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Well I see Boondox did reply while I was typing.

Phil

Danny,
I have always had dogs. Always inside ones - members of the household actually. I have two now, one of which is a Golden. I believe this breed would make a terrible "outside" dog. They are...

Here is a link for Chester County Pa's publication on septic maintenance. Go to the link and click on "On lot sewage system owners manual" It is an Adobe PDF file. I found it very helpful

septic...

I have an herb garden with both culinary and medicinal herbs. one remedy stands out. Horehound - for sore throats and colds. You can still find horehound coughdrops for sale if you look hard enough....

Danny,
As was pointed out the vinegar can act as a herbicide. I used it for dandelions in the cracks of a sidewalk and it worked great.
In regards to cats - good luck. Where I lived before we had...

Beenthere,
My Stihl has a chainbrake that is activated in two ways. 1) The handguard - in a kickback situation as the saw rotates upwards the handguard should be pushed forward by the wrist of my...

Mike,
I have an 025C that I brought in the fall of 2001. I was trading up from a Poulan 2150 that ran flawlessly but had no safety features.
My wife usually bucks the firewood to lenght after I...

Wusthof and Henckels are probably the two premier makers. But very pricey.
Here is a link to Amazon.com steak knives

Has a lot of different brands on that web page including the above...

I never get the pic to stick the first time. Here it is.

Ahhh!! One of my favorite topics. We installed a Sweetheart cookstove last year. I absolutely love it. I am including a picture of it - though folks may get tired of that pic. I have posted it a few...

OkieG,
I don't know the answer to that. I just did a quick search at some of the organic sites I frequent. There does not seem to be a consensus - it can be either.

I strongly recommend the ag...

OkieG,
Firewood ashes are highly alkaline. They can quickly turn your soil to basic. Also potassium in large quantities is bad for your garden. I have seen references to put no more than a 5 gallon...

heres the cookstove pic.

Hazmat,
I live not to far from you in SE NH. We burn 5 to 6 cords a year in two woodstoves. We just replaced the downstairs one with a Sweetheart wood cookstove. So wood consumption may go down....

EJB,
We kept a log so I can tell you exactly. We put the taps in on February 19th. My original post on TBN was about when to tap. Turns out the local high school has a horticulture program and they...

EJB,
It is around a 40:1 ratio. So 40 gallons of sap boils down to 1 gallon of syrup. We never considered it work though! More like family time. At the end of the day we walked through the woods...

this is the final product

This is the milk jug collector. The "S" was to amrk the tree so I could identify it in the dead of winter.

Attached to the above post was my wife collecting sap.

This is a pic of me boiling down

EJB,
I posted a similar thread on TBN last Feb. It is in "Related topics". Got a lot of good info.
We tapped 5 maples this Feb for the first time. Got the taps and a whole lot of good advice from a...

EJB,
When we lived in PA and then MD we had rabbits in hutches outside. We stapled plastic to the outside to keep the wind off and let them stay out all winter. Winters aren't as harsh as up here...

Bayrat,
Sorry to hear about your loss. It is always tough to go through.

I'm gonna' have to stop reading the "Pet" threads. Getting to be emotionally draining.

I don't know you or Dob nor...

Scott,
We brought a Dodge Dakota Quad Cab back in August. Only requirement was a quad cab and a stick. Color, engine, options all didn't matter.
We looked at over 60 Quad cabs in 4 dealers in NH...

Great pic. But I sure would hate to have pooper scooper duty at your place.

Phil

Dob,
Sorry to hear about the lost of Caeser. It's never easy. Reliving the stories like you told in your post helps but it is still hard.

take care.

Phil