bogdan smith

Riona Abhainn wrote:Bogdan, how did your tomato harvest go?  I'm glad you are continuing to move forward with your garden and yard no matter what types of scary things are happening around you.  You are resilient.  Have you gotten new chickens yet?

Thanks to Rion, the chicken experiment continues. This summer, my incubation experiment was unsuccessful, but thank goodness I bought a few chicks in the spring. They had a tuft instead of a comb. Now they've become adult hens and lay colorful eggs every day. They're very active, and I'll be buying exactly these types in the future. The Marans and other breeds were a bit of a disappointment. Now my hens are laying eggs beautifully, mow the lawn, and eat natural food. Of course, they don't handle explosions well, but that's life. The tomatoes in the barrel are still there. Today, October 27th, there haven't been any frosts yet. I'll collect them and put them on the windowsill so they turn red. The tomatoes I planted in the bucket, to my surprise, have grown; there were few of them, but they're large.  I brought them home and just two days ago picked them and made a salad. They tasted simply magical. This year I had a huge apricot harvest, considering all the apricots in the area were killed by frost, and a good peach harvest, which I managed to stock up on in the freezer. Winter apple varieties didn't produce a harvest, but summer ones produced a good result. I liked the sunflower variety with white seeds and a large growth rate of up to 5 meters. I couldn't write; I had to prepare the stove and bomb shelter for winter.

I tried starting the stove, unfortunately, without success. I heated the water in the system to 40°C with a gas boiler and then added a few logs of firewood. Water then started pouring out of the flask housing the heat exchanger. The pressure in the system didn't change, so I concluded it was condensation. I increased the water temperature in the heat exchanger again with the gas boiler, then added firewood, and the condensation stopped flowing. I think my mistake was not installing a three-way valve to ensure the heat exchanger always had hot water. It's still warm, and I have some time to fix the problem. Also, my filter is installed incorrectly—it should be before the pump, and I don't know whether to install the three-way valve before or after the pump. And whether I need to install a check valve before the pump. I'd appreciate any advice.

Everything was thoroughly dug up, mixed, and compacted. I watered it, let it sit, and then compacted it a few more times. I'll also install fans to increase air circulation. I used 11 bales of straw and 6 kg of fiber.

I removed the shaft, the bearing and the plastic seat were broken, I picked up a larger bearing, heated it up a bit and installed it. The process continues.

the idea with the lawn aerator was not bad) it mixed the clay well, but unfortunately it managed to process less than half and it broke. Now I will grind it manually and think about what else to mix and mix the clay with.

Rico Loma wrote:Greetings Bogdan, with respect!

You write
"  And I also need to figure out what to make a door to the second room from, I have oak boards, but the door will turn out to be very heavy

Yes the beautiful oak is soooo dense, I concur, but could you use a saw to rip some 2 x 3 inch or similar,  then use steel connector or bolts to make a lighter door?

If possible,   covered with heavy canvas and plywood to cut weight.            Godspeed friend, any way you craft the door will be top notch.  

Alex, thank you for your help. I thought about many options for finishing, but the last flood showed that it was useless. If the hydroelectric power stations are blown up, the room will still be flooded. Therefore, the main thing now is to make the room with less dust. If the idea with the floor does not work out in an emergency, I will simply lay out a large roll of polyethylene. But in the future (after the war), I will definitely try your method. I copied it, but I did not understand what milk paint and wheat paste are. Thank you for your help.

Rico Loma wrote:Greetings Bogdan, with respect!

You write
"  And I also need to figure out what to make a door to the second room from, I have oak boards, but the door will turn out to be very heavy

Yes the beautiful oak is soooo dense, I concur, but could you use a saw to rip some 2 x 3 inch or similar,  then use steel connector or bolts to make a lighter door?

If possible,   covered with heavy canvas and plywood to cut weight.            Godspeed friend, any way you craft the door will be top notch.  

Rico, thanks for the tip, I was a little confused with the door, but your drawing gave me a good start, in the spring I dismantled a wooden fence made of boards 15 cm wide and 2.5 cm thick, 4 meters long, I covered the fence with oak from firewood and wanted to make a veranda from the boards. They will come in handy for the door and there is also good 10 cm thick foam left. This will allow you to make warm doors and separate the rooms - a warm bomb shelter, and a cool one for storing food

I finished digging, now I'll pour water well so that the straw absorbs moisture and tomorrow I'll grind everything thoroughly with a lawn aerator, I'm convinced that it's bad to work with a shovel, it's best to use a pitchfork and be sure to wet the straw

I chop the straw with a lawn mower and scatter it for further digging

I have done all the dusty work, cleaned the foam on the ceiling with a float so as not to create dust later, all that remains is to plaster it or just paint it. I tried to dig clay, it lends itself well and then loosens well with an aerator. Today they will bring me 10 bales of straw and I bought 5 kg of fiber. I also washed the walls from dust, I got the idea to paint the entire room white. Concrete walls should not be painted with paint, but treated with liquid glass and painted with lime, I think that this will be good with a clay floor, and the lime itself will also be more useful for concrete walls than paint. Also, wires with light bulbs were stretched along the walls, I think they can be seen on the luminous LED tape. It is also necessary to repair the gate, it has sagged, it will be difficult to remove and put back myself, I will break how to adjust the hinges. And I also need to figure out what to make a door to the second room from, I have oak boards, but the door will turn out to be very heavy