· @NaturalNews
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ben · @benben
89 followers · 46 posts · Server hachyderm.io

15 minutes, no-saw, scraps&screws only compost I should make a YouTube thing out of.

#compost #compostodon #permapeople #permaculture #homestead #foodgarden

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· @mk30
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chicken & duck sharing a little water tub in a sunny rainforest. inter-species peace is possible, my friends.

(photo taken at @saltphoenix 's farm last month)

#gardening #chickens #ducks #homestead #offgrid #tropical #quack

Last updated 1 year ago

When I went out tonight to close the chicken house gate, the air smelled different than it has for so long- damp, earthy, fecund.. autumn-like. The sense of calm descends as the days move into September and the dark falls a bit quicker each evening. The grass and leaves are wet with dew in the mornings now. We've had rain in my area, enough to lessen the fire risk. It almost feels "normal". Of course it's not and the thoughts of coming summers are sinister and heavy. But for now, the land is peaceful here as we wait for what winter will bring.

#autumn #homestead #september #thewheelturns

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ben · @benben
86 followers · 42 posts · Server hachyderm.io

First real balcony tomato harvest this yeah. Right is variety Resibella. Always a winner but this year weak. Left one is Black Rebel, was not good the last years but this year I have a lot. And the taste of the latter is incredible. Sweet and sour with a deep full taste. Happy to trade seeds from this years generation.

#permaculture #gardening #foodgardening #homestead

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Bishop Whitewind · @B_Whitewind
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· @mk30
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living with the land requires a certain level of calm when you find a huge live cane toad floating in one of your water buckets (toad juice!!!). or when you find a slug at the bottom of your veggie bowl. that bowl gets put in a tub every day at dusk so slugs don't get in, & yet!

(slugs here are carriers for angiostrongylus cantonensis, & the cane toads have poison skin. yay nature!)

#actualsolarpunk #offgrid #homestead #nature #invasivespecies #solarpunk #highcontextliving

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Hippy Steve · @exador23
316 followers · 3532 posts · Server m.ai6yr.org

@largess "it sounds like somone opinioning from the sidelines rather then lived experience."

That is certainly not the case. This was a instructor (not only had the skills necessary, but taught them to others) who pursued a self-reliant in the country for a decade. Perhaps I should have shared his other post on the subject:

. vs

tobyhemenway.com/204-peak-oil-

#permaculture #homestead #sustainability #urban #rural #solarpunk #resilience

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Hippy Steve · @exador23
312 followers · 3512 posts · Server m.ai6yr.org

This piece by Toby Hemenway is nearly 20yrs old. I mull over it often. kinda . city vs country for the collapse?

"One of the most common responses to the Peak Oil panic is, “We’re planning on moving to the country with our friends & producing everything we need.” Let me burst that bubble: Back-to-the-landers have been pursuing this dream for 40 years now, & I don’t know of a single or community that has achieved it. Even the Amish shop in town.

tobyhemenway.com/205-cities-pe

#solarpunk #homestead

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ben · @benben
86 followers · 42 posts · Server hachyderm.io

Hubbard Squash totally exploded after a few weeks. Here pictures with hanging leaves before I watered. It started where the metal stick is in the soil and now has a few meter long arms in all directions. Also I can see some fruits here and there.

#gardening #foodgardening #homestead

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· @NaturalNews
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SaltPhoenix · @saltphoenix
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Singing them broken charge controller blues. 😓

#OffgridLife #homestead #offgrid

Last updated 1 year ago

ben · @benben
86 followers · 38 posts · Server hachyderm.io

Failed onion experiment. I was too late when cutting all the grass for mulching so it had viable seeds and took over everything. Also after planting the onions there were a few weeks of new rain.

#gardening #foodgardening #permaculture #homestead

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🌞Arlo · @SolArlo
11 followers · 66 posts · Server kolektiva.social

Found where our teen are hanging out during the day. Very old apple tree got hit by lightning a couple of years back and has been scraping by nearly horizontal ever since, they like the low branches and rotting apples. Bonus pic of their mom with her next batch- 2 day old peepers.

Chickens are the most surprisingly pleasant part of life.

#chickens #homestead

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Hippy Steve · @exador23
310 followers · 3501 posts · Server m.ai6yr.org

Still hoping to touch base with someone that has knowledge or experience with small systems and leach fields.

The immediate question is depth of the trenches. Our nonprofit has community members coming today and tomorrow to dig by hand while soil still moist from Hilary.

I’m leaning towards 18-24” & 40’ of leach pipe. Bad idea? infiltratorwater.com/blog/five

#septic #permaculture #offgrid #greywater #design #homestead

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Hippy Steve · @exador23
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Compost · @compost
1025 followers · 515 posts · Server regenerate.social

An amazing video from the legendary farmer JM Fortier on how to make compost for the market garden and reduce your food waste.

Credit Market Gardener Institute

youtu.be/hKsH9QeyNlQ?si=YjvCO4

#compostodon #compost #climateaction #diy #homestead #gardening #garden #climatediary #climate

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IAintShootinMis · @iaintshootinmis
633 followers · 2135 posts · Server digitaldarkage.cc

A sentence I didn't think I'd be typing but my ate my ...or at least the front brake motor disengage cable. This goats going to be way sooner than expected if he keeps it up.

#goat #ebike #birria #tacos #radpower #radbikes #bicycle #farmlife #homestead #ev

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Sharon Cummings Art · @SharonCummingsArt
2796 followers · 21032 posts · Server socel.net

Happy Caturday!

Loverboy is tired of this relentless heat!

The slate tiles stay surprisingly cool with the shade of the front porch. We got 2 cats from a barn cat rescue, but they wisely avoid the barn during the day. We call them "Porch Pumas" or "Garden Gatos". lol

MY CAT ART
fineartamerica.com/art/cat+sha

#cat #cats #caturday #meow #purr #heat #heatwave #barn #country #countryliving #countrylife #homestead #homesteading #farm #farming #farmlife #farmhouse #kitty #kittycat #kitten #kittens

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Kit Muse · @KitMuse
273 followers · 515 posts · Server eponaauthor.social

Saw these cuties this morning as I stepped out to do chores. Thought I'd try to share a slice of life here to get back in the social media habit.

#ozarks #NaturePhotography #nature #deer #homestead #rurallife

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