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We've had a TON of severe weather in the last 2 weeks. Thus far, the tornado sirens one town over have gone off 2 times and our own has gone off once. We are on the side of town that can hear both sirens and I think that is good as our small town seems to be delayed when responding to that...

A couple of my neighbors got together and dethatched their lawns. I walked over and asked if I could have the grass that hadn't been treated with pesticides or herbicides and they (not being fools) said sure. Thus far, I have filled the 8'x6' chicken run 1' deep with it (I had just cleaned out...

http://denver.craigslist.org/bar/1721811585.html Over the course of the last year or so, I've become a professional resume submitter! I've scoured the listings in the 'jobs' section, always racing for that first slot in the recipients mailbox. I've developed an awe-inspiring ability of...

I've got the recipe for Dandelion wine from the book, The Backyard Homestead. Only thing is, I forgot to get the raisins. Here is the recipe: 3 quarts dandelion blossoms 1 gallon water 2 oranges, with peel 1 lemon, with peel 3 pounds sugar 1 ounce fresh yeast 1 pound raisins Do you think it...

Someone finally replied to me Freecycle ad about one of my girls. Their question though is "How loud of a hen is she?" Uh, as loud as any of the other hens I have?!?! How on earth am I supposed to answer that?

I am very excited. Yesterday, I was in the garden working a fence line (in the middle of my yard) over with a pitchfork to loosen it up for peas and I found WORMS!!! Lots of them! For most people, this is no big deal but last year, I could have tilled the whole yard and found maybe 5 worms in...

While getting my seeds together for this year, I stumbled upon a ziplock baggie of several packages of seeds that were packaged for 2007. Several of the packages were never even opened and a couple are even herbs. Do you think they'll still germinate?

I'm pretty sure I know the answer already but here goes. I went out to put gallon jugs of water in the deep freezer and discovered to my shock and amazement a turkey. The sell or freeze by date says January of 2007. Do you think it's still edible?

I was very disappointed when my dil did not reseed itself last year. It had for the last two years and so I was sad when it didn't come up this spring. I was just outside pulling weeds from the grass (yes, I hand pull a lot of them) and hunting goats-head seeds when I pulled out a fernlike...

I have 6 pullets at our house. I am pleased with most of them as they are docile enough to handle pretty easily after catching. The problem is that one is an Andulusian. She's a beautiful gal but I'm not sure I want a laying hen that I can't touch much less pick up. I understand that, that...

I ordered these raspberry bushes from Gurneys or Henry Fields (Heritage and Anne). Well, after having been planted for over a month not ONE had started to bud. I called Gurneys and spoke with a really nice gal who helped me to determine that indeed 1 of my heritages had died and all of my...

How much do you guys charge for eggs? I've had a couple of people inquiring about mine and I'm not sure where to start. At the grocery store (Walmart) they had 18 eggs for under $2.

I've been reading about this whole don't wash your hair thing. Basically, you stop washing your hair. You can still take showers and rinse your hair. The idea is that the chemicals in shampoo strip your hair of it's natural oils thereby causing the oil glands to go into overload. According...

Okay, folks, how on earth do you guys changes the heading of your posts? I just can't figure it out.

My dad called yesterday. No big deal, we're having a barbecue at this house today so it is kind of expected. However, he didn't call because of the barbecue; he called because one of his ex-students (he used to teach fifth grade but is now a principal) had just graduated. As part of one of...

I just got my Real Property Notice of Valuation. It says my property value dropped from $136,504 last year to a whopping $87,718 this year. Yes, folks, that is a drop in value of 36% or $48,786. To make matters more lovely, I've just been informed that for the next year I will be overpaying...

I hope I put this in the right category. I'm thinking about posting a wanted ad on Freecycle for a "free" acre. I would never take posession of it but would be able to put goats and more chickens on it so that I could get milk from the goats and meat from the poultry. Do you guys think anyone...

Our lot is approximately 60 feet by 100 feet. The backyard is 60 feet by 27 feet. I'm not sure what the front yard is but I have the lion's share for a garden bed. I'm trying to slowly but sure get rid of all grass. I'm allergic to it and DH likes to think that he'll mow it but never...

I'm having a garage sale. I'm not sure when just yet but until today I literally had a garage FULL of stuff. Today, I took out a nasty sofa (the ONLY way to really make this thing useable again is to rebuild it), a couple of infant carseats (both of which are broken (I figure if someone is...