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So after our ride this morning a friend from town came out. Her mom is moving to a care facility and was renting the hose she's been staying in. She's healthy but apparently can't really be on her own anymore. So yeah. Anyway. The property owner didn't want all the plants left in the yard so...

I'm not exactly sure if this is the proper place to put it. But because it does have to do with financial stability I figured it does. Like I said before I don't have kids yet. But I know the kind of mother I want to be. I'm sure that everyone who has kids had told them that they can be...

With the rise in the cost of healthcare and the debacle over insurance I figured I'd talk a little about health savings accounts. These are nifty little ways (at least in the states) where you can put more taxed money into an account that you can later use for medical purposes. Something a...

So as I was riding home from work today I saw an elderly lady taking an armload of planters out to the dumpster by the end of her drive. They weren't anything special. But there were like 60 4 packs. She looked at me like I was crazy for asking if I could have them. But have them to me none...

So I thought I'd start a thread of pictures I've collected over my short 23 years on this rock. Some will be what I've pulled off the internet. But I'll start off with some friends family and of course myself. Two of my favorite guys waiting on a snack. And my guy cooking.

I'm curious to know how many others on this site maintain a food plot for their wildlife? I'd also like to hear what all you folks plant in them? Are you focusing on summer and fall feeding or late fall winter feeding or if you plant for all four seasons. I really look forward to hearing...

I think it was on this forum that we got to discussing using dog poo for fertilizer. Someone said that it's not advisable to use. So I took it at face value. But got to wondering why. So I got to looking and it seems that while it does make great fertilizer there are several parasites that do...

01. Name? CJ 02. Gender? Female 03. Disneyworld or Disneyland? Neither 04. What is your favorite color? Ice blue 05. What is your favorite kind of gum? Chocolate. I like chocolate 06. How much do you weigh? 115ish 07. How tall are you? 5'9" 08. Can you swim? Yup 09. Do you like to swim...

So after work I decided that I needed another raspberry plant in the fenced part of the back yard. And look who was at my house waiting for me when I got home. My brothers. Well only one of them is outside. The other isn't much of an outdoor guy. He's inside with mom watching Netflix. So...

Okay. So I need some advise. If like to experiment with permaculture and its a subject that I know very little about. I'm thinking of planting more raspberry bushes using hugelkulture. I already have three bushes planted by my front porch. But I'd really like to plant more. After estimating...

I'm not sure how many of you make your own. But I'm sure that most of us at least appreciate wine. I know I sure do. With good wine being so expensive I like to make my own. Which will be even cheaper once my strawberries and raspberries start producing. I mashed up a batch of strawberry...

Murdering weeds is not only a fantasy of any gardener. But it's also the bane of their existence. Well if you are using pregrown plants there is a very easy way to make sure they never sprout. Cornmeal. Cornmeal is basically gluten. Which is a pre-emergent seed aborting machine. It stops them...

This is something that I've found many gardeners do not do. Many of us only plant the fairly simple and robust plants that grow almost anywhere. But still even those plants have their own comfort zone. So it's a good idea to have an idea of where your soil resides on the pH scale. Sure you can...

Old rims, tubed steel, sprockets. Just about everything can be repurposed into good useable items. A personal favorite of mine is to make outdoor pots for plants.

I hope this is the proper place to post this. But thought that maybe we could spark some activity for the things we love that do not directly relate to being self sufficient. So I suppose I'll start off. One of my favorite things to do during the spring and summer when given the free time is...

I've always wondered why I felt so much better after digging in the garden. I'd always assumed that it was simply because I was getting out and doing something I loved. But it seems that there are other explanations out there...

So I'm obviously New here and wanted to say hi to everyone. I'm in SE Iowa and recently purchased a home on a piece of land. Im fairly crafty and very fix it. But I k is that there is still a ton to learn. Thanks for having me.