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rev.hodl revhodl@cornychat.com 2 years ago
Haflinger draft ponies giving wagon rides; working for their hay. image We got out haflinger horses for several reasons, one to enjoy them recreationally, two as a way to increase our resilience at the homestead, and three to generate cash flow. The past several years (covid nonsense mostly) have impeded our ability to use the horses to make money but this year we were able to realize our business with the horses.
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The largest input we have at the homestead is hay, and thankfully we are able to source it locally, as close as directly across the street. The horses do a great job of converting hay into fertility we can easily utilize but it is still expensive. Now, the horses are paying for their hay with the work they do giving wagon rides and we still get use the manure they produce to feed our chickens, as well as fertilize gardens and pastures.
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We gather the manure and feed it to our chickens. They scratch and turn it, making it into compost quickly. They find fly larvae in the manure, which provides protein for them to produce high quality eggs. By eating the larvae, the fly pressure is also reduced for the horses.
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Once the chickens process the manure, we use it to grow out annual vegetables and cannabis. The year we had more compost than we could use in the gardens and we spread it on a weak pasture.
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Over time the horses have transformed from an expensive hobby to an essential system on the homestead. The produce cash flow, they have the ability to work, and the generate a nutrient flow that produces bountiful growth. #homesteading #permaculture #permies #horses #drafthorse #haflinger #selfsovereignty #meshtadel #grownostr

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rev.hodl revhodl@cornychat.com 2 years ago
Thanks! I'm sure you'll find your way to the homestear one day for one reason or another to see it in action. Things are in good shape for the most part but with so many moving parts and irons in the fire there is always something broken waiting to be fixed and piles of materials leftover from projects here and there.
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rev.hodl revhodl@cornychat.com 1 year ago
One year ago I recorded a podcast with @Ungovernable Misfits talking permaculture and bitcoin in general. This clip is a good summary of my high level thoughts on Permaculture and Bitcoin and was basically the ideal I was working towards throughout the year. View quoted note → The podcast as a whole provides a good reference point for a lot of what has happened on the homestead over the last year. I'm not sure why I thought to detail so many of my plans for the year, maybe hold myself accountable. All in all, I was able to accomplish almost everything I mentioned throughout the podcast in the last year. Take a listen and check out this year in review mega note. February was defined by maple syrup production, the threads aren't as cohesive as I was still learning Nostr and developing my style. View quoted note → March the highlight was working on the 20ft tiny house, still haven't quite figured out Nostr. View quoted note → April was marked the completion of the Bitcoin mining dehydrator, one of highlights of the whole year for the homestead. View quoted note → May was the sweet spot of sunlight and waning colder temperatures which lead to lots of pleb mining at the homestead. The solar power was flowing and the dehydrator was constantly loaded. The cold frame was growing cannabis and the portable S9 space heater was saving lambs from hypothermia. View quoted note → June the sheep were grazing the pasture at it's finest and the yurt was booked solid with guests View quoted note → July the bitcoin mining clothes dryer was completed in the peak of the summer tourist season. A project I have been thinking about and working towards for over 6 months. View quoted note → August I made my second appearance on the Bitcoin Rapidfire podcast talking about mining on the homestead. View quoted note → September the food forest ripening and cannabis colas were forming. View quoted note → View quoted note → October the sheep were finishing out the season strong making for some of our best lamb we've grown. View quoted note → November we rounded out a great year with the horses after finally realizing our goal of using them for carriage tours. View quoted note → December I spent spreading the word of the intersection of Bitcoin and Permaculture on the @Tokyo Citadel, @QW, and @Frog Talk 🐸 View quoted note →
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Plebchain Radio • PCR38 - RevHodl - Pioneering Your Own Backyard • Listen on Fountain
QW & Avi with Corndalorian from Nostr Report discuss Permaculture, Homesteading, Local / Regional Bitcoin Meetups and how Nostr Unlocks a New Avenu...
 What a wild year, it's been all that more amazing to share it with everyone on Nostr. Permaculture, Bitcoin, and Nostr is facilitating a new permanent culture in which we are all building together! #permaculture #permies #homesteading #bitcoin #meshtadel #bitcoinmining #plebminer #foodforest #weedstr #cannabis #rotationalgrazing #yurt #grownostr
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rev.hodl revhodl@cornychat.com 1 year ago
Hay delivery! image Hay delivery day! This hay should last our horses several months. As they eat it they turn the hay into fertilizer in the form of manure. We give our chickens access to the manure, which they scratch through eating fly larvae, reducing the fly pressure on the horses. Free food for them, and the action of their scratching turns the manure helping to compost it. I use the finished compost to grow our vegetables, subsistence crops, and cannabis. Hay is one of the most expensive inputs at the homestead but it's so much more than just food for horses. #permies #permaculture #homesteading #meshtadel #grownostr #stackingfunctions #producenowaste
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Haflinger draft ponies giving wagon rides; working for their hay. image We got out haflinger horses for several reasons, one to enjoy them recreationally, two as a way to increase our resilience at the homestead, and three to generate cash flow. The past several years (covid nonsense mostly) have impeded our ability to use the horses to make money but this year we were able to realize our business with the horses.
image image
The largest input we have at the homestead is hay, and thankfully we are able to source it locally, as close as directly across the street. The horses do a great job of converting hay into fertility we can easily utilize but it is still expensive. Now, the horses are paying for their hay with the work they do giving wagon rides and we still get use the manure they produce to feed our chickens, as well as fertilize gardens and pastures.
image image
We gather the manure and feed it to our chickens. They scratch and turn it, making it into compost quickly. They find fly larvae in the manure, which provides protein for them to produce high quality eggs. By eating the larvae, the fly pressure is also reduced for the horses.
image image
Once the chickens process the manure, we use it to grow out annual vegetables and cannabis. The year we had more compost than we could use in the gardens and we spread it on a weak pasture.
image image
Over time the horses have transformed from an expensive hobby to an essential system on the homestead. The produce cash flow, they have the ability to work, and the generate a nutrient flow that produces bountiful growth. #homesteading #permaculture #permies #horses #drafthorse #haflinger #selfsovereignty #meshtadel #grownostr
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