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    Plastic 2 liter bottles cut in half to start plants.

    Hey guys, I want to use plastic 2 liter bottles cut in half to start plants, I figure it's better the landfill. I used to recycle but was told at the dump not to bother separating and recycling because they just dump it in the landfill anyway. Someone told me today I can't use them to start...
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    What System Do You Have For Saving Receipts?

    It seems like the more I put thing up so they don't get lost the more I lose them :(
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    Bamboo

    I don't know if it the same but you can eat bamboo shoots. If you do please check the variety and make sure it is edible.
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    New Here

    Welcome from the corn fields of Illinois. I have kids and save a ton making laundry soap. :D
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    Buying/Selling for PT Income -Ending early

    This would be a good one to have it's own section, giving each other ideas on what to buy and sell and maybe help each other with pricing and what is selling and what is not. I thought I would make a killing I bought 6 huge boxes of happy meal toys then the market tanked :)
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    Do you have unclaimed property? It is very possible.

    I got $8.00 better then nothing :)
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    Credit Reports and a Bureau

    No credit wanted, no credit needed :)
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    A bad financial day in rural Indiana

    I feel your pain, 1998 suburban with a bad transfer case :(
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    Ok, someone talk to me, please, about worm farming?

    How do you handle the worms in the winter? Would a worm bed freeze and kill the worms? Just wondering because I am thinking of starting one for composting. I was separating my recycling at the dump and the guys walks over and says " don't waste you time, we empty the recycling dumpster in the...
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    Whizbang Chicken Plucker???

    That is also on my list of thing to get, I missed out on a CL add for a chicken plucker for $100 :(
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    Homestead Careers

    I'm a chef but recently bought some carpet and upholstery cleaning equipment. If all works out I should be able to work by myself from home soon. Total it will cost me about $2000 startup. Brian
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    Do any of you go WITHOUT health insurance? By choice?

    I think what destroys the system is people know they have to help them if they can pay or not. I think there should be some government hospitals that have to help people but I don't think a private business should give you their service if you have no intention of ever paying them back. It may...
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    Wild Pigs

    Be careful a lot of them are cross bred with a type of large Russian hog and are VERY dangerous. I saw a 2 hour show on them on discovery I think. They were showing how they use 3 dogs to try to bring a hog down and a lot of dogs die. Brian
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    Recycling/reusing steel barrels???

    Wish I had some I would make some smokers :)
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    Those netted bags that onions come in...

    Hmm put onions in them? hehe
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    Fixing my credit?

    If you pay off a old debt make sure you get it in writing before you pay that they will update you credit report within 30 days. I paid off a debt and it took 3 years and a ton of phone calls and threats to call a lawyer to get mine updated.
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    does anyone colony raise their rabbits?

    I tried that but no matter how far down I dug the fence they dug their way out. By the time I quit I was digging down about 3 feet, switched to cages.
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    Grains for milling flour

    What is a co-op? Is thatlike a buying club?
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    Can I make this a smoker for meat somehow?

    I agree with skr8pn it would work but to small better way is a CLEAN 55 gallon drum. I have a brinkman pitmaster that is OK around $250. Depending on what your smoking a cardboard box with a electric BBQ lighter works good.
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    Ideas for adding a few hundred $ in your pocket.

    What happened to your bees? Abscond?
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