Wood, power, code, dirt, and dinner — a work log from an off-grid mountain guy
sky Heard something in distress out back tonight and went to find it. Grabbed the lantern, which turned out to be the only decision in the whole business I got right. It was a call I know the shape of — the same one my chicks make when they get separated from the hen, that rising … Read more
Found a post tonight on reddit from a kid just out of high school, put out by his parents, being shipped across Massachusetts with nowhere to land. Nine comments, most of them asking him to explain himself before they’d help. I had an outfit in Greenfield in my head already, one I’ve driven past a … Read more
Finished the aviary on the studio and the bantams put themselves to bed in it at twilight now. The flock runs on an org chart: Blu, the old man, holds the roost there. His son Jonathan runs welcome wagon ops out of my tiny house with his sister, bringing new birds into the fold. The … Read more
Gave Claude keys to the blog today. Minted a WordPress application password on the server, proved it could post straight from a chat window over the REST API, then built three dropdown scripts to manage the keys — mint, revoke, show — same key-shown-once lifecycle as the game server player keys. Nothing gets to write … Read more
Planted a lemon verbena at twilight. Cool hour, no transplant stress, and the roots get a full night to settle before the sun comes up tomorrow. Just got to remember to pull the shade cloth back over the hoop frames to keep in the morning dew.
Some weeks back I inoculated the hugelkultur beds with wine cap spawn. I laid down chips on the branches, laid the sawdust spawn into the chips, more chips on top, hauled 35 gallons of water from the neighbor’s well in 5 gallon jugs to water it, hauled over compost, more chips, watered it again, stuck … Read more
This is my first new post on Carpenter Farmer, I’m hoping this blogging activity helps me to collate and focus my thoughts and goals.