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    Probability of ticks...?

    So... I thought this might be interesting to ask. Do you think the chances of getting ticks on you is the same or different in Pine/Coniferous tree areas compared to other types of trees, forests? And is that different also comparing like grassy open areas to that too? It seems like in...
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    Unleavened bread! Interesting!

    So I thought I would post this, because its interesting. I didn't know this before... Anyway... I was listening to a video on Kirsten Dunsten's youtube channel; In the video, there's a part where a lady is talking about how they'd store dried fish and unleavened bread in the longhouse. And...
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    Inspiration & House Floor strength question ?

    First, I have some inspirations to share with you as well as a question that I need feedback on. I think this is a great way to build each other up where you both share and also take guidance at the same time. Its a powerful way of learning. I encourage you also to use this style of method when...
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    Store bought potatoes in plastic sacks question (re: storage)?

    So... when I go to the store and get potatoes. I'm seeing them pretty damaged with a lot of moisture in the plastic sacks. You can see this. And often the potatoes are already starting to have a few of them rotted in the bags in the store. Its not all of them though, but maybe 2 or 3, or...
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    Corroded faucett (outside) question?

    So what do you do when your outside hose faucet has mineral deposits on the opening threading that has built up so much that you can't really get the hose on it? Its like... got so much mineral stuff whatever on it that you can't screw it on. I'm also not a plumber. I do have some carpentry...
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    Similarities between cleats and clamps (storing method) questions.

    So... this is really interesting to think about. But it poses some questions. I was hoping to get some feedback on this. So first, I noticed there were similarities between cleats and clamps in storing food outside. Particularly Ireland, they used to store potatoes in 'clamps'. It was...
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    Soil FERTILITY question (& thoughts)! Thanks for reading!

    So... I had a really interesting thought when watering the garden recently. I'd been wondering about it awhile but kept forgetting to post it here. So here goes... When you go start your garden, you generally put down compost or fertilizer, or steer compost, or whatever... and you also already...
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    Resistance to hot manure in trees?

    So... I heard someone out there was heating a winter greenhouse of orange trees using manure that's composting. I heard this second hand so I wish I had more details. This... shouldn't be done with normal production vegetable plants. You are supposed to wait until the compost becomes aged enough...
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    Growing hay?

    I wondered about growing hay and wanted to ask about it? I don't have enough land to grow hay. In fact, I don't have very much space at all. But it seems logical that some day I'd need to know how to grow hay. If we go back to horse and buggies... you'd need to know how to grow it, since North...
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    A note on Lithium batteries...

    So... at my house we have these reading tablets. They are like phones but bigger. Its nicer because they have a big screen compared to those little midget phone screens. Anyway, what I was told by someone is that when you leave them unattended charging, such as overnight, and when it gets to...
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    Storing vegetables through winter?

    So I wanted to bounce an idea of you guys, and see what you think of this. (And has anyone tried it?) The idea also is to route out flaws in this before I take risks. Since... many of us store produce in the basement during winter, we are basically trying to keep it in a cool dry dark place to...
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    Pumpkin dewormer question?

    So I'd heard this trick where people use pumpkins to deworm and to de-parasite stuff. But it seems when you look into the details that, they are using the seeds to do that, and not the pulp. Is there not something you can use the actual vegetable pulp for, with some health benefit? Or does it...
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    Gardening: Fall slow down question?

    So I'm in the mountains. That means, we'll have high temperatures up to in the 80s still right now. BUT, our night low temperatures, especially in the window of 5 AM to 7 AM are when we get a lot of cold already. In that window it gets to 50 degrees easily now, very common. (Is that different in...
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    Engine Exchange question? (for cars, etc)

    I wanted to pick your minds on this. Well... a friend came over and told me their sister's car wasn't working right. Then they followed by saying they had just gotten a new engine from... let's call it hypothetically, Big S Tires. Instantly I cringed. Everybody I know has a story about Big S...
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    Pumpkin fries follow up question;

    So... initial attempts at Pumpkin fries aren't working great. Its not bad. But could improve a lot. So I wanted to come back and ask some stuff to improve it. I can't get the texture to be ... right when we try to make them. Its like the pumpkin stuff is too wet, almost...well not quite wet but...
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    Adapting the Irish diet... question

    So... one of the interesting aspects of history is the Irish diet before 1900. This would include the period before and after the potato famine. Basically the simplest diet for them and what most people did was a staple diet of dairy and potatoes. And that's it. That's what it was. They couldn't...
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    Gas mileage?

    Any of you all getting really crappy gas mileage in your cars? I'm trying to figure out if its just me or everyone else. I think I'm getting much worse gas mileage than I should be getting. Got full tank on Friday. Its a 20 gallon tank. I've gone about 5-6 miles a day for the last 3 days. I'm...
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    Question about farm guns?

    So to be fair, at the first I want to tell you I don't really like guns. I've never liked them. I understand why people have them. I'd hoped to not to have one. But you can't control when you have predators on your farm. I was curious to ask if its possible to reasonably use pistols instead of...
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    Question on leaf helper spring kits?

    So... I'm trying to do a trailer build. I have a thread for this. It came to my attention doing it, that 1 side of the trailer leans slightly. It doesn't seem to have any problems and is stable. But in diagnosing it, people with this kind of symptom set describe it as a leaf spring issue (caused...
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    Potato sprout question?

    So... when you grow potatoes, they grow pretty fast. And then you can harvest them. Well here's where my question comes in. Have any of you replanted the potatoes right away immediately within the same season, using the potatoes you just barely harvested? I'm hoping for more information on...
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