Over the long weekend we set up our biogas generator from Homebiogas. It is the Homebiogas 4.0 model. It has a 700 gallon digestion chamber and holds 317 gallons of biogas. There is 325 pounds of sand on top to pressurize the gas, which will be used for cooking initially. I just added 50 gallons of pig manure slurry today to activate it. Making pig manure slurry is one of those tasks you want to keep your mouth closed for! The main feedstock will be pig manure. The effluent will be gravity fed to composing worm beds. The one eye opening thing for me is the gas production. According to the manual it can make 7.5 kWh of energy per day, so it would take 2 1/2 weeks to produce the amount of energy in one 20 lb propane tank. Fossil fuels embody so much energy! #grownostr #biogas #permaculture

Some kids memorize better through movement, especially the younger kids. My wife made these sticks for the kids to randomly pick actions to perform while repeating memory work. Interestingly, they memorize better with cross- body movements, like cross-punches across their bodies. #grownostr #homeschool

Bookmarks for the parents of 4 and 5 year olds in my son's homeschool group. We follow a classical model of education with three phases: Grammar, Dialectic, and Rhetoric. The 4 and 5 year olds are working on the Grammar phase with its 5 Core Habits. #grownostr #homeschool

Making memory cards for preschoolers. They are designed for pre-readers to assist them in memorizing the history sentences. There is a song that goes along with the cards. #grownostr #homeschool

Proof-of-homeschool-dad: Cutting out a map of the states in the United States for the homeschooling group, to help out my wife who is the tutor. The kids will memorize the states and capitals this year. Tomorrow is the first day they meet. #grownostr #homeschool

I'm looking to launch some of my soil amendments for sale on Amazon, starting with charged biochar. I'm looking for opinions or constructive criticism on these label designs. The white labels are prototypes. I'm planning on a brown craft paper. I'm also going to have a QR code to my website for further info. Thanks in advance for any opinions! I appreciate it.

Tonight's Carnivore fare: NY Strip steak Grass fed butter Cretons Pork Spread Zero carb yellow mustard. #grownostr #carnivore

I've been reading Fertility from the Ocean Deep over the past few days. Right in the beginning of the book they discuss something that has reminded me of the struggle for truth in our world these past few years. We have probably all learned about Louis Pasteur in school... how he discovered germs and that they contaminate everything and how we need to kill them to make our food safe. Well... I didn't know also at that time was a guy by the name Antoine Beauchamp who argued that micro organisms in natural foods are an important component of what we eat and necessary for health. But the majority and the policy went to Pasteur and we ended up with did that had "food" that had been made devoid of life and dead soils in our quest to "purify" everything. Microorganisms are necessary for life. I was also thinking of the parallels for command vs. market economies. It's about man wanting central control vs. nature and God's system design and plans. #grownostr #permaculture

Blackberry crop in Western NY State. A few more weeks! The variety is Triple Crown. #permaculture #grownostr

We raise about 100 rainbow ranger meat birds every year. This year I'm trying to brood them without any supplemental heat, no heat lamps or anything. It's been getting down to the 60's at night, but they have been totally ok in the barn on rotted wood chips without any heat. Completely off script from what the books tell you to do, but no issues with this number of birds. I'm feeding non gmo 22% protien chick starter, water with terraganix EM1 probiotic to develop good digestive systems. #grownostr #homesteading #chickens

I'm in New York State and trying to get some #bitcoin on the #lightning network. I've tried multiple ways to do this but every way ends in the provider not being able to do this in NY State (on the up and up). I gave up. I've recently been talking with people interested in #bitcoin and wanted to just send them some on the lightning network to keep them interested but keep hitting walls. Does anyone have ideas on how to do this? This is the most frustrating thing.

After a long day in the fiat mines, it was time to mine some worm castings: