I haven’t posted much here lately. My job was taking most of my free time. But, that’s over with, because starting Monday I’ll be at a different job! And this one will let me telecommute!!!
On the garden front: I’m still threshing out sunflowers. I have it down to 3 grocery bags now, when I’m done threshing it will probably all fit in one, but it’ll be a heavy one. Then I get to figure out how to shell all those seeds, oh boy!
I also harvested 2 bags of wild amaranth and one of lambsquarters seed. Lambsquarters is essentially wild quinoa, they’ll even cross if you plant them too close. Those are both next on my threshing list.
I baked up 2 pumpkins this week, one from each plant. One had yucky-tasting flesh and small, fibrous seeds, although the seeds were still hull-less. The other had sweet flesh and big, tender seeds, also hull-less. I think I’m seeing some progress here!
Later today I’ll be looking at a tractor on the other side of town. Someone’s offering a lawn tractor with tiller attachment, and it’s in my price range. I don’t like how top-heavy it is, but I think I can figure out how to attach weights so it can handle my hill. At the very least, it’s a start.
I had a shot at a freeze-dryer this week, but was outbid at the last minute by one dollar! The last time the university auctioned off a freeze dryer, it had several in succession, so you can bet I’ll be watching them closely.
Ok, I think I’ve rambled enough.
Contact a local distributor or the machine , and see what they reccomend for a "roll bar" protection .
Perhaps you can fabricate your own out of metal plumbing supplies in the hardware store at less cost.
Do you know a welding supply house - perhaps they can reccomend someone .. ?
The other choice for adding weight is through 'wheel weights' which are attached to the wheel hub by bolts.
If you want the weight more permanently mounted, depending on usage ,
I had my wheels on a semi-large homesteading tractor (Ford 8N) 'loaded' with calcium .
Congratulations on the new job, and the harvests. I think people who get to work from home are lucky. However, one drawback is that sometimes it’s hard to feel like you are off the job, and the family could sometimes be a problem, thinking that they could just barge in any old time.