Search:

I would caution you on dry concrete for pole barn posts. Remember, the concrete is the footing that supports the building. Would you pour a basement wall with dry concrete mix?

Here's one in northern Michigan Straitsland Resorter

The Straitsland Resorter

<font color="blue"> my building is going to be 30x40, when run the strings to set the posts should the width be 1.5 in shorter on each sides and front and back for the 2x4's
</font color>
By...

The way I've finished several steers by feeding cracked corn at 2% of their body weight divided into two feedings a day at 12 hour intervals. At each feeding I also fed a leaf of grass hay to keep...

Michele,

Politely inform your builder that you will gladly pay him the final balance, <font color="red"> when your satisfied with his work </font color> . Let him know your willing to play ball,...

Went out last Friday morning to check on the pigs. Found one of the gilts with a prolapsed rectum. She was showing a lot of distress, so I took her to the vet for care. The vet performed surgery...

Well I've named them..........Bacon, Pork Chop, Breakfast, etc......so I don't think they're going to be anything but tablefare. I am going to put a couple in my freezer, and I have the rest sold. ...

<font color="blue"> Great personalities, very social, clean and tidy, and really tasty when it is all said and done. </font color>

That's what I've noticed. They're almost comical to watch and...

Why not get aquainted with one of your new neighbors who has the ability to mow it and ask him what he thinks. He might appreciate you asking him and offer to mow it. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Bought 7 little piglets Saturday. Picked them up in the afternoon. It was their first time away from their momma, they seemed a little lost. But they are doing fine today. It's been a little...

banzaitoyota

You need to fill in your profile so we have some idea of where you live. Why are asphalt shingles wore out after only 7 years? Are you sure they were asphalt shingles or maybe a...

Paul,

That's a real gut rencher!! By all means, give your contractor the opportunity to correct this problem. If your not satisfied with his response, find your own roofer to correct it. Make...

You say the land has been fallow for the last 18 months. Does that mean nothing has been growing or that a grass crop of sorts has been introduced?

If the sooner is correct, and nothing is...

mysticokra,

There are many good books available on the subject and many different opinions on how to start.

The one thing we really need to know is where this property is!! That would help in...

They're great. I've got two. Took threaded rod and spaced them for 30" rows, now I can plant twice as fast. If you start with a smooth seed bed, the row markers do work. Keep it clean and you...

<font color="blue"> My alarm went off at 5:30 AM as usual. </font color>

It was still 4:30 AM to them.
The critters haven't changed over to daylight savings time yet. Theyr'e on their own...

The crowns or mounds are probably from when it was cultivated. If you have access to a tandem disk that should do the job your looking for.

When you think about it, it is two pieces of glass separated by a 5/8" - 7/8" aluminum or stainless bar around the perimeter, then sealed air tight. When the sun hits the glass, the air inside has...

<font color="blue"> Don't those usually show up fairly quickly after installation? </font color>
Not really, my window was about a year old when it cracked.

They call it a stress fracture. Probably when they put the panels together. The shatter comes from it being tempered glass.

Had a stress fracture on one of the house windows. Wife accused me...

gspig is right. The "rule of thumb" for kraft faced insulation is to always put the vapor barrier(paper) to the warm side. In this case the bathroom is the warm side, and it has the potential to...

Rob,
When you say "spinner", does that mean you haven't assembled the porch railing yet? If that's the case, a spinner could be as easy as cutting 2 round circles of plywood (real easy to do on a...

Rob,

We had a similar situation. The only color we used was white. The only thing I did to make this daunting task easier for me , was let the wife paint the porch. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

I had some wild turkeys that were digging bulbs from my wifes flower bed next to the house. Opening the door to scare them away was only effective for about a half an hour. My former son-in-law...