How about a little break from fiat world craziness. Check out this old silo I found in the woods. #grownostr #getoutside #touchgrass #ruralruins

T-Minus 11 days until my hunting trip. Pretty much have my haversack items squared away. Shelter, clothing and food items will get dropped once we set up base camp, but this is my basic gear that I will always be carrying. #grownostr #outdoorgear #hunting #getoutside #edcstr

Peaceful, contemplative fall evening here tonight. Using brass, brier, and flame to summon smoke from leaf. Cornell and Diehl Awakened Elder (Latakia, Kasturi, Virginias, Burley, Perique, and Black Cavendish) In a T. Cristiano bent Dublin #grownostr #pipestr #tobacco #zippo

My #proofofwork for this evening. Moved the cattle to the next pasture. Here's a trick I use often. If your cattle are trained to electric fence, it's a psychological barrier not a physical one. Therefore, you can string up any white rope (white because I use white poly wire for temporary fencing) and use it fill a gap and funnel them where you want them to go. Like here, the lane is 20 feet wide, but the gate is only 16 feet. The rope is just loosely tied in place to create the illusion of a fence so the cattle will turn through the gate. If you aggressively pressure them and jam a whole crowd against the barrier, one will push through and the illusion will be broken, but if you let them file through at their own pace, works great. #grownostr #farmstr #beef

Best Bushcraft channel on YouTube. And a good, relaxing video to watch after a long day, in fact, probably the next best thing to going outside and touching grass yourself. #grownostr #getoutside #outdoorskills

Good morning After at least a month and a half with basically no rain, we've had about 4 inches in the last 36 hours. Several projects to get done today... But first, let the ground dry out a bit. #gm #grownostr #edcstr #farmstr

September 22nd is a fitting date to enjoy a pipe with a Middle Earth themed tobacco blend. Bombadil from Just for Him In a T. Cristiano bent Dublin #grownostr #tolkien #pipestr #tobacco #pipeandtobacco

Rainy Saturday morning project. Made a bamboo trekking pole. Materials: stick of bamboo, mule tape, copper pipe caps, bank line, clear epoxy Weight is a bit over 9 ounces (I made a pair a couple years ago, but I had a better piece of bamboo, so I'm replacing the smaller diameter one of the old pair. The dirty one pictured has been used on two backcountry hunts and performed excellent ly.) #grownostr #outdoorgear #proofofwork

Good morning Today's carry. Being prepared makes life easier. Case Sodbuster Jr carbon steel Maratac flashlight Brass Zippo #edc #edcstr #knifestr #gm #grownostr #zippo

Good morning. Moved the cows to the next pasture and ready to start the rest of my Saturday projects. #grownostr #farmstr #beef #proofofwork

Ordered an alcohol stove for my hunting trip. Came with a folding steel windscreen/pot stand. It was just an inexpensive model from Amazon, so I wasn't expecting anything spectacular. But I ended up being fairly impressed after testing it out. Boiled a can of soup in about seven minutes. Worked well enough that I grabbed the small cast iron, pulled an onion from the garden, gathered the eggs, and cooked a bit of dinner. #grownostr #getoutside #outdoorgear

Preparing my gear for a Backcountry hunting trip next month. This is about 90% of my load out. All shelter components shown. Daily carry and survival gear inside the haversack. Need to add food and extra clothing layers closer to time as the weather forecast becomes more definite. Dry bag Haversack Pack frame Down top quilt Foam pad Poncho 10 x 10 tarp Insulated inflatable pad Trash bag Wool blanket #grownostr #getoutside #hunting #edcstr #backpack #rucking