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APPLES have been 'improved' over the years. Keeping ability was an important selection feature befpre they learned nrw methods of storage. I could rant about this for hours but the facts are that there are better keepers that don't have the appearance of supermarket apples. most are sold to...

I live in the Bible Belt and you are probally right, they won't come out and say it, But they will drop enougn hints so you get the point. My favorite is BE sure to come back if your situation changes.

I aways thought that cob was treated like adobe ie sprayed with a thin mortar coat to protect against rain?

Sounds like the air got to your Kraut! very common. You can dump or try to save it. Did you use un iodized salt? Iodine in Kraut smells like rotting sea weed . If you used the wrong salt dump The salt will prevent green growth and will attract grazing animals {deer}

I searched for 27 months. I think I saw every for sale house in the County made 3 offers [all to nuts] Thursday 9Am I got a call at work, Agent "I found your house, But I can't work for you because I listed it but I don't even turn in the paperwork until tomorrow Can you get away? because this...

Nope never have seen or heard of one. Is it manual or electric? The plates, knives and sausage stuffers usually interchange very well if you have a standard size. The drive screws usually do not interchange but you really have to work hard [or dumb] to damage one. Knives can be resharpened and...

It is ~gd not JD's [how would you like to be callled nmrad instead of nmred?] Goats are great for clearing out over growth They are 4 legged weed eaters and will even eat brambles but are hard to confine we used to stake them out on chains to get them to work where we wanted them and move the...

I used to use pump up kiddy swimming pools the water in the pools went to the animals and the water in the side walls was for humans but it was a pain to fill and empty the sidewalls so I switched to a rain water storage system. I hooked up an electronic [battery powered] rain guage to open the...

Duh, I was going to ask about other uses for gas like water heater, laundry dryer, range etc. Many are suprised at the amoint of gas that is used for other puproses rather then heating, heck I get along on two gas heaters vented through the wall. One other hint open those A/C ducts during the...

Bee I'm not disagreeing with anything you posted because I think you have a true flock with a Rooster in charge. BUT if bringing in meaties keep in mind that they are likely to have different diseases and immunities so give the litter a second thought. ORChick Why a retaining wall? That is the...

Sorry but we never made a batch bigger than 5 gallons but why should we when the raw cabbage would keep better than the kraut would? We would transplant a minimum of 20 acres a year. At harvest time the huge heads would be sent off to Silverfloss for commercial canned kraut and the smaller heads...

Whole villages are built out of it in the far east. If you can grow it. read up on it It is an AWSOME family of plants.

I would like to learn more about your buried fence, how does it work and what was the cost?

Most of the belt driven saws were used for fire wood. The table and blade were 90 degrees apart and produced wood that would fit in a stove. Boards and planks require a different table or carrage.

I think if you look a bit you can find a free one in the USA! Cob is darn heavy so you are trading your muscle power for knowledge.

"available scientific evidence does not support claims that that hulls from black walnuts remove parasites from the intestinal tract ..." source American Cancer Society. They heard the same as you and tried it out on pigs. [parasites include worms] ~gd

I was not trying to suggest that you would grow pot! MY thought was that other idiots might think you were growing, Heck I had a banana plant in a pot on my enclosed deck that I would move into my garage when it got cold outside. Since they require light to survive I used 4 40 watt tubes...