Living on an old farm in rural #Lithuania, fixing it up in the hope of having found a place to call home. Used to live on a sailboat, cruising Med & Atlantic while repairing the boat. Before that, the usual computer/network/electronics jobs. Prefer to #DIY, repair and re-use things. Mano Lietuviškai kalba yra blogai.
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Last Notes npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…dx7w Nicht jeder kommt durch 😁 npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Horses go vroom, potatoes go airborne. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN1AbbsbbCY These old wheel powered potato diggers are awesome. And easy to adapt to a tractor in case you're a few horses short. #Horse #Potato #Harvest #Antique #Farm #Equipment npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Opened up this animal shed for the first time, after digging away the soil (and metal bits) that was blocking the door. Not much inside, luckily. I'm slowly demolishing it as its in poor shape and I want another firewood store in its place. Slow work as the thing was double walled with straw packed between as insulation. And a mummified pine marten. Looks like the roof is also insulated. Good thing about straw: Much easier to recycle than slag wool! 😁 #GoatShed #Homestead #Cleanup #Demolition #Straw https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/398/942/283/011/534/original/9247b2a3d7564e4d.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/398/942/295/547/388/original/e1ce54df706e6ce2.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…a2ug That escalated quickly. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…4ma3 Just with that mulch, which is actually a section of the animal barn floor that I raked up and threw on top. Bit of straw, bit of bark, lots of mouse poop. Garlic loves cold and is well adapted to it. Don't ask me how it does it, perhaps it contains little or no water that could rupture its cells when freezing, but don't quote me on that. I put them 8 cm deep and that seems to have worked well. We still have mild night frosts currently. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar The garlic I planted last October is sprouting nicely. #Garden #Gardening #Garlic #Homestead #GrowYourOwn https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/325/071/032/196/973/original/b92ece5a5c8d402d.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Wife arrive! Or uh, partner. Whatever. I think they're both the same storks as last year. Because they are totally used to my bullshit. And last year that took some time and suspicious eyeballing first. The shagging has begun immediately. There's no foreplay, the whole thing lasts about 5 seconds but goes on many times per day, accompanied by slow beak clacking. Then several minutes of intense preening to straighten the feathers. #Stork #Nest #StorkNest #Bird #BirdsOfMastodon #FediBird #Homestead https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/313/345/364/881/241/original/aac2a58c6f65ec22.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Mr. Stork looks a bit grumpy on account of the rain. He hates wet feathers. Makes him look all spiky. Only beaks should look spiky, you see. He's been borrowing some twigs from our garden to fix up the nest but despite it looking ready, no partner has showed up yet. #Stork #StorkNest #Bird #BirdsOfMastodon #FediBird #Homestead #Dating https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/297/020/982/820/076/original/396bc68208d4292d.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…4ma3 Oh yeah, that reminds me I need to get back to it 😆 Did you figure out your little silage problem yet? Have you considered neutralizing it with something alkaline, like wood ash or lime? Might just turn it into a pile of useful compost with some time and rain :) npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…4ma3 Did you get hooked up to the grid that's running right past your house or what do you do in winter? I am also looking at wind as we're at the top of a hill with plenty of it. Sadly wind generators are not as cheap and trouble-free as solar. And I've had some bad experience with boat-mounted ones 😬 npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…4ma3 Perhaps the roof wasn't the best place for these, although I was impressed when you climbed around an icy roof to clean them 😆 We've somehow not found a great location yet either. The roof is E/W facing, the garden full of shady trees (nice, except for solar) and the only option is way out in the meadow with a looong cable (not ideal either, but probably the least bad option). npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…dymg I think the success* of Electron stems from web frontend people who only know some mutation of Javascript but wanted to make shonky crossplatform desktop apps without having to learn anything new like wxWidgets or Lazarus. * successful like Covid was successful npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Somewhere along the enshittification of computing road we're on, Java desktop apps have become tolerable as they're still faster and less resource wasting than Browser-in-a-box (Electron) apps and everyone had to get a ridiculously overpowered computer to run those anyways. What a sad sort of progress. Yay. #Computing #Java #Electron #Enshittification npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Look who's back from winter holidays. Welcome back! Time to work! Fix up that nest, mow the grass that's grown there since you left, chase off contenders and bring some order* to the local birdlife. I think it might be the same one as last year. They do not always return to the same nest, but this one is utterly used to me working in the yard and making fake clapper sounds with my tongue, which last year took some time. It must be a male, because stork males always return first to do the work of rebuilding the nest. * Nothing larger than a starling dares venture near an occupied stork nest, even crows only yell insults from a safe distance. #Stork #StorkNest #Wildlife #Bird #BirdsOfMastodon #Fedibird https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/283/525/884/202/478/original/5b0d8a472e1084a6.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar How to learn a lot of specialist vocabulary and yet remain completely incapable of basic conversation 😆 #Lithuanian #Language #Learning #Plumbing #Vocabulary #DIY https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/171/421/436/487/043/original/b35045df1a71746c.png npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…ynd9 Snoutlook is better than Outlook: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_Boar_frontal.jpg #Snoutlook npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Influencers stuck in Dubai. #Cartoon #Instagram #Influencer #Dubai [source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/picture/2026/mar/03/expat-dubai-startling-revelation-the-stephen-collins-cartoon] @nprofile…fhtj https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/170/026/518/444/920/original/93dcb02db3cebfab.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…uj37 @nprofile…2vwc > because the swastika never represented anything good Wow, huge knowledge gap there, especially for a German. The "symbol of auspiciousness and good luck for most of the Western world" never represented anything good? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika The feelings about the swastika in Germany are quite comparable to the feelings about the hammer and sickle in former Soviet Republics, a symbol of some extremely bad times that nobody in their right mind wants back. If you're surprised about getting a bunch of very angry responses from those formerly under soviet occupation, think of how you'd react if your poster had the symbols swapped. Definitely would rethink that poster. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Spain got cojones and shows the other EU members how its done: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/spain-denies-united-states-permission-military-bases-iran-pedro-sanchez #EUpol #War #USpol #Spain npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…4ma3 Well, you DID want to move north of the arctic circle for some reason 😁 npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar The melt is slowly returning some of my stuff. Along with a bunch of mud and puddles. #Homestead #Spring #Melt #Firewood https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/160/279/698/689/776/original/94e21dbd5d038292.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…ynd9 I assume you have the right driving license for these things. Those are essentially converted delivery vans. Generally very reliable, but everything hinges on the engine. Look them up, get one that runs half a million km, not all do. The rest is just a box that should not leak and have the conveniences you desire (bed, galley, toilet, the showers suck anyways). It will break and you will fix it or pay twice for having it fixed. You got the rest right, part fun adventure and part ghetto and a bonus part of "you can't stay here we're calling the cops". And getting very excited about finding a manhole you can pry open with a hook so you can dump your toilet tank into the hole without having to carry your collected excreations around in a sloshy tank. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…zm8m Test driven madness! 😁 npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…vjcg I wouldn't drink it, the dehumidifier is not designed for producing drinking water and doesn't use the right plastics for that, there may be residue from manufacturing and mould can grow. Good to use as wiper fluid with a drop of dishwashing detergent, in a steam iron or of course, a humidifier :) npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Servicing "service-free" (valve regulated) lead-acid batteries. Crack open the plastic cover to reveal the "valves" which usually are silicone rubber caps. Pop them off, check water* level, top up and inspect the plates if you can see them. Then charge with maximum voltage (15.0V in this case). The cover is part of it, so when charging you need to glue, clamp or tape it back on so the valves can do their job. Optionally, use a desulphator to recover sulphated plates. This small UPS battery recovered most of its 7 Ah back from almost nothing. #DIY #Battery #Repair #LeadAcid #VRLA #UPS * You can buy demineralized water, but if you have a dehumidifier you can use the water from that, which is typically of better quality than what you buy in the store as it is almost pure condensation. https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/104/746/180/875/894/original/1cb393d01f43a113.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/104/746/192/317/691/original/4e92dd634aedbf9b.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/104/760/115/835/810/original/8930937fac040da1.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/104/760/123/205/785/original/d306d6714cea3735.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Milkshake just found out that it's the year of the horse and would like to say that's great and that every year should be. #Horse #Plush #Plushie #Sewing #Handmade #Crafts #Milkshake #ChineseNewYear @nprofile…094y https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/098/146/729/603/560/original/6e8f75fa08182cb9.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Pretty cold. Discoveries I made this morning: EVA rubber boots are no longer flexible and difficult to wear until your feet warm them up. LCD displays stop working. The fancy microcontroller thermometer had an integer overflow and showed +64°C when it was... I guess -31 or 32? 😆 The -25°C winter wiper fluid is now solid, but it shouldn't damage the cars as it has contracted rather than expanded like water does. The barn cat is still alive and got warm water and leftover porridge. LRT reports -34°C in nearby Ukmergė and that diesel engines can't run on jelly. Apparently LPG vehicles had problems too, not enough Propane in the mix: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2825089/lithuania-records-lowest-temperatures-in-30-years-cold-disrupts-public-transport #Lithuania #Cold #Winter #Diesel #Physics #Electronics https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/116/000/504/779/869/506/original/c798edba30cb2417.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…ynd9 They heard about this Dutch woman who hates cold weather. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…ynd9 You're friends with Anatoly the cleaner? 🤣 npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…zm8m Just buy the self-leveling stuff and cry about how much it costs but get easy result :) npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…t57z Not by its hostile community? npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…vkq7 Quite useful for gently accelerating epoxy curing times though. Heat gun tends to be too much. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Thought I'd try some of these. If you're not familiar, they're a Li-Ion battery dressed up as AA with an internal PCB that regulates charging and bucks them to 1.5V. Good for devices that aren't happy with the 1.2V of a NiMH AA rechargeable. The capacity is bullshit, as usual when you buy from China, real one is maybe half that, but that would've been ok. Not okay: Overheating to the point where the battery compartment is deformed and the device fried*. At least they didn't catch fire. 👎 Can't recommend at all. * Probably. Can't test it with other batteries because they no longer fit in the deformed housing. #Battery #LiIon #AliExpress #AA #Rechargeable #Fail https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/115/304/919/666/196/490/original/396a5477049e75c1.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/115/304/919/893/791/697/original/1f59d2e1571a30df.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Little guy came armed. With a blade. Of grass. I was going to deport him to some spruces, but he escaped during deportation and was last seen fleeing eastwards. #Frog #Nature #Homestead #Wildlife https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/115/299/228/486/411/447/original/386a911e1453d941.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…cee8 God no. Those are generally known as "cardboard houses". Note how thin the walls are. Minimal insulation. Relatively cheap and fast to build though. Northern Europe has real log (beam) houses, which are nothing like that cardboard house, although you think they look similar? Plenty here in Lithuania waiting for someone to restore them. And some forest still standing here and there :) One modern, cost-effective alternative are wood framed, straw bale filled houses, which offer good insulation. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Traditional well building by a pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1SlsMDhPkk [Bavarian with English subtitles] #Well #Well #Well #Water #Craft #LostArt npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Composting the potato tops and other stuff that grew there. Despite being against all the holy scripture of composting, tossing everything on a big pile actually works pretty well for us 😆 It's outside the garden fence by the forest, so various creatures come and rummage through it, which probably helps. Some potatoes decided to grown on there, and, unfortunately, proof that Virginia creeper shouldn't be composted because it will respawn from any small piece. #Compost #Homestead #Gardening https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/115/083/805/954/565/549/original/f82c0884c810708c.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Classic Ants Pants moment: "I wonder if there's any water in this air tank" https://youtu.be/vcl5j6t7f2g?feature=shared&t=6290 😆 Edit: Apparently jumping to a point in a video doesn't work when embedding, so you'll have manually skip to 1:44:50 #AntsPants #YouTube #Highlights npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…73ne Find a beekeeper? npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Enough for today. There's still about as much to dig out before its done. Absolutely knackered and got a blister on my thumb. Next year I'm welding at least a basic potato digger for the tractor and make rows as wide as the wheels. #Potato #Harvest #Homestead #Digging #Gardening https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/115/056/592/835/927/383/original/4b601ca11b417f4d.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…d9p3 @nprofile…r5de That joke made me snort. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Ah, so that's where the old clothes go we put in the textile recycling bin. The ones that some company promises get "reused" or "recycled". I guess burning them on another continent counts as one of those. Been wondering what the truth is behind the corporate copywriting. https://www.greenmemag.com/environment/why-ghana-has-become-a-dumping-ground-for-fast-fashion-waste/ #Recycling #ReUse #Clothing #Lies #GreenWashing #Ghana npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Working half and quarter days on the homestead, so I just do tidying up, not worth dragging out a lot of stuff and work on a project. But there's a lot of tidying to do. Could spend months just moving things from one place to another, sometimes repeatedly. But slow and steadily, the place actually gets tidier. Mostly because I'm moving a lot of the junk behind the big barn where it's not so obvious, but also because like things get piled together instead of being in 12 different places. #Homestead #Cleanup https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/115/039/645/190/710/628/original/1ce77f74acb78f59.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar They're gone. The young storks moved out a while ago and joined the first timer flock to the south. They need to go earlier, as the first migration is the hardest. The parents stayed a little longer, enjoying their regained freedom and then left as well. Our storks are most likely heading for the eastern route around the Mediterranean, across the Bosporus and the Suez canal. Bon voyage! I'm sure they'll come back next year, or whoever claims the nest. It's not like we can tell them apart :) #Stork #Nest #StorkNest #Migration #Homestead #Bird #BirdsOfMastodon #FediBird https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/115/038/322/671/656/605/original/f5ce08a49afe36f5.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/115/038/643/279/159/423/original/56fb01b627863b0e.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Who needs a service pit when you have a milk can and a log to lever the mower onto the can with 🙀 Some clever stick had poked itself into the bottom of the mower just right to derail the deck belt from its pulleys. Quickly fixed, once I'd improvised this very safe lifting solution. #DIY #Repair #Mower #LawnMower #Homestead https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/115/029/418/205/410/919/original/26176e632c6b27e0.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…3v2v Dann Prost! :) npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…3v2v Das sieht aber wässrig aus. Schmeckt das? npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar The only survivor of our sunflower bed. But it's growing big and strong. It has outgrown its support post and is ~2m tall now and starting to flower. #Sunflower #Garden #Homestead https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/998/675/962/139/784/original/5fe0b146e4fe5226.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar This old farm came with an old potato scale. Despite sitting outside for years, it still works fine. #Homestead #Farm #Potato #Scale #Weighing #Tools https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/983/521/791/775/023/original/80b50f464e2b91f4.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Once you have written your own programming language, designed and load tested an autoscaling API backend for >100'000 requests per second and published a few papers on quantum cryptography you can move on to the more challenging things in life, such as how to set up a baby carry sling. https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/960/595/969/248/643/original/1ac824bf7aa3e52c.png npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…3v2v Stacheltür! npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Auto-horizon explained in one picture. This adds an extra hydraulic cylinder on one side of the three point hitch that is electronically controlled to regulate the attachment to be always level with the horizon, no matter how tilted the tractor is. Kubota calls theirs "Monroematic". Our Iseki has it too, not sure what it's called there, the computer translates it with "horizontal rotary". Pretty cool stuff for the 1970s. Revolutionary in working flooded rice fields, which is why most grey import Japanese tractors have it. #Tractor #Technology #Kubota #Iseki #Monroematic #Homestead #Engineering #Farming https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/941/673/865/951/815/original/3b44e15f28ce8c23.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar While swinging the brushcutter until my arms hurt yesterday, I found some cherry trees with ripe cherries on them. Went back to pluck what I could reach today. Slightly sour, but edible. Enough for a little jam. Paid in blood though. Mosquitos still burping under that tree. #Gardening #Cherry #Fruit #Homestead https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/931/900/921/503/919/original/3543a686e9a0eb24.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…cre3 The crumbling belief in maybe getting a pension in a few decades vs. seeing the potatoes you grew on sale in the supermarket for pennies :think_bread: npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Had to have a serious talk with one of the locals. "WTF LET ME DOWN" "This is the third time I'm evicting you from the sauna. If I catch you in there again, I'll feed you to the storks." "HRMPF! WE WERE HERE FIRST YOU STUPID MAMMAL" #Toad #Homestead #Nature #Intruder https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/925/193/102/598/492/original/61137c93a55ba3a3.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Good anger therapy: Tearing on the Virginia Creeper tendrils until a whole lump comes off the shed wall and roof. But now I gotta rip and tear the bottoms out too and then put it on the burn pile. Not a big fan of burning stuff without at least using the energy, but no other way to kill this stuff. Unless you mulch it into tiny, tiny pieces, it grows back. For the same reason you can't throw it on the compost. #VirginiaCreeper #Gardening #Homestead #Cleanup #Weed https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/891/581/524/370/965/original/f41260421da8334e.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Onion harvest. @nprofile…n0px plucked them out and I improvised a drying rack from an old rickety wooden ladder, of which we have many in the barn. Just added some extra sticks, lashed on with some wire from the scrap bin on one end only. That way onions can be pushed in under the stick rapidly. A little garlic on there, too. The first rickety ladder actually broke in two places and was added to the firewood pile. Too flimsy to hang onions from! 😬 The whole thing found a convenient place under the new firewood store. Warm, dry, sheltered from the sun and very well ventilated. The whole place smells like onions now 😆 #Homestead #Homesteading #DIY #Onion #Garden #Gardening #Harvest https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/886/476/834/828/141/original/6665b8bdd08d9522.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/886/476/767/920/774/original/4bf3233260c015ea.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/886/476/746/025/509/original/7c73d1ea5560308b.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…85f4 That "2.5 GBe" option is going to cost you, dearly. https://www.voleatech.de/en/product/netgate-4200/ That's Netgate, the cause of the pfSense/opnSense split, I think they got cancelled for something but don't recall what, you might want to check their levels of evilness before throwing money their way. They have a 2x1 GBe box for hundreds less, depending on how important that 2.5 is :) The Opnsense store has some options, too: https://shop.opnsense.com/product-categorie/hardware-appliances/?orderby=price npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Hot riveting, expert difficulty level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVjS1DsqYvo The rivets are heated to a red glow. Then they need to get inserted fast, so they're thrown. Wikipedia says they're caught in a wooden or leather bucket lined with ash and handled with tongs, but these Glaswegians haven't got time for buckets and just catch them in gloved hands. I assume if they miss or hold them for longer than half a second, somebody is going to scream. #Work #Shipyard #Rivet #Dangerous #Job npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Pop! From the cheap tool section in #Norfa. I have a few of their #Ingco brand cheapo tools and so far they haven't disappointed. Basic but not crap and often cheaper than #AliExpress. Fine for occasional use. I have a lazy tong riveter too but those need something to push against, which means it can't be used for riveting two thin metal sheets together. This one can. We'll see how long it lasts. Usually the gripping teeth inside fail after a number of uses. #Rivet #Riveter #Tools #DIY #Fastening #MetalWorking https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/857/296/828/727/729/original/3b475c8a19979f30.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar We didn't get to build that straw house we researched (but who knows), but it's funny how straw is only now being rediscovered as ecological and economical insulation material. Back when this place was built, people still knew. There's double walls filled with straw to keep animal shelters warm. Decades later, the straw is still there, mostly intact, even though the exterior wall has failed and exposed it. For small areas like this insulated bee hive, chopped straw was used. This is equivalent to modern blow-in insulation materials, but completely natural. It's also commonly found as ceiling insulation. Straw does not rot well in the absence of nitrogen, so handles being sometimes wet, e.g. from condensation. #Insulation #Straw #Building #Materials #Construction #History https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/850/357/296/379/566/original/678ec539f15cc3f6.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/850/355/827/203/341/original/92df173b6897a819.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…5zv0 @nprofile…7wld Apart from of course AI summaries being horseshit, panels also come in different sizes, so "average panel wattage" is a pointless metric to begin with. The comparable value is watt per square meter. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Engineer with table saw: Make sure everything is square or else you will die with a piece of wood in your abdomen Artist with table saw: I'll just cut this crooked log freehand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTwFp4uEt98 #TableSaw #Safety #Tools #DIY npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Break in the rain, dug up some new potatoes for dinner and weeded a bit. The rotavated side is not bad, I can use a weed blade between the plants and only have to rip out a few prickly thistles. The no-dig experiment on the left is overgrown with stickyweed. Perhaps the higher moisture in those beds combined with the extreme amounts of rain did that. They are nonexistant in the beds on the right. They're annoying because they grow through the potatoes, are sticky and difficult to separate. I've weeded about half of it before the next rain shower, it was more work than the entire right side together (which is more than twice as big) and I didn't get everything as they're so intertwined. We'll see if this is worth it when we harvest. #Garden #Gardening #Homestead #NoDig #Potato #Weed https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/829/233/795/312/800/original/928ae224e6978c37.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Potato fork vs. hay fork. The potato fork is for digging up potatoes. It has blunt, rounded tips to avoid impaling the tubers and the tines are spaced so potatoes don't fall through, but dirt does. The hay fork (or pitchfork) on the right has pointy ends and is for pitching hay, grass or straw. #Farm #Homestead #Tools #Potato #Gardening https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/796/324/681/783/055/original/2297b6fe30a37269.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Been cutting, grinding and welding all day. The swine fodder trough we've been using as grill got a wheel and legs and handles. All of it from scrap metal that was laying around the farm. Ok, and old fence posts. Those were actually standing around. Anyways, 100% #SalvagePunk I made the wheel non-removable, because it's not like it'll ever need to get a new tyre. I guess it's a wheelbarbie now. Still need to trim the handles to length and clean it up a little, but we got hungry, so I fired it up, still hot from welding. #WheelBarbie #BBQ #Grill #DIY #Welding #Recycling #Steel #Food #Homestead https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/795/889/038/335/309/original/2a8cc4be7f755ee3.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/795/890/833/928/696/original/0b577eb243341801.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/795/900/208/870/154/original/992304952f4e33a0.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/795/906/466/919/752/original/bed6432bca25801b.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Some lime mortar building history. Lime mortar takes a long time to dry and cure. Up to two years for a whole building. During that time it absorbs CO2 and releases moisture. But only if it is warm enough. It was beneficial to have some residents in a new building who would heat it and ventilate it and breathe out some CO2 (probably not a huge factor, but this was the belief at the time). But since it was very moist and unpleasant inside during this time, the building was rented for free or very low rent to the poor, to inhabit during drying time. When it was dry enough, they got kicked out and would move to another new building. The German term for these poor people was "Trockenwohner" (drying residents). https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trockenwohner #Lime #Mortar #History #Poverty npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…3v2v Early alpha version of Q*bert npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Sunday soldering. One of those crappy garden solar lights we found here. They're never waterproof, because then they wouldn't break and you wouldn't buy more. Here a pin to the YX8018 controller chip corroded away, flush with the TO-94 housing. I crudely crushed away enough of the housing resin to expose the remaining lead inside and soldered a new wire to it. Works again, although I'll also have to put a recycled battery in, as the miniscule 40 mAh Ni-MH pack has about 2 mAh actual capacity remaining. Tip: If you did buy one of these crappy lamps, squirt some silicone caulking in the joints to make them waterproof. #Electronics #Macro #MacroPhotography #Repair #Fixed #DIY #Solar #Lamp #Soldering https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/766/281/818/807/318/original/4bb92005938fc3f7.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/766/282/047/810/250/original/8e09185d8c862d86.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Via https://mastodon.social/@Datagraver/114720532921773038 but more readable graph. Up to 2024. #Lithuania #Climate #ClimateChange #Data #Graph https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/720/678/277/250/433/original/1a25fe11f6845755.png npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…r5de I'm more worried about the spreading of German raccoons 😁 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/raccoons-german-city-kassel-wild-population-europe-aoe npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…r5de That's because in Romania they do have them :) Wolves here too, ripping up goats and leaving the pieces for the owner to collect. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…r5de And gave the government a proper scolding about it 😁 npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Hungry caterpillar. Hungry for some rust, apparently. #Caterpillar #Nature #Rust https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/697/937/884/789/569/original/8724f75be09be35e.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…73ne I've always felt that putting pipes inside walls was a dreadful mistake that became standard somehow. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar I remember complaining about a drought a while ago... #Rain #Lithuania #Weather #Sky #Homestead #Farm #Cloud https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/675/958/756/373/418/original/db34e8d7c8b0f935.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Milkshake (the horse) got a horn on a rubber band today. Now Milkshake can play unicorn. #Horse #Unicorn #Sewing #Handmade #Craft @nprofile…n0px https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/654/960/070/237/172/original/c70f3df4838189e9.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar People complain about content warnings for politics or nipples, but nobody uses the content warnings I want: posting of non-metric units. #ContentWarnings npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Woken up early by thunder, went unplugging things, back to bed. A loud strike very close has me wondering how accurate the Blitzortung.org maps are. Not that accurate apparently. Walked outside after the rain, but didn't see any damage. More to come says the weatherfrog. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar #GoogleTranslate seems to be getting worse and worse, sometimes omitting entire sentences or ignoring meaningful words. Hilariously, it also attempts to translate all-digits dates but then messes them up so they become a completely different date somehow. E.g. 2025-05-26 somehow becomes January 1996 🤷 #DeepL is going the other way, getting quite good now, even at more obscure stuff like blog posts with wordplay and spelling errors. This observation is based mostly on Lithuanian/English examples. #Translation npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Remember when the TV programmes used to end? Every night they'd play a little tune and then the signal would switch to a static picture and no more TV program until next morning. Now it never stops. You can leave the TV on 24/7 and there's always something babbling away. A bad mistake, I think. #Old #TV https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/614/998/908/631/736/original/57cf61587704b0aa.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Rescued some white lilac from #Schwiemu's fence. Hauled it here with a bag of dog food tied around the moistened roots to keep them from drying out. Then made some space in the goat pen jungle area with the mower and planted them there. We'll see how they like it. They had deep roots that didn't come out entirely and like all trees growing along a fence/wall the roots were somewhat wonky. We'll see! Got six of various sizes. At least they're adapted to local climate. #Garden #Gardening #Flieder #Homestead #Lilac https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/604/172/048/875/503/original/3e884fd21b8e3d60.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…zuq0 Such an elegant way of storing a sewing machine. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar The farm equipment recycler didn't want our disc harrow discs, but this seems like the perfect thing to build from them instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQaX8_eYRis They're already in that flower shape with a center hole and pipe attached to it. Putting it somewhere near the end of the overwhelming todo list! #Blacksmithing #Forge #Homestead #DIY npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Solar panel m² price is now competing with other roofing materials that do not produce electricity at the same time 🙂 Might as well slap some panels on the new firewood store instead of metal roofing offcuts. #Solar #Roof #Homestead npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Speaking of reclaimed screws (and wood), what sort of metal detector do you use to make sure you don't ruin your sawblades on a forgotten screw or nail? Thinking of getting a small handheld one which are around €30. Any experience? #Woodworking #MetalDetecting #Reclaim #Salvage #DIY npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Hi. I'm Milkshake. @nprofile…n0px named me when Australia didn't make it past the #Eurovision semi-final. I'm looking forward to tonights show anyways 📺🐴 #Horse #Plush #Sewing #DIY #Handmade #Craft #Embroidery #ESC #ESC2025 https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/524/656/250/712/319/original/256e9f023dcf5a6b.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Lampfrog found his home in #Schwiemu's kitchen, climbing the lampshade. #Crochet #DIY #Sewing #Plush @nprofile…n0px https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/512/583/636/695/247/original/6d9d90cd92a07b99.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Since I was already covered in rust and had some time left before tonights Eurovision semi-finale, I tackled this old chair frame from the junk pile. We need some garden furniture! Cleaned up slightly, bent into shape and welded back together. More rust converter and some ancient red spray can where the pigment had settled out. That actually made for a nice effect. Two pieces of salvaged wood, a bit of sawing, sanding and testing of that angle grinder carving disc I got a while ago. Finally slapped on some "deck oil" from an old can. Looks very #SalvagePunk! I enjoyed this quick & intentionally imperfect job. It's fun to get results in under two hours 😁 We'll see if it's even comfy and how it endures outside. #DIY #Chair #Furniture #WoodWorking #Welding #Restoration https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/501/766/171/357/048/original/e3c5d2a306350851.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/501/771/921/387/617/original/1be3e31d2232ec3f.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/501/773/874/606/040/original/5e23863738fbc344.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/501/774/063/771/703/original/a97495717a226102.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…r5de @nprofile…q955 This, or simply driving around while waiting for a slot at the paint booth. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar The old man came by this morning, he must be 99 by now. He didn't like the changes we did inside his former house much, ripping out the rusty old sink and rotting shelves full of mummified mice, but that was all secondary. What he really wanted to see was the tractor! 😆 Not that surprising, he used to teach aspiring farmers how to use their equipment. Turnbuckles got rattled, tyres squeezed - Iseki passed inspection! He said we should plant more potatoes (we planted a lot). npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Speaking of amateur welding - guess who focused on making a nice weld and forgot to pay any attention to where he was welding? So I tack on the hinges, test fit the gate, hooray, it swings. Seam weld the first side, look down, oops, pile of dry oak leaves which is now on fire. Sprint to the house, fetch extinguisher, put it out, wet all the nearby leaves in case of embers, rake up, etc. [No tedious fire safety whinging please. I learnt from my mistake 😜] #Fire #Welding #Homestead #DIY https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/439/312/069/206/486/original/0e46a41be0f4e83a.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/439/312/291/102/219/original/5d02b31ce77b5913.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Today I want to make a new gate, because the little pedestrian gate to the meadow was so crooked anything can just hop through it. And because I can't drive my machinery through there, I'm making a wider gate. I found a half done gate in one of the steel junk piles and am extended it to the right size. Problem with welding gates - nobody has a big enough table, so I have to improvise. The previous guy makes my amateur welds look good 🤣 #Welding #Gate #Homestead #DIY #Fence #Steel https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/438/023/257/629/813/original/e13ee89cc67baa43.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/438/037/562/190/068/original/5050975d70e2a797.jpg https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/438/039/558/263/633/original/a1d028e9b5ea710c.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…pqg2 Plenty in my feed? npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…pqg2 Ours is not a feel-good garden. More of a wallow-in-the-muck garden 😆 npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…pqg2 We used to sterilize ours by laying them in the sun for a few hours. The UV kills most of the stuff. You can also use chlorine (bleach), but sun was free and left no funny taste. npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…pqg2 Uhm, a dead tree will fall eventually, uncontrolled, which is usually worse. Once it has died off, it will be also more dangerous to fell. And chuck dead branches. Over here I'd fell it in early winter when the other plants are mostly done, but I realize you probably don't have a winter in that sense, so no idea! npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @nprofile…pqg2 Looks about right. It will die in a few years. But why bother, felling too difficult? npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar Potatoes are in. Three types, because we didn't have enough from the hedge witch left so we bought some and then used some of our shop bought eating potatoes. Still one row empty 🤷 Suddenly very interested in no-dig potato growing 🤪 Bob got a new job as scarebob. I think he's bad at it judging from the birdshit on his head. Now we hope that 73% chance of rain will turn into more than the three drops we've had so far. #Gardening #Potatoes #Garden #Homestead https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/392/535/774/814/278/original/89ce206c930b2aed.jpg npub1a4m6np2j3t7n6ztqj5yegvlfpfq336h9h4m06k35e39hymyaqmtqmnx83s Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar The past tense of saw. #English #Saw #Tools #Rust #Barn https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/114/392/043/638/978/690/original/37cba7a92a1816d9.jpg