Jackson Bradley

Ankarsrum dough mixer

This thing has been amazing. We did everything by hand for 4 years and once we got to doing bread, tortillas, pizza dough or a combo daily, we made the investment for this mixer. We don't have physical limitations, probably more time limitations with an 8 person household. We still have the kids mix by hand sometimes because they enjoy it and we don't want them to lose the "feel" of what it should be.

Life sized coyote decoy (or whatever local predator you have) on the roof?

We've had feral cat issues. It is unbelievable (to me) how many protections can be in place for them depending on where you live. We tried a bunch of things that were less than lethal and had some mixed results. I am pretty sure one of our neighbors feeds them.

Here, once they endanger your livestock, you can use whatever method you want to get rid of them.

Like most things, it has been a cyclical issue.

Nicole, do you have meat rabbits? Could be a great use for a rabbit pelt instead of leather. Glued to a backer of course.

We bought a new Jetta TDI 4 door in 2010. It was a great little car and we had it until 2020. We put over 220K miles on it and gave it away to a couple we knew who really needed a decent car.

The only issue we had was that there was a phantom draw on the battery that ended up being from the touch screen console. We got an old non touch screen installed and never had any issues. Never had any security issues.

However, it was part of the "diesel gate" scandal and I imagine part of what made the car so great was the VW paid out a bunch of money over it and we ended up with about 12k all together just because we bought that car and they did illegal stuff with the emissions. So that made the brand new car in 2020, like 8k bucks, technically.

We got 45+ city and 55+ hwy mpg. When they made the emissions changes, we lost 5-7 mpg on both of those figures. Somehow that just does not make sense to me on how that was better but I don't remember all of the details.

A TDI in an Outback sounds pretty neat.

My mom was in the medical field for 40 years and most as a nurse practitioner. I really treasure her and the amazing things she was able to do as time + experience = wisdom occurred.

I heard it a thousand times from her, in the stories, that the main thing she always told people, especially older people was;

A body in motion stays in motion.

Sometimes more specific exercises and such but most times, just that principle. Whatever that looks like for your life. Gardening, livestock care, walking fence lines, something more intentional, etc.

Js Home wrote: I would clearly disclose the AI assistance and would not present the material as personal gardening experience or expertise.

The thread itself would contain the useful information, with one main post and probably two substantive follow-up updates. There would initially be no affiliate links, paid offer, or promotional funnel.

I can't say for certain as I have only been around here for a year or two but my perception, from time spent here, would be that these forums may be the worst possible candidate for this type of material.

I think most folks, including myself, come here for personal permaculture experience/advise from others and to also share our own experiences in success and failure.

Using AI to help you get an outline together to share you experiences could be a helpful use of the technology but the parts I highlighted in your post do not seem to indicate that is the purpose.

Please clarify if I am incorrect on what I read.

Pork nachos!!! Tortilla chips, pulled pork, jalapenos, cheese and whatever else you like. This is the only reason I even go to the trouble of smoking pork shoulders.

Benjamin Dinkel wrote:Hey Mat.
Also some insulation would be beneficial depending on your climate and the construction.

I would suggest looking into encapsulating the crawlspace so that your insulation will be in the walls from the ground up verses insulating the floor joist bays. I don't think the overall benefits can be beat by doing this from my experience.

I really enjoyed all of his writings. I would say my favorite is Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community. One of my favorite quotes is in my signature line below.