Yes, product pages was going to be my first suggestion. You are leaving money behind by focusing on Amazon.

Second, loading time seems slow. So slow that I went to it on my desktop just to make sure it wasn’t an issue with my phone. I didn’t check for page errors either. Getting your loading time as low as possible and fixing any page errors will do more for your SEO than any content you create. New creative content benefits Google. When anyone Googles SEO the results always direct you to content. However, I guarantee you that a slow page with errors will never be in the top search results.

Try to be as simple as possible. Think “no more than three clicks to a sale.” Focus your sales funnel to highlight your products. Think Craigslist simple. I shouldn’t have to go to the menu to find your products.

Have more informative but succinct product descriptions. “What is it?” “What does it do?” “How to use it “ What is the benefit to the customer?

The thing that really drove me crazy was your post. Here’s a nice picture of a great product and no way to buy it! If I could have tapped on a link that took me directly to the product page which contained the information I mentioned you would already have a sale.

That’s awesome!

I’m interested in biochar. I bought some charged with humid acid from American Biochar this spring and my blueberries loved it. The leaves went from red to green in weeks. I’m thinking about adding some to my garden this winter. My idea is to make a mix of compost, uncharged, bio, char, manure, and wood chips and spread it on my garden when I put it to bed for the winter. What do you think of that idea? How much bio char would you recommend for a 20‘ x 50’ garden?

By the way, I try to buy from people directly, so they don’t have to pay Amazon fees. I went to your website and it needs a little love and attention. I wouldn’t mind giving you some tips for free or maybe even doing a little work in trade if you want.

“Bitcoin And…” is a podcast by David Bennett. He focuses on the edge effect in both permaculture and bitcoin. One show may have a guest that’s all about bitcoin and the next show could be completely about gardening.

https://fountain.fm/show/eK5XaSb3UaLRavU3lYrI

In this day and age a lot of people would say 7 children is to many. I have 4 kids and many people say “4 is a lot, why so many?” Generally my answer is “If I would have met my wife when we were younger we would have had more.” We are both stocky people and we joke about “having an entire offensive line” 😀 Do you feel some negativity/judgement in questions from people with smaller/no family? Sometimes I do, but I’m not sure if it’s them or me.

Why 7? Are you and your wife done having kids? Do you have a blended family? I have many more questions, but this will get the conversation started.

That’s awesome!

You can do it! Junk food is engineered to be addictive, just like cigarettes. People quit smoking all the time. You can quit junk food. One day you’ll wake up and you will have already eaten your very last french fry.

Tell me about what you feed your chickens. What’s your mix and how much does it cost? How much time and energy are you putting into mixing your own feed?

I buy a 5 way scratch and non-gmo/soy free pellets. I mix those two feeds together and pour in a little sourdough starter and let it sit overnight to get a good ferment going. I also supplement with a seed tray of sprouted sunflower seeds daily.

Additionally, the chickens have access to the compost pile, which I usually throw a couple small fish in each week. The fish attract flies, and the chickens eat the maggots.

Finally, I free range the birds, and they have access to all kinds of greens and insects.

During the warmer months of the year, like right now, I’m feeding approximately 1.4 ounces per bird per day. I am raising large body dual purpose birds, which would normally eat 6 ounces of feed per day in a typical coop and run set up. I feed up to 4 ounces a day during the coldest months of winter averaging 2.5oz of feed per bird per day on an annual basis.

My average cost for feed is $.15 a pound. Total cost per bird is $8.56 per year.

My breed of chickens lay 200 to 230 eggs a year and excess roosters are harvested at 12 weeks. There’s no need to feed chick starter.

With 20 laying hens average 358 dozen eggs per year. That puts me at about $.49 per dozen eggs. A 12 week old rooster that weighs about 3 pounds dressed out cost me about $3.15.

If you factor in all of the work that goes into keeping chickens: building tractors, mixing feed, running to the feed store, repairs, processing, cleaning, etc., etc. I probably spend an hour a day averaged over the course of the year.

We give away a lot of eggs, we also feed eggs to the dogs and pigs. So we save a little money there and build social capital with our friends and neighbors.

I’m sure if I had a office job in a Fiat mine the accounting would show a net positive buying free range chickens for $20 and spending two or three dollars a dozen for eggs. But it’s not worth the cost of a tortured soul.

That being said, I’m always looking for ways to save money on feed and raise healthier birds. Any input you have is greatly appreciateed.

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Wait until they start charging you based on time of day. Not during overall peak usage hours, just residential peak times. But wait, it gets better. Then they will charge you a “peak hours use fee” for electricity you generate and use yourself via solar. That’s right, residential customers get to pay to generate electricity so business rates stay low.

My chicks are hatching! This is my first time using an incubator. 11 of 20 have hatched so far. Several of the unhatched eggs are piped. I’m so excited 😆

#chickens #homesteading #permies #grownostr

Look up “operation sea spray.” This one operation alone proves that the United States government: 1. experiments on the general population. 2. Develops biological weapons despite the Geneva Convention 3. Chemtrails.

I’m not saying that the condensation behind every jet engine is full of mind controlling chemicals. However, it is a proven fact that the government has performed biological experiments on the general population in the past.

The question should not be “what conspiracy theories do you believe” but rather a statement of “one should believe everything the government says is a lie unless you independently verify it yourself.”

Do you save seeds from hearty plants? I’m learning purchased seeds go to shit pretty fast. Some bean seeds that had nearly a 100% germination rate in the spring only sprouted about 40% this fall. Same conditions, indoor at the same location. I’m a new gardener but seed saving is something I’m definitely planning on incorporating.

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What about keep the iPhone but have a View Phone with voip that I only use on WiFi? If I ever become a targeted person I can drop the iPhone in the mail or something as a decoy.

They are mining pools made from people around the world and each individual miner in the pool decides what updates they install. Foundry or ant does not decide what software each member installs and people are free to leave the pool any time. Also, miners are only part of the equation. Nodes also play a significant role in consensus.

Let us know how that works out for you! https://image.nostr.build/608d2475d267986decb7541d46f4dc423e9340e4fc5fbbad558c430f1d40f55e.webp

I see a lot of engagement and support from people that mean well. It seems like they know you somewhat also. I’m just a guy on Nostr who likes your gardening and nature posts so I follow you.

I don’t know or follow anyone that commented on this post and it seems like they all came from a place of love and good intentions.

However, I live the life you want to live. I wake up when I want. Go to sleep when I’m tired and pretty much do whatever I want all day long. There is lots of hard work, but I choose what I do. I haven’t had a “job” or an employer since I was 25, I’m 49. I’m not “lucky” or exceptionally talented. I’ve always been very self deterministic and I really can’t stand being told what to do.

Here’s my advice, quit. Quit feeling bad, quit the things that make you feel bad. Don’t do the things you hate. You know you are in the rat race that you hate and the people around you at work are asleep and toxic just by being part of the system. Then you talk about getting more education to sink you farther into the system you hate? That’s what I taught my kids was “stinkin thinkin.”

I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I’ve spent a lot of energy going in the wrong direction on several things. One thing I’m sure of is that if I lost everything I built, I would rather live in a van and be poor while I rebuilt than allow myself to be in a situation that made me feel like you do right now.

As I get older I realize that I do not regret my mistakes or the things I did, but rather the things I didn’t do. Go do the things that make you happy. Let go of what you’ve been told you need and find out what fulfills you.

Or don’t, like I said, I’m just a guy on Nostr, scrolling through the people I follow while I have a cup of coffee and wait for it to get light enough to feed the animals. I don’t care.