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Pear and peanut water kefir 😋😋😋

Pear and peanut water kefir 😋😋😋

Pear and peanut water kefir 😋😋😋 A quick shot before it's too late. #waterkefirdrink

Today we have a better photo of our water kefir: Apple and cinnamon flavored

Today we have a better photo of our water kefir: Apple and cinnamon flavored

Today we have a better photo of our water kefir: Apple and cinnamon flavored. #waterkefir #homesteadportugal

Mixed another batch of compost: coffee grounds, manure, and bedding from the duck coops

Mixed another batch of compost: coffee grounds, manure, and bedding from the duck coops

Mixed another batch of compost: coffee grounds, manure, and bedding from the duck coops. It might not have enough volume for quick composting, so we'll likely add some grass clippings or similar biomass. #compost

Bummer

Bummer. This photo is awful. But this is water kefir with pear and it was super tasty and healthy. It feels good to have homemade kefir back on our menu, with improvised flavours. #waterkefir

Morning walks 😊🔆

Morning walks 😊🔆

Morning walks 😊🔆

Turning the compost and mixing in biochar

Turning the compost and mixing in biochar

Turning the compost and mixing in biochar. The char is not compostable material but it's going in to get inoculated with microorganisms. It might slow down the composting process a bit but there's no hurry. The modular compost bin continues to be very handy but it&

Crushing and hauling biochar out of the pit

Crushing and hauling biochar out of the pit

Crushing and hauling biochar out of the pit. It's the first time so there's probably some optimization to be done. For now I just used the shovel to smash the char while in the bucket every three shovelfuls or so. Yield: two full wheelbarrow loads of

Soaking eucalyptus logs inoculated with shiitake plugs last year

Soaking eucalyptus logs inoculated with shiitake plugs last year

Soaking eucalyptus logs inoculated with shiitake plugs last year. This should hopefully induce fruiting, if the mycelium developed well. #shiitake #eucalyptus

Made biochar for the first time in the cone pit kiln

Made biochar for the first time in the cone pit kiln

Made biochar for the first time in the cone pit kiln. It seemed to work well. The char is still in the pit for now. #biochar #conekiln

Large European garden spider bothered by my work mixing the compost

Large European garden spider bothered by my work mixing the compost

Large European garden spider bothered by my work mixing the compost. #spider #europeangardenspider

Mixed a batch of compost in the modular bin

Mixed a batch of compost in the modular bin

Mixed a batch of compost in the modular bin. It was full of kitchen waste and weeds from the past couple months. We've started using the center load bin for kitchen stuff now, so it was time to cook this material. Also added a wheelbarrow of mystery manure

New feral kittens dropped

New feral kittens dropped

New feral kittens dropped. This one was lost next to the duckling food in the nursery. Luckily mama duck left it alone. #kitten

The ducks observing irrigation pipe repair work

The ducks observing irrigation pipe repair work

The ducks observing irrigation pipe repair work. I was cleaning around the duck coops with a hand sickle so I don't damage the many sensitive things around. However, the sickle had other plans and landed a good hit on the pressurized water mainline. At least it wasn'

Mowing between the rows in the comfrey patch

Mowing between the rows in the comfrey patch

Mowing between the rows in the comfrey patch. #mowing #comfreypatch

The geese enjoying their fresh strip of grass

The geese enjoying their fresh strip of grass. #geese #pasture #rotationalgrazing #yummy Your browser does not support the video tag.

Fresh grass for the birds

Fresh grass for the birds

Fresh grass for the birds. #rotationalgrazing #pasture

Cleaning: fence lines for the birds, jungly growth in what used to be poor soil, access paths through the berry world

Cleaning: fence lines for the birds, jungly growth in what used to be poor soil, access paths through the berry world

Cleaning: fence lines for the birds, jungly growth in what used to be poor soil, access paths through the berry world. #cleaning

How to dig a biochar cone pit kiln in 3 easy steps:

How to dig a biochar cone pit kiln in 3 easy steps:

How to dig a biochar cone pit kiln in 3 easy steps: 1. Mark a circle on the ground 2. Dog a small trench inside the circle 3. Dig the rest of the f%#@ing hole E já está! 😅 #biochar #pitkiln #conekiln

Upgraded fireplace area, ready to be used

Upgraded fireplace area, ready to be used

Upgraded fireplace area, ready to be used. Beyond cleaning around it, it's now bigger and deeper and hopefully usable to make biochar. #firepit #biochar #fireplace

First saffron flower of the year

First saffron flower of the year

First saffron flower of the year. Either it's early, or we missed all the others. #saffron #floweringplant #saffronflower

Cleaning the west swale and the area around the fireplace (hi David!)

Cleaning the west swale and the area around the fireplace (hi David!)

Cleaning the west swale and the area around the fireplace (hi David!) #cleaning

Fertilized this veggie garden bed with coffee grounds and thickly mulched it with wood chips that have been used for duck coop bedding

Fertilized this veggie garden bed with coffee grounds and thickly mulched it with wood chips that have been used for duck coop bedding

Fertilized this veggie garden bed with coffee grounds and thickly mulched it with wood chips that have been used for duck coop bedding. #veggiegarden

Mowed the lawn and cleaned/mulched some access paths to it

Mowed the lawn and cleaned/mulched some access paths to it

Mowed the lawn and cleaned/mulched some access paths to it. #lawn

The new compost bin is now active

The new compost bin is now active

The new compost bin is now active. Intended for humanure, the first load was actually a mixture of guts and bones from all the recent bird harvesting. Mixed with sawdust and generously wrapped with straw, this is a stress test for the system. Will it stink? Will it attract animals?

First (and entire 😅) apple harvest from the trees we planted!

First (and entire 😅) apple harvest from the trees we planted!

First (and entire 😅) apple harvest from the trees we planted! #harvest #apples #royalgala #reineta