BDG Feature: A World of Weeds and Mud

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My view every evening, the chickens waiting for me on the deck eager for their evening incentive snack to return to their coop run for the night.

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This is actually pretty cool, watch their video.

An electric single-axle tractor, but instead of just replacing the ICE with an electric motor, someone really thought it through. Invidivual wheel motors so it can turn on the spot. And instead of wrestling a lurching beast, it is remote controlled.

The row spacing is also wider and there's an variety of attachments.

The price is also relatively civil at USD 7500. For a single-axe tractor that is still very high, but you get something better.

https://renewables.com/e2t-tractor

Its also feasible to build yourself as the gearing should be fairly minimal. With bigger wheels and a swappable battery it could be a universal beast of burden for homesteading and small scale sustainable forestry.

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just-enough

The ubiquity of Queen-Anne's lace annoys her;
it's not the plant's not doing its job; her soil
is loosened and enriched; in time of human

hunger, roots, young leaves and even umbels
would have table use. But there is so much
of it; her chickens dislike the stuff, especially

in its second year, allowing their yard and moat
to fill with cohort-ranks of pungent spikes.
Her friend keeps bees and tells her they will feed

on this exclusively, bittering his honey,
bringing down its price. So he watches;
when the umbels bloom he moves his hives.

She'd like to query those who thought of Anne;
these tiny droplets in a sea of lace
Need not have been a queen's: she tells herself

her own blood has fed this thorned and rock-
embedded acre thoroughly. So, queen
of weeds, she! Or queen of just-enough.


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Had a look at electric mini tractors and found this Soletrac e25. Interesting, because size and capability wise it is (on paper) comparable to our 40 year old Iseki, around 1 ton, 19 kW electric motor, small hydraulic pump, optional front loader.

https://solectrac.co/cet-electric-tractor/

The 25 kW Li-NMC battery needs 5.5 hours for a full charge. But the runtime claims of "Full Day (depending on load)" are for driving around empty, not work. Running a powered implement (e.g. a rotavator/wood chipper), it will do 1-2 hours. That can be enough for some homesteading use.

But the price is USD 30k for the base machine.

A brand new Kubota (if for some silly reason you insist on brand new) is around half that. A used one much less. Financially, it makes no sense yet 🤷

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she likes red

She likes red in September: viney maple, poison oak;
Her plum trees dress well in it. Where she lives, all
Else goes brown. Except the dog roses

Leavening hedges with their hips. She stuffs these
In her pockets on every walk, then does research,
Kindling a ken of potions, liqueurs, oils.
Easily, drying comes to mind; to prep for that
She'll split each pod and rake away hard seeds,

Removing them to her freezer to stratify;
Else they might not emerge come spring. She
Digs out also myriad tiny hairs,

Irritants if retained. It's a slow business,
Not for the impatient, which well describes her;

She knows of this but means to tough it out.
Each hip's a silent mantra: she'll
Push, pull, twist, scrape, sort, and set aside
The emptied husks for drying or infusing.
Eventually the pile is done, just as light fades.
My eyes, she tells herself, are getting on,
But this I can still do. I'll make rose tea;
Evening will fill my cup of mindfulness.
Really, there's nothing more than what there is.

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