I do the same thing but I use tweezers and drop them in a small jar with neem oil :) also they hand in all the flowers and they love squash flowers and YES THEY DO EAT FRUIT they bore little holes if left to multiply !!! I HATE THEM

Indeed, hand picking seems to be the only way to go. I tried all suggested sprays, and dusts, and traps, yet only hand picking saved my plants. For the next year, I am planning to plant a parthenocarpic variety and keep the plants under the net all the time.

I love how you've come to your realization that documenting is more for you than anyone else. Thank you for sharing it with others.

A hand vac with a small nozzle works the charm! Soapy water works, and it is cheaper than olive oil!

They also love summer squash!

They are also very attracted to the yellow flowers.

Another Maine YTer! I've been finding a few over the past couple weeks. We're near Newport and finally getting set to move in on our 7 acres of paradise.

It’s called your house has settled, it happens……. So have you met any spirits yet?

Have fun with the GHOSTS! 😂

Very cool video, looking forward to seeing more of your build series

Just an idea but maybe you could melt the bags into bricks to make them more manageable until you find a place that will recycle the material.

I think the house is settling

We have an old house as well but most of it was fixed by the sellers

I loved so much the funkiness of the living room's shelf

I put a p68 in my basement...cut a hole in the floor for the heat to radiate up to our first floor. Heating the floors are the most important.....I added a smaller stove in the upstairs if it get super cold, below 20 degress stuff. Works well.

You should look into two things first bulk pellets that works a couple ways in certain areas a truck will come and fill a hopper that can be augered directly to stove or a big 1 ton bag on a pallet second there’s a boiler conversion kit that you could heat hot water for house and also your existing hot water radiators good luck brother keep that chimney clean

*Your "partner"?.....Is she your wife, girlfriend, or....what the hell is "my partner, Natalie"?*

WHO CARES?

Hello, no new updates? Where are you guys? How is Maine?

All stoves work a little different because of reality. Pellet stoves work opposite of conventional stoves when it comes to wood. Because pellets are compressed they have similar density. As they have similar density, other things can contribute to BTU's. Softwoods have more resins in them and have around 10%-20% more BTU per pound than hardwoods. My pellet use rule of thumb is When it comes to fuel, softwoods are the way to go. When it comes to cooking, use hardwoods. Considering just about all plant matter can be turned into pellets and a surprising variety of biomass pellets can be burned, this rule of thumb will not work for other biomass pellets (such as grass pellets).

Yes if you want to spend more money on pellets than heating fuel.

Looks like your channel was off to a great start - would love to see some updates on how you like living in Maine (now that you've been there for a bit) and how the house is coming along. Wishing you all the best as we head into another New England winter :-)

You'd have an even better distribution of heat if you blew cold floor air towards the stove room! The warm stove air will conversely rush away from the stove at ceiling height. Could put a fan in the kitchen blowing into the stove room at the floor to get air to flow in there as well

I heat my house with a pellet stove too. My house was built 1890. I got the same kitchen cart too Awesome house!

It was framed up level and plumb

Good chance you know as much as most stick builders

The more modern version is to put the insulation on the outside then you can work with the timbers rather than covering them

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Did you know there are pellet boilers out there

Thanks for the content! You need to purchase a new roof or new plumbing ASAP.

Keep in mind that I've only used it for a couple weeks, that being said, so far so good kzbin.infoUgkxAU9pOCSV9Y5JprooHvfxTpOrt4hx8uRM . Using it at 8 ft. by 8ft. deer blind that is insulated. I have to keep the door cracked for it to get enough air to burn, but that is very likely the wood I've used. Much better quality than I expected for the price. Now if I can just take it easy in the beginning it won't be 90 degrees in my blind. All in all it seems like a keeper.

I came here to check back in! I wonder how you like maine so far!?

Are you gonna cook’em? 🤣 Soapy water will do

In 50 years of gardening I’m swamped with these things for the first time!

Good luck 👍

BX. !!!!!!!

Soapy water works too

I’ve found some on my spearmint and sunflowers.

Down side to pellet stoves is if there is a power outage that thing is useless and your siit out of luck left to freeze. I'll take a potbelly stove thank you.

I don’t like wood mulch for garden beds more so for the trees and walkways I lay it on thick so weeds aren’t a problem. Garden beds would appreciate leaf mulch over chips. Paper mulch is cool too whatever I shred I will put as mulch it invites worms as well as they love paper and who doesn’t want worm castings? Also just good old cardboard laid out on the bed first then cut holes for whatever your planting. I was gonna mention one other thing but it has escaped me lol thanks for the tour!❤

Lovely!!!

Your shirt sucks.

Is there an air circulating fan in the pellet stove? If so how noisy is it?

Lol "Medicare for all.". Have you seen how Medicare functions? It ain't the answer.

Hardwood gives you more heat. We enjoy the hardwood on the colder days and the softer board on the warmer days that’s how we do it merry Christmas.

During the house and barn tour, I was wondering what amazing things might you do with those ladders. What an awesome idea. ❤️

Yes.

Yes I would love to know what the colour codes for your walls are Gorgeous saturated and warm colours.

Thanks for sharing. I love seeing what other Maine homesteaders are doing. It is so inspiring.

Love Lilacs. They are just the quintessential New England farmhouse bush.