The post discusses comfort food memories tied to Hawaii and current farm activities, including managing gardening and vehicle assessments. It highlights challenges with home ownership, such as furnace issues and alarm system costs, while emphasizing support from local services. Plans for improvements and frustrations with building supplies are also mentioned {{AI generated, human vetted}}
Tag: hugelkultur
Friday October 18, 2024 farm report {{updated later that day}}
Seeking fuel vendors! PM us.
Snapshot of our construction site, as of October 09, 2024.
Groceries can be loaded in stages. Cats stay indoors. All waist-high windows have integrated maple seats. Alternating layers manure, marginal forest soil. Burlap & straw-bales to stabilize hugelkultur. Our truth window! Click on image for clarification & captions.
Brands and Hügelkultur for October 1st.
What brands do you associate with? Ohhhhhhh marketers! And yer dear algorithms. Take note (with a full URL to add to the meta-data): Toyota Automobiles. “Any time is TACO time”. https://www.toyota.ca/toyota/en/vehicles/tacoma/overview Kubota tractors. “Oh my little one. Oh my little orange one! My Kubota!!!” https://kubota.ca/products/Tractors Helle Knives. “Norveeeeeeeegan, ya?” https://helle.com/collections/all Buck Knives. “USA! USA! USA! … Continue reading Brands and Hügelkultur for October 1st.
Hügelkultur is easier than troubleshooting defective cordless reciprocating saws.
On September 29, 2024, TS and PN worked on raised garden beds. PN purchased a DeWalt reciprocating saw but faced issues with incorrect assembly, preventing it from functioning properly. They plan to get it replaced to continue their project {{{Wordpress AI generated, human edited}}}.
Our first bigger-than-a-breadbasket hugelkultur installation. And more blocks for possible milling. September 22, 2024.
PN and TS collected [2 dry-rotten] trunks and are preparing a method involving layers of cardboard and punky media for [controlled decomposition]. They discuss Hugelkultur, a strategy for moisture retention in dry soil, and explore potential uses for aged ash blocks, considering milling options. The post emphasizes regenerative agriculture as essential for sustainability. {{{AI generated; human [modifed]}}}
September 15, 2024
This was a silly bumper sticker from cracked.com TS shared this joke from Facebook; unintended consequences. We removed this rapidly composting wood-chip pile. For hugelkultur. This is an oak sapling. NOT jimson weed. I want to reduce tire scouring on my tractor trails. Delicious foul fowl. Click on the thumbnail to expand it and see … Continue reading September 15, 2024
