Eventually they will. It's just for temporary instances. Like today, once I moved them all through, I took it down and closed the gate.
My #proofofwork for this evening.
Moved the cattle to the next pasture.
Here's a trick I use often. If your cattle are trained to electric fence, it's a psychological barrier not a physical one.
Therefore, you can string up any white rope (white because I use white poly wire for temporary fencing) and use it fill a gap and funnel them where you want them to go.
Like here, the lane is 20 feet wide, but the gate is only 16 feet. The rope is just loosely tied in place to create the illusion of a fence so the cattle will turn through the gate.
If you aggressively pressure them and jam a whole crowd against the barrier, one will push through and the illusion will be broken, but if you let them file through at their own pace, works great.
#grownostr #farmstr #beef
Best Bushcraft channel on YouTube.
And a good, relaxing video to watch after a long day, in fact, probably the next best thing to going outside and touching grass yourself.
#grownostr #getoutside #outdoorskills
Good morning
After at least a month and a half with basically no rain, we've had about 4 inches in the last 36 hours.
Several projects to get done today... But first, let the ground dry out a bit.
#gm #grownostr #edcstr #farmstr
Bombadil contains burley, Latakia, Cavendish, and a bit of perique then they added a hint of aromatic flavoring. They're pretty close-mouthed about what exactly the flavoring is, but general consensus is that it's a whiskey topping.
Tastes like a standard Latakia forward English blend but with a touch of flowery richness. And has a pleasant room smell.
September 22nd is a fitting date to enjoy a pipe with a Middle Earth themed tobacco blend.
Bombadil from Just for Him
In a T. Cristiano bent Dublin
#grownostr #tolkien #pipestr #tobacco #pipeandtobacco
Far, far below the deepest delving of mainstream music, the world of metal is gnawed by nameless vocals... I have walked there, and I will bring now report to darken the light of day
It's time for Metal Transmitted by Relays, where I feature lesser known metal bands and subgenres each week. Continuing our Tolkien theme, today we have metal from the deep places of the world.
Khazad Dum is a band named after the Dwarven name for Moria, the ancient, abandoned, underground stronghold of the Dwarves. And what sound did they choose to accompany their Dwarven motif?
Funeral Doom.
(Shout-out to Wind Rise for their Dwarf theme, but sorry, Doom Metal is way more "Dwarven" than Folk/Power metal.)
Khazad Dum has released one album, "Hymns from the Deep". It's a concept album about the Fellowship's journey through Moria.
Funeral Doom is the ultimate low-time- preference music. It's best experienced in it's entirety.
The only lyrics I was able to find.
STONES OF SORROW
"Ithkêl murbêl
Buh Dashât sadishîn
Doom of the deep folk wrote on blackened blades
Tidings of Balin’s fate through tale of plight
Stones of sorrow tell their tale as light fades
Wrought by hands of time in stillness of night
Hooded faces silent beside the tomb
Reflecting upon the brave lord’s lone quest
Went alone to look in Mirror mere’s gloom
An arrow in the dark death manifest
Grim readings sing bloody tunes of cruel ends
Cloven shields and helms conjoin words to deeds
Morning’s end to dread and horror extends
Vile tides come to repeat prior misdeeds
They are coming
We cannot get out"
#metal #tunestr #tolkien #heavymetal #music #grownostr #metaltransmittedbyrelays
Previous notes in this series.
It'll definitely be better than nothing...
But not as good as my .357 magnum revolver. 😁
Rainy Saturday morning project.
Made a bamboo trekking pole.
Materials: stick of bamboo, mule tape, copper pipe caps, bank line, clear epoxy
Weight is a bit over 9 ounces
(I made a pair a couple years ago, but I had a better piece of bamboo, so I'm replacing the smaller diameter one of the old pair. The dirty one pictured has been used on two backcountry hunts and performed excellent ly.)
#grownostr #outdoorgear #proofofwork
Good morning
Today's carry. Being prepared makes life easier.
Case Sodbuster Jr carbon steel
Maratac flashlight
Brass Zippo
#edc #edcstr #knifestr #gm #grownostr #zippo
Interesting thought. Kind of like how music is another form of storytelling.
Had to step away and cook supper, so I'm only halfway through the video. Listening to these guys go back and forth trying out different voices/screams is quite entertaining.
Excellent. That's my goal.
In a basement in Austria, there lived a black metal band. It was not a black metal band filled with satanic themes and a low recording quality, nor was it a Norwegian band that stabbed people or burned churches in it's spare time.
It was Summoning
And that means Tolkien inspired lyrics, majestic atmospheric soundscapes, and a much needed change of pace for black metal.
Welcome to Metal Transmitted by Relays. This month we're featuring metal bands influenced by Tolkien.
And the time has come to dive into Black Metal, but don't be scared, it's not really as black as you've been led to believe, a fact I largely credit to Summoning.
They borrowed the foundation of their sound from the Black Metal subgenre but rather than focusing on anger, despair, or anti religion themes, they wrote songs about Middle Earth.
They also recorded the first metal song written entirely in the Black Speech of Mordor.
Their career has spanned over eight albums in which they've established a deep Tolkien nerd credibility far beyond any other band I've ever come across. They also pioneered the atmospheric black metal scene in inspiring several other bands to contribute to their particular style of black metal.
But if you're a fan of the classic black metal sound, they have an album for that too.
#metal #tunestr #tolkien #heavymetal #music #grownostr #metaltransmittedbyrelays
Catch up on previous notes in this series here
I too prefer to eat them as they ripen, and not have a full time job of canning. And major cool points for growing your own tobacco.
Nonfiction: The Fourth Turning is Here, Neil Howe
Fiction: The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
(A four part series written in the eighties, looks like fantasy on the surface, but is actually a dystopian sci-fi of a far future Earth in which the sun is beginning to dim and contains layers upon layers of symbolism)
Good morning.
Moved the cows to the next pasture and ready to start the rest of my Saturday projects.
#grownostr #farmstr #beef #proofofwork
Awesome. Does that mean you finished the first one?
Saturday evening means it's time for Metal Transmitted by Relays.
For the remainder of September, we're going to look at some instances where Metal has intersected with ... Tolkien.
Starting with the power metal band Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian is a German band that has been cranking out power metal for many years now, but we're going to focus on their 1998 album "Nightfall in Middle Earth."
It is a concept album based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Silmarillion", and tells the story of the Noldor elves in the First Age and their sorrowful war against Morgoth to regain the stolen Silmarils.
#metal #heavymetal #tunestr #grownostr #metaltransmittedbyrelays #tolkien
Check out these notes to continue down the metal rabbit hole.