I have 3 very mature blueberry bushes that give tons of excellent berries. But the birds nail em hard. I’ve tried various schemes netting them with good results but temporary netting is hard for me...
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I have 3 very mature blueberry bushes that give tons of excellent berries. But the birds nail em hard. I’ve tried various schemes netting them with good results but temporary netting is hard for me...
Yesterday I spoke with a good friend that is an excellent gardener. Some backround. For years both he and I used Jung seeds with good results. But Jung and Burpees have gotten a little crazy with...
I’ve planted potatoes, onions, 4 cauliflower, and 2 lemon boy tomato plants so far. Out average last frost date in May 15 so I’m ahead of the curve.
My seed starting sucess this year is dismal. ...
I have an asparagus patch that is well in excess of 20 years old. I get a ton of asparagus shoots every year but they all come on in a short period of time. I’ve tried canning and freezing the...
Here’s a great prep. Last week I got one of the new Garmin bullet chronographs. This thing is great! Super easy. It appears to be very accurate. And idiot proof so even I can use it. It’s...
All excellent suggestions. Thanks to all of you.
Years ago I bought a Coleman camping oven for use on a Coleman type camping stove. The thing folds up into a flat box for storage. I’ve never used it. Recently I saw an article where most if these...
This week I bought some additional 2 x 4s and plywood for stock. Also finished topping off all my fuel stores. The furnace oil tank is already full for next winter. I have all my seeds and garden...
Will! Welcome aboard. Don’t take things too personal around here. We are a bunch of cranky old bastards. Thick skinned, not politically correct, and hard core. No touchy-feeley crap here. But...
Wow! Gold jumped $45 an ounce yesterday. It’s going crazy. Something is definitely afoot. The big money boys are making a move.
Pirate! What brand are the raised beds? Where did you get them? And what is your opinion on their quality? My friend bought a bunch of galvanized raised beds from Amazon last year. They are very...
Why do you have hulls and wads in the freezer?
I started 6 cauliflower seeds this week and all six germinated. Next week I will start broccoli seeds. I bought the seeds at Agway for $2.99 per package. When opened, that envelope only contained...
Yep! It’s getting to be garden time again. I started getting my seed starting stuff together. And today I got a trailer load of mushroom mulch and started topping up all the raised beds and the...
Got a few days of nice weather here. Got outside and started the spring garden clean up early. Today I cleaned out the asparagus patch and added fertilizer. Got most of my trees trimmed and...
When the weather improves I intend to hook the heater directly up to 2 solar panels without any batteries at all for a test run.
Years ago I bought a Coleman camp oven for use with a Coleman stove...
Yes panels work half-azzed on cloudy days, like today. Did another test run. 400 watts again. In 1 hour water temp came up 30 degrees. So 1 degree every 2 minutes. I’m good with that. Gotta fix...
My location is not really good for solar either. Winter is almost always cloudy. But wintertime I can get hot water from my coal stove. And the other 3 seasons I could use the new solar powered...
Inor. My luck is just the opposite. I have blueberries out the wazoo but no luck with raspberry or strawberry plants.
MG. Yes, an immersion probe. I received it yesterday and built my bucket...
Contact a person or company that installs new furnaces. Good chance they have old parts around from a new furnace and thermostat install. When my furnace was replaced 2 years ago they also put in a...
Just for clarification, this heater will use solar panels or 12 volt battery power to heat the water. This is not a ‘passive’ set up.
I got 2 more 100watt solar panels and a small charge controller. I was on MISSOURI WIND AND SOLAR website and found a video on how to make a solar powered 5 gallon bucket hot water heater . Hot...
Impaired hearing does come with certain advantages. :bounce:
30 years of working inside a steel engine room with turbines screaming and diesels yammering has left me with almost no hearing in one ear and impaired in the other……… except for the constant white...
Oh I know there are some skilled machinists left around. But it’s not like it was a few decades back. America used to be filled with skilled tradesmen. Now it’s filled with uber drivers and...