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This forum is best way for me to ask this question. I am having trouble fixing a light with two switches. The overhead light stopped working in my hallway. I thought that the 3-way switches might be bad so I prepared to change them. However, I could find power coming to either of the two...

I've already posted this on TEG, but I thought I might get some different ideas here. I am AG 2 and we already can burn, as long as it's not after dark. I've been burning around where there was a burn barrel when we moved in. 2015 I am putting a new chicken coop there and I want to move where we...

I have two inexpensive, metal torch lamps, and both have had the wiring go bad. DH told me he would fix them, but his "fix" didn't fix the wobbly light bulb connection and looks like crap. Is there any place that I can buy a kit with the wiring? I still have the glass globes for both of them...

I live on a 5-acre, used to be, farm. I keep horses and chickens and I garden. We live on the westmost street of a little 200 person (maybe) town and the town gets city water, which we use, too. I have both a shallower cistern, right next the house AND a well that I was told, 15 years ago, was...

We're looking at a snowy winter, according to the Farmer's Almanac. My horses got their coats early, we just had snow last night--it's still stuck, even though it's noon now--and our old snowblower died two years ago. We've had 3 very mild winters, so I guess we're due. What are your thoughts...

This is NOT an emergency, but the weather begs this question and I believe this is the best forum in which to find a solution, at least for NEXT winter. I'd like to heat my horse's water in the winter. I have heard of two horse deaths from the current products--death from electrocution, for...

We have already had our coffee discussions. My family drinks buckets (well...gallons) of iced tea and, in the winter, a lot of hot tea, too. I don't have a stockpile, but I'm considering stocking up. Any idea of how to store, or, if it goes stale quickly (or not)? I do have some space in my...

I know that a lot of people on this particular forum are builders. I'm building my chicken coop now. I could do lots of things to winterize my coop windows, but I'd really like to build them three storm windows just like the one that came with my 100 year old house, for the winter. I want...

I am more than super-excited about an upcoming garage sale. To call it that is probably not correct, but here's what's happening. DH's office "Strip Mall" is planning a Labor Day Saturday garage sale. There 6/7 suites (businesses) participating. The mall is one-story, and we have 40...

I (and DH & DD's) have been Civil War Reenactors/Living Historians since 1986. I have learned so much about how our predecessors lived, how they ate, how they farmed, etc. IS there anybody else on the forum who loves delving into history in order to learn how to live today? :caf

How do you kill ants with borax? ..yeah..that's it...it's a "how-to" question :lol: You see, ant-killing insecticides give me a severe allergic reaction, and since I really don't wanna die, but I DO want to see few ants in my kitchen, does anybody know how you apply this? :caf

I was reading a post on The Easy Garden and Ladyhawke1's posting-- http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=27584 reminded me of taking good care of the land. California's environmental policies have done great damage to land that is occupied by Americans. If nobody lived there...

Just read the post "UPCYCLING" and this reminded me to do a search on the use of plastics in road beds. You know how we've been looking at the chart that shows it takes one million years for a plastic bottle to degrade in a landfill? Well, that AND the series "Life After People" got me...

I don't know about you, but I'M a packrat and a clutterer. This is NOT like canning, buying necessities, storing property stuff that will rust and mold. I have too much of some right/some wrong things. SOOO, I started my Spring Cleaning in September. I'm taking back my house and my property...

If you have a Meijer store near you and you L O V E coffee ( like me and wifezilla do, ) hop on over to Meijer. They're having a 2 day sale--ends today--on 8 o'clock beans and ground coffee. $2.39/12 oz package. (Local Walmart is selling same for $4.15/12 oz package.)

I went freezer shopping last night from a local retailer, and was told that ONLY Frigidaire is making chest and upright freezers. Everyone else will be putting their label on them, but buying from Frigidaire. They told me that the last OTHER manufacturer went into bancruptcy 1 1/2 weeks ago...

Thought I'd post this to let you know about some sales at Rural King this week. --jeans for $5.99/pair --Pigskin, lined gloves for $6.99/pair --Flannel-lined jeans, $12.99/pair (I bought these to ride my horses in all winter--Sssoooooo much cheaper than online winter breeches) --55 oz., Arm 7...

I am a crock pot nut---maybe not as nutty as some, but I do own 6 and I window shop--DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY MAKE A DOUBLE-CROCK!! But it's $70, and I don't really have a use for it... Anyway, have you noticed that your crock pot burns some foods when you leave cook on LOW all day? Anybody own...

I read this earlier in the year on the recommendation of a review printed in HobbyFarms. The author, Montgomery, is not necessarily the best at writing--the first chapter beats you over the head with the topic's premise and could have been 1/2 as long--great, however, for understanding how ALL...

Hey all! Just registered and found a lot of BYCers are here, too. We live on 5 acres in Longview, IL along with: 3 horses, 4 cats, 2 dogs and 11 (soon to be 8) chickens. If this forum is as good as BYC, I should have a lot of questions answered.