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.
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Caught up on the woodchipping by working in the rain.
Took a while to clean the muddy boots and the gloves are soaked but all the spring shrubbery is taken care of.
Hit something hard that made a loud clunk but didn't stop the chipper (there's a slip clutch on the PTO shaft just in case), probably an ingrown nail or rock. Woodchipper needed a bit of filing on one of the knives but ran fine again after that.
I attempted a quick blog about how I'm feeling as I look to buy chickens and get more serious about my outdoor homestead projects. Yes, I know, substack, I just haven't found a new blog home yet.
Debushification.
It went slowly. The wrist ached, the gnarly, thorny shrubs were difficult to stuff into the shredder and some spectators came by for a demonstration of the chipper (friends of wife, so I obliged).
Still, one area got cleaned up and should be maintainable now. Just a few bits of firewood to collect.
Buggered wrist or not, the show must go on (carefully).
Fetched the Red Dragon and giving it some lube and dental cleaning before putting it to work.
Why do I keep finding corpses around here.
This guy has obviously been dead for some time, stuck inside the straw insulation of an old livestock shack I'm taking apart.
Probably one of the local pine martens. Looks like it wasn't a peaceful death.
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Woke up with a stiff wrist, looks like I overdid it with hauling heavy stuff yesterday.
So the woodchipping I had planned for today got postponed. Went for a family walk down the valley instead, where the last snow is just melting away. Less wind there too, quite pleasant.
Picked up some trash people have "lost" up by the road and then went home to put some ice on the wrist, which always helps.
I had a thought about growing 100% of my own food.
"Diet should be based on climate and land first, then optimized for labor, then adjusted for preference."
I know what my culture recommends I grow.
I know what my preferences are.
But neither of those things mean I can grow those things and meet all of my food needs from my specific land and climate.
I love wheat, but I might need to grow flour corn.
I love bush beans but I might need to grow fava beans.
#PalletFork also suitable for beehive relocation 😁
No bees in there, so nobody got bothered (them or me).
These two hives are somewhat intact, or at least one. Might be worth saving as I have a ton of frames for them in the beekeeping shed (and even more in the attic). Needs cleanout and some repairing though.
For now I just parked them by the fence so I can clear out the junk underneath.
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