

2023-12-30 04:24:29

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We (my 9 year old daughter and I) are starting our ham classes this January! We are going to bring some of her friends along.
She is excited about talking to her friends. The more I show her the more excited she gets.
I'm excited about experimenting with data transmission.
I'm also excited she can use that instead of a cell phone to talk to her friends.
It would also be the first "test" she takes since she is homeschooled, so it's good experience for her in a lower stakes environment. I actually don't think she has ever taken a multiple choice test come to think about it and this will be good for her mandatory state testing. All their testing/games we do are "figure out the right answer" so she is not used to people trying to trick her with some of the answer options.
Not quite sure what we are doing yet but we talked about getting both Technician and General licenses.

2023-12-25 18:02:07

Here's a Christmas painting for me from my 9 year old daughter.
She knows I'm into #bitcoin
#artstr #grownostr
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2023-12-21 02:17:54

I've decided to distribute this image processing.
Sats for any pairs found!
#laundry #kidssocks
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2023-12-20 03:28:14

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Looking forward to hearing the interview!
We have 2 kids who we (mostly my wife) are homeschooling, a 9 year old and 5 year old.

2023-12-20 03:23:53

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Is the power supply 240 volts for those?
I could look it up but it's easier to ask 🙂 and more fun to send notes.

2023-12-20 03:20:21

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They love them! Ate up most of the plate.

2023-12-19 23:45:34

Kids meal tonight to get them off carbs:
Pork rind nachos. Instead of corn chips its pork rinds, pepperoni, and cheese.
#keto #carnivore #foodstr
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2023-12-19 19:12:27

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I wholeheartedly agree.
We are working on having whole foods like yogurt and berries for breakfast, and transitioning to eggs and ham/bacon as well.
Not difficult for my 9 year old... the 5 year old however is a different story. So he gets tons of milk while we cut down on the cereal.
Any suggestions you have for meals?

2023-12-19 15:44:19

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Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
I'm so sorry you went through that but I will share that with my kids so they understand even better what is at stake.
Thank you again... and as a side note don't forget to set up your lightning address!

2023-12-19 01:46:13

Homeschooling lesson for the day.
The kids were learning about communism, socialism, and in particular what equity means.
Two hyacinth bulbs we are forcing are shown in the pictures.
The one on the right is full of roots, the other has one root.. not sure why but it's convenient to explain that in the name of "equity" we'd cut all the roots off the one plant top try to force the same outcome.
#plantstr #homeschool #homeschooling #grownostr
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2023-12-19 00:56:15

Egg comparison. One in the back are ours, front two are from a store.
Amazing the difference... my phone camera doesn't do it justice.
#foodstr #eggstr #carnivore
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2023-12-14 05:00:23

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Looks good!

2023-12-14 04:43:26

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Before Covid I got some logs and did chips from a tree service.
I hadn't touched this ash log over winter, and the next fall I has a huge flush of Turkey Tail mushrooms.
I dried them and cut up a few grams and took them whenever I was feeling a bit sick. It's anti viral. All the colds went away.
Paul Stamets was trying to put a study together to test their affects on Covid. Never saw what came of that.
I also started studying fungi and came to realize how much of a gift that log was. It was all the medicine we would ever need.
I'm also a fan of fungi!

2023-12-14 04:27:46

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Good luck!
And thanks for taking your time to do this.
All the advice I can give is what someone told me first time I played guitar in front of people: Belt it out, don't hold back.

2023-12-13 23:40:21

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I first met my wife at the Home Depot. She was a cashier.
Now she homeschools our kids instead of cashiering.
It was well worth it! 👍

2023-12-12 03:50:53

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Is that a Brown African goose?
I ask because we have one.

2023-12-12 03:37:06

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I am moving my site off of Squarespace onto Wordpress.
The site on Squarespace is slow, and I cannot change what I need to, to make it fast. Google penalizes this. Bing is also reporting issues crawling it.
Also like you said it is not standard to integrate bitcoin payments.
In the end it matters what you want to do with your website, but if you are planning on growing, I'd look hard at limitations you may encounter.

2023-12-07 00:24:08

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Seems like a current "talking point"... Glenn Beck just picked up on a story cracking down on Bitcoin because it's how they find Fentanyl trafficing.
When people new to bitcoin consider it, after recent news they will remember your story, how bitcoin funds the drug crisis, and how it uses too much water.
They will stick with their fiat and 401k's.

2023-12-07 00:15:16

What a good excuse to try to crack down on #bitcoin !
How about addressing the actual problem i.e. #fiat and it's affects causing the drug problem to begin with?
https://youtu.be/3vTWKmZ1C-g

2023-12-06 23:31:57

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Interesting insight 👍

2023-12-06 02:54:11

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This is my wife's current favorite meal! Looks great!
Here is my current technique with two cast iron skillets to keep things moist and tasty:
#steakstr
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2023-12-05 05:03:08

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I set it up about 5 hours ago myself and transferred everything out of WoS.

2023-12-05 00:47:36

Keep your nose down every day, be about your business and do the best you can.
At the end of every day our noses should look like this.
#pigstr #grownostr
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2023-12-04 02:21:42

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Ate it and stamped the rest into the ground.
The weeds are primarily mugwort, motherwort, and what we call swale grass.
All have pretty thick root systems so the pigs are eating the roots.
They are also eating wild grapevines, wild raspberries, and virginia creeper.
There was also an old rotted stump and rotted logs that they are working on. I think they dig through those for grubs.

2023-12-03 15:46:17

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It looked more or less like this:
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2023-12-02 15:35:08

If you are looking to clear out old fencerows and make them productive again, this is what pigs can do.
This was a tangle of vines and brambles 3 weeks ago. Weeds were 6' high. Lots of scrap metal, old fence, etc.
Now I can go in and clean the metal and trees and make this productive again.
#permaculture #pigstr #grownostr
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2023-12-02 02:07:43

Winners are just losers who win.
#ladyballers

2023-12-02 02:04:19

Watching Daily Wire Lady Ballers with my wife. Eating steak. Kids in Bed. Later will buy some #bitcoin and eat some butter bites.
I'm a lucky guy!
#grownostr

2023-12-02 01:30:20

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LGTM! Looks like enough fat!

2023-12-01 22:15:06

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Mike Mcgroarty suggests bottom heat as well for holly.
Good luck!
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2023-11-30 03:42:10

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You can post what plants are located where.

2023-11-30 03:41:02

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https://fallingfruit.org/

2023-11-30 03:35:58

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I use the bokashi method as a pre compost for either worm bins or regular compost.
It is good to hold small amounts of food scraps and begin to break them down prior to adding them to an aerobic pile.
This method would have advantage for households to reduce the smell and retain carbon in the small quantities of food scraps until it can be hot composted.
It also allows the household to keep a bin in the house which is more convenient for daily contributions. People who add daily to outdoor bins end up with some dried out veggie scraps so the initial boost helps. It is also viable to compost meat and dairy leftovers.
I have had issues with this method not killing off veggie seeds so after it goes through the worm bin there may be gobs of viable tomato seeds for instance which is not ideal for compost that goes in your garden. Thus better to hot compost the bokashi pre compost to eliminate seeds.
Just my 2 satoshis 🙂

2023-11-23 14:34:39

Happy Thanksgiving!

2023-11-23 04:39:07

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Our kids are picking their Christmas gifts from the Tuttle Twins shop 👍

2023-11-20 18:09:58

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Thanks I look forward to future posts! I also like the use of the permaculture lens on your activities.
I'm also glad you talk about intermittent mining. We have an old octapus furnace in our basement, which operates via thermosiphon rather than forced air.
It originally burned coal, now fuel oil. I've tested it with wood as well.
The plan would be to hook a miner up during winter to supplement our masonry heater.

2023-11-20 16:11:01

It's that time of year here in NY where the freeze is upon us.
To keep from having to carry buckets of water to the animals as long as possible, I'm routing my hoses with a high point and then slopes with no dips to allow the water to run out after use.
Also an example of what not to do this time of year: letting your hoses coiled on the ground. They don't drain and you will be hauling water by hand.
Also: disconnect the hoses from the yard hydrant after use.
#farming #pigstr #grownostr #permaculture
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2023-11-20 04:46:07

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Carnivore diet and chiropractor.

2023-11-17 19:58:20

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+100. I like that I can do my own censoring.
If I don't care to see something, I just block that poster.

2023-11-15 03:01:03

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I've gotten 6 text messages from Verizon since April:
Hi from Verizon! You don't want to miss this. Right now, you can get the PS5™ console at your local Verizon store. It unleashes new gaming possibilities that you never anticipated. Plus, embark on an epic journey with God of War Ragnarock & PlayStation 5 console bundle. Don't wait! Head to your nearest store to get yours today.
🤔

2023-11-14 02:20:01

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It's like dipping it in concentrated milk. Great way to make it healthy.
I approve!

2023-11-11 23:24:05

A thought came to me the other day... are the streets paved with gold in heaven because everyone uses #bitcoin?
#asknostr #grownostr

2023-11-11 23:21:20

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Rock on man! Good for you guys!
Your little one all wrapped up reminds me of happy times!

2023-11-11 23:11:20

Moving the girls out of the barn for winter in the treeline. Long time coming but I finally have an area fenced for them.
Plan is to breed them and have little ones come spring.
#pigstr #grownostr
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2023-11-09 03:33:33

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I agree. Minerals. My wife takes magnesium when this happens and it helps.

2023-11-09 02:05:41

Here is some art by my 5 year old.
Watercolor on watercolor paper.
He calls it "Me in the creepy cave". There are bats and spiders and monsters in the cave!
#art #artstr #kidart #grownostr
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2023-11-08 01:57:16

Today's steak blot art:
I thought this one was interesting! Looks like a clown to me.
#steakblotart #carnivore #grownostr #inkblotart
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2023-11-06 01:19:24

Tonight's steak blot art:
#steakblotart #inkblotart #grownostr #carnivore
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2023-11-04 16:20:57

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In time maybe!

2023-11-04 04:00:46

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The hours are about right for us. More towards the 4 hrs for our 9 year old (depending how stubborn she is) and maybe an hour or two for our 5 year old.
When they are not engaged in schoolwork it's just unstructured time. My daughter reads 2-3 long books a week, sews and crafts and my son plays and practices fighting moves. They play games together too.

2023-11-04 03:24:41

My 9 year old lost a tooth.
How many sats are teeth going for these days?
#asknostr

2023-11-04 03:04:22

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Congratulations! That is awesome!

2023-11-03 17:16:28

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Certainly!

2023-11-03 00:04:56

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Glad to know you are here as well!
I've just done the regenerative soil one to completion. I started the PDC as well.
I've gotten into the soil amendments and am trying to grow that business... once that is in better shape I'll do the microscopy course I think.
Whereabouts are you located? We are in western NY state.

2023-11-02 23:49:02

I present you with steak blot art #3.
Opinions?
#inkblotart #steakblotart #grownostr #carnivore
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2023-11-02 23:46:53

SteakBlotArt #2
What does it look like to you?
#inkblotart #steakblotart #grownostr #carnivore
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