Brian Maverick

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:

Douglas Campbell wrote:'with temperatures reaching as low as minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. '

??

Only an outrageous posit gets noticed. So it goes.

Yeah even Nome, AK isn't seeing something that drastic. LOL

Family up in ND are seeing -46F with wind chills as -72F.  They lost power so the wood stove and propane are both going.

I recall the Y2K scare and people coming up with various ways to keep warm after the New Year would come in.
On of the best approaches was the DIY geo-thermo earth tubes aka basic plastic drain pipe buried another 1ft below the deepest frost line for the soil, and running out some 70ft from the intake to the home.  Depending on the home sqft size determined how many runs were needed.

Since Y2K, there are actual DIY green houses growing citrus in the high elevations in Nebraska with this same DIY geo-thermo.  Getting a large room to maintain 50F with geo-thermo allows any other supplemental heat method to use less fuel and extend the run time greatly.

Here is a cheap and innovative way to do this.
 

at min 14:20, the simple sketch is given.

Another method is the purlite enclosed heaters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO3rWyULVYY

Emily Harris wrote:I got rid of them with an eyewash I made based on Dr. John Christopher's formulas using Eyebrite and Cayenne Pepper tincture. His Eyebrite formula is sold on Amazon and has Eyebrite, Bayberry Bark, Goldenseal, Red Raspberry Leaf and Cayenne Pepper in it. I got relief in hours after using it and only needed to use it a few days to get rid of the worst floaters I'd ever had. Study Dr. John Christopher's work and buy his books if you want to learn how to heal all ills. Dr. Linda Pages books are another good resource as is Dr Robert Morse.

Emily, I just read your old post tonight.  I have a co-worker who has been dealing with these floaters for a few decades.  From what I've come to realize is, there are 2 types of floaters.  On the surface of the eye or in the inner vitreous fluid of the eye itself.  

I had cured my inner vitreous fluid floaters by making a dry spice formula of turmeric, cayenne pepper and black pepper.  Wish it was as fast as your treatment as an eyewash.  This took several months.  I tend to like curry on my foods, so in this case, I make a curry like spice combo as mentioned.  From pizza, pasta, stir-fries, eggs, you name it, I kept up with the practice.  I love Franks Hot sauce.  Their moto is, put it on everything.  From suffering almost 4 decades of large and small floaters, my last eye doctor visit mentioned, I had none.   Today, they have a modern treatment using the computer to scan in inner eye vs. adding those drops to make your eye dilate big for hours.  In the computer scan, no floaters were spotted.

Years ago I had discovered this site and the benefits of cayenne.  Wish I knew back then how to prepare the mentioned formulation and removed the floaters 20 years earlier.
https://www.cayennepepper.info

Sarah Beth Hopton wrote:Hi all -- I'm hoping to get some advice here. We have a TYM subcompact tractor with several farm attachments (tiller, plow, potato digger etc...). I've only ever farmed about a 400 square foot plot on raised beds and used a no-till method, in part because I farmed in the mountains of Western NC on sloped ground and so implements were not an option. Now I have about 3,000 sq feet of garden space alone (5.5 acres total minus house site) on very flat former cow pasture. The soil is amazing. Having said that, I want to protect the soil and I am trying to figure out how damaging (and therefore if I should use) the use of my sub compact tractor will be. I've read several studies on large heavy farm equipment and soil compaction, but very little on sub-compact tractors and compaction. We all know why soil compaction is bad, so I won't bother detailing here, but I'd love advice on how to use the efficiency gains of my little tractor while still abiding permaculture principles. Any help is truly appreciated.

The distributed weight of the TYM SCUT will be minimal over cattle that once roamed the property.  Should you use a PTO driven tiller, don't go so deep.  I have a disc harrow, to open the soil about 4-inches deep.  All winter long, clearing out the barns daily is scattered across the 240x70ft garden.  Come Spring before the rains and the ground is not frozen, the disc harrow is taken over the compost.  It's just enough to level and mix it into the soil.  This is a lite till method to mix it into just the very top of the soil.  Opening up the soil before the Spring rains allows those rains to add nutrients into everything and allows the compost to release more potent nutrients into the overall soil.  

The goal to retain the soil is not to till so deep, prevent rain soil run-off, prevent wind soil chaffing away.

Once the weather warms some, I'll have it build.

I got a thread already on this out here:

https://www.tractorforum.com/threads/home-made-attachments-for-your-yanmar-cut-show-yours-here.32652

Most of the time it's broken push mowers that are simple to fix and resell for $80 to $130.  And broken weed trimmers that need a little more TLC and sell for $40.  Plenty of appliances and bikes out at the curb too.  

Sometimes I get lucky and find those DishTV antennas.  These can be repurposed for all kinds of good things.  I joke about writing a 101 ways to repurpose DishTV antennas.

Been doing solar since pre-Y2K.  And those panels are now 30 years old still putting out the same power since the day they were installed.
4X Uni-Solar 21W flat panels
1X SolarCon 280W flat panel
4X Thunderbolt 25W panels (Harbor Freight)
1X Renology Charge Controller 30A
1X MorningStar Charge Controller 10A
(464W total on 2 systems).  

This system isn't to power an entire hose, rather it's a system to take care of the farm where it's not practical to run power out into barns and pastures.
Fence energizers, barn lights, dairy building power, bug zappers and water heaters.  I charge all of my lithium power tool batteries and other batteries too, including the farm radios.  At times, I'll take the RV 12VDC coffee maker and make a few pots as well.  

A tiny house couple in the area runs a single 320W panel for all their tiny home needs.  Most of their setup is all 12VDC, including the small fridge and water pumps.  They have a VAWT that churns out about 180W on average 10mph or better wind at night.  It looks very home brewed.

Some of those systems in this thread look very slick and well outside my budget.  Glad others can manage a good payback and upkeep over time.  I just can't climb on roofs anymore.

Dennis Bangham wrote:Yes. locking casters since I could not find 500 lb casters without locking mechanism.

Very nice!  Thanks!

Dennis Bangham wrote:[quote=

Is this the RK24 ?  I have an older Yanmar and those RK machines seem sweet.  

Yes it is an RK24. Have 100 hours on it now. It does what I ask it to do which is dig out stumps and move dirt and wood chips.  
The backhoe is handy and since i made a cart to move the backhoe around it is easier to install and remove.

Oh please share some images of the cart!  That would be a nice project to tackle.  

I have a 3PT post hole digger.  Looked at several storage options on the web, but none really worth while to construct.  Then combining 2 ideas, I ended up with a great solution.

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Speakers will have important info on herbal and foods to deal with what is happening now.

The trailer is actually longer than expected, and is packed with great info.  I was impressed how this documentary in health is put together.  

This is grassroots and knowing the kindred folks here on premies, we all much in a like minded path in life too.