It’s strawberry season in SC. Anyone have any ways they love to use strawberries? In the next two weeks I’m planning on freeze drying a lot, and making strawberry jam and strawberry jalapeño jam. Of course, we will also eat lots fresh and make a good deal of ice cream. What else?

Big ole shell cracker. We’ve worked to balance our farm pond’s population and fish like this show me it’s working.

So cool! I wish we could grow them!

I have countless childhood memories with a Zebco in hand, and now my boys do too. Any fishermen (or women) here? #fishing #grownostr

The Iris blooms are magic this week. #grownostr

I love this time of year. The farm is so alive and so peaceful. #grownostr

Bocephus is a sweet, big boy and throws lots of heifers but he will never be remembered for his good decision making. #homesteading #grownostr #devoncattle

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I like our buffs and Cayuga. The runners are too timid. Pekins are huge but so funny.

Nostr, meet William Wallace.

Goose egg, duck egg, 9 year old hands. #homesteading

The future is looking bright. #grownostr

Thanks Jack! I’ve listened to your podcast a lot over the years. The last three years have been focused on diversifying income to move completely away from dependence on YT (or any of the current platforms). I started my podcast, opened a coffee business, and have dug in deep to local community.

My friend and employee nostr:npub132h6042qm8eywpz806aq7w0vyjmav4pehn6c3vzdd8xy9zhlfs4qwwe2yu has been nudging me down the road to BTC and all it entails for a long while now. I’m slow at learning new things, and admittedly have taken a lot longer than I wished I had. It’s not a loyalty to clown world but a preference for the garden and the overwhelm of running a business and a family that kept my blinders on. I’m glad to be here now though. There’s a lot of hope here.

Thank you for the warm welcome! You’ve done a lot of positive work in our community and I know it’s helped a lot of people!

Shifting tasks to maintain productivity while plans go awry is the most necessary homestead skill 😂

I am a content creator. I’ve been creating on YouTube since 2015 and have one of the larger channels in the homesteading and gardening spheres (Roots and Refuge Farm). I spent this weekend in NC with some girlfriends whose families also have some very large channels in the same niche. This gave me further insight into the things I’ve been pondering since joining Nostr this week.

I do know the average content consumer doesn’t give a second thought to the reality that they are the commodity on current social platforms. They don’t care and it’s disheartening. BUT there are a lot of very experienced creators that are exhausted by the constant algorithm game. I haven’t convinced anyone to join me yet, as a lot of people simply aren’t willing to overcome the hurdle of the learning curve of a new platform. I think it’s getting ripe though, especially in regard to certain genres of content that just don’t fully work on a highly censored platform. Most homesteading content creators I know who have refused to indulge in algorithm-driven fear mongering have watched their reach dwindle and subsequently the monetization for their work drop by half or more.

I can’t teach or share about butchering, guns, inflation, putting animals down, or anything the mysterious “community guidelines” deem unmarketable without risking losing monetization on 9 years of work on YT. At the very least, when I don’t play by the rules (and often, I’ve not), I go from averaging 100k views a video to spending a few weeks only getting 20k per video. It’s maddening but like any employee, you mostly play by your bosses rules even if you hate them. You do what you have to keep your job and pay your bills. Eventually though, tyrannical bosses drive good workers away.

This is an oversimplified view of course, because there are other factors. I love what I do. I love homesteading and teaching it and I love the people I’ve connected with over the years and currently YT is my avenue to reach them. I would really really love another way though. The appeal of Nostr to me was seeing the potential for true freedom in creation and reaching a community with honest and untainted information and content. I agree, it’s going to take more development and ease of use for the masses to come, but I think the trajectory is very good.

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My most happy place, the greenhouse where the garden is born. #grownostr

I love eggs benny! I also make a southern version with a biscuit, crab cake or salmon patty and a fried egg with hollondaise 🔥🔥

I followed him! He sound like my hero husband! Post the photo shoot pics when you have them?!

Good morning, darlingstrs! Breakfast anyone? #homegrownfood #grownostr #foodstr

Garden goal- Make Dwight Shrute proud. ✅ #grownostr #growyourown

I have quite a few favorites. This was Town Branch aged in smoked maple barrels and it was fantastic. We took an 11 year old bottle of Henry McKenna camping last weekend that was really special. I think it I had to choose one favorite it would be Town Branch or Oak and Eden. What’s yours?