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anyone tried using the foodsaver handheld thingy with the jar sealer? wonder if it would get enough suck or just plain... well, suck.

if you're looking for other cool chicken coop/tractor ideas, check out backyardchickens.com (sister site to this) if you're not already there. LOL I practically LIVE on byc... then again i suffer from "chicken math". for those unfamiliar with chicken math, it goes like this... when you have...

Thanks. I've considered raising meat rabbits but wonder if they're actually economical to produce. so far I've got free range chickens, assorted bantams for eggs and heritage Dorkings (all their eggs get incubated right now). and quail in the plans after Thanksgiving... I need to hatch out...

I'll disagree here... we had some black ants find our sugar (stored in plastic totes), and emptied 2 5# bags of it before we noticed them... I think they also starved to death on the 2 bags of splenda they made off with.

one thing to consider with the smaller generators... 2-3 devices can add up quickly and overload it. we had a 1000w Honda generator, nice, small, quiet. it was within the power range for the camper's A/C, but would overheat after about 3 minutes... our 2kw generator runs the everything except...

we have 2 generators, a smaller 2kw that we can use to power radios/computers/lights for communicatios purposes, and we have a 5kw we can use to power the fridge, freezer, well pump, and a/c if needed (my asthma protests heat/humidity) we can also hook it up to the camper and use the a/c there...

nope. no code required anymore. but it's still out there, and quite handy at times when voice transmissions are lost in the static. that tone makes it's way thru when nothing else can. I did pass my code test, but i'd be hard pressed to copy a whole sentence. That's what the computer and...

well, with the right resources, some commercial radios are now becoming readily available for a variety of frequency ranges at reasonable prices. currently the fcc is no longer issuing frequencies for these radios, and anyone with licensed frequencies has to upgrade their radios by january 2013...

Just came to this website, since BYC is down, and find a lot of interesting topics. But one topic I haven't seen mentioned, thought I'd toss it out there... Being prepared for emergencies is great, but what about communications? If a natural disaster happens, how will you contact anyone if an...