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This is THE time of year. I should be out today looking. Son didn't find many yet earlier this week, but I do have a few dehydrated already.

Heard of an "activist" movement on Mother's Day suggesting no one should send flowers to people. "You tear the reproductive part of the plant off and give it to your mother with thanks for. . . what?"

So neat! So envious, Farmer D! Both of the hive and the swarm.

@Colored Egg Farmer, the LED you purchase will have a listing of its usage hours. They will last many, many times longer than an incandescent bulb. However, the usage hours shown is the length of time the LED will operate at a minimum of 50%. As Britesea stated, the LEDs will begin to lose...

How-Dee! Welcome from south-est, central-est Wisconsin, @Must Bee Kiddin' Farm. Sounds like you have been working hard and have a good start toward your goal of self-sufficiency. Happy to meet you. Jump right in and get your feet wet here on SS. Love that avatar. One of yours? She looks like a...

Yup! Much better. I have never had a dream with a goat on my back and all my horse dreams have me riding off into the horizon toward exciting adventure.

Can't quite remember the dream I had last night, but I do remember being followed around my car by a hippopotamus. I kept remember hearing that more people in Africa are killed by hippos than by carnivorous predators each year. Thank's @sumi! I'm sure this is just what I need for a more restful...

@Roddy, welcome to SS! So pleased to make your acquaintance! It sounds as if you are very knowledgable about this topic. Thank you for bringing it up again. As time passes, more and more of our members are researching solar options for getting "off the grid". Revisiting old topics puts the...

@sumi, I love that one.

Welcome to SS from south-est, central-est Wisconsin. Always happy to meet new folks, especially from different parts of the world. Glad to have you with us on the journey to self-sufficiency.

Big grin at that tale.

Is that supposed to keep the weight of the train off the pipe? Or run the train off the rails? Or both? My actual guess would be neither. That would have to be some strong stuff to be "more powerful than a locomotive".

Neat idea, @Joel_BC! That is so much better than laying them in piles or stacking blades over nails on the wall.

Pictures? That sounds like a winning project!

As long as the whip isn't for use on the driver. . .