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After years of making hit or miss bread I found the miracle ingredient is dough extender or conditioner. You could buy it on line or make your own from online recipes. This addition extends the...

My family has tried them all over the years and the reynolds bags work great at less expense than seal a meal replacement bags.

My grandson and I picked a gallon of mulberries, and made a cobbler. It was the best I have ever eaten.

I had a neighbor who bolted one to a barrel, cut a hole in the deck, welded a feeder funnel and used it to chop cobs of corn for chicken scratch.

It works fine now.

Here in Hardin County Illinois we almost have water piped in for rural residents. The line will run through my property and on down to fifty other families down the road who have only well water at...

My chickens are so used to the 5 foot fence they hardly ever get out. Once I left the gate open being half asleep when I opened up the chicken house, and they all got out. When I got home from the...

It could be an asian market chicken. I got some of those when I got my brown egg layers two years ago. Ugly babies, look like wild birds, but grow up to lay nice brown eggs.

The big buck for Hardin County Illinois this year came out of my back yard. My buddy got it the first day of the season, one hour in. On the other hand, I had to sit in the stand two full seasons...

Gary, I think you should borrow a box blade and put the scarifiers down to dig up the hard pack on the road. Then use your leveler and you will have a good smooth road. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Yesterday, my neighbors house burned down to the foundation. By the time the rural fire department got there all they could do is keep it from spreading to other buildings. My neighbors had lived...

According to
Wikapedia, the wooden water pipes were sealed with hot animal fat.

I must be the luckiest man alive. My trashman drives 1 thousand feet right up to my garage and picks it up. If I have forgotten to bring it to the garage, he comes to the back door and asks. Of...

I really don't understand the thrill these kids get from destroying mail boxes, but it is a continuing problem for me and for neighbors up and down the road. We go a couple of years with no problem,...

Cysts, and other pathogens are removed by regular filtration, depending on the type of media. Just read the labels to see what they do. I certainly have no RO on the drinking water on my...

I picked up a propane smoker from Rural King for $149.00. It is the type that looks like a gun cabinet on legs. They sell them at Walmart for the same price. You can easily control temperature...

Yes, deer season is coming in November. As I am over 60 I only hunt from a ladder stand which I drive to on my ATV. I shoot no deer I can't drive up and load. Deer are really thick here in the...

I threw out my RO system because with my water and water pressure it never did work right. When I went to replace the RO filter it was $100.00. I changed over to a dual filter GE with carbon, and...

Yes actually, basil is part of the italian seasoning. If I had any fresh, I would have thrown it in. Italian seasoning has basil, rosmary, thyme, savory, sage and oregano. And since you made me...

I start mine in the house where I can watch them until they are about 4 weeks old. By then they could put up a ruckus and let you know there was a problem, or get away from a predator. I check my...

My wife and I just made up 6 bushels of tomato sauce for spaghetti. We cooked down tomatos, onions, garlic, celery, peppers, and carrots and bay leaf, salt, pepper and italian seasoning, cooked for...

It could be raccoons, dogs, cayotes, or foxes. More than likely it is dogs. My neighbors swear their dogs are sweet and wouldn't hurt anything, but when I catch one with a chicken in his mouth he...

When it comes to my 20 chickens that cost one dollar each and are kept for eggs, then something is wrong with the system. Not only that, I have stocked ponds, will I have to account for the fish? ...

Build him a pen outside with a dog house or shelter from sun and rain, snow, etc. Do not let him run or cayotes might kill him, or if he wanders onto someones property and kills their chickens or...

If that steak is not marbled with fat to flavor the meat, then that steak is just flat nasty, you might as well be a vegan.