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Had a similar traction problem mowing my hillside place. Finally got some Ag-type tires at Tractor supply.

They do tear up the lawn if you spin, but it grows back! I have even mowed in standing...

Creative idea to build a house in a silo, but also like building a house in a chimney. Fire danger is much greater so plan accordingly and especially have good escape routes.

Not very pure, but I just save all those little odds and ends of waste from using the tablesaw and cut them up into small pieces about 5" long by 1" wide. To start a fire, I dip them into a little...

If the holes are all in the tops of the ribs, the tin probably started its life on a different roof and those are just old nail holes. If that is the case, the roof might have a lot of years left...

Can't get meat much cheaper than just buying a lot of chuck in the fall when it goes on sale in the supermarket. You can grind it, roast it or cut it up into steaks. Tougher than t-bone, but has...

Try www.Lehmans.com for Lehman's Hardware located in Amish contry.

You must be a demon gardener to get hot peppers to grow in Nova Scotia!

Fixed my cold feet when working at my workbench with a rubber floormat that plugs in and gets warm. Think office stores or tool shops might have them.

Just one more little step!

Been a good year for us - best crop of fallow we have ever had. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

Went a few years ago - well worth the experience. Expect a big crowd and know what things are worth - some were huge bargains and others would end up costing more than new after you bought all the...

Alfalfa and Mesquite honey - the best! Used to get that in Arizona. Pure mesquite honey is dark and strong, so the hives on the edge between desert and farm had the best ever!

You might get away with this for heavy fabric, but not leather:

Look for an old Singer sewing machine (mine is 1942 and $20 from a garage sale). Those have steel gears and hold up to heavy loads...

Just saw an article in the Sierra Vista newspaper about a guy who had a golden barrel cactus swiped right from his front yard. Gone in 60 seconds -- More like 15 seconds!

Yor picture really made my day. I grew up down near 11-mile corner and that photo sure made me homesick - especially after looking a all this snow in upstate NY!

How about fixing the toilet so that it leaks a little, constantly running a little bit of water into the tank and into the bowl and then out. Will keep it from freezing and can't get more low...

Thanks all! Guess I have been doing a couple of things wrong, like using green wood (this year its dry!) and most of all, I have just been stuffing the firebox full a couple of times a day.
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Got a Lopi brand fireplace insert last year and used it all winter. This year I cleaned the stainless steel chimney liner with one of those brushes from Lowes. Instead of soot, I knocked loose a...

Don' t know much about lumber grades. My (20 X 40 foot) garage is reverse board and batten so asked for 1x12 and 1x4 pine ten feet long. I actually got boards from 1 to 1-1/4 inch thick and a...

A guy up here (NY) advertised in the paper for folks needing green rough sawn lumber. When he had enough customers, he hauled the logs to the road and another guy with a portable sawmill sawed them...

Best of everything in your new home - hope you really enjoy Arizona living. Saw the most beautiful Arizona sunset I ever saw in Wickenburg!

Thanks Pat and Hazmat! I decided to pass on the furnace. Appreciate your advice. Also heard from Dave at furnace parts http://www.furnaceparts.com/oilfurnace.htm.

Dave reinforced what you both...

Good luck - I grew up down by Casa Grande and someday may go back. Er, did anybody tell you about the dry heat? In Wickenburg it may get up to 115 degrees, but thanks to the dry heat it only feels...

Looking at adding an ex-mobile home furnace (oil fired forced hot air) to my attached garage/workshop for heat this winter. Can I just route the flue into the existig flue from the house furnace? ...