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Since I haven't found my Jerry Baker book yet (lol) and I have contradictory information on the web, asking for thoughts on safely and organicly killing off the green stuff in the gravel driveway. I would prefer to avoid stuff like Roundup I used to use a hot vinegar and salt solution for the...

I will post pictures later to help the discussion. The driveway is cut down through the bank in front of the house. It's stable, not eroding, but the brown dirt needs some greenery. I started this thread to tap into the hive mind for ideas on sprucing it up. If I was a younger man with my...

Any of you in the path of the April 8th eclipse? We are, and the local media is drumming up awareness. Lots of smaller towns are setting up party like events to bolster local businesses. The Cleveland baseball team delayed the start of the home opener until the eclipse is completely over...

With our recent adventures in canning, it became obvious the wife and I have vastly different styles for mentally handling dull, repetitive, and truthfully, boring tasks. It got me wondering. In my past, all the way back as a youngin, using a portable radio, Walkman, or radio headphones...

Anyone interested in posting a list of goals for 2022? Sometimes it helps to have them publicly posted for self accountability. Had a lot of thinking time on the road the past week and I realize I need to keep my feet to the fire. Keep them SMART Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant and...

@Nifty, I will send you my IT consulting invoice 😀

Long story short, looking to purchase a meat grinder. Have looked online at Lehman's and Cabela's. I don't have a hard and fast budget, want something I can pass on to one of the kids. The options are overwhelming We often see expensive cuts of beef on sale that would make great ground...

Need some advice. Clumsy move years ago busted out a side piece of glass in a curio cabinet. Finally, got a new pane of glass. Problem is, I can't figure out how to reattach the rubber strips previously tacked in to hold the glass in place. I can't find a tool in my tool box. My brain is...

So I thought it might be fun to start the "wish list" for the possible new homestead, with an eye towards a simpler lifestyle. Open discussion welcome. Land is the big variable, but there will be space for critters and growing stuff, we have a handle on that. My focus is the house...

This isn't a vent, rant, or sad post....just processing some thoughts as this year and decade draws to a close.... My kids and their SOs will be spending the afternoon here tomorrow to celebrate our Christmas it just got me thinking on how not only by generation, but by year things change, no...

The son and I had a really good thought-provoking discussion last week. About five years ago, while he was in high school, he helped author, submit, and get approval for a grant to build a hydroponics lab, including including raising fish in the system. I think he is "eyeing" utilizing an...

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who gave their lives for this country and the families who love and miss them. Part of my 2019 reboot is stepping up my volunteer work. Our group posted close to 3,000 flags the past 3 days. Today's cemetery used to be a big event, with multiple groups...

Base recipe. Replace sugar with swerve, use SF jello. I made my own whipped cream Updated crust recipe posted shortly. https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a22217179/creamsicle-cheesecake-recipe/

Any suggestions for options dealing with anxiety? Stress is out of control. Insomnia and the like. I am praying and trying to let it go. I am trying.

Heavy snow predicted here over the weekend. Prediction models flipping back and forth just 12 hours to go. Anyone in the lower Ohio Valley get any snow yet? My southern wife is excited about her first "real snowstorm" :D

For you old timers who remember KCSunshine. Her husband passed away today from liver cancer. It's been a terrible year of suffering. I had the privilege of meeting them about 5 years ago, they are wonderful folks. For those of you so inclined, please include them both in your thoughts.

I looking to rekindle a hobby I started decades ago.... Collecting cookbooks assembled and published by churches or civic groups. I remember my grandmother leading a group of ladies at church to create one in the seventies. So many memories. I started picking up copies from other places on...

@BarredBuff - are you paying attention, young'in?

So an annoying little storm front blew through late afternoon/early evening with nothing more than high winds and a few microbursts. Just enough to topple some trees in the county and generate moderate power outages. I opened this thread because I really didn't see another thread discussing...

Now that it is actually light in the morning/evening on the way to/from work, it struck me how much hay I see sitting the fields in round bales, just rotting away. My grandfather would take a sickle bar mower to the wheat field after it was combined, using every stalk of straw he could. I...