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I'm not ready to go with dirt floors! ;) We bought this house about 6 months ago and there is old, dirty, ugly, nasty, totally un-natural carpet. We want it out - yesterday. We live in Florida and have been told that "real" solid wood plank floors are a bad idea because of the high humidity...

We have a decent sized lake on our property (we bought it last Sept) that needs some love. Actually, the lake straddles my property and my neighbor's. That's a bit of a problem because the neighbors feel strongly that leaving it alone is the best way to go. Fine except that years of leaving...

I bought 5 acres last Sept. and we immediately found a big hill of trees, limbs, etc, that the previous owner had mounded up and left in the middle of the forest. We basically figured that we'd have to have it professionally removed when money allowed and built a chicken coop next to it...

I was at a local dairy today and they told me that they sell Holstein bull calves for $20! I started wondering if we should have one or two to have butchered for my own family. I know I don't have the heart to butcher it myself after taking care of it and am wondering if I could make it work...

We just moved out to our acreage and are on well water for the first time. We're in Florida and I know that that means our aquafer is a lot different from most of the country. The house currently has a water softner on it but to keep it, we'll either have to buy a new one for $2,000 or lease...

We're moving next week to a property that has some crabapples growing. I've heard you can make jam from them? What else? They're ready to be picked right now and I'd like to put them to use. If it's not a useful fruit, though, it may have to go in order to make room for something more...