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Jealousy level: maximum. The colours are absolutely stunning, gotta say.
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kastein posted:I'd be doing the same thing if I had enough land to actually take pictures of Seconded. I'm going to try and get some good pics this weekend while I'm out testing my winter hammock camping setup.
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Oct 23, 2013 05:37
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apatite posted:Hey, thanks! The thread might be a little disjointed. I applaud anyone that can make it through from the beginning at this point I made it through just last week and it's actually pretty coherent for a progress thread. I'm really impressed, I wish we had any land at all like that in Central Florida that wasn't literally a swamp for most of the year. Living in an apartment isn't really for me.
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Oct 23, 2013 06:40
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Jeherrin posted:Jealousy level: maximum. The colours are absolutely stunning, gotta say. Yes, love it.  Thanks for the update, apatite.
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Oct 23, 2013 14:34
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Hey thanks everybody! It got down to 29F (-1.6667C) last night so we started the second wood fire of the season. I was hoping to hold out until November to start burning wood regularly but that's how it goes. apatite fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Jan 7, 2016 |
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Oct 23, 2013 15:41
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apatite posted:
Yes, I have been out of touch for a while and now I have a sad tale of woe. Back in the summer, I managed to catch Lyme disease. Not at the cabin, but from going to a music festival and dancing around in the rain and sleeping in a wet tent. The girlfriend also contracted Lyme disease. At that point we were close to having enough wood cut for the winter, but didn't know what shape we would be in physically by winter. Therefore I went and bought a house that has a combination oil / wood burning heating system. No more concerns about freezing to death. We are now over the Lyme (it takes a while). However the girlfriend and I have had a bad falling out and are broken up. (Sparing you the many sordid details here.) The cabin and the land are hers (as they always were) and I am now living in a house by myself a mile away. Being a cheap house, it needs a whole lot of fixing up and I am doing as much work as I was on the cabin, ripping out carpets, redoing hardwood floors, fixing windows and dealing with mold. I am not in a cabin, but I still have an acre of land that will be garden come spring. The moral of the story, I guess, if there is one, is to be nice to your girlfriend. Or be careful about ticks. Something like that.
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Oct 23, 2013 17:35
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Actuary X posted:Yes, I have been out of touch for a while and now I have a sad tale of woe. Oh... Oh man  Sorry to hear about all of it. I've had two ticks embedded deep in my skin in the past week, so we are probably fist-bumping lyme disease bros at this point if it makes you feel any better   Glad to hear you have a positive outlook and the land to have a garden. I've started drinking tons of vitamin-d fortified milk already in an attempt to stave off the serious winter depression. It probably won't work but might help a little
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Oct 23, 2013 18:15
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apatite posted:Oh... Oh man
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Actuary X posted:I certainly hope you don't have it. If you get that bull's eye rash at the site, then you definitely have it and need to get on antibiotics right away. This. Do not pass go, do not gently caress around, go to the hospital. Fun fact! The medication they give you has a potential side effect... photosensitivity! Not vastly common though, that one.
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Jeherrin posted:This. Do not pass go, do not gently caress around, go to the hospital. Had a friend who had lyme disease. He wasn't aware he had it until he suffered a stroke due to it. No permanent damage per se, but half of his face was paralyzed/droopy for 3 months and during that three months he was on antibiotics via self-administered IVs. Fun stuff!
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The bull's eye rash (erythema chronicum migrans) can be completely absent on up to 30% of those infected with Lyme disease, or can be a different rash altogether. No need to go to the hospital, you can see your family doctor and get a course of doxycycline, which can cause some side effects like photosensitivity and GI upset, as noted, but is generally a really well tolerated medication. The really bad issues with Lyme disease come from not treating it promptly, when it can cause permanent damage to the heart and some other organs, and becomes harder to treat. It's a weird and potentially bad infection, but not something that's going to kill you quickly and is easily managed if caught in time. What ^^^^ your friend had wasn't a stroke, but was a Bell's Palsy, which is caused by inflammatory damage to the facial nerve and is a classic finding in secondary Lyme disease. The other tick-borne illness you need to watch for is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, which has been identified up in the northeast. If you have a tick bite and then develop fever, muscle aches, and a spotted rash on your wrists/palms/soles, go to a doctor right away. You can most definitely die from RMSF if it's not treated quickly.
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Be sure to check areas you rarely look at to ensure no straggler ticks are carried over. I've found on myself: between my leg and my pubes, behind the knee, behind my earlobes and on the small of my back. I only found them casually as I was rubbing these areas and found they tickled. Cedron seed tea which I posted earlier in the thread can help but its not 100% effective.
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Laminator posted:and get a course of doxycycline, which can cause some side effects like photosensitivity and GI upset, as noted, but is generally a really well tolerated medication. Ha, almost wrote something about my photosensitivity when I was on doxycycline when someone mentioned that as a side effect, but thought it'd be a really off topic post, not realize it was also used to treat Lyme disease. I had it as an anti-malarial when I was in Cambodia and Laos, but quit taking it because the side effects were a PITA (also it was the dry season and there like zero mosquitoes about). I could see it not mattering under normal conditions, but I was out and about so much that I'd get lobsterfied super-easy. I wound up getting dengue fever a few years later in Thailand, which wasn't fun, but I'd take it over malaria any day.
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I just discovered that any idealistic desire I might have to quit my job and move out into dozens of acres of wilderness can be quite effectively reduced by stories of disease-ridden ticks embedded in one's crotch.
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Wow! Thanks for the info and concern everybody  z0331 posted:I just discovered that any idealistic desire I might have to quit my job and move out into dozens of acres of wilderness can be quite effectively reduced by stories of disease-ridden ticks embedded in one's crotch. Or your rear end! We also have spiders. Lots and lots of loving spiders.
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Quick note: those are bumblebees, not honey bees, so you won't find any wild honey by tracking them. A bumblebee hive only makes a couple ounces of honey for the whole year.
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Laminator posted:The bull's eye rash (erythema chronicum migrans) can be completely absent on up to 30% of those infected with Lyme disease, or can be a different rash altogether. No need to go to the hospital, you can see your family doctor and get a course of doxycycline, which can cause some side effects like photosensitivity and GI upset, as noted, but is generally a really well tolerated medication. quote:The other tick-borne illness you need to watch for is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, which has been identified up in the northeast. If you have a tick bite and then develop fever, muscle aches, and a spotted rash on your wrists/palms/soles, go to a doctor right away. You can most definitely die from RMSF if it's not treated quickly.
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z0331 posted:I just discovered that any idealistic desire I might have to quit my job and move out into dozens of acres of wilderness can be quite effectively reduced by stories of disease-ridden ticks embedded in one's crotch. The faster you strip down and do a tick check, the less time they have to get really embedded and the less time to give you diseases. Once you've pulled one from your corona, every tick after that is a relief. Thankfully, we've got mostly Lone Star and Dog ticks out here.
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joat mon posted:The faster you strip down and do a tick check, the less time they have to get really embedded and the less time to give you diseases. for some reason I want a beer now.
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joat mon posted:The faster you strip down and do a tick check, the less time they have to get really embedded and the less time to give you diseases. Cornea?
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Ticks in my beer would be the last straw. Burn this motherfucker to the ground!
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I'm 2nding or 3rding the lyme disease care stuff. It helped to kill my family dog and gave a very close family friend the bell palsy thing mentioned above, it's been almost a year and a half and she still has trouble with tiredness, especially after a minor relapse earlier this year. If you notice a tick and feel sick at ALL go to a loving doctor please.
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Geirskogul posted:Cornea? Corona of the glans penis Oh look! Autumn!  No comparison to the northeast
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joat mon posted:Corona of the glans penis
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All I have to say is Guinea fowl love ticks. Absolute favorite food ever.
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While apatite frantically gets ready for winter and this thread's in lull, there's a nice fresh thread about Finnish house building in ask/tell. Should appeal to most goons reading DIY, wouldn't want it to get overlooked.
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iv46vi posted:While apatite frantically gets ready for winter and this thread's in lull, there's a nice fresh thread about Finnish house building in ask/tell. Should appeal to most goons reading DIY, wouldn't want it to get overlooked. Link for the mobile users: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3575175
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Spermy Smurf posted:Link for the mobile users: Awesome! Progress is progress! apatite fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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I'm just gonna chime in with the "I read this entire thread over the last few days and you are awesome" crowd. Lyme disease scares notwithstanding, you are living one hell of a dream here, Apatite. I hope your future challenges fall as your past ones have.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I'm just gonna chime in with the "I read this entire thread over the last few days and you are awesome" crowd. Lyme disease scares notwithstanding, you are living one hell of a dream here, Apatite. I hope your future challenges fall as your past ones have. Many thanks  Here is what I woke up to this morning:    Needless to say, we are as always not ready for it. Impending wintery-doom notwithstanding, we shall plod along. Got this hatchet head for free a couple years ago and fitted a crude maple handle to it last winter. Just debarked (no pics) and will finish it this winter while sitting inside during the real cold days.  Even though this is dense "untamed" wilderness we often get smacked in the face with evidence that we are not exactly pioneers. While sitting on the steps one day I saw something poking out of the dirt right in front of me. It turned out to be this guy:     No matter where you are, someone else has already been there. Just a friendly reminder of how small the earth is I guess Have gone out to "still-hunt" whitetail deer a couple of times, which basically means sitting in the woods enjoying some alone time. Here's a couple pics from one spot   
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apatite posted:Even though this is dense "untamed" wilderness we often get smacked in the face with evidence that we are not exactly pioneers. While sitting on the steps one day I saw something poking out of the dirt right in front of me. It turned out to be this guy: At first glance I thought this was a used condom.  e: vv 
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joat mon posted:Oh look! Autumn! Missed this somehow. Looks good to me, mon! upsciLLion posted:At first glance I thought this was a used condom. Look again, I think you will find that is exactly what it is 
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Well I've been doing lots of things but none of it is very picture worthy. apatite fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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Nov 8, 2013 16:53
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I like to make a mark every few feet, then lay it out straight on the ground, put a 2x6 or other wideish board over it, line one edge of the board up over the marks, then kneel on the board and cut along the edge. Can usually cut all the way through with a single pass, since it's compressed.
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Buy the insulation that's marked with a grid of crosses at 10cm intervals? (I thought it all came like that, perhaps it only does in europe)
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kastein posted:I like to make a mark every few feet, then lay it out straight on the ground, put a 2x6 or other wideish board over it, line one edge of the board up over the marks, then kneel on the board and cut along the edge. Can usually cut all the way through with a single pass, since it's compressed. Compressing it before you cut it is the only way to go! One slice and you're done. I insulated my entire 2,000 sq foot house using this method and I can't think of a quicker way to cut it. I built my house with 2x6 walls so it was thicker insulation too. I also put 2 layers of insulation in the attic (1 ft. ea) so I am a little bit crazy when it comes to insulation. Apatite, I just have to say that I just read through this thread and I am in love with what you have going on. I am totally jealous of your lifestyle but I'm defenitely not tough enough pull it off. I have my house in the woods on 10 acres but I also have electricity, propane and a well and septic field. Modus Man fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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Modus Man posted:I have my house in the woods on 10 acres .... We don't believe you. Pics pls 
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kafkasgoldfish posted:We don't believe you. Pics pls Yes, please apatite fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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The link to cheap hardware cloth would be appreciated. Building a chicken coop and need something stronger than poultry wire
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dwoloz posted:The link to cheap hardware cloth would be appreciated. Building a chicken coop and need something stronger than poultry wire This stuff is $1/ft for 3ftx50ft rolls, whereas the stuff i bought from $GIANTBOXSTORE was $2/ft for 3ftx20ft rolls http://www.amazon.com/Mat-Midwest-3...+hardware+cloth
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