bruce Fine

generally speaking from my experience burning wood in stove or fireplace dries everything out. propane heat creates all kinds of moisture and condensation unless if it is a system where propane heats boiler and steam or hot water go through radiators or other such devices or in floor piping

the stove actually worked today. made some broccoli, egg and cheese pies. its one of my favorites. Ive got too many favorite. im fortunate to have learned chef skills, cooking from scratch at very young age

for about the past two years ive been watching this guy on YouTube his channel is called cabin river outdoors. I think he is a great inspiration watching his off grid progress. I support him by subscribing to his channel and letting the ads play all the way though. he is doing it, started with raw land barely anything, and is thriving way way out in the off grid woods of Canada. the moral of the story is that you just have to jump in with both feet. plan your work, work your plan. and deal with whatever it is as it comes at you.

ive begun a little collection of coffee makers, right now its mostly French presses and stove top expresso makers. I'm always on the lookout for coffee makers at thrift stores and yard sales and have not yet come across a percolator neither plug in or stove top. cant stand those kerig things-ugh-all that plastic.

im a coffee addict and my name is bruce. since there is no intravenous drip for coffee to go right into the body I use a French press.I was spoiled back in the 80's when columbian friends would have their suitcases stuffed with the finest columbian supremo freshly roasted and ground, before heading back to Miami. I am not fluent in espanol but they called it the red label. Yuban used to be good, today I believe it is inferior. until recently sams club columbian bean were about the best along with Costco columbian supreme beans in the silver 3lb bag. I use one of those coffee grinders from Walmart with the clear lid. fill it up. push down on the start switch for a few seconds till it sounds like there is no more big crunching going on. pour it in French press. 7/8" to 1" layer of sounds at bottom. pour in boing water while the kettle sounds like its going to blow the top off. while pouring water in be sure all the grounds get drenched as well as possible . let it sit while you gather the cup and your fixin's and doin's.
put the plunger in and press down slowly. if it is extremely hard to press down the coffee is ground too fine. pour in cup. a little raw sugar and half and half and I'm off to the races.
6 minutes is the maximum time coffee grounds should soak. all French presses are not created equal. for purity sake the best are pyrex glass with stainless plunger screen and top. Carlos used to exclaim if the coffee sits for more than 7 minutes after brewing without adding a dairy liquid a chemical change starts taking place and acid forms in it. ie; stale coffee.
this is just me, your mileage may vary

not about ph but if you want to reduce weight of your potting mix try adding perlite or vermiculite up to 1 part per 1 part peat moss. it also helps a lot with having well aeration and also helps with drainage

I'm an addict, I'm addicted to coffee and my problem is bruce, god grant me the scerinioty to accept the things I cannot change.
I dont know what I would do if I could not have caffeine. when I was young one of my best friends was columbian and every time they had a relative visit they would bring fresh sella de rojo. the red bag
WOW

when I lived in Louisiana I was introduced to chicory. for me anyway, let me put it nicely, it left a lot to be desired.
I think I still have an unopened can from cafe dumonde, you know, the place where the cafe' is strong, the doughnuts are too hot to touch---thanks jimmy buffet
for me now the best fresh columbian beans that are consistent ive found at Costco
I guess if bags of fresh roasted beans were no longer available for some reason. I would be hunting for chicory to plant.
but thats just me. you mileage may vary

bumpy forest? some backhoes can be very top heavy and trying to get them in position in hilly places can be difficult or possibly dangerous. . any idea how much your logs will weigh? might want to be sure of lifting capacity of whatever machine you invest in. I use a utility tractor to drag logs across my hilly property. utility tractors generally have lower center of gravity. it works for me but there are some logs I cant get to without hundred foot or more of cable or chain. but my property could be considered mountainous.
all the loggers around here have to use a dozer usually no bigger than a d4 or d5 to pull logs out of forest or to a staging area where it is safe to operate a skidder.
something you might consider is when your ready lease a machine for a month to get all your log moving and digging work done.
a safe all around bet might be something the size of a cat 308 with a thumb and adjustable blade

the silver thing on top with handle on each side is called a spoke shave.
each of the cutters on either side of that would fit into a handle for making grooves or hollowing something out

after reading all the comments I kind of have an idea.
but for those of us who dont know it would be helpful to explain
what is a willow feeder
why is it called willow feeder
is an outhouse different? if so? how? and why? (or do I not understand what this is all about)

please understand there are some people who just dont know about these things