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    Winter Composting in Minnesota?

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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :old Yeah, understand. I had a tough winter and when I went to buy 50-pound sacks of chicken feed, I would ask the young guys there to load it up in my car. When I got home, I would just transfer the feed from the back of my car into 5-gallon pails about ~25 pounds each, but with a handle, and...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :old Yeah, I've had a tough winter, too. Understand. Please post any and all pictures you can. You know, it really does not matter to me if a project looks a little wonky. In the end, it's all about if you can enjoy the process and if you make something useful for yourself. :love I'm sure you...
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    Winter Composting in Minnesota?

    :clap Exactly. I think too many YouTube videos on composting are always on making the process as fast as possible. Finished compost in 15 days! Fantastic! And I'm all for that if you can tend the pile, checking the temps, and turning it over every few days. Or some other people buy expensive...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :clap Good for trying hand tools. That's the first step. I would not worry about everything getting wonky. Plants really don't care as long as the soil stays in the planter. Don't let perfection get in the way of your goals. Just do like I do and call it your initial Proof of Concept design and...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    ⚠️ Why You Want to Keep Your Slow Tool Battery Chargers I am in the Ryobi line of 18v and 40v tools. I have lots of batteries and chargers. Although the following information is specific to some of my Ryobi chargers, I think the concept may hold true for other brand tools and chargers as well...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :eek: Torx Head Screws at $12.99 per Pound! This past weekend I stopped by our local Bobcat dealership to check out the accessibility to their pallets that they give away for free. They have nice long pallets that I would love to pick up and bring home. Some of the pallets were made with those...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Most of my careers in life were pushing paper on the desk. I am not a carpenter by any means, but I find it rewarding to actually build something with my hands. In many ways, it feels much more rewarding than pushing paper at the office. Believe me, what I am building does not take a lot of...
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    Winter Composting in Minnesota?

    Thanks. It sure has upped my composting game. What used to take me hours and hours to sift with my 2X4 frame and wire on the wheelbarrow, I can now sift in just minutes with the cement mixer compost sifter. If that is the first time you have seen my sifter let me add that I have different wire...
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    Winter Composting in Minnesota?

    Yeah, I just wanted to post something about composting in the dead of winter. I don't know if many people think about composting when snow is on the ground. But there are things we can do in the winter months to give ourselves a jumpstart on composting for when the temperature warms up.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :old I spent a lot of my time growing up with my grandparents who lived through the Great Depression era in the 1930's. They knew how to use, reuse, and do without if necessary. A lot of their experience rubbed off on me, I guess.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Yep, I love my 4-wheel garden carts, but replacing those tires can be really expensive. I looked up the expected lifetime of pneumatic tires of this type and the reports are 2-4 years. I think I got 5 years. I hope my new flat-free tires will last me a lifetime. Sounds like the only thing that...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    That is the new Ryobi fast charger model PCG007. I bought it as part of a kit with a 6Ah 18v battery. At that time, the charger retailed for $110 and the battery sold separately for $179. It was one of those 2025 Holiday bundle specials advertised as a $289 value on sale for ~$150.00. When I...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    ⚠️ Pallet Wood Backer Boards :clap It finally warmed up enough here in northern Minnesota that I can move the car outside of the garage and start working on some pallet projects again. Happy days! Over the winter, I picked up a few items that would be great wall-mounted. One was a plastic tool...
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    Winter Composting in Minnesota?

    :idunno Composting Outside in Minnesota Winters? You may be wondering if it is possible to compost outside in a Minnesota winter. Well, at least I do. What can I do in the wintertime in regard to composting? One of the best things I ever did with my backyard flock was to convert my chicken run...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    🤔 What does being frugal or sustainable mean to you? I often get accused of being "cheap" because I prefer to be frugal in my purchases and, as I get older, I have also been more concerned about sustainable issues. Well, maybe guilty on some level, but I just don't enjoy wasting money or...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :idunno You may be right on needing to turn those flat free tires every once in a while. I had previously read that you cannot leave the wagon under a heavy load and not rotate the flat free tires, because they can/will develop a flat spot where the tire is on the ground. :caf At any rate, you...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :tongue Flat Tires on the Garden Cart We finally had two days in a row in the low 50F's here in northern Minnesota. Felt really good. Snow is melting fast now. I was able to get one of my 4-wheel "Gorilla" carts out of the snow and used it to haul some chicken feed bags. :old It's been a...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Thanks. I never heard of that. I'll have to check it out.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :clap I have used the tarp idea before as well, mostly for moving leaves, but the same idea. 🤔 If I were to ever build another chicken coop, I think I would put my drop-down cleanout panel so I could shovel/broom all the old deep bedding directly into the chicken run. I did not know that at the...
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