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Ladies and gents, don't forget to use cotton batting for this project. I just wanted to mention that because my wife made some scrap potholders and used the polyfill stuff and it melted the first...

That's despicable! I would hunt them down and give them a piece of my mind-the crazy part! We just lost one of our beloved dogs and are beside ourselves. The vet said she probably had a massive heart...

You can use a primer like Kilz or something of that sort and it manages to look almost like beadboard. You can also fill the lines with spackle but it would be a lot of work sanding it down.

Yeah, the living away from home thing is the hardest thing to do. Other than that the homeschoolers actually get a better quality education than those in public school. The teacher only has to teach...

There is nothing to say you have to do anything. But I always feel guilty if I don't. I usually will go with the tools to help out if I can at all and that helps the tool to come back home. :)

I just got a small Gator 4X4 and I am thrilled. I have done several jobs around the place that I have had to haul dirt in the truck out in the fields and I don't want to use it for that. So I bought...

You would probably have to do a special order so it would be better to go somewhere they do specialty windows on a daily basis. I usually go to a local hardware/lumber store that does special order...

I've thought the same thing Meghan. I wonder what would happen if there was a total collapse of society? It would be hard and you would certainly have to defend yourself, your family and your...

Has anyone thought of raising koi fish for the pet market? I have several ponds on the farm and I would love to do something besides water the local wildlife with them. I have a feeling they would...

You really have to be careful. There are false morels and they are not safe to eat. If you cultivate your own you would be good to go. I love morels or "dry land fish" as they call them in my neck...

Ours have a pond. They go out and jump in if they get too hot. They like to go hunting too, back in the woods. They have occasionally brought home parts of a deer carcass or two but they had to...

Wow Pat, well thought out post. I have thought of these issues too. Those of us in the country will be inundated with "townies" who are fleeing the bleakness and lack of supplies in the city. I...

My niece and her husband have boers but they also have a few milkers but I'm not sure of the breed. They are of a milder disposition though. But anyway, the milkers are a bit smaller than the boers...

I was always raised in the country and I have a lot of skills that I know the younger generation doesn't have. I've been trying to teach my kids and grandkids these skills (such as cutting wood). I...

mountainmama, you have to make sure no one is in the vicinity. I have always worn heavy leather cowboy boots and it has saved me many times over from a whole lot of things. bird-yeah, it's...

I hope you didn't pay her for taking care of things for you. I hate when something like that happens and unfortunately, I've been guilty of doing my own that way. As far as using the soil, I reuse...

I've never cut any back before. I'd be afraid to try it but you could try one or two plants and see what happens. Is there a possibility you can move your tomato plants? Are they already blooming?

I've been trying to make chairs from branches lately. I haven't been able to finish one yet because I've been busy, but I have some branches already cut and waiting to be put together.

If you have animal control in your area, call them. Unfortunately, where I live I am the only animal control there is. The population here is so sparse that we know each other's animals and we all...

My wife belongs to one of several quilt clubs that are in our area. She loves to quilt but doesn't do it as much anymore because she has some health problems. She does love it though and I have...

Well, I'm chief cook and bottle washer at my house so I'm going to have to give this one a try. Is it sort of like those chocolate lava cakes they have in restaurants all of the time? I love those...

Poor little ones. I had a border collie die from milk fever when her pups were 12 days old. Between me and my mother we raised 6 pups to 8 weeks of age and gave away all but two of them. She kept...

They are quite common in Western West Virginia where I live. They are pretty and do grow quickly but I like them in spite of it. I would love to have a bunch of them but mine seems to just want to...

Yeah, we don't have a lot of animal control in my neck of the woods. They are starting to multiply like crazy too. I don't necessarily like the idea of killing them but they have to be controlled...

Has anyone every used a long handled scythe? It's been several years (think decades) since I've used one but I still have the one I used when I was a teen. I think it would be much more effective...