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@roaddude.bsky.social

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Photog/Writer/Artist/Cook Maine Coast - Well versed in slow travel, off grid, & back country life - Gardening Geek, Woodworker - #TheMicrofarm - #GetOutside Wherever you go, whatever you do, #LeaveItBetterThanYouFoundIt

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · 1h

I agree. The low angle of deep shadow tells us without a clock, too, that it's early morning or late afternoon light.

When shooting still life for photography in a studio, I'll set my lights low to mimic the same, and let the viewer choose dawn or dusk.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · 13h

This is particularly striking.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · 4d

This is one I've had saved but not yet made –– I found it appealing because it says it really lets the cider flavor shine. Not really a quick bread, though, and does have butter and egg. 😔

www.bunsinmyoven.com/apple-cider-...

Apple Cider Donut Bread

We look forward to freshly fried apple cider donuts from the local orchard all year long, but now we'll be making this Apple Cider Donut Bread anytime the craving hits!

www.bunsinmyoven.com

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks, Jaime!
I’m hoping to print this for hanging here at the house, as memory maker of all the time spent in my favorite other place on the planet, the #borderlands.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 30

Thank you – I learned a lot out there, night after night, experimenting with settings, exposure times, and locations.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 30

Thank you!

Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 30

That's for sure. There are always ways to fill the urge and be creative.

Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 30

Hey Carol, thank you! I so miss being out there, though love where I am now, too.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 30

I know. When I was a kid we could lay in fields at night, far from city lights, and look at the Milky Way. Not this vibrant, though. Where I made this image is the darkest night sky in the United States. More stars than one can imagine.

Yeah, we are very insignificant in the greater scope of life.

Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 30

One of my favorite night sky images, shot in the Chihuahuan Desert. This is a single frame image, no stacking or double exposure, all done in camera and on-site.

Those are 12-14' tall Giant Spanish Dagger Yuccas, side lit by a semi-tractor as it turned a bend.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights

Night sky shot of the Milky Way and its galactic center with planet Jupiter, arching over giant 12-14' tall Spanish Dagger Yuccas, lit from the side, in the Chihuahuan Desert. © 2019 roaddude.com

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 30

Nope, it's a joyful escape, both literally and mentally, from the horrors that is ICE at the hands of the most corrupt and unlawful administration this nation has ever seen.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 29

I may try that on some, though limit the amt of wood product unless only as top dressing, as it can use up a lot of nitrogen in decomposition, and some are allelopathic. I have a 3 section compost bin that gets full of very rich green/brown mix. Always gets mixed in before new plantings.

Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 29

Heya Alyse, nice to see you! The greenhouse plastic is att'd to long strips of wood, tho not fastened to the bed. Then bungeed over the top near each hoop. I can lift it a little or a lot, stays in place, or raise both sides for warm days. I use horse manure & grass clippings, and black milk jugs.

Long tall raised garden beds with hoop covering.

Long tall raised bed with hoops and garden cloth raised on one side.

Long tall raised bed with hoops and garden cloth raised on both sides.

Inside view under hoops and garden fabric down long garden bed with the fabric raised on both sides.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 29

Dang, that looks scrumptious!

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 29

Hey hey, Shiboof – like chopping wood, warms you in more ways than one. We get the biggest kick out of sitting down to a meal comprised almost completely from veggies and fruits from our gardens.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 29

Hiya, Suzette! You're welcome. I love documenting it all, too, both for the retrospective look and history of the garden, but to have images I can use to illustrate articles and blog posts for future website.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 29

Hey Jean – with a proper jig, you can literally pull the long end of 1/2" metal conduit around the arch with one finger. Simple, strong, and effective. Last year's experiment with the plastic pex piping for hoops worked well, though could not hold up to heave snow loads. This will.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 29

Hey Carolannie – the beauty of it all – the colors, freshness, mental planning, and wholesome outdoor work are all so good my mind & soul. It's literally keeping me sane and giving me hope.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 29

I devised a simple jig for bending the metal conduit into the desired radius. Also figured a quick easy, sturdy, way to attach them to my raised beds. If anyone is interested, I'll post up more about that process as I have time.

Have I told ya how much I love my #SanityGarden here on #theMicrofarm?

A particle board jig with screws in an arch on which a 10' piece of metal conduit is being bent into an arch before cutting to length.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 29

All of which should, hopefully, extend my growing season so that the second heads of cabbage (which grow from the stalk after main head is harvested) and my 2nd plantings of beans etc have better chance to mature.

All great fun experimenting with for fresh wholesome food for #theMicrofarm table. 3/

Vermont cranberry beans, volunteer squash, and marigolds in a raised garden bed.

2nd growth green cabbage after 1st head harvested

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 29

Each layer of greenhouse cover is said to add a zone, so our 5b zone will now be like zone 7 for the raised beds.
I'm switching the tall cattle panel arches on the low beds to include the beds inside & will double wall them, too. That will give me 68 lineal feet of beds w/184sqft under cover. 2/

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 29

Prepping #theMicrofarm 's 3 tall raised garden beds for cold weather. I bent & installed 1/2" EMT conduit in 1/2 hoops to support UV resistant greenhouse cover. Inside that will be last year's red Pex hoops supporting IRAD greenhouse cover, creating double-walled protection. 1/

#SanityGarden

Photo of a long, angled, view of three tall, 12' long, raised garden beds with new conduit semi-circular hoops installed, ready for UV-resistant greenhouse cover. Along the rails of the closest tall bed is an assortment of colorful red, yellow, and green vegetables just harvested and sitting in morning sun. To the left are three low raised garden beds supporting a tall walk-through arch of cattle panel fencing.

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 21

Right now it's full of harvested dill (for seeds) and fresh basil!

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Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 21

An unmistakable style, Saul Leiter has.

Road @roaddude.bsky.social · Sep 21

Oh my...I know that smell well, Jean.
I once traded an afternoon's worth of work for a homemade low-sugar peach cobbler.

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