Category: backhoe preparation
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Picture update 2021
Well, I have no excuses for what is actually an incomplete coverage of all that has been going on this past year, but I did take sporadic photos and will try and fill in the actual progressions of the various projects. OK, I think that’s enough for one night. Obviously there was a lot more…
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More about Machinery and Permaculture
Some might not call it appropriate technology, but machinery may not be all bad when thinking about sustainability. The real test is the overall increased output over the life of the system. It is easy to think that a dam will last 1000 years and therefore becomes worth the immense amount of energy it takes…
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My Ponds with Photos
I’m currently in the process of adding newer photos to update progressAt the top of the kitchen garden, this new pond is a salvage that I had to repair using plastic welding techniques. I tried to create a clay based pond in this place, but all last year it filled many times and never held…
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Mornings,
Taking away the pressure to “earn” a living puts me in a somewhat different mindset of what to do with my days. Watching projects unfold, keeping the rates of progress slow, making very careful observations as well as just mindlessly walking around in the early morning can guide and reveal and give perspective. Often it…
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More Rain
20th May, 2018 I hear about deserts that get all their rain in a few short (but often powerful) episodes, and three days later it’s impossible to believe there was ever water in dried river beds and barren landscapes. Here in VA we had another 24 hour period with around 4 inches of rain,…
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05/14/2018
I caught the backhoe problem before it did damage, but there is a challenge now with the pins, hardened steel rods about 1&3/4 inches in diameter, that are like axles allowing the bucket to pivot, and the retaining welds have broken allowing the pins to slip. Looking for replacements, nothing close by, and today I’ll…
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New, Used Backhoe
Finally a morning where things are a bit quieter, no deeds to do or promises I have to keep. So of course I was out on the backhoe. started going around exhausting a tube of grease on the fittings, and I think I know why the new tube isn’t quite working yet, but I went…
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More big advancements?
I do apologize for the lack of pictures in recent posts, hoping to rectify the snafu in software soon. Well, I bought a new , used, backhoe, so in theory things should start to move ion a more orderly fashion. The rental routine can be a nightmare with machinery consuming every second of the…
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Planting and more
Anyone following these posts understands there are more jobs here than any one person could hope to do. This can lead to a condition of inaction, uncertain of what to do next. But there is a way out of this frustration, and it amounts to simply chosing something and doing it until it’s not fun…
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The daily grind
August 24th For whatever reason I woke in the middle of the night and never got back to sleep. So after much tossing and turning the light finally inspired me to get up–that plus Lucky whining at me. So most of the day was tedious, although I was able to get a few things under…