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    North Dakota??

    Checked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williston,_North_Dakota#Climate ? I hope you are an experienced homesteader because it doesn't sound like a place where I could live.~gd
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    North Dakota??

    Yep I Knew that he was a doctor and never made the connection. I didn't want to out him as a doctor nor mention his real name on line.~gd
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    North Dakota??

    Thats the one/ i think that has something to do with shortwave radio Icu sure does/~gd
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    North Dakota??

    I think the guy that uses "Trim sends" is in either north or South dakota he is very snart and has his act together.. I wish i could remember his proper user name. IF you have a specific city or county in mind you could look that up on-line [wikipedia or weather underground is where i would...
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    Blackberries and blueberries.

    Though blackberries and blueberry sound simple the fact is there are hundreds of natural hybrids and sometimes experts can not tell them apart In blacks there ate the trailing. semi-erect. and the erect[all can be trained to grow on wire. the trailers tend to suffer more from cold winters when...
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    egg safety

    Right on k15n1 Yep thousands of eggs were needed And Bee Eggs from pastured poultry farms [like your backyard doubled 1000 times] did score better than the factory farms. In the end the government did choose based on quality AND cost.~gd
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    Duck Brooding

    Muscovy are the duck for hatching eggs IN WARM WEATHER they don't go broody in cord weather. I suspect it is a throw back to the fact that they were non migrating Central American tree ducks [all the other domestic ducks were bred from the Mallard a migrating puddle duck] Pinkfox you get...
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    I'm thinking of dabbling in the farmers market next year.

    If I had a $ got each time I had shown customers how to tell shell from molded plastic I would buy that topaz.I once visited a carving school in Naples Italy and the Master had 9 students copying his work they each were expected to produce 20 copies per hour and the ones that failed to produce...
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    hootch.....

    Whingnut at least you had the good sense to advise checking local laws [Virgina - it is NOT illegal to own any distillation device (if it was they would be back in the dark ages chemically) distilling devices must be registered with the state and availablle for inspection at any time...
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    Anybody here used fishbone meal for phosphorus?

    usually about 4% PhosPATES. i don't know how much to use gardening is not an exact science All I know is that if the pH is higher than7.0 I am wasting time and materials.I am NOT Organic so I could use Super phospate if needed.
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    I'm thinking of dabbling in the farmers market next year.

    Well the topaz beats any wire wrap that I ever did but how was it intended to be worn? Shell cameos took a dive when molded plastic was started to be used. I had so much invested in 'rough' that I felt I had to get a high price. OF course there were mistakes made by me so I would turn over...
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    Anybody here used fishbone meal for phosphorus?

    Yep I buy all your arguements. I just doubt the existance of fishbone meal. Both fish meal and oil are in high demand the bones can easily be converted to fish meal/oil so where do the fish bones come from? If you buy it let us know how it works out. I will be the guy sprinkling automatic...
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    I'm thinking of dabbling in the farmers market next year.

    I am pretty sure that my father would have considered most of the people on this forum either gardeners or "Kodak farmers" that was the term he used for landowners that would grow a somple crop like wheat while they made their living in the City [at that time Kodak was the biggest employer in...
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    I'm thinking of dabbling in the farmers market next year.

    Does it sound to you like she loves it? I didn't get that impression [My Bad?] I don't know what her life is like but suspect she is proud and she says it is tough. My mother took a job that she hated every fall so us kids could wear shoes and decent clothes to school. She would pray that the...
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    Anybody here used fishbone meal for phosphorus?

    Joel I have used fish meal and bone meal in the past but I have never heard of fishbone meal Just where would the source of fish bones be? Fish meal uses all the waste from fish guts trimmings bones you name it. Bone meal used to do the same for animals before Mad Cow disease came along. Animal...
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    Methane generators

    Hi Spammer! Just how does Biomass Briquetting Press Company have any connextion to Methane generation? What do you mean by Biomass is that tech speak for Poop or BS. Briquetts suggest burning just like charcoal or wood pellets so why call it Biomass unless it is Poop and why press it cowpies and...
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    Mail Order Chickens

    they may want to inspect and count them. If they do, try to avoid a Air conditioned area. those young ones like it very warm for the first few days and the shipping box is designed to conserve body heat leave the top off too long and they can be chilled vut they usually recover in a few minutes...
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    I'm thinking of dabbling in the farmers market next year.

    Different markets different rules! A lot depends is the area underserved or overserved by sellers They like to pass rules to cut down their competion. Hey Daffodils is your mother's kitchen open for inspection? Would you eat there if it wasn't Yep we have rules at schools all treats must be...
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    hootch.....

    If they did like you say they did their record of cold weather woulld not work very well Every time you remove the ice the alcohol content {%] would go up and the freezing point would go down. That is how apple jack is produced around where I grew up. Apples>cider>hard cider> outdoors in winter...
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