This is how it must have been done, in the early days of the Vermont Republic.
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Insert iron bar, prise up. That rock MUST eventually come out. And where that rock came up (and we bury ashes, compost and dung) soon will come carrots, turnips, potatoes & garlic. Harmful bugs disposed of not by petrochemicals, but by chickens.
The technique for a stump is similar: for the smaller stumps you dig around it, insert the iron bar amongst the roots (sometimes cutting a few of them) and twist the stump out. For larger stumps, just plant around them and let a few seasons convert the stump to fertile soil. I now have quite a stump-pile accumulated, like the ‘heaped skulls of a conqueror’. |
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Once you have extracted one of the Earth’s myriad teeth, you have to transport it… get it out of the way. I’ll show you how Vermont’s old stone walls were built, and will be built again.
As the political battles rage, we build. As DC tries to take away our local food and our very natural rights just for the benefit of corporate monopoly, make us dependent for every genetically-modified morsel trucked in… it all seems far away on a sunny Saturday in the Green Mountains. As my friend says, Montis Viridis semper liberi homines (Green Mountain men are always free). |
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The wheelbarrow is the next essential tool, after the iron bar. The wheelbarrow is high technology, allowing one person to lift and transport a rock (or anything else that will fit in it) that is much heavier than himself. I feel myself… an Ant! |
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The ant prepares to march, reflects on his wheelbarrow.
That rubber wheel is an oil-dependency, I estimate about a gallon of oil just in its manufacture, not counting its long voyage from China. Must source out a metal wheel, not as comfortable but more durable. I have already replaced the wooden handles: at need more handles can be made from maple, or perhaps I’ll make them of the same stock as my iron bar. Good Winter project! |
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Up it goes, onto the top layer of my new rock wall! This is easy to do, but very sensitive. You have to feel how the rock wants to move, how it wants to roll into position, and angle it just right. |
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Just right! |
This week the THIRD liberty candidate, Ben Mayer, has declared for the 2012 Vermont Legislature!
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