craig howard

Nicky Schauder wrote:Yes, Logan!  I loved watching this video.  Unfortunately, our willow fence has been nibbled by deer to the point that the willow branches are dead!  I tried covering them in garden mesh early on but the deer pulled the garden mesh down and continued to nibble!!!  Grrr. I may try again next spring if my friend will provide me with willow cuttings again.  Thanks for sharing!

I wonder if you could spray them with cayenne pepper water or pepper wax.

Probably can leave this up for a couple days then delete it.

A local farmer is selling duck eggs for the same price as the chicken eggs he supplies.
He gave me a free dozen to try.
I separate the yolks and white with most of my eggs.
Yolks go into the home made ice cream and the whites need to be cooked due to the antinutrients in raw egg whites.

Seems like the duck eggs don't separate as easily.

GOOF Growing your own food

I've noticed more frequent posting on utube. I wonder if that is helping to drive traffic here.
Or maybe they just didn't pop up in my algorithm before..

Unheated lipo4 batteries might not be doable.
I don't think they can be charged when it's below 32F.
It's dangerous.
I think discharging them at cold temperatures might be stopped by the BMS. battery management.
I know my phone won't work when it's cold enough.

It would be nice to have a circuit that when the charger comes on it heats the batteries to a safe level then begins charging.
Not sure if this is available.

I did get a chance to ride der skiboggen down a hill this winter.
I'll work toward posting a video.
It's a fast one.

I see you mentioned duluth trading.
I picked up a pair of firehose pants at a rummage sale and they lasted through a lot of hard work like tree climbing/cutting.
They did finally get thread bare. They are stretchy so buy them with a smaller waist than you usually wear.

I also ended up with several pairs of prison pants from someone who got out.
Cintas brand. I think they are a workwear company. I see their trucks around.
Lasted way longer than I expected, while working mostly on cars.

I like the M18 tools.
Solved the battery price problem at the hazardous waste recycling place.
I've been going there for free paint and chemicals.
One time they showed me their lithium bin.
Full of dewalt and milwaukee battery packs. Also 18650s.
I grabbed a few packs.

The ones that looked the nicest were the junk ones.
Someone bought a drill for dad that just hung on the wall and never got charged. The batteries went bad.

But I got several ugly 9amp and 5 amp, 18volt battery packs that work great.
So many I had to share them with friends.

This is kind of build it yourself.
Has everything you need, just put it together.

https://yixiangpower.com/collections/12v-battery-box

A place to get familiar with what's currently being used.
https://diysolarforum.com/

I wouldn't get battleborn.