The endless quest for self reliance....
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Thanks all for the kind words 
It is a nice feeling looking at that - akin to seeing the log shed full I suppose - sort of "come on Winter - bring it on
Of course its at its best now, we are just finishing up the harvesting and preserving part of the year, so the shelves are groaning. By the end of Spring it will be slim pickings indeed - but we will start again then!
There is of course much more to do. I really must get the cheese making underway soon
It is a nice feeling looking at that - akin to seeing the log shed full I suppose - sort of "come on Winter - bring it on Of course its at its best now, we are just finishing up the harvesting and preserving part of the year, so the shelves are groaning. By the end of Spring it will be slim pickings indeed - but we will start again then!
There is of course much more to do. I really must get the cheese making underway soon
I can't do cheese making .... yet. But I will be able to. I have a plan.....and it is cunning
Learning to do all this stuff is so much fun that it really isn't "work"
Learning to do all this stuff is so much fun that it really isn't "work"
(Oh yeah - here is the first shelving unit...varnish is still drying on the second one.
Did you crush your own beetles to make the varnish?
Nope - but I am playing with resin and wax based varnishes and glues at the moment. The glues especially are fascinating - playing with the wax to resin ratios really affects hardness and plasticity. Not got onto hide and hoof glues yet. Varnish is one of those things thats actually pretty simple to make from scratch.
I have my grandfathers old 'glue pot' I used to watch my father make glues in it for use around the garden and think, "thats daft" you could just buy some glue" oh how we learn as the years pass.
Welcome back MW, sorry to hear about your troubles, lets see some trip reports soon.
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