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goldenoakfarm (73)Soil Feederin HiveGarden • yesterday
House Plant Care - February 3, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
On Friday I only had my helper friend. My general helper begged off as I must have worn her out on Thursday. I set up a cool place for my helper friend to work on hanging plants…
$7.34
Pending payout amount: $7.34
Breakdown: 3.67 HBD, 7.91 HP
Payout in 6 days
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 2 days ago
A Better Day - February 2, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
On Thursday my general helper was here. She finished the inventory while I was finishing breakfast and getting dressed. I got up late at 5:30AM so was running late. I had…
$2.90
Pending payout amount: $2.90
Breakdown: 1.45 HBD, 3.12 HP
Payout in 5 days
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 3 days ago
Half Your Wood - February 1, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
After a pretty bad night, I wasn’t up to much, but wasn’t, surprisingly, too brainfogged. I managed to get the formula for the Big garden amendment mix done in the morning.…
$2.39
Pending payout amount: $2.39
Breakdown: 1.20 HBD, 2.58 HP
Payout in 4 days
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 4 days ago
This and That - January 31, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
Amaryllis: 2nd flowering bud and the new one is growing well On Tuesday my helper friend got here about 9:30AM. The choice was cutting down tall dead stuff in the Fence…
$3.36
Pending payout amount: $3.36
Breakdown: 1.68 HBD, 3.62 HP
Payout in 3 days
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 5 days ago
Improving, Maybe - January 28 & 29, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
I’ve spent most of Sunday and Monday recovering from being so busy on Friday and Saturday. Mostly on the couch watching Call the Midwife. The last of the scabs fell off on…
$1.67
Pending payout amount: $1.67
Breakdown: 0.83 HBD, 1.80 HP
Payout in 2 days
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goldenoakfarm (73)in Build-It • 7 days ago
Back Wall Done - January 28, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
On Saturday afternoon the contractor was back. We had moved the furniture in the dining room to put pressure shims between the wall and the flooring to try to slow the cracks…
$1.85
Past Payouts $1.85
- Author $0.93
- Curators $0.92
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goldenoakfarm (73)Soil Feederin HiveGarden • 7 days ago
Amendment Inventory - January 28, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
Saturday morning the last thing I wanted to do was clean out the trash shed, but needs, must…. So I got busy at 10AM when it had warmed up some. We had some sun and it was to be…
$8.36
Past Payouts $8.36
- Author $4.24
- Curators $4.12
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 7 days ago
Almost Done - January 27, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
On Friday my general helper was here and my helper friend. My helper friend did shopping and vacuuming. My general helper and I first fed all the house plants then we started on…
$0.99
Past Payouts $0.99
- Author $0.50
- Curators $0.49
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goldenoakfarm (73)in Build-It • 9 days ago
One More Done - January 25, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
The contractor and I had wondered if cracks would appear elsewhere in the floor once the masonry heater was going. They did, in the dining room. We’ve taped them to keep dirt…
$2.59
Past Payouts $2.59
- Author $1.30
- Curators $1.29
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 9 days ago
5 Years! Where Did the Time Go?
When I started blogging on January 23, 2018 I knew I wanted to post every day and had laid out 3 months of post topics. I had no idea I would continue for this long, still…
$3.65
Past Payouts $3.65
- Author $1.83
- Curators $1.82
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goldenoakfarm (73)Soil Feederin HiveGarden • 10 days ago
A Bud - January 25, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
I’ve not accomplished much in the last few days. My helper came to take me out for errands on Wednesday morning. We’d gotten back around 11AM and she was commenting on how stuff…
$2.44
Past Payouts $2.44
- Author $1.22
- Curators $1.21
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 12 days ago
It’s White - January 23, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
It started snowing around 9AM on Monday and soon there were lots of big snowflakes. During the night there had been snow but it was too warm and there was slushy snow…
$2.23
Past Payouts $2.23
- Author $1.12
- Curators $1.11
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goldenoakfarm (73)in Build-It • 13 days ago
A Little More Done - January 22, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
The contractor was here on Sunday afternoon. We looked at the dining room floor and talked about how to fix it. The new plan is to put some sort of a spring between the wall and…
$1.81
Past Payouts $1.81
- Author $0.91
- Curators $0.90
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goldenoakfarm (73)Soil Feederin HiveGarden • 13 days ago
Around the Farm Before the Storm - January 22, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
On Saturday morning we’d gotten a dusting of snow. But by Sunday morning it was nearly all gone. @riverflows had asked for garden photos, so I set out on Sunday morning…
$8.77
Past Payouts $8.77
- Author $4.40
- Curators $4.37
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 13 days ago
The Weekend - January 21 & 22, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
It snowed some on Saturday and I spent the whole day repairing the 18 strands of mini lights from the big Christmas tree and putting them away. I had some strings from 2019…
$1.96
Past Payouts $1.96
- Author $0.99
- Curators $0.98
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 15 days ago
Not as Planned - January 20, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
When the Berkey water filter gets low, I tip it some to try to get as much of the old water out of it as I can before refilling. I’ve been doing this since we bought it in…
$8.34
Past Payouts $8.34
- Author $4.22
- Curators $4.12
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goldenoakfarm (73)in Build-It • 16 days ago
A Bit More Progress - January 19, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
On Thursday the contractor was here and he planned to shellac the 2 new handrails in between working in the root cellar. He got them sanded and the first coat on, then set about…
$10.11
Past Payouts $10.11
- Author $5.07
- Curators $5.04
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 16 days ago
One Down, One To Go - January 19, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
Wednesday was another bad day, nuff said there. Thursday my general helper was here and the goal was to get the big Christmas tree down. We won! My dining room has been…
$1.62
Past Payouts $1.62
- Author $0.81
- Curators $0.81
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 18 days ago
Sunny Birthday - January 17, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
I woke up around 6AM, slept pretty well after my day out on Monday. The sun was out, something we’ve not seen a lot of this winter. There was still some snow left but most of it…
$1.20
Past Payouts $1.20
- Author $0.60
- Curators $0.60
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goldenoakfarm (73)in #homesteading • 19 days ago
The Outing - January 16, 2023 @goldenoakfarm
On Monday morning when I pulled the shades up, I got an unexpected surprise. We’d gotten a couple inches of snow. I’d had a bad night and not woken up until 8AM. I prefer to…
$3.06
Past Payouts $3.06
- Author $1.53
- Curators $1.53
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