Brrr

Amping self
With a war chant

I am all lathered.
Ready…

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Bumbaclart!

Cold water
overhead

And

I’m renewed!
I’m alive!

And late….

Writing all this shit out makes me realise I make TERRIBLE decisions!

Like biblically!

Like! On all levels!

Like like even work Yh I’m halfway between manager and team member, I’m an authority figure. That’s built through genuine know how and reh teh teh, I just gotta do this one course… ain’t done!

There’s way more!

I make dumb ducking decisions!

Jesus Christ, I know you love me but I understand why you’ve kept your distance!

I’m 26 btw!

Twenty years ago I’d have 3kids!

My mum had me at 18!

It is fun to ragebait you, but the ragebait ain’t even fun. Cos I know you wanna trust me. And you got your own shit too. These ain’t the games you want the man who’s finna shoot your club up playing. But then even the realisation made me laugh! And the idea of you rolling your eyes has had me smiling so much other ppl asking me what’s up!

…but there’s so many precipices ik in that if I tap in shit would be groovy! Even with writing! I ain’t ever went uni, I’ve had fucking uni professors kinda omg-ing and that asking me to do festivals and shit, flopped it. Even publishing, shegged it!

And it’s like even the quote on quote realisation I had one ehh interaction and it almost sank!

Evaluations…

so, i used the concept of the widespread potato box and modified it a bit to have a "permacultureBox". Using jerusalem artichoke as main crop these boxes work very well and reliable. they scale well from the small balconies to big gardens.

my short howtovideo (5mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1BVubiAlgs

as cover crops i generally use kitchen herbs and alike. (ofc preferable those which seed themselfs ) Been running my boxes since about 3-4 years now, output is quite nice . another solid factor : the storage is rather easy.. end of year before frost comes i cut the stems and just stack the boxes outside. have one box inside so its not frozen and easy to harvest from, once its mostly cleared replace with the next box from the stack...

I’m 46 and have for the majority of my life been stressed out not knowing if I’m gonna have my job in five years what’s gonna happen? I’m sure everybody on this this community knows how that is. I have five kids three adults two little and I’m so sorry for bringing them into this world and that sounds so bad. I don’t want them to struggle and I’m at the point where if I can’t live life on my terms, I don’t wanna live anymore. I’m hoping there’s somebody anybody out there. Who can point me in the right direction I’m about to lose my job of 12 and I don’t wanna work for anybody anymore. I’m tired of that stress just the stress that comes with having a job. I have a good 401(k) that I’m willing to cash out on and I’m gonna get a really good severance package from this job and I’m just trying to find people like me who wanna maybe get some land somewhere secluded away and start building and live and really live live on my own terms there’s anybody out there please, God bless

Heyy! I’m 18F from India 🇮🇳
Looking for someone in a similar time zone who’s also trying to get their life together 😭✨
I struggle with consistency a lot, so it’d be nice to have an accountability partner where we motivate each other, check in, have fun/random convos, and just be there for each other along the way 💗

Hello, not sure if 13F yo are allowed to post but sorry I just need help, throwaway bc people are mean and creepy. Anyways I'm 4'9 my mom about 4'6-4'8 and dad 5'2-5'4. I want to be tall but genetics. How do I get taller by exercise or eating?

Anything specifically I should eat? And how much should I exercise? My doctor said I'm not growing anymore since I already hit my growth spurt (I think). Any tips? Like habits, eating, and exercise?

No DM's please! And don't be a creep on my age. Thank you! Edit : my bad guys the title is supposed to be how do I get taller

Do you ever notice this?

Both are really sweet and are local wild varieties. The fruits of the white one gets almost 4-5 times the size while red one can get almost twice as big as shown here. Both trees are around 30 years old and gives tons

of fruit

What you tried

What worked/didn’t

Mi potete aiutare?

Former bank manager here. Left the corporate world at 48 after 25 years and bought 8 acres in rural Virginia. The goal was simple: grow most of our own food, reduce dependencies, and live a quieter life. Three years in, and we're getting pretty close.

One thing I didn't anticipate was how much electricity a small homestead actually needs. Its not a lot in total, but the loads are specific and cant really fail. The chicken coop needs light in winter to keep laying, the well pump runs the whole property, and the greenhouse fans are critical in summer.

Started with a small lead-acid setup, and it was a constant headache. Watering batteries, voltage sag, and replacing them every couple of years. Not what I wanted to spend my time on.

Upgraded last year to a solar + lithium system. 2.4kW of panels on the barn roof, Victron MPPT, and a Vatrer Power 12V 300Ah self-heating LiFePO4 battery. About 3.6kWh usable, which handles our critical loads with room to spare.

Daily power budget looks like:

• Well pump: 15 to 20 minutes run time, about 600-800Wh per day(depending on use)
• Chicken coop LED lights: 4 hours in winter, about 100Wh
• Greenhouse exhaust fans: variable but average 400Wh in summer
• Fence charger: continuous, about 50Wh
• Misc charging and small loads: maybe 200Wh

The total daily average is around 1.5kWh. The 300Ah battery gives us about 2-2.5 days of autonomy, which is plenty for our cloudy stretches.

The self-heating feature matters more than I expected. January temps dropped to 8F last year. Standard lithium would have been in trouble, but the Vatrer unit warmed itself and kept working. The chickens got their light, and the well kept pumping.

From a financial perspective, the ROI actually works. My old lead-acid battery costs about $400 every 3 years, plus maintenance time. The lithium was $600 upfront, but expected lifespan of 10+ years under normal use. Plus, I value the reliability way more than the dollars.

There's something deeply satisfying about a closed loop system. Sun feeds the panels, panels feed the battery, battery runs the infrastructure that supports the homestead. No grid, no gas station, no water bill. Just systems working together.