LOVE your podcast Amy! So insightful. Agreeing with those who say "get a wallet." Will totally send you zaps!
Even when a podcast is about perspective instead of chickens, who's really going to do a good job of raising chickens without a little perspective?!?
#homesteadingperspective #homesteading #grownostr
My parents live in the Texas gulf coast. I've seen maybe a dozen or 2 (brown pelicans) at a time at the most. I don't even remember seeing them as a kid, just in the past 15 years or so
Yeah. A little under half sheet 5'x10' 18ga mild steel if I remember right. I made 2. The other one (poorly welded) was stolen from the back corner of the church parking lot where I work.
Corporations exist mostly to earn profits for their shareholders... So basically, yeah, what you said.
Built it myself, yes. Based on all the information I found on the kon tiki biochar kiln and a little math. I was going for as big a possible a kiln that would fit the city code for "recreational" fire pit. I intended it to be collapsible, but haven't actually ever taken it apart as it fits nicely in the back of the pickup.
Making biochar at work. I'll likely have to take it home to use, as the boss committee and committee boss don't understand the value of adding carbon back to the soil. They think the branches and leaves I use to make it and compost are "unsightly." I could spread it here and no one would would even notice, but I have bigger plans for it anyway.
#biochar #grownostr
His name is Snoopy. He's 7. He goes by Snoopy, Schnups, goofball, goober, and/or spoiled rotten.
#dogstr #grownostr
I swear this thing is demon possessed! We've had the control board replaced twice at a cost equal to what we paid for the thing new less than 2 years ago!
#posessedappliances #grownostr
#expensiveuselesscrap #plannedobsolescence
Is it consumer demand, or whack eco legislation that brought us so much expensive useless crap?
Pulled a little chicken enchilada filling from the freezer and turned it into a lunch omelette. Don't ask for the enchiladas recipe. I made them back in November. A lot has changed at the workplace since then. Otherwise, it's a little cheddar,a little cream cheese, salt pepper, some Tapatio hot sauce.
The gas has been restored!
#cookingwithgas #eggsforlunch #zerowaste #leftoverrevival
@thelotsproject, have you tried something like this?
I still take allergy meds occasionally, but nowhere near as much as I used to. Like a pressurized neti pot.
#grownostr #allergiessuck #sinusrinse
"All the things" with Nicole sauce. Accurate. Great show with Jack yesterday!
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I have used it on outdoor stuff. One wooden park bench a neighbor had on his back porch. I'm not sure how long it lasted because he moved a couple of months later, but I do find it needs a reapplication on my garden tools about once a year.
Currently refinishing a 75 year old oak desk for my pastor. I used it on the pulpit in the sanctuary 2 years ago, and built a pine bunk bed for my boys about a decade ago. We just dismantled that one, but the finish still looked great!
Are my username, banner, and avatar all messed up in everyone else's view? My Alby client took the image I selected in amethyst, but amethyst didn't. I saw a username for a while, now just a pub key.
I select my banner and it tried to play a video. And everyone else has all these cool fonts in their names and I recognize your avatars from TG. *Sigh
#grownostr #growingpains #50plus
A recipe for my favorite wood finish... Boiled linseed oil, beeswax candle without the wick. Approximately 1 part wax to 4 parts oil. Microwave or double boiler.
Cut the wax into ½"to 1"chunks to facilitate melting. Stir occasionally in double boiler until wax is fully melted or use a microwave in 15 second bursts, stirring in between. Allow to cool.
It should be about the consistency of paste. Store in an airtight container.
I've heard commercial linseed oil for wood finish contains heavy metals to facilitate curing. If you want a food contact grade, select a suitable replacement oil, or boil your own linseed oil.
#refinishing #woodworking #grownostr
To use, grab a dollop on a disposable rag and rub well into the grain. Let sit for an hour or three and rub with a clean terry rag to remove excess. If you notice dry spots or uneven penetration, do it again the next day. It ain't rocket science.
P.S. I always thought the whole "oily rags can spontaneously combust" thing was a myth. IT'S NOT A MYTH! the curing process of these finishing oils releases heat. And, yes, enough heat to start a fire... Ask me how I know!
I've been without gas at work about 30 days longer than I've been on #grownostr ... Maybe tomorrow?
I've been sharpening my own knives since the early 80's. I was probably under 10 at the time. I remember a mobile sharpening service that came by once a week while I cooked in restaurants in the early 2000s. It was a series of belts driven by an electric motor in the back of a cargo van. Really cool setup! If I wasn't so busy with a kitchen and bath diy remodel, the day job, and shuttling the boys to school, sports practice and games, and parent-teaching driver's Ed, I'd consider it as a side hustle. I've got a work-sharp, a cheapo 30"x1" belt sander, and cheapo diamond "stones". My first stone was a combined Arkansas soft/hard.
I could turn it on at will.
As the wife just showed me some of the kitchen estimate, I'll probably have to start sooner than I'm ready, like as soon as the older son gets his license this summer!
Not a pecan. Pecans have husks, but are segmented.