Your civilization has discovered vertical gardening. +3 to food production. It’s a beautiful day but wasn’t it snowing last weekend? #yamhill #yamhillvalley #gardening #tinktube #emtconduit #grownostr #permaculture

In the last run up to a BTC all time high, I was excited to watch my “investment” grow. As the price climbs now, the pit in my stomach is instead wondering if I have stacked enough sats and if I’m ready for the price to rise. Have I best taken advantage of the opportunities made available to me to secure my wealth? Strike sits silently in the background with my hourly DCA. It doesn’t care. #stacksats #preservewealth #bitcoin

I want to heat a cargo trailer to keep my supplies from freezing, maybe make it warm enough to work in. It’s got to be electric to be left on and unattended. If I'm just burning watts, perhaps I should put them to good use at the same time and mine some bitcoin. Anyone have recommendations for a mining rig for such a purpose? I probably have 3000 Watts to play with, but I also need the abilty to ramp down when running my compressor. Is there a setup that can sense power demand and throttle back before the circuit breaker trips? (circuit breakers being thermally driven, I know there is some time lag there). #bitcoin #mining

First blower door test. How did that result happen?!? That’s Passive House level! Certainly well above my target of “better than we used to build” This is our 2nd new construction using Zip-R sheathing and trying to build an air-tight enclosure. It is our first blower door test except trying it on our own homes. 7ACH on the 1990s construction, 17ACH on the 1912 house. I’ve double checked the volume numbers of 36723 cuft which is the biggest determiner of the ACH number. We were blowing 350 CFM to hit our 50PA so we do seem on the right order. Caveats to the test. We sealed all duct penetrations at the exterior duct terminus (makeup air, laundry, HRV). Not all of these are hooked up yet so the eventual dampers may not have been ready. Once HVAC rough-in is complete we will retest and sealing the interior of laundry vents or undampered fresh air intakes. But otherwise allow air leakage through exterior connected ducting to occur. Also electrical and hose bibb penetrations are not yet complete. This is monopoly framing. Fully encapsulated crawl and attic space. 18 sq in. Equivalent hole @ 4 Pa. #newconstruction #construction #generalcontractor #investorlab #realestateinvestor #keepthecraftalive #yamhillvalley #framing #buildingscience #blowerdoor #carltonoregon #passivehouse

“Debt-fueled mass consumption is as much a normal part of capitalism as asphyxiation is a normal part of respiration.” — Saifedean Ammous What a mess Keynes has made of our world. Adjust your time preference and restore valuing things other than consumption in your own life. Seemed like a timely quote to come across in my reading tonight. Merry Christmas.

From the Oregon Dept. of Justice today: “A new Oregon requirement … takes effect on January 1, 2024. … We will send additional information about how you can begin complying with the new law in the spring of 2024.” So helpful, we’ll tell you how to comply 5 months after the law takes effect. Why bother? Just take your new law print it out on tissue paper on a 4” roll and we’ll use it for all its worth! I should add TP to my shopping list…

Took the gator out to the back field and spent 10 min picking the plums I could reach from the ground. I could bring a ladder back, or spend more time, but do I need a bigger haul for 2023? Time for some lamb and plum couscous for dinner, some for munching on and the rest to turn into prunes. Also, have I mentioned my jobsite in Carlton has a plum tree? Been munching everyday. #foodforest #permaculture #yamhillcounty #yamhillvalley #homesteadlife #grownostr Poor Felix got attacked by a blackberry in his mane.

Hiding out in the shade waiting for the next panel to be cut. There’s a nice breeze to keep cool. Not to much to blow the panels about but really obnoxious when stapling paper. Great scaffolding from @safetyhoistcompany too. Heard about it recently and it’s awesome for handling a 12:12 roof like this. So glad I’m not nailing shingles at this pitch though. #realestateinvestor #renovation #rehab #remodel #homerenovation #homeremodel #construction #generalcontractor #houseremodel #investorlab #keepthecraftalive #yamhillvalley #grownostr

Happy Death to Tyrants Day! Processing 2 ducks in celebration #grownostr #permaculture #muscovy

When I’m not building stuff… sailing on Hagg Lake made for a lovely afternoon. #grownostr #sailing #yamhillcounty