Planty of the Hamchuks

Aug 13 2026

While I was busy at work doing ... work things, V and Farmer M and T (a literal teenager, also brilliant) were figuring out if the well at the new locale works. It does!

Farmer M was all 'we ought to test this, it could have e. coli' and V just immediately started drinking it in large quantities and declared it good.

This is a screenshot of a completely unhinged video V took, but hopefully you can see the root cellar there. The grey box in the bottom of the picture is a large battery on wheels that has been charged up with solar panels (they call it a Fossibot), and the white piping on the right is the piping from the well. The giant claw above is the heavy equipment they used to pull up the piping, and hopefully you can see the water coming out as a small stream on the far right.

Reportedly, it tastes absolutely delicious!

Still no word on when Farmer M will move in. I'm afraid where he wants to be is currently a muddy pit, with the $1k in gravel on the other side of the property. But if we can get the water hooked up for him, that would be wonderful.

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Sadly, it's a no go on that property for D. Reportedly the Wealthy Landowner decided to rent it to someone else for a huge amount of money instead.

Aug 12 2026

Alllmost cleaned up. There's a pile of tires to the left of the giant TV, a random old fireplace, hopefully one more major sweep will get the rest of the stuff out. And hopefully Farmer M can be there on Thursday or Friday. The sooner, the better.

We've paid about $1k for all that fucking gravel for him to change his mind, and decide that he wants his camper on the other side of the property (where the original home was). It's not a total loss, maybe V and Farmer M will put the metal storage building there. It's all in flux.

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V and Bk just finished up wiring on a massive solar job at a crazy cult that has gone on for way too long, everyone is very happy about that. Hopefully they can get the last check and move on to the next job.

I had an intense day at work myself, mostly trying to figure out something with google business products that I don't think can be figured out. It's a multi-year problem I've spent hours working on and talking to tech support about on the phone and decided to take a stab at it again today. I'd like to say I've made progress but really there's a wall I'm hitting and it's ultimately the same one I've hit previously.

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Tonight, we went to hang out with Z and the Black Panthers down in Asheville. The Black Panthers were mostly two very gritty no bullshit white women feeding the homeless a range of food, and also offering free water and clothing. They had multiple tents and tables and chairs set up and ice for the water and everything.

Z pulled out his guitar (it turns out he's an excellent musician), and then a homeless guy pulled out his guitar, and there was an amazing impromptu jam session. Farmer M and his kids were helping to serve food. They really didn't need any more servers, so I broke down garbage so it would better fit in the modestly sized garbage container and cheered on the excellent musicians, it was a lovely moment of community (I really wanted to take photos but resisted the urge, the musicians were putting on a show and soaking up every moment).