<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:35:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/off-grid/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Update...I've had limited to no internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi y'all, I know it's been a bit since you heard from me. I posted a couple months ago with a new blog post and wanting to continue it weekly. That attempt failed but I'm back again...this time in a better]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-136480/@newsnownorthwest/updateive-had-limited-to-no-internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-136480/@newsnownorthwest/updateive-had-limited-to-no-internet</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-136480]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[newsnownorthwest]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:51:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAGbwxD9CJfJUznpDy21P1gb5kciUwoKrnYbGbNVgJCYqfeJ35ztuY66hAScbYbSA7jBX4zDngoMzUfSvEbgM42y8ht8T8izBYKqnfzoGsNwfKS7xXpWn2jvywSjoew2nvWCJfRRgJnSkLzvoPPDy2zbY5ZhHkH9QEbrKtQe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silverfish - The Outlaw to become - Silverblogger Prompt #22]]></title><description><![CDATA[There it is again, this question "what do you want to be when you grow up?", which seems to be something so important for the big folks around children. What the heck did i care, i was not yet]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@mondoshawan/silverfish-the-outlaw-to-become</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@mondoshawan/silverfish-the-outlaw-to-become</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mondoshawan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:49:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4PK6kRvaWHXMWqop6Q45qmeAjZwWCg3irXmPK9c2zo2Wjc3m2E9dfzYpb7XV5mSToD69QiC3AZBUdwswvwD4Jm5qDgEhHViKMZb6YL4BJQrcd92U1t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melons For The Holidays ]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I first started venturing into farming, I planted short-term cash crops but they were high maintenance and needed to be always taken care of. I lost hope in the first few months of going full time]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-141359/@janesuiren/melons-for-the-holidays</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-141359/@janesuiren/melons-for-the-holidays</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-141359]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janesuiren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:27:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHir9abE2JtbMUgCozuMSEemSfSH4KCCmLhUjDJ5keFwvgohqnyb8nn6D76s9S7RCu1J4roWos2Y54PP2skGnDyx5aivc2UxDT1VnimYN1vP8K5vtgPg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cork harvest season]]></title><description><![CDATA[as promised in my latest post: the peeling of Cork Oaks Portugal is one of the worlds biggest producer and exporter of natural cork. some stats: Portugal has about 33% of cork oak area total worldwide]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114308/@bigorna1/cork-harvest-season</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114308/@bigorna1/cork-harvest-season</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114308]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigorna1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:11:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3ba2VJAE1ZhN2oVhekeqoshg9DUnSyUd2Cnt4YtUMpZp3rLzTGYfrLaBYvTjocPzoz5DyMPL4XcPmUhL9knYU8nMAoArPEpAxU9HEPwCcptGkah1jfy3mBcPmMcG9Taeoq2rbj1g8wyC7iNPcbR4z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roof fully laid]]></title><description><![CDATA[once the decision to run the chimney tube horizontally through the wall and not through the roof and with the arrival of the extra nails, I could finally finish laying the shingled roof. now it is fully]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114308/@bigorna1/roof-fully-laid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114308/@bigorna1/roof-fully-laid</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114308]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigorna1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:14:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3ba2VJAE1ZhN2oVhekeqoshg9DUnSyUd2Cnt4YtUMpZp3rLzTGYfrLaBYvTjnNX4UrH6qsyqJXXcHnKgYLV5b8TUJi6GB57jGTQRMiqkratC9gFABUu4u9DVv4VNPGw9txRkpB1fbLFURykbEt2Qe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I´d have to define bliss]]></title><description><![CDATA[I normally post much earlier, today will be the exception. after showering under the big cork oak, I was drying myself and looked at this bamboo and a deep sense of serenity came over me. thank you for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114308/@bigorna1/if-id-have-to-define-bliss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114308/@bigorna1/if-id-have-to-define-bliss</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114308]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigorna1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:21:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAMti9qWnK8hKNVQqwP8bBc86xfNXiYkXT4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy low]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today is just one of these days. 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post.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114308/@bigorna1/notice-board-delivered</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114308/@bigorna1/notice-board-delivered</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114308]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigorna1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:17:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3ba2VJAE1ZhN2oVhekeqoshg9DUnSyUd2Cnt4YtUMpZp3rLzTGYfrLaBYvTjosbLs7GRaLkyr66JvZGN2twbeixunfwtD2zuAktfEcrhuVsjggqke8g1MWvmCYQ7sqbFKRxe2z6SWUAaGY241vFwk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of ammo]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can read the previous posts here: and work continues today until I run out of nails. there are others on the way but it will be a few days before they get here. the nails are 20mm long (so they do]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114308/@bigorna1/out-of-ammo</link><guid 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