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I've been pondering a stone entry for my wofati, but having cleaned all the grout at my current house recently I'm a bit gun-shy now... I wonder how a cob floor would tie in with an inch or two of gap between stones, or perhaps just sand if the gaps were say 1/4".

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Mark Brunnr wrote:I've been pondering a stone entry for my wofati, but having cleaned all the grout at my current house recently I'm a bit gun-shy now... I wonder how a cob floor would tie in with an inch or two of gap between stones, or perhaps just sand if the gaps were say 1/4".



I've thought about that design and wondered what the strengths and weaknesses would be as well.  It's tough for me to say tho, I've never built one and didn't start the floor in the teepee but I'll probably end up finishing it.  There were some instructions left behind and a final layer of cob, after sand and gravel, is an option.  If it's done right, like the cob isn't too porous and there's enough structure under it to keep it from trying to contract away from the stones, I bet it would be great.    

Go with the flow that only you know, and consider the rest as sketchy at best. Far be it from me to try and turn moss into a tree - for moss has a beauty same as carpet has a duty. Call me Apple, I require a minimum number of chill hours to be fruitful and crush.

 
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So much awesome sushi and soup.. Might have been the best half-art holiday meal since I've been here - Thanks to Pam for having the skills to make it happen!  
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A couple dc lights on their mounts for the Abbey. Keeping it clean and simple.
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It's getting real round these roads.   Thing is the Lab is better described as a construction sight and I've never seen stuff get accomplished by stationary objects.  Seeming chaos can sometimes be described as progress, albeit at a methodical pace.  Rome wasn't built by slaves or in a day, as they do or don't say.  

I've never had a pet hamster, gerbil or mouse but i had a sick chipmonk for a half hour.  I'm not sure if he got into something he shouldn't have eaten or what but he came rolling out of a melting snow drift like he was having a real bad morning.  Pay attention if you have cats because they're all pointers, by the way.  So he/she got relocated and when i went back to check it was gone.  Hopefully, it found chiptropolis just up the hill from where I left it and their leader chuckles used his wisdom to get back up and chipping.

I see thorns i think, that guys got something to protect..hmm I like to ask questions more than make declarations, so any refined foragers got a bead on the thorny bush i found? let me know. Future berries i hope!  

An Abbey light project I've been working on and evidence at last.  I can plug it into an rc lipo but eventually a permanent solution will be the goal.      

 


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White stem, large thorns, branching, identifying marks of a wild black cap raspberry. Excellent flavor but poor eating quality.  Because the flavor is so good I use them to make a flavoring extract.

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Hans Quistorff wrote:White stem, large thorns, branching, identifying marks of a wild black cap raspberry. Excellent flavor but poor eating quality.  Because the flavor is so good I use them to make a flavoring extract.


What does poor eating quality refer to, that they are messy?

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Coydon Wallham wrote:

Hans Quistorff wrote:White stem, large thorns, branching, identifying marks of a wild black cap raspberry. Excellent flavor but poor eating quality.  Because the flavor is so good I use them to make a flavoring extract.


What does poor eating quality refer to, that they are messy?

Refers to small size, more seed than juice.  Pick easily except for thorns.

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I've had a motorcycle for a while, nothing too crazy but like some friends said it's more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow.  Most of them aren't 'slow', it's only by comparison that categories appear. Anyway, the guy at a gas station i used to frequent said i was the slowest thing he'd ever seen leaving the parking lot, even after having it for a while.  On my second year i had a ticket or two but 'deserved' a whole lot more - if speed really harms anybody by itself, i mean.  Call it luck or something else, i know quite a few people who can't put anymore miles on anything because they bit off more than they could chew, too early too confidently.  

Seems similar with anything even gardening especially when the terrain is unusual, unknown, dyanimic and mostly dirt, not soil.   I sort of see seeds as solders and every man counts. I count on every single one and they count on me not to waste them or their energy frivolously.

As general seed sower and cultivator -  I can't rely on reinforcements or windfalls for success.  I have to know my own limitations, resources and the durability or abilities of the varieties I'm planting.
 

 
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The doe knows me now by "muuuur" the way a hunter gets one to stop for ukw.. 30 ft away and she kept eating. Respect
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Bobo..aka little brown looking insane again.
Bobo..aka little brown looking insane again.

Go with the flow that only you know, and consider the rest as sketchy at best. Far be it from me to try and turn moss into a tree - for moss has a beauty same as carpet has a duty. Call me Apple, I require a minimum number of chill hours to be fruitful and crush.

 
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A long walk through a part of the woods that's usually out of range and during that last bit of winter for the year.
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I've always enjoyed target practice but i never had a compound bow to do much of it with. It's kind of like the difference between a piano and guitar but the goal remains the same.  Hitting the target once out of 8 times isn't really that good: its about the group and how tight you can get it, consistently.
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I started out at a pretty long range.. it seemed ok. It's more work and less efficient but it's still fun to me.
I started out at a pretty long range.. it seemed ok. It's more work and less efficient but it's still fun to me.

Go with the flow that only you know, and consider the rest as sketchy at best. Far be it from me to try and turn moss into a tree - for moss has a beauty same as carpet has a duty. Call me Apple, I require a minimum number of chill hours to be fruitful and crush.

 
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