3/ thanks, man! thing is, writing a farm book is kinda like vacation, and writing Aristillus books is VERY VERY HARD WORK. I need to charge up to take a run at that brick wall. https://twitter.com/Haunt_Fox/status/983795368512053248 …
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4/ this is how writing Ari stuff is for me:pic.twitter.com/IJsK1i28Yn
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5/ topics farming book (BAP !) touches on so far: wells pumps filters oil heat propane heat wood heat boilers stacking firewood tarps tractors (cat 1 vs 2 vs 3, front end loaders, front end loader accessories such as bucket forks, debris forks, root rippers) logging chains
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6/ it just goes on and on and on and on There is SO DAMNED MUCH I've been forced (by some a-hole named "me") to learn over the last four years. When I started this I was hoping I could hit 30,000 words for a nice pamphlet. Now I'm hoping to keep it to one volume.
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7/ Hit about 11,000 words (~44 pages). Fried. Back at it tomorrow!
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8/ Hit 17,000 words (68 pages) in the farm book. Woof! The information just spills out, hour after hour. I've got opinions on: log splitters, disc harrows, chainsaw chaps, felling wedges, splitting wedges, fence post pounders, PTO shafts and how to trim them, grease guns...
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9/ Another 4,000 words. An intro explaining different paths / scenarios you might choose ("suburban home, but in the country", "garden and chickens", "market gardener", "homesteader"), and the different lifestyles these entail and what tools you'll need.
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10/ Much info on riding mowers, zero turn mowers, ATVs, gators, the differences between them, where each shines, and typical prices. Discussion of the accessories available for each. Essay on what country people are like, zoning, noise ordinances, how not to be a city a-hole.
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11/ OK, wrapping things up. 21,408 words (85 pages) written over the last few days.
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12/ Another 5,000 words on the farm book. Now up to 26,329 words (105 pages). Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about * electrical fence wiring (PN vs regular) * T posts * methods of driving T posts - manual vs pneumatic vs gasoline vs tractor vs... * fences
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13/ gates cattle guards plowing fields no-till planting planting vs seeding seed drills vs broadcast Jethro Tull Jethro Tull (the other one) what's a skid steer renting a Rock Hound stones utility trailers steps in preparing a field definitions - field vs pasture ancient Greek
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