Here's an old barn still hanging on until time and nature reclaim it. Polk County, Missouri. #ruralruins #grownostr #getoutside

It seems spring has arrived. Several calves on the ground already. #grownostr #farmstr #getoutside

It is my firm belief that every man needs a big rock in the woods upon which to sit and contemplate while watching the sun set or the creek flow, perhaps with a pipe and some good tobacco, and that a large part of what is wrong with the world is because so many men forgot this fact, or never learned it in the first place. This is my big rock, complete with some moss padding and a grape vine to lean my haversack against, and I found a golf ball while walking to it. #grownostr #getoutside #pipestr #knifestr

Abandoned house, St Clair County, Missouri #ruralruins #grownostr

Rainy Saturday afternoon activities: A little old-school scifi-fantasy paired with the scent of black Cavendish #grownostr #pipestr #bookstr #knifestr

Good morning Here's my snow-day leather project: a new sheath for my ESEE Izula #gm #proofofwork #knifestr #edc #leather #makeyourownshit

Had a busy week, and a productive Saturday. Now it's time for some relaxation and a pipe. Blend is Bombadil from Just for Him smoked in a Cristiano straight billiard. Tonight, I'm pairing my tobacco with some atmospheric black metal. Giving Grima's Nightside album a listen and quite enjoying it. #pipestr #metal #grownostr

Today is JRR Tolkien's birthday. Don't forget to smoke a bowl of Capstan Blue and reread some of your favorite passages of Middle Earth lore in honor of the Professor. #tolkien #pipestr #grownostr

Another Meshtastic node deployed. Rak board with an 8 dbi antenna #meshtastic #grownostr

Good morning I'm starting off Christmas Eve at 5am in the shop finishing up my gifts with some leather stitching and mesh radio assembly. #grownostr #gm #leather #meshtastic #makeyourownshit

Old barn in the woods. Polk County, Missouri #ruralruins #grownostr #getoutside

Today, we're going to learn about one of my favorite obscure tools. This is a hookaroon. It's used for moving firewood. It allows me to stick a piece of wood and pick it up off the ground without bending over. It's great for dragging logs or branches. I've also found it to be quite useful for demo work like stripping out drywall and pulling up subflooring. With just a little creativity, I'm sure you can imagine how useful it could be as a breaching tool or improvised weapon. It's basically a backwoods war hammer. It's definitely one of the things I would grab in case of a zombie apocalypse. #grownostr #obscuretools #hookaroon #getoutside

Working in the woods today. It's 14° F. Good morning for a fire. Now that deer season is over, it's time for some high-impact woods activities. I have several dead and fallen tree clean up and process into firewood. #grownostr #proofofwork #fire #getoutside #knifestr

Some people go shopping on black Friday. We go coon hunting. We've got some friends that keep coon dogs and, at least once a year, we invite them to hunt in our woods. The dogs treed this big boar coon right away. We then treed two sets of doubles and ended the night with 5 coons in the truck. #huntstr #grownostr #getoutside

I passed up a buck on opening day, and then had several days without having a shot at anything. Then this guy walked through this morning. 8 point, taken with a Marlin 30-30 #huntstr #grownostr #gunstr #getoutside

Fiat mining activities for this week: Wastewater system install 1000 gallon septic tank, 1000 gallon pump tank, flowing out to 400 feet of low-profile chambers Completed the job before the rain arrived, passed county inspection, and the homeowner was thoroughly impressed with our skill and efficiency. Now I'm going to give myself a day off to go deer hunting. #proofofwork #skilledtrades #grownostr #soil

I bought the dip, and I just shot the possum that's been eating my eggs for last two and a half weeks. Today was a good day.

Backcountry trips are better with reliable gear. Here's some of the stuff I used on the mountain. Homemade leather haversack Ka-Bar Becker BK-10 Sleep set up: Klymit insulated pad, Warbonnet custom down 20° top-quilt Homemade bamboo trekking poles Titanium cup, alcohol stove Carried it all on my heavily modified Eberlestock pack frame #getoutside #grownostr #huntstr #knifestr

Just returned from a week in the mountains, hunting and camping. walked several miles with a thirty pound pack, cooked over fire, and slept in a canvas tent. No internet, only used my phone to look at maps and send lora messages. Have I missed anything while I was away? #huntstr #grownostr #getoutside

Preparation for my backcountry hunting trip has begun. Comms and navigation Garmin inReach for GPS and satellite messaging. Meshtastic devices for each member of the hunting group for short range messaging and backup GPS. Also put together a solar relay we can stash at a high elevation. #grownostr #huntstr #meshtastic #getoutside