R Draft

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An "I'll fix it myself" kind of person.
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hello heather . I know how you feel about liking the weather there and not much else . i feel the same here in texas lol ... the time stamp here says your post was six months ago. How's life been since you posted? It's become summer here and most of life now revolves around surviving the heat and getting things ready for fall. ... Hope you are well and we'll hear form you again here soon .  
5 months ago
i'm a single dad in the hill country. (daughter is sixteen now) and i too am looking for companion to have a homestead with. Or at least share the sentiment and compare gardening notes lol ... maybe you could share with us the latest in your search or a life update. For me, here recently, it's all about surviving the hottest days of the year and getting ready for fall
5 months ago
carrots seem to take forever to grow. i'm in the hill country and put carrots in a large container with good loose soil. they sat at five to six inches tall for six months. finally at about eight months some started to form roots. approaching a year i pulled the a few at a time. roots about two inches long , give or take. tasted great. not too tough. will try again this year but don't know what to do different to allow them to grow better.
i'll just put this here... 58singleM in the Texas hill country on several acres trying to overcome a crappy past. Looking for sincere female companionship with like interests in nature and humanitarian stuff. I love the idea of supporting plants and people without poisons and chemicals. Let me know if you're interesting in visiting over a cup of tea or coffee if you're in the area. Here's a couple of recent photos...
5 months ago
58yoM in the Texas hill country on several acres trying to overcome a crappy past. Looking for sincere female companionship with like interests in nature and humanitarian stuff. I love the idea of supporting plants and people without poisons and chemicals. Let me know if you're interesting in visiting over a cup of tea or coffee if you're in the area.
5 months ago
Hi Athena. Admirable life choice you've got there. I'd be happy to chat with you. Maybe PM here? I've never gotten  PM on this site lol ...
2 years ago
here's a link to a slideshow of my tiny house build, https://youtu.be/kM9qNl2DuEY
more to come once i make stuff ready to be seen lol
2 years ago
Hello All ... I had a thought about an alternative to hold down plastic sheet. If you use a pebble or small rock about the size of a coin and push it up into the underside of the plastic the 'bump' can be bound with a small cord and tied off leaving a quite secure fastening point not at risk of tearing out under load . If a mounting point was had nearby then the cords could be tied off wherever necessary to achieve your easily replaceable effect.

The fellow in this video gives a good visual demonstration on how it works... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_R0gEDZhAI
2 years ago
I've been making, off and on over the years, a whole wheat bread recipe I created back in the 90's . It's almost as soft as a loaf of sandwich bread from the store. Just not as pasty.
After watching a few videos about baking recently I learned that it's a 'fat bread' (has milk and butter in it) as opposed to a 'lean bread' (basically flour water and salt). My bread comes out like a heavy crumby cake.
I also kneed flour into it until it's not sticky. I think the video described it as a dry dough , as opposed to a wet dough. There was something about moisture percentages between the two, but I forget.
Most reports from people I've shared it with say ; Toasted the second day with butter and jam is just as good as warm out of the oven.
I made a truckload of 'bricks' before i figured out how to make soft , almost fluffy, whole wheat bread.
2 years ago
I have a plastic covered wood frame green house. I've settled on screw fastened wood strips. I roll the plastic over a few times at the edges and then poke the screws through the wood strip and then through the plastic roll. I find i can back the screws out and re-adjust for final placement of the plastic to minimize wrinkles and such. I also use the wood strips and screws on the supports down the top and sides by just going right through the plastic . This keeps it from 'ballooning' in the wind which will destroy it in wind storms before winters over. If you have a metal frame i don't know what you'd do there. maybe tension alone could be enough.
I've been meaning to take pictures of how i fasten my plastic. when it comes to these sorts of things pictures are a lot better at explaining.
2 years ago