Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / February 2004

Pretty good article here.
http://atheism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.indegayforum.org
/authors/sanders/sanders2.html
I was amused that he couldn't resist the use of at least one
loaded, if accurate, word.  Too bad.  Such behavior always

Looking pretty outside this morning with snow on the ground and covering
the tree limbs and bushes. :-) More to come down over the next 2 hours
or so. We may get 2 to 3 inches. It will be a huge snow for us if we get
more! LoL Have to get outside and look around a bit when daylight ...

My fairly new dam is now nearly full.  I would like to get some water plants
growing in it and in due course some crayfish.  As the soil is quite high in
clay the dam water is very cloudy.  I expect that planting suitable water
plants around the edges and growing the grass on the ...

I had my septic tank pumped yesterday for the first time during the
six years I have owned my home.  (It had been last pumped just before
I bought the house.)  I had recently been hearing gurgling noises
whenever I disposed of wastewater inside the house, which made me

Howdy from Texas,
I am trying to buy some raw land that is in the flood plain & I need
to figure some costs to raise from dirt on site/create a pond. This is
to figure in with my loan application to buy the property.

I am honestly conflicted about this, so thought I would get a consult!
My house and barn are tan/light brown, with darker brown trim.
Granted, the trim and garage doors on the pole barn are white, but
these are not easily seen from the lane.  I would like to put in a

My tecumseh motor that I installed on my snowblower requires me to buy
alcohol free gasoline. How can I find it (west of Chicago)? Any ideas?
thanks
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OF COURSE "this country" could be fed without raising any
farm animals.

I just found out that freeyellow is discontinuing their free
webhosting service:
http://www.FreeYellow.com/nlclicks.bml?L=misc0237&C=0219up
Which means my farm's website needs a new home.

I appreciate the recent advice regarding my problem
with caterpillars targeting my broccoli and
cauliflower.  I am tentatively taking the
recommendation/ID of "cabbage looper," and planning on

     This year I wanted to put a dock on my pond for my paddle boat. I was
going to buy one of those prefab ones but then I thought, where's the fun
at! Does anyone know even where I should begin? It would have to be at least
12' long and 3-4' wide.

               I'm going to be planting about 200 flower bulbs this year
around my pond. Any tips or ideas. I think that the first 10 will go fast
and then after that I'll go down hill fast (anyone who's planted seedlings
by hand knows what I mean). I was going to use a OST or KBC ...

I have a Professional 10 walk behind Gravely with dual wheels.  I just
bought a snow blade for it.  I have a long steep gravel driveway that
I would like to be able to plow.  The tires are 18x6.5-8.  To get them
on I have to air them down put them on and the pump the up.  There is

Last year, squirrels ate almost all my plums and
peaches.  The Babcock peach is in flower right now, and
the Santa Rosa plum is beginning to bud.  (The cherry
and apricot just went in as bare root saplings a few

It appears we are right smack dab in the middle of a well used
deer trail. We saw our second sighting yesterday morning of
a doe and a spike traversing the same path a doe had taken
a couple of months ago.