Jen

Nostr only
Homesteader
Passionate about regen agriculture
Beagles make the best buddies
Bitcoin is not a hobby
Music feeds the soul
Life is better when lived outdoors
🐮👩🏼‍🌾🐶🧡🏴‍☠️🎻🧘🏼‍♀️🌳🥩

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2025-04-11 07:55:09

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@nprofile…75w5 is really knowledgeable about soap making and if you are in the US you can buy it from him and save the hassle of making it yourself. People rave about the peppermint one.

2025-04-11 01:06:23

We hit a new peak of value for value today. We traded ram semen and steaks for some tree work. 🐏🥩🌳

2025-04-10 21:16:10

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Vibe

2025-04-06 04:02:55

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Our chickens are my biggest fans but I call the ducks over if I find snails then we have a proper poultry party going on.
I wish we had butcher birds here. We have just about everything else.

2025-04-05 01:29:40

Todays chores list:
- bake bread for dinner with friends tonight
- continue halter training youngest heifers
- bucket training the sheep
- plant winter veggies into seed trays
It's going to be a good day

2025-03-28 10:18:19

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We don't have a bioreactor this is all just going straight on the gardens. What do you get from the bioreactor? Is is compost or energy?

2025-03-28 04:45:41

Make friends with arborists and horse people.
https://image.nostr.build/f193e03a41e10342218142541709be4885316b3f9e822fe97e321490a3d5a4a0.jpg
#homesteading

2025-03-18 03:18:52

Alright hive mind. I making tortillas for the first time tonight.
Should these be fried on stainless steel or cast iron?
Any other times for home made tortillas is appreciated.
#hola #asknostr
https://image.nostr.build/9fc46ac7c252537c3fa28c051854fac40ebec0a794b8532ffbbcc82a34470315.jpg

2025-03-13 04:51:18

I'm not good at chess and I'm not good at losing...
But! If I lose at chess twice in a row before going out to weed the garden my frustration become epic efficiency.
So there's my hint for any other gardeners. Get angry, get weeding.
#chess #homesteading #gardening

2025-03-11 07:53:08

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We get around 750mm a year but we have a very dry summer with almost no rainfall at all so would need something fairly drought hardy. I'll see what I can find with others locally who are having success.

2025-03-10 21:28:53

Fact: Cows kill more people than sharks and I'm honestly impressed that cows kill any sharks at all!

2025-03-07 20:58:05

#asknostr
I have a US based friend who is asking about custody solutions. He's a newbie. Where do you start people with wallets in the US.
Lightning and basechain.

2025-03-05 07:19:41

Todays project: Honey Tallow Face Cream
Super easy to make!
https://image.nostr.build/764e057b6de9137bf369ef26730efa6e6454aef68a166e3e5b59c1f04317533f.jpg
80g rendered tallow
40g local raw honey
20g castor oil
50 drops pure Frankincense oil
Add them all in together and blend with a stick blender. You can melt the tallow if you want to and mix the honey into the warm tallow first but then you need to chill it for 30 min until semi firm before whipping for the best results. I'm really happy with the chuck it all in method.
I've found I only need the very smallest amount to get a lovely silky feeling when it's all rubbed it. I'm excited to see how my skin responds to it over the next fortnight. I might make a few tweaks to the next batch based on my results.
#homesteading #tallow #honey

2025-03-03 20:51:37

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Thanks @nprofile…340l we are down to the last bar of your tallow soap so it was time for me to learn.
I'll try wet rendering next time to see if it lessens the smell a bit. @nprofile…82pr like the beefy soap but Id like it to be a bit more subtle.

2025-02-28 03:05:32

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It's made with Tallow, water and lye.
I use rainwater because that's all we have. Next batch I'll add a small amount of bees wax as I think it will make the bars a little less soft.

2025-02-28 03:01:46

New first in the ongoing quest for self sufficiency.
Homemade tallow soap.
Made from our first on farm processed beef.
I used the leaf fat from around the kidneys which is lovely buttery yellow in colour and much less beefy smelling.
https://image.nostr.build/0fc20c7c044100353c422a5012452cf0f1acff968d27e2524b27ab792257c7ed.jpg
If you don't have your own animals you can harvest tallow straight from your cooked meats by saving the juices in the pan after cooking or roasting meat or even making bone broth. Once the juices have cooled collect up the solid fat from the top. Or you could ask your butcher for the leaf fat and you might get lucky.

2025-02-27 08:00:49

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The reposter. So if I just want to direct all of the sats to the OP or myself I can.

2025-02-27 02:21:50

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Amethyst let's you do this
https://image.nostr.build/84a08fc12f068bac5abab5116804e55398b33dd19c6fd1cb2c99f5c57c5aaa38.jpg

2025-02-20 21:09:27

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This is how ADD in women manifests

2025-02-20 09:07:45

I was a little overwhelmed with my garden this growing season.
So now that all the veggies have finish for the season I'm completely dismantling and renovating a new, bigger vegetable growing area.
This feels like a solid plan for getting on top of that overwhelmed feeling.

2025-02-20 05:38:47

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I never even thought that might be possible! It smells like sherbet to me. How do you cook with it? Is it for savory or sweet things?

2025-02-17 03:23:05

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Stress testing Wallet of Satoshi and regularly breaking it.

2025-02-17 02:56:45

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I'm still on Wallet of Satoshi and remember what the zapathons were really about 😉

2025-02-15 20:55:53

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I really like how you've differentiated between the types of truth. You might enjoy The Three Languages of Politics to give a bit more depth to why the communication across the divide breaks down.

2025-02-14 09:27:37

My top three favourite smells:
1) rain on hot roads
2) carrot seeds
3) white pepper in dusty cupboards

2025-02-12 04:25:56

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I'd really like an emoji between 😯 and 🤯
For when I'm really shocked but not mindblowingly so.

2025-02-08 07:41:03

If you are posting picture of your homestead and the chickens are politely standing next to the veggies and not in it the garden then it's AI generated. End of story.
#chickens #homesteading

2025-02-05 00:16:01

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Ooooh interesting I might try that with this batch. ACV? What ratios?

2025-02-04 23:30:10

Oven roasted bones, water & salt.
I can't see why bone broth would need anything else 🤤
What do you add to your bone broth recipe?
https://image.nostr.build/7153d7d6a2a65d3203cebdc750b17444f9745b7dd08a0fc59c53268d01668031.jpg
#homesteading #carnivore

2025-02-03 09:20:41

We put our first steer in the freezer today. One we bought and raise ourselves. This is a huge level up for us.
The next level up is when they are born on the farm and are processed on the farm. That is still about two years away for us with our first go of breeding happening at the end of Feb.
Stacking steaks with @nprofile…m3jp

2025-01-28 20:50:10

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Ooooh sounds interesting I'll see if can find a recipe for livanski Sir

2025-01-28 09:22:46

The only thing better than a cheese drying on the bench is TWO cheeses drying on the bench!!
#curdnerds #homesteading https://image.nostr.build/f2e2490ec2bcee84176aba6263736f28a7e98e7d9097a419225817c3b0813133.jpg

2025-01-28 07:09:36

Seeking fellow cheese makers to learn from and share ideas with. I'm a novice cheese maker and have much to learn but I can understand why people devote their lives to becoming master cheese makers. It's so fun and delicious!
Starting #curdnerds to find others like me.
#homesteading #cooking #homecooked #cheese

2025-01-26 21:08:38

We need to replace a grommet on the fuel tank of our post hole digger.
Searching Amazon and eBay the part I need to buy is $11 OR you can get a 70 piece spares kit for $7.
Why is it like this? This is why minimalism is an active choice.

2025-01-24 21:55:56

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If you see something that's missing you can be the one to bring it to Nostr.

2025-01-24 08:52:31

Churning butter is my favourite gradually then suddenly event.

2025-01-20 23:54:02

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Hi Katie 😊 I'm full time running our homestead with my partner @nprofile…y4a7 and I like to share bits about our garden and things I make in the kitchen too. Make sure you follow #homesteading for more people with the same interest.

2025-01-20 22:53:49

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Welcome to Nostr. Lots of Aussie homesteaders here. I'm keen to see how you go about hemp farming as it's something I know nothing about.

2025-01-19 21:22:49

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Community resilience for the win!

2025-01-19 20:08:49

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We've been surprised by home quickly our cost of living dropped after starting homesteading full time.
The overall quality of what we eat has improved significantly and the cost reduced. We have our first steer going in the freezer in 2 weeks and I grow almost all of our vegetables.
Community has been outmost valuable resource and we trade for anything we don't have.
Thanks for sharing your experience.

2025-01-17 21:06:54

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There are plenty of guns in Australia. They are ownd for use as tools as well as for recreation.
There is a waiting period for a new licence and you cant own a gun if you have a history of violent crime, domestic violence or serious mental heath problems.
And there are storage rules that they must be kept in a locked gunsafe when not in use.
A huge amount of guns were surended after the Port Arthur Massacre in the 90's and it's a fun meme to say that australia gave back all our guns but it's not true.

2025-01-08 21:32:26

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This is a great meme

2024-12-30 22:05:11

That face when the last of the cheese snacks are being finished off 🐶 https://image.nostr.build/2f37b559f798cf7fdf9e266239a9cda4aa300fd7e45917d1642732d54e2aa8a0.jpg

2024-12-30 20:52:06

This year had so many great and challenging things.
Moving interstate, showing up mindfully in my relationship, leaving a high paced job, settling down into homesteading full time and moving more slowly through my days.
As I’m slowing down I’m finding how much more life I have time for.
Feeling gratitude and hope for the year to come 🧡

2024-12-26 09:11:26

I’m a competitive person so I don’t do resolutions, I do challenges.
Last year I went without drinking alcohol and learned a lot about myself; this year I went without buying new clothes and unexpectedly learned even more about myself through the process.
I’m looking for a challenge for next year that will continue this process.
What are you challenging yourself to in 2025?

2024-12-22 22:55:40

This week I knelt in a bull ant nest while fixing some fencing and four days later I’m still nursing the painful bites on my leg.
Here’s the only useful thing I learned from this experience:
If you are sitting on an ants nest it’s not because life put you there, you put yourself there and you are the only one who can change this situation. Own your mistake and own the solution.
Also calamine lotion is surprisingly effective.
🐜 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜

2024-12-14 23:35:14

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I tried really hard to take one home but we really aren’t ready to add a new puppy into the mix. Lots of moving parts that we are getting on top of at the moment. Summer is busy!!!

2024-12-14 11:32:02

Went to a dinner party tonight. They had puppies.
Best party ever.

2024-12-05 04:42:09

How did you celebrate crossing the 100K per bitcoin price threshold?
We drove all the way into town to hit up a servo for an overpriced calippo.
Feels like winning.

2024-11-28 19:31:49

I don’t know how I got so lucky to have a man who wakes up early to make me coffee before driving us 12hrs across 3 states to get to the @npub1fce…sy0m
🧡🤩
@npub1wez…62hu https://image.nostr.build/b33bcd1c1e5c70f1373607555871529c91a2bd2853938d94b687b14eaec990aa.jpg

2024-11-26 04:10:30

2kg of bush beans!
Peeled, blanched and into the freezer.
@npub1wez…62hu says these are not food but I really enjoy them so I grow them. 👩🏼‍🌾 https://image.nostr.build/7bf341aeee60b6bf32fb010c30eb237ce2cb3fc3523f29097a798c9ca841107c.jpg

2024-11-22 03:26:48

Is bitcoin going to keep going up or drop?
Yes https://image.nostr.build/a4e1d09d5e727fc9747002334118a0ec61c2c0b82b5138f3a2ee36a244d87a0d.jpg

2024-11-21 02:58:08

“For the farmer, is the only man in our economy who has to buy everything he buys at retail - sell everything he sells at wholesale - and pay the freight both ways.”
- JFK

2024-11-10 03:33:58

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https://image.nostr.build/266c7831feb438d4e41ae442c98347df614cdc808e6d13f642bf29f509b0f623.jpg

2024-11-08 19:52:49

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That is a very cute little baby you have there. 💜

2024-11-08 19:41:02

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The Australian gov is planning to pass a bill in 6 months that would ban social media for under 16yo and will result in all Australians having to KYC for legacy socials access. Most people will probs just follow along but some might start to look for alternatives. I agree that it will take time but maybe not too long.

2024-11-06 07:28:58

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Beef, lamb, pork and goat.
All direct from the farmer.

2024-11-01 20:17:50

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It’s been trending that way for nearly 16 years 😉

2024-11-01 20:15:48

https://image.nostr.build/857d578c4cf36bec7a5a4b162a714e9c6e9742f3f8b30bd71b28966997bfd8a6.jpg

2024-10-31 03:18:13

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We use a tool grimly called ‘The Finisher’. Just straight in at the base of the skull and a little twist. Very quick, no blood and no fuss.

2024-10-31 01:31:08

Anyone processing their own poultry I can highly recommend you look into pithing. It’s so much cleaner than cones or guillotines and much less stressful for the bird and the humans.
#homesteading

2024-10-29 20:36:55

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Would you be in favour of this time system if the place where you live was not the mapped as the usual day light hours?
For example it’s 6am here now and 10 pm on the other side of the world. Who gets the traditional ’daylight’ times?

2024-10-20 08:19:19

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This one by @npub1a2c…w83a might be closer to your question.
https://www.lynalden.com/bitcoin-energy/

2024-10-18 09:44:09

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This looks amazing!
Recipe please 🙏

2024-10-15 21:28:31

Not exactly a feast 😂
I think I might have over fertilised the carrot bed. https://image.nostr.build/0e7fef80a9f36e45b06f41e69e41da39a68a1dd92b3b58bbcc7319fdbb6b8dbb.jpg

2024-10-05 23:19:46

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Well it’s not my thought. It’s a quote that I’ve been thinking about. I do however try my very best to live a principled life with having the flexibility of thinking to learn, grow and adapt.

2024-10-05 22:02:19

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
- Bertrand Russell

2024-09-30 08:03:03

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Yep one fat peanut in the middle of the frame. I’ll leave them to it.

2024-09-30 07:20:28

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Absolutely agreed

2024-09-30 07:15:18

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Your English is better than mine and I’ve been speaking it all my life!
It’s spring here and all the bees are very active I think it’s an ok time for mating.
There are drones in my hive 🤞🏻they might get the job done.
I’ll look into getting a mated queen just in case they don’t succeed in the overthrow of the existing monarchy.

2024-09-30 05:57:54

Beekeepers of Nostr
My old Queen is definitely getting towards the end of her productivity. Lots of scattered and patch brood but she’s putting up a valiant last effort.
The hive now has a single superseder queen cell and I think she’ll hatch any day. I’m not expecting the old queen to swam as the hive isn’t strong enough.
They are a very chill hive and I figure the new queen may have a similar temperament. So the questions I have are:
Do I leave them to requeen themselves?
Should I pinch the old queen before the new one hatches?
Should I organise to requeen them myself?
I figured that I can always replace the new queen if the hive gets rowdy.

2024-09-29 08:18:23

TIL about footstr 🦶
Also this approach would have really helped me when I first got into Nostr. It’s an overwhelming place to step into and slowly easing in would have been great. #note1e3l…qxrt

2024-09-27 21:47:23

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You can just pull it together and sew over. Or you could darn it or you could embroider over it if you wanted to get a little artistic about it.

2024-09-24 21:30:52

Like a hydra #note19wp…wz5q

2024-09-24 08:53:36

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It’s a lot of work but it’s work we want to do. We are loving spending time with the cows.

2024-09-24 06:20:41

Making cheese is a great opportunity to let go of perfectionism.

2024-09-19 21:23:15

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What chicken breed lays the beautiful blue eggs? 🪺

2024-09-18 08:07:44

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One heifer and one steer. He’s for the fridge and she’ll be for the ongoing herd. @npub1wez…62hu has already won the little heifer over too. She loves scratches under the chin and rests her head in your lap for pats.

2024-09-18 08:02:09

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That is Hay Hay and Buttercup.
Hay Hay is bound for the freezer and Buttercup will be for making more beef. They are half Angus so sound finish out fairly well.

2024-09-18 04:54:16

Calves just want to eat and lay around in the sun. ☀️
That is a vibe I can get behind. https://image.nostr.build/5c48114304f52623bc7608d3d973b0c35e27f4c54bed7081c2cf404004caacd7.jpg

2024-09-17 08:43:31

Straight from our Jersey Girl 🐄
Check out that cream line!!
With @npub1wez…62hu https://image.nostr.build/53de3db8141de48dd85005cb29d41aa32bfd7ba5023427bc3cd0b28827264c59.jpg

2024-09-16 06:22:35

Got milk?
Yep! Yeah we do 🥛 #note1f4t…89ku

2024-09-15 11:10:39

They have arrived!! 🐮🐮🐮🐮
I have missed having cows 🤩 Homestead dairy operations start tomorrow 🥛

2024-09-10 21:21:54

Bitcoin is my social security #note16st…etk7

2024-09-07 02:49:49

FOMO too much to handle? Listen along from wherever you are. #note1fd3…rpve

2024-09-07 02:47:09

The Busso @npub1fce…sy0m is fire so far. So nice to meet so many new Aussie Bitcoiners.

2024-09-04 21:47:36

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I exercised a lot of patience with that one.

2024-09-02 21:45:33

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58k stable coin forever

2024-09-02 21:22:28

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GM 🧡

2024-08-29 21:54:13

Garden days are hard work 🐶 https://image.nostr.build/0165a9734f3265bf20d2c5ea047b9016647ab7470ac40dd14aeca79b0c334325.jpg

2024-08-28 21:16:28

Being given a permanent ban from Twitter for retweeting a post and then having full access reinstated a month later gave me a jarring perspective on censorship as well as a clear realisation that I am a product for that platform.
Being Nostr only has helped break the unhealthy relationship with The Algorithm and has helped to shift how I interact with social media in a positive and more mindful way.

2024-08-22 22:21:54

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Congratulations 🥳💕

2024-08-22 04:23:00

Not an ant.
Just like almost everything else in Australia it will hurt you.
This little lady is a wasp with severely painful venom and the ability to deliver multiple stings.
Fortunately she lives alone so you don’t have to worry about the back up gang and she is conveniently bright blue and 2.5cm long so easy to spot. https://image.nostr.build/1235818a39d8df8aad3fbcab23d05f288da5622a56cf6a69f93040dec33f6c95.jpg

2024-08-22 02:31:41

He asked the question and I said Yes 🤩
I couldn’t be more excited about becoming Mrs @npub1wez…62hu

2024-08-21 23:51:53

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We have a cow arriving next month so I’m doing a deep dive into raw dairy. Learning all about raw milk sours differently and all the amazing uses ‘clabber’ and buttermilk. Refrigeration is important with dairy but you get so many more interesting products when you let it sit out for a bit.

2024-08-21 23:09:57

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I have a corner of the kitchen devoted to fermenting things. Red wine vinegar on the go at the moment and I’m going to try kombucha for the first time soon too.

2024-08-21 23:05:13

It’s alive! https://image.nostr.build/7b7c03f6b8a496bc4db97337c20da26f88457a669fded46bb959c752d254dc0d.jpg

2024-08-21 22:01:52

Beeswax candles 🤩 https://video.nostr.build/c46f371a729197b63966f2895100504d8960b6f42e254976e867a60cb15e5f6c.mp4

2024-08-21 21:29:19

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We do a Bitcoin bush bash here in Australia. In small towns. Everyone has to travel in and we book out every hotel, motel and camp site.
We also do a camping only version on remote farms or in national parks. They are pretty epic.
All free, no KYC, presenters just show up with a laptop and someone generously brings along a project and speaker set up.
Someone posts a date and location and people just take care of the rest.

2024-08-20 22:20:47

Being able to pay someone without their permission is incredibly powerful.