Setting out some polywire to prep the next paddock, While the cattle watch from the other side of the fence. #grownostr #beef #rotationalgrazing #regenerativeranching

Porch Swing part 3 Assembled and sealed

Porch Swing part 2 Frame and seat assembled and parts sanded. Now to start assembling back and arm railing. #grownostr #woodworking

Building a rustic porch swing from reclaimed lumber. Currently making spindles from old tobacco sticks. Combining modern and traditional techniques by using a drill with tenon cutter and my Gransfors Bruk hatchet. #grownostr #woodworking #axe

A good afternoon for #pipeandtobacco by the pond. Smoking some JM Boswell "Northwoods" from a Calabresi Italian Briar pipe. #grownostr

My proof of work for this afternoon. Planted zucchini, cucumber, watermelon, and tomatoes in a mixture of #soil #compost and #biochar Will add peppers next week. #grownostr

It's a fine spring Saturday morning here in Missouri. Time to move the cows.

#[0], This is what came to mind while listening to you speculate on plumbing in a hose bib to quench #biochar from the bottom. It works. It was a little slower than I had hoped, but I was using gravity flow from another tank. Should work better if used on a pressurized faucet. I can, however, report that the 3/4" valve is too small to effectively drain the barrel, clogs up immediately. #grownostr

Morning, Nostr friends. Off to get shit done today. Few hours at the sawmill this morning, then a yard to mow, the haul a trailer load of compost back home to prep raised beds tomorrow. #grownostr #homestead #hustle #dumptrailer

One of my many gigs is sawmilling. Here's the view from my office this morning. #grownostr #lumber #sawmill

Chicken Cheat Code I do not claim to be an expert on poultry, but I've had chickens for about a year and recently expanded our flock. I have 27 laying hens. They cost me exactly $0 to procure. Yes, free hens, you just have to know the right person. Here's how this works. If you have commercial chicken operations in your area (yes CAFOs. I'm not a fan of the corporate food structure, but, at the farm level, they are run by regular, average people who think they're doing what's best or often what they have to in order to attempt to pay off the multi-million dollar investment in the facility), get to know the farmers who own the chicken operation. Cont.

An Introduction. I am, among other things, a rancher. My wife and I operate Red Cedar Ranch, a pasture-based cow/calf operation in Cedar County, Missouri. We strive to raise healthy and profitable livestock while also improving the land. When I learned about the mission of #[0], I had to be involved. If you are in Southwest or West Central Missouri, and want to reserve a beef for next year, contact me here or find Red Cedar Ranch at The Beef Initiative site. #grownostr #beef

Results of my weekend project, making #biochar inspired by #[0] #grownostr #homesteading