Michael Helmersson

Has anyone tried planting apple trees using seed balls? I'd like to plant some apple trees in places where I have easy access in winter via snowshoes and wondered if it'd be possible to have success by burying them under the snow (or just tossing them on the snow?).

thomas rubino wrote:Went 100% off the grid in 1983 and have never looked back.
Solar and hydro

You're a pioneer. Wow.

About 10 years ago we bought a used Waterford Stanley that was about 30 years old THEN. We use it to heat a 22ft Mongolian yurt in Northern Ontario, and even in -40 degC weather it is never really being pushed to its limit. We usually let it go out during the night and relight early in the morning. I think it weighs around 700 pounds, so it holds a LOT of heat, long after the fire is dead and gone.
Ben Falk did a great video showcasing the capabilities of this stove:

Timothy Murray wrote:Possibly the very first Wofati roof:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/colossal-stone-monument-build-1000-years-before-stonehenge-shows-neolithic-engineers-understood-science-180984975/

This image from your link sure looks like a Wofati.

John Shaver wrote:Check out HOME IN THE EARTH on you tube

Quite a lot of footage of quite a massive project:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJYUVNFK3OFIOsZBDklvbP62pV4CT5wfS

I don't know how you can even think about firewood in this heat! It was 88F in Northern Ontario today and I'm dissolving.

8 weeks ago, one of my trailcams captured a very pregnant wolf walking by. Last night, the same camera caught this:

May 17


July 11


I counted 6 of them.

I found a spruce tree this winter with fur caught in its bark about 5 feet up from the ground. Today I lucked out and caught a bear using it to scratch it's back and/or leave its mark.

I had a neighbour that used a paintball gun with success in deterring dogs, skunks and even bears. Perhaps there's a degree of humiliation involved for the critter in having to explain the coloration to family and friends. Much less harmful than a pellet to the bum.

thomas rubino wrote:Full cords
4' x 4' x 8'

Wow. That's a lot of work.