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Sat 26 Oct (18m ago)

Woodchip Work and a Plywood Planter

Last Saturday I borrowed a palm router, which opened up the possibility of making grooves for drawers and such, so I go to work on cutting down my final large plywood board of 6mm thickness. It’s the thinnest board, and really just supposed to be used for



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Sat 19 Oct (18m ago)

Pivoting Plans and Making Progress

I’m off to my field this morning, I should hurry up and get there. Will do some more bean planting, not hugely excited about the effort required, but keen to try my new twister tool, which has now arrived. Let’s see how it goes…



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Sat 12 Oct (19m ago)

Jigsaws and Broad Beans

This week I have been making up for my woodworking stall the past few weeks and have gone full steam. It started with dovetail and box joint practice.



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Sat 05 Oct (19m ago)

Food Forest Planning and Oddbits

I’ve spent the week mocking out the layout, starting with around 30 trees. I have a master spreadsheet now, which I’ve made a grid out of. Each square / cell represents one square metre.



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Sat 28 Sep (19m ago)

Knitting Power and Paper Mache Trials

The week started with me hurting my back. Not exactly sure how it happened, I just woke up one morning with so much pain that I could barely move or walk around.



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Sat 21 Sep (19m ago)

Woodworking Breakthroughs and Magic Wands

This was a proper week of woodworking. The wood arrived last week Friday, and I got started on it the next day. I started sawing the massive sheets (2.4m x 1.2m) of plywood in garden. I have a handsaw and it was heavy going…



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Sat 14 Sep (20m ago)

September Setup

This week I officially finished my new blog. All the functionality is done finally! There is always tweaks and improvements, but am happy with the current state and testing is done so am happy to realise it.



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Sat 07 Sep (20m ago)

Canned Passata and Woodworking Set Up

Finally made it back HOME on Monday afternoon. I finished the third ball of wool on the Rikke jumper on the plane. I want to start making jumper tags for the back of the neck to write down the pattern and wool used written on it, potentially add it to old



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