Christopher Weeks

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I steward 20 acres of Cromwell Sandy Loam in the north woods of Minnesota. I clear birch and aspen as needed to plant food sources.

I always have more projects going than I can keep up with which isn't really awesome but I don't know what to change.

I vote for Libertarians and Socialists because they know what it means to have principles and that matters more to me than the exact details of what they believe in. I'm a gun-toting vegetarian. I write code for cash and grow food because no amount of cash will buy real food these days.

I have a wife, two kids, two grandkids, and three cats. I've never had a dog, but I'm thinking about changing that. I hike, garden, read, play games, code, cook, spin and knit, putter, and play at arting.
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Carlton County, Minnesota, USA: 3b; Dfb; sandy loam; in the woods
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This was really interesting to me -- I didn't even know that kind of tool existed. I know you were putting it here for your bootcamp uses, but thanks for sharing it out in public!
4 hours ago
We had these turkey chicks in our yard in 2021. This video was taken on July 5th of that year while I follow them around our raspberry patch. They're super-cute. So I'm looking forward to having a pack these voracious adorable little dinosaurs hunting the insect population down in a couple months!

7 hours ago
Congrats all; keep up the good work!
It looks like she's back! I saw her eating where I dumped all that food.

It's kind of remarkable, as shy as they are, that she let me get about 20' away on a riding mower before she took off.
7 hours ago
I might know less about them than you do — what’s the connection to plywood?
20 hours ago
I was cutting bramble with our mower before the growing season gets underway and a turkey surprised me by popping up and ambling away from me. I backed out of its area and put the mower away. Turns out she was sitting on a nest! That was two hours ago and I haven’t seen her come back. How long can nests go unattended? Is this maybe normal and I didn’t ruin the chance to have their family on my yard? I’ve noticed her alone (which seemed weird) over the last day or two — now I know why! I did spread some possible food around nearby in case that helps.
23 hours ago

I would love to hear from anyone who has been successful at raising goats without using chemical dewormer or other medications. Is this possible? What did you do to accomplish this?


This *really* isn't the kind of answer you're looking for, but since I don't have goats yet, I can't really chip in anything short of philosophy born of history.

Nature ... has successfully raised goats without industrially synthesized dewormers. If it weren't possible -- if goats were really as fragile as they are sometimes portrayed, they wouldn't exist at all.
1 day ago
That's great. I might try the same thing in just one tray under grow-lights.
I think the solution is a combination of two primary approaches: 1) accept lower yield and 2) breed plants that don't rely on inputs.



I don't much care what fertilizer prices do because I don't use any.
4 days ago