JO, you better bring out the old still! But if you need a emergancy delivery we are here for you 
Report comes later, now just a teaser. Any guesses what it is?
For size perspective, the grates rebars are 8mm
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Hmm Iâm drawing a big blank, but noticing how sturdy everything looks I think I have an idea.
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I hear you JO, trying to get some welding done between rain storms and the wind blowing. It is the wind trun right now. And I am sitting here right now writing this down. Pulling the welder out and putting it back in under cover, I am getting pretty quick at that.
Bob
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Your tractor? That will be a nice addition to helping you farm. 8 mm rebar that should work nicely.
Bob
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what a B-E-A-uty! I had the idea to build something like this a long time ago since I saw someone with a unimog that had a bucket on the front and a backhoe on the rear, I thought it was pure genius to have a road drivable tractor loader backhoe, with cargo space! And as you said, all that room for a producer system. Even room to spare for a hydraulic drive chunker hint hint wink wink
even better its a c60, I got a love affair with those old round fender trucks
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And on this side of the pond grain rotting away in Ukrainian storages. Starvation to come in Africa and the Middle East.
New charcoal Skoda heart is my guess.
Thatâs when you envy @Norman89âs fabrication facility.
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We discussed some time ago, donât remember wich thread, about uses for wood-turpentine, this afternoon i found it useful in old kerosene blow-torches, light up pretty easy after somewhat longer pre-heating.
Very clear flame, hard to see in daylight.
Had to try on this piece of angle iron.
I think itâs good to know, could be helpful in emergency situations.
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Making me drull Marcus! Few foods l enjoy more thain fish, and trout is high on the list of favourites!
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Perfect size for 10 min in the smoker. Food for gods.
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Power outage at friendâs house.
They lack a generator or charging brick for phones, theyâve been charging with their cars. Bringing them some chargers to borrow until the electricity is back. Their neighbors are all wasting Dino, he says he can hear at least 5 running right now.
He knows about my wood gas escapades so I think Iâll finally teach him how to operate one, and Iâll help him build a 12v charging simple genny.
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There are trout in almost every body of water around my state rivers lakes streams and ocean run cutthroat as well. Excellent table fair and the boys enjoy them very much as fast as I can smoke them up they will eat them. How do you guys like to prepare your trout? If I get a good quality red or pink meat fish I like them with a bit of butter and onion maybe a splash of red wine cooked on the coals in tinfoil. The poorer quality fish that have light color meat usually get a brown sugar and salt brine over night and 4-6 hours on applewood or hickory smoke and those are like CANDY to the boys! If I donât take a few from the finished batch with me to work they will be gone before I get home 
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Wild trout is nearly extinct here so all we get is farmed. No red or pink except if fed coloured food (wich some actualy do). Taste isnt the same as the wild one. We just pan fry them. My father used to smoke them thugh, and l plan too once l get our pond made.
I do however smoke carp. I catch one or two 10 pounders each fall when they are fattest and l smoke the meat, the fatty meat is excelent for smoking and grinding in to a spread.
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So that is part of the homestead plan is the pond will be a trout pond? That will be a huge asset that pairs well with your other live stock, diversified food is good for the mind. Many prepper types think on one big form of food such as cows or pig, and while I would be very happy to live on those 2 a fresh fish, rabbit, grouse or quail is a refreshing meal!
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If not smoked, we usually just pan fry and and add a cup of cream with dill and parsley and let it simmer quickly. Boiled early potatoes to go with that 
One evening a couple years ago wife and I filled a bucket with 50 of these in 1.5 hours. Fish were really hungry that evening. A coupke days later we got nothing. Thatâs what fishing is about
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Marcus, thats right.
As far as sustainability goes, on a falily scale, the key are small animals. Stuff like quail, rabbits, mini pigs, goats⊠grow fast and store good âon the hoofâ. Fish, l have yet to master.
JO, l was about to say before that l wish l get to try ond of your chars some day. Looks like Gods food.
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This particular fish in the pic is s trout. Char is pretty much the same, but with a red belly.
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Now I was told the char with a white belly is better eating and the red belly has to do something with a spawning phase? We donât have those here though we do occasionally have Brooke and Brown trout that are fantastic eating. Most people around here target salmon and steelhead for there size and taste but I can stack up the rainbow trout fast and put a lot away in the freezer. Someday I want to do ponds on a piece of land I can call my own and do catfish they are one of my favorite freshwater eating fish. Them and crappie make amazing fish and chips which is my all time favorite fish dish
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Fish are hard work. Some people just stock a pond, never cull, never diversify the wildlife, and wonder why everything is going belly up.
Our pond is about 60 years old now so itâs an established one. It was a creek beforehand so itâs spring fed.
We have herons and snapping turtles that naturally cull for us. Beautiful large-mouth Bass, Bluegill, and Crappies. Weâve never stocked the pond after the first time according to mom.
Edit: I guess you could say itâs Permaculture before it was cool.
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