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The place we get our chicken feed from uses the woven bags. They want them back and re-use them.

If you are using a filter cartridge, get a 1 micron filter. I get mine at Grainger.com. It's worth a try befroe you put in something more expensive.

I've been cracking and eating hickory nuts all my life but shelling them and getting the nutmeat out is not easy. I'm looking for an easier way to get the nut meat out. Anyone have any ideas?

The...

We've got a Wahl hair trimmer kit also. Got it at Sears. It was actually a lower price than Walmart.
Used it for a about 5 years now and it works great. I cut the 2 kids hair. My wife cuts my hair...

When I was looking for properties and I found one I liked, I would knock on all the neighbors doors before I put an offer on the property. I would mention my interest in the property for sale and...

Baby monitors might work well and they can be found at yard sales cheap. Some newer monitors are 2-way.

Hi All,
I have a garden (55'x55') that is fenced using T posts (about 7.5' out of the ground) and 1/2" wide electric tape. I've used this for years to keep the deer out and it's worked well.
Now...

Catalytic converters are put in the stoves to meet EPA specs for pollution. I would not get a stove with a catalytic converter. They go bad in time and if you burn something you shouldn't - like...

The hot water coil in my neighbors oil burner is clogged with minerals. 30 years ago I fixed this in my old house by using some sort of acid, a bucket and a pump. The basic idea was to pump the acid...

Thanks - I've since spoke to a woman who grew up in Italy and makes her own pasta. She says it's fine to air dry and store egg pasta for a couple of months at room temps.

Rich

Hi All,
I've been making pasta with a yard sale Ronco pasta maker and freezing the pasta. But I'd like to turn the freezer off.
So, how do you dry fresh pasta? There's egg in the recipe so I'm...

I was looking to buy a 25lb bag of barley for cooking but came across both pearled and hulled types. Does anyone know the difference?

Thanks,
Rich

Fred,
Finally got a real person on the phone at Lodge. I need a 12" skillet as I already have a 10" one. You measure across the top.

Rich

Fred,
I've tried email - no reply going on 2 weeks. I left a phone message w/customer service and no call back 1 week later. I'm looking at Lodge cast iron.
http://www.lodgemfg.com/
Anyone else...

I'd like to buy a cast iron skillet on the internet. I've been using a cast iron skillet for many years and would like a larger one. The one I have measures 8.5 inches on the bottom and 10.25 inches...

Rick,
I would also agree that making your house more energy efficient is the best bang for the buck. I owned an old Victorian house for 10 years and the best thing I did was rebuild the original...

All your suugestions make sense. It basically boils down to:
1. Make the bale small enough to fit in a regular wood stove.
or
2. Make the wood stove big enough to fit a small square bale.
...

I know this sounds wacko but here goes...
I get about 800 small square bales of hey from my few acres. Not good quality stuff. Mostly gets used for cows or mulch by landscapers.
But I had an idea -...

Every month I have to bundle up the newspapers for recycling. But this month, for some reason, I remembered something about paper pellets from back in the 80's. I envision using my wife's food...

I remember years ago someone had developed paper pellets for use in a wood pellet stove. Have not heard anything since. Does anyone know about paper pellets?

Rich

Don,
Congratulations on doing the swap. I don't have any specific knowledge about Sables but did you read the OBD code from the computer?
Rich

Thanks for your replies.
You confirmed what I suspected. There is no such thing as a fast growing hardwood tree!
We live in northern New Jersey. If the winter is a cold one then we use 3 face cords...

I'm on a 10 acre lot with not a single tree to my name. My backup heat is a wood stove. You might ask - What are you doing with a wood stove and no trees? Well, I've been burning wood I find on the...

I installed a remote starter on my manual shift car. There is no clutch interlock. But I made sure the car would not start using the remote starter unless the car was in neutral. I put a small...

Why use oil or gas?
That's the wrong question.
Use solar. It works.

Rich