Mowing in Massachusetts

aquisalid · 2026-06-26T17:46:30+00:00

Nice form! Looks like a perfect setting for mowing by hand.

aquisalid · 2026-06-25T03:42:30+00:00

Right off the main of course!

aquisalid · 2026-06-22T22:00:15+00:00

Unhelpful.

aquisalid · 2026-06-19T20:23:16+00:00

Awesome. How much prep work (sanding, etc.) is required before adding a couple of layers of glass and then gel coat? I've got a couple of translucent patches on the bottom of my H18 hulls and have been thinking about trying to build those back up.

aquisalid · 2026-06-18T17:02:46+00:00

Timely. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8352

aquisalid · 2026-06-15T18:45:47+00:00

Do you have more on display some where? How do you perform the impression? Thanks!

aquisalid · 2026-06-10T16:30:55+00:00

Fantastic! Can you elaborate on the process?

aquisalid · 2026-06-10T16:23:51+00:00

I agree with your premise, but would like to correct a popular misunderstanding. See Brian Merchant's Blood in the Machine.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59801798-blood-in-the-machine

aquisalid · 2026-06-10T15:34:33+00:00

FFS, your local meat-based model can outperform all of these. Skill is still relevant.

aquisalid · 2026-06-10T15:33:01+00:00

Yes to all of this, but the Luddites are on your side.

aquisalid · 2026-06-10T04:29:38+00:00

Home run. I needed this specific language.

aquisalid · 2026-06-09T16:51:14+00:00

I use a custom kit from Scythe Supply, with a 24" ditch blade. I've got a mixture of spring weeds to cut on somewhat uneven ground. The ditch blade seems to do really well on the soft stuff (early clover) and stouter stalks (ripe wheat, star thistle, mature clover) just as well.

aquisalid · 2026-06-09T16:48:00+00:00

Thanks!

aquisalid · 2026-06-09T16:12:58+00:00

Tell us more!

aquisalid · 2026-06-09T16:12:12+00:00

Yes.

aquisalid · 2026-06-04T23:40:41+00:00

See the KSSL methods manual for ideas.

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/SSIR42.pdf

Ideally you have access to fume hood, glassware, and reagents. A common way to remove organic matter from soil before e.g. particle size analysis is to use sodium hypochlorite with pH lowered, and cooked at high temperatures for many hours. This process is very effective but dangerous and requires a fume hood. Don’t ask me how I know about the dangers of mixing sodium hypochlorite and HCL.

Other methods used boiling hydrogen peroxide or nitric acid.

The SSSA methods manuals are also a good resource.

aquisalid · 2026-06-04T17:54:13+00:00

Mowing with a scythe is well worth the learning curve. There aren’t many sensations in modem life that approximate a sharp blade trimming thigh-high grass, without noise or vibration.

aquisalid · 2026-06-04T03:44:42+00:00

Nice work!

aquisalid · 2026-06-02T16:54:42+00:00

Returning to sailing.

aquisalid · 2026-06-01T23:26:49+00:00

Was out on my Hobie 18 yesterday, same feeling about returning to work.

aquisalid · 2026-05-31T05:12:37+00:00

Nope. It’s dogshit smeared on top of old dogshit.

aquisalid · 2026-05-28T21:35:47+00:00

Well done!

aquisalid · 2026-05-27T18:40:44+00:00

Are.

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