Like the high tensile fence planning post, this is what my notes look like in CherryTree, the notekeeping program I use. CherryTree is free and works on windows, mac and linux. Time and wind got the best of a neighbor’s quonset hay shed and I got some of the curved steel pipe sections thinking of […]
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Chicken Broccoli Stir Fry Was a Beef & Broccoli recipe Broccoli $2/lb – 4 servings Chicken $2/lb – 4 servings Spices etc $1.00 Other ingredients in boxed version (sake, vinegar, rice vinegar, veggie soup base, turmeric, jalapeno puree, sesame oil) $5.00 at most for 4 servings. 3 Tbsp cornstarch divided 1/2 + water 2 Tbsp
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Like the high tensile fence planning post, this is what my notes look like in CherryTree, the notekeeping program I use. CherryTree is free and works on windows, mac and linux. Time and wind got the best of a neighbor’s quonset hay shed and I got some of the curved steel pipe sections thinking of
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I was updating my Planning a High Tunnel post but it was getting long & messy and so much has changed due to a cover film price change of $170.00 where I had planned to buy it. I’m now going with Farmtek film as they’re more apt to have the same thing in 4 years
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Below is actually how I write my notes for a project. At different points I may delete stuff or add new stuff in the middle. I also don’t use proper sentences all the time as some thing are thoughts I stick in there when they come to me. At the bottom of the page is
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Our high tensile fence, mostly through the woods, is underway. This post is the actual work on progress. To see my planning/notes post, Click Here. I’ve cut 30+ trees, split and hauled out the big stuff and stacked it. I’ve got smaller logs laying out there that I’m bringing up a little at a time
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New Zealanders or the Maori more accurately seem to have a thing for the letter “K” when it comes to naming things. Kiwi fruit, Kiko goats & Kunekune pigs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunekune My goal is to be able to produce as much of our own food as possible, including meat. I don’t eat much beef since I
24 eggs in an incubator and today is day 9 which means I need to get my butt in gear and make a brooding pen and fix up the old coop. I was only wanting 6 hens and probably one rooster so we can have our own fertilized eggs in the future. I was reading
20 years ago, I had one of those cheap brinkmann smokers and it worked very well. Of course being thin sheet metal, it eventually rusted out. I finally got another one a few years back and couldn’t get it hot enough. There are tricks and hacks to fix that but I couldn’t see putting the
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