I had silo took down and used 5/8 steel rod that banded silo together to hold east west walls up and keeps east west walls from bowing out . I also have chains holding two buildings together . The roof just looked wrong . and the more I try to fix it the worse it seems to get .
I have 5 Kw grid tied and want to build small charcoal powered 200 volt dc generator to power solar inverter during night .
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Where is âlittle red riding hoodâ?
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Steve I can second the effectiveness of Guinea fowl on bug this was my first time with then and a dozen solved my tick problems other bugs seem lower too.
I have NH hens as well. There where 4 NH roosters until they stopped my Guinea fowl from going in at night at that point the roosters ended up in the freezer.
Which is all good I am happy to have a chicken dinner even if they where a little small they are tender.
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Wow, we had that one or his brother wandering around here. Killed a lot of sheep. The farmer was desperate. Experts say he was lost and found himself in the jackpot. He slaughter most just like a fox does. I got nervous too for the kids biking around. Had a little discussion what to do but it seems he found the exit. I think no room for an animal like that in a city-country like Holland.
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These pictures are from 2 years ago, but the dents are still there plus a few more. Seems a young bear had to test if the doorknob on my cabin was edible when I wasnât around.
I also had an experience this summer where a bear chewed on a gas can, canât find the cap anywhere. A neighbour told me he once had the same experience with a gas can. Never underestimate how food focused bears are.
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That bear was probably confused with all the golden honey around your place.
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Today something happened that l never experianced before. Me, wife and kids were digging out potatoes. Suddenly l felt like someone poured a bucket of ice cold water on me. Looked at the wife instinctively, if she had anything to do with it but l saw her and kids runing in the woods. This all happend so fast my slow computer hadnt had time to process what was happening. When l finaly got the picture focused l was in a hail storm. Its not like usual storms where there is a curtain of rain and hail moveing towards you. It was like someone pulled the plug off a cloud. Kids crying, l had my gas motocultivator there, so l first dumped the potatoes out of the wheelbarrow and hid kids under it to protect them from acorn size hail. Then l covered the moto best l could and we run for shelter. Doing so l got a couple of nice hail shots.
We have a national site that project radar pictures in real time. This is what l saw when l came in
This is a screenshot. Blue and green is rain, yelow and red are storms and violet is where hell broke loose. Guess who lives DIRECTLY under the violet spotâŠ
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Wow that doesnât sound like much fun. I have been lucky I guess we seldom get any hail and if we do it is tinny and starts off slow.
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Herding this creature this morning. Different than cows. I stayed in my truck to cut her off from escaping. 
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Yup donât think I would want to try and herd those like cows⊠I think I will leave them for someone with more open range than I have here in NH. Me thinks if they got out here with my traffic they wouldnât work out so well.
Looks like it could be an exciting day though.
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Well, some strange situation here. For the second day there was a earthquake in the north of Holland, 2.0 (not a real big one). Strange in a country build on mud, no plates here. It is because we took to much natural gas (Slochteren field) out of the ground. Now the land is sinking, houses burst⊠Strange, or not now we know. Energy transition? Who knows what the future brings?
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Up here the EU border towards Norway has always been pretty much non-existent. Until now - until Covid.
The old stone markers and the pavement joint tells the Swedish pizza delivery man where to meet the Norwegian customers 
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Below is a photo of the log hauler. I need to find some time to finish it !
Below is a 16" pine fell and limbed with solar electric. This pine was an easy job for the Makita.
These cordless chainsaws are my favorite. I still need the big Husky, sign⊠I hope to see it charged up with wood/char gas (solar gas), time is always the issue.
Best wishes,
Jeff
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Cool little logging setup. I have looked at those electric chainsaws but they just donât seem up to the challenge of cutting stove wood. That said I am always happy to see others having good experiences with them. I debated the dewalt one only because I own other dewalt tools. I am of the mindset that if you use power tools enough the spare battery packs are a cheap investment to simply be able to swap and keep working. That said it wouldnât be overly convent most of the time you are cutting wood as trees tend to not live beside power outlets.
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My understanding is that wood gas is not really store able in any real quantity. If it were then I can see carrying my little inverter Generator into the woods to power a corded chainsaw. One of my sons has a compressor that was used to fill Scott Air packs. The Local fire department in his town bought new equipment and he got this for about 500 bucks. It will compress over 2500 psi. Not sure what itâs limits are. I have thought about trying to compress wood gas at these kinds of pressures but it seems kind of hinky to me. Iâm done investing much money in battery operated tools, especially the 40 volt kind they use on chainsaws. If I were able to refurbish the batteries it would be different but during my years as a contractor I probably went through a couple of barrels full of used up batteries.
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Hay , hay and more hay !
A few years back during a dry year this patch produced 3 rolls of hay. A normal year I expect to get 9-10 rolls. Yesterday I rolled 25 rolls on it.
It is so thick and windrows are so close it is hard to maneuver the equipment .
If anyone is close by I would be glad to give them a lifetime supply of hay for filter material 
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