Ugh - sorry.

It coincides with the shortest days. Vitamin D/sunshine?

So beautifully clear.

For so many people, actions in society that are generally considered good (helping others, cooperating in the face of a crisis, etc) are assumed to be the arena of government.

Thank you! this is very helpful. my guess is that the cardboard will take a while to breakdown for me as well, so I may try another area with your layering order to see how that works.

For my fruit trees that were already in the ground before we started making biochar, I've been adding a layer of it under compost/leaves/mulch and just hoping that at some point it works its way into the soil.

We should all be so used to limited hangouts by now that I'm surprised that anyone was expecting something real.

Actually, primarily for clearing scrub! Secondarily meat, but we have two girls in addition to the billygoat and one is pregnant so we may try milking her and seeing how that goes.

Adam, I'm layering a new currant and perennial pollinator bed.

How did you decide the order of the layers?

So far I've done several layers of cardboard, then biochar, then bedding from the duck house, and I'll top with woodchips. It didn't occur to me to put the charcoal under the cardboard but it makes sense. I might try that in another spot.

GM, Nostr!

Re your first paragraph: not sure why I was lumped in with those folks.

Your second paragraph is intriguing to me. Small communities sound like a good way forward to me. I'm curious to look more into 3D printing. It's hard for me to believe that you can print metal or wood, but I'll look around for more info.

Day 3 of #31days

bodyweight, kettlebells (finally added a Jefferson curl), mobility.

This is fun and I'm feeling good! I've never quite worked out like this before, but I'm basically doing 5-15 minutes of exercise throughout the day until I get to the hour.

I'm hoping for a full split on at least one side by the end of the month but I'm still a good 8 inches away. I'll get closer for sure.

Hope you're all doing great! It's fun to read what everyone's doing.

Nostr only 🙂 me too

welcome!

Welcome!

Ha! hello

Plenty of bitcoiners on here

Hi! welcome 🙂

Hey there! If you're still around - you can create a note with a bit more info about you/your interests and put #introductions in there so that folks will be more likely to see it.

Hello, Nostr friends!

Yesterday we dug a small pit for biochar. This is now the third method we've tried for making it and might be our favorite so far. The retorts in the wood stove are awesome but we can only make small quantities at a time, and I want an easy way to make a lot at once. We’ve made a fair amount in the double-barrel system but I found that to be much trickier- hard to get enough heat going in that narrow space between the barrels. Thanks to nostr:npub15879mltlln6k8jy32k6xvagmtqx3zhsndchcey8gjyectwldk88sq5kv0n for his excellent reference page and podcasts on making biochar.

Lots of good stuff happening today - taking care of the animals, continuing study on a few things I’m diving into these days; several hours of my fiat work (teaching, which I love!), and gathering wood for our next burn. There’s a lot to do right now to prepare planting areas for the spring and get charcoal incorporated into compost flows and eventually into mulch around our fruit trees and shrubs.

Also I’m happy to be doing the 31-day exercise challenge 🏋️‍♀️ with @hodlcuban and friends so will fit in 60 minutes of various exercises throughout the day.

Hope you all have an awesome day. 🤩

#permaculture

#biochar

#plebchain

It's so gorgeous!

The tarp over your kitchen has withstood wind? (are you protected by the trees?)

We're on our 3rd or 4th tarp - they keep getting ripped. We're planting trees for a windbreak, but that will take a while!

The four corners of a raised platform for a building?

welcome!

ooh boy

True story: I've given birth twice, and my father somehow knew - from across town and before I had reached out - as soon as I went into labor both times.

Fathers 💕