stack of tires is my favorite, harvest time knock over the tires and pickup the potatoes. I did bags last year, had problems with ants getting in them once I started on the mulch layering and lost quit a few. Never had that happen before
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I normally do 5 gallon buckets, I keep a crop of them indoors in the basement with my grow lamp. Mom had a hydroponics kick to grow salads and tomatoes but gave up and sold one lamp to a cousin, I made sure she didn’t sell the other one. Dual spectrum LED type.
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I’m with you on the tires Marcus. Need more attention paid to the watering because the black heats up but also allows you to easily raise the stack as they grow. We had a huge tire fire in this area back in the early nineties. Millions of tires on fire and burned for about a year. Black soot on the snow fifty miles away. The state got real anal about having any tires stored on your property after that and the dealers have to account for the ones they change. The few stacks I have are used for compost bins which they also work great for, but it I had access to many more tires it would be my go to was well, even if I was only planting determinate in one or two tires.
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I’d love to drop a Ford I6 into my Mazda, even if it meant fiddling with the radiator support or something. Wonder if the 5 speed would bolt up to it.
Oops sent that to the wrong topic, oh well.
Edit: it’s apparently doable, have to move the radiator forward and have an electric fan in front of the radiator.
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These are the lights I use in my greenhouse Cody. These thing rock. Actually a couple years ago when I came back to the site it was to find a way to power these using a generator to feed a battery bank. Have not gotten there yet but so glad to be part of all this.
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Tom, my findings are exactly the same!
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MMmm, my Mercedes Vito is broken and I had to bring an installation almost 100 km one way. So took the EV, put a trailer behind brought it to the customer. Came back home, plugged it in and charger with free pv electricty. Wow, that made me happy. After no solar energy for 4 months, she is back in business.
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I have witnessed two versions of a Harbor-Freight (Honda Clone) horizontal shaft V-Twin engine in an old cycle frame. One was a Cushman scooter, and one a full-sized street bike. The Cushman had a Comet Torque-A-'Verter for sure. Had taken a picture or two, if I can locate them! (Hiding in the digital catacombs!) 
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here is another predator/honda clone swap, he did a series on it and build some other very interesting projects, a oregon local pacific northwesterner like me
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I have plans to drop a 212 in a Yamaha DT175 frame that I have laying around. Just needs to be modified on a little to fit it.
The Vulcan is a little too heavy for a 212cc to carry it around and I doubt a 670 v twin would fit. I know that the 411cc Launtop diesels have been fit in the older brother of the Vulcan, the EN450, with slight modification.
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You know it’s going to be a good day when the first thing I see on my feed is a YouTube recommendation for a Marcus Norman video about tuning my char bed. Even the AI realizes a man needs a well tuned char bed!!!
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Haha thanks Bruce 
glad your enjoying it
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Plus one. Clear explanation.
Today there was no time for hobby, only work. Fixed an auger system for filling sitting bags for…. dogs and cats. How stupid is that? When people are fighting to stay alive less then a day driving from our home?
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Yes, this world has lost contact with reality…
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I’ve come to realise the clock is ticking and life goes on no matter what happens. We all have to try keep doing what we’re doing, small scale, for ourselves as well.
This isn’t wood related - but energy.
Since electric prices have sky-rocketed 5-10 times for the past 6-9 months I decided it’s now or never. Can’t afford to be a purist. This isn’t even DIY.
15 kW solar panels. Should produce about 3 times my consumption per year. Surplus sold to the grid. No batteries for now.
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WOW, that is a lot of solar panels. And really looks good.
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Wish you your business plan come to a good end.
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Wow. I am struggling for 10 years and mine is around the same kW. Congrats. It is adictive! You will be very happy with it! And you already know what do to get power in the winter 
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Can you sell the surplus to an electricity company?
Which company have you signed an agreement with?
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