The elderberry flowers are enchanting the homestead with wonderful aromas and the food forest is producing yield after yield! Strawberries are done and the jam is made, now raspberries are in full swing with peaches on the way along with gooseberries. Going to harvest the garlic in a couple weeks, and probably start getting the first plums. The food forest has a neverending flow of produce all summer into fall. #permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #foodforest #perennial #raspberry #elderberry #peaches

I had a realization today about the concept of the 8 forms of capital. Based on this realization, I'm going to start calling the concept the 9 forms of capital from here on out. For as long as I've been talking about the concept I've always suggested there is a 9th form of capital which I call vital capital (mental and physical well-being) but was never sure if it actually fit. Now I'm sure that it belongs and here's why. With 9 forms of capital, three equal groups can be created, I'm calling super forms of capital. The first group is capital utilized in the physical/material world: Financial, Material, and Natural capital. The second group is the capital utilized from oneself: Intellectual, Experiencial and Vital capital. And finally the third group is capital utilized from ones relationships: Social, Cultural and Spiritual. Adding the 9th for in vital capital creates a nice balance to the concept and now capital can also be considered more broadly in "super" forms: Physical capital, Personal capital, and Relational capital. I think starting off describing the concept from the context of super forms of capital on down to very specific forms will help to solidify the understanding and better utilization of the concept. #permaculture #permies #9formsofcapital #capital #timemanagment

For breakfast I'm eating homemade sheep's milk yogurt, with homemade strawberry jam (made with honey from a local Bitcoiner). Circular ecology creates circular economy.

**Bitcoin mining air-conditioner proof of concept!** A S19 KPro running at 1400w on 110v power blows hot air past a radiator coated with wet zeolite clay inside an empty s19 enclosure. The moisture in the wet clay aggressively evaporates as the hot dry air blows past it creating a cooling effect. The cooled water from the radiator is pumped to a second radiator which absorbs heat and humidity from the air creating a cooler ambient air temperature. This is just the initial setup to see if the concept even remotely works. It's clear from a few sort tests that it is working so I'll continue to iterate on the design. #bitcoin #bitcoinmining #plebminer #homesteading #permaculture #permies #meshtadel #homemining #doublespendenergy #hash2heat #mine4heat #mining

**The Bitcoin meetup is the farmers market!** Here's what was available at the meetup last night: Coffee Eggs Duck eggs Maple syrup Strawberries Golden oyster mushrooms Yogurt Beef Lettuce mix Collagen powder Basil Cilantro Microgreens Horseradish Candles Bitcoin miner The Bitcoin meetup is the farmers market, the circular economy starts locally and for us the sats are circulating around high quality food. #bitcoin #bitcoinmeetup #meshtadel #homesteading #p2p #plebchain #circulareconony