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    Ready for SS's 1st Great Debate?

    Ok here it is. I was reading a post where some people here were on another poster for drinking OJ in a plastic bottle. Granted, they were friendly about it, and nothing wrong was done in the post. But it got me to thinking. I could care less if I use 50 plastic bottles a day. A lot of them...
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    How to get started?

    My husband and I currently live on a little more'n an acre in the country. He'll be retiring before too much longer, and a move isnt out of the question. I would like to live on at least 10 acres, part wooded, part pasture, with maybe a small barn. Just enough for a huge garden, and maybe...
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    Putting up corn

    I bought a dozen ears of corn yesterday, we ate half, and I just froze the other half cut off the cob. Now is the season for getting corn for dirt cheap, and I'm wondering what your all favorites ways are to put it up.
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    Calling all wood heaters

    I know a bunch of you heat with wood, and I'm curious about all your chimneys. Do you use stainless or masonry? Was looking at the stainless chimneys, and they're more than I'd pay for the stove itself lol. Just wondering what cost effective ways you all came up with for your chimneys.
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    dill

    Ok, My dill is ready to be picked. Last year I used it fresh, but this year's been so screwed up that my pickles are still baby plants. What do I do with my dill while I'm waiting for my pickles to catch up? Just cut it and dry it? Also, the tops have big heads with yellow "flowers" what do...
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    Compost

    Despite gardening all my life, composting is one thing I have never done. It always seemed like so much extra work. I've heard so many different things, like you need to have so much % green stuff x so much % brown stuff x this or that and stir stir stir all the time,.... Is it really that...
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    Anyone make their own ale?

    I recently got a beer making kit, and today I bottled my first batch. Will take a week for it to carbonate, the directions says. I tasted it today and tasted like beer, but was flat. Anyways, I was hoping to save money by making my own, but couldnt believe the price of the "kits". Anyone...
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    Purple Chicken..........

    You're wayyyyyyyyy too quiet. You're scaring me.
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