Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / February 2004

One of my next projects is to build a small greenhouse/giant coldframe
on the cement pad that used to be a little used dog kennel.  The pad
runs E-W, and has a sheetmetal siding on the North side only; this is
the only portion framed right now.  oh....the site is about 6x16', and

yup, more woodstove questions....
It appears I will not be able to find someone around here to install
this woodstove of mine, so I am venturing into this project myself.
Can I set the woodstove on gravel...directly?  Maybe I should use the

The time has come to buy a real tractor.
Who wants to educate me as well as others on all the ins & outs of tractors ?
What I need the tractor to do currently.
1.   Plow snow.

Well, they arrested a couple guys for that double murder.  The rumor mill
failed miserably.  We were all dead wrong on who it was.  Supposedly these
guys confessed, so I guess they got the right ones.
Rumors were fueled by where search warrants were served, who got arrested

My 300 chicks came yesterday.  The PO called and told me they were stuck in
Champaign (hour and a half away).  They said I could wait for this morning
or the supervisor from Champaign would meet me with them on the way home
from work.

I know little abt corn and pellet stoves.... but was
reading up on them on the Net.... and it was said that
one advantage to them over wood stoves was that they
can be vented like a clothes dryer.

I can't believe I didn't find much about this on google, so lemme ask you
all:
I've got a dead cat, my cat.
Options:

I own two hens (no cock) and they are pretty good about laying eggs. I
am thinking, for the spring season, to buy a few fertilised eggs and
somehow trick the hens into sitting on them and then raising the
little chicks. I kind of have a choice of either going the broiler

Someone mentioned the '3-S rule' in another thread & I wasn't familiar
with it so I googled it--  'Shoot, shovel, shut-up' are the 3 Ss --
but the page I found it on was real interesting.
http://www.geocities.com/jackiej53/tigercougarbobcatsightings.html

Looking for ideas on how to thaw a frozen inlet pipe from the well.  Plastic
pipe - location of freeze plug is not known.
I assume the best or only solution is to pump hot water into it with a
smaller tube stuck inside it.  Would love to hear from anybody who has

I am reading How to Make your Small farm Profitable, and one example
they cite describes someone grossing $650k on a quarter acre of land,
growing specialty, or gourmet, vegetables.
First....what would these be, these specialty veggies?

I'm trying to make a freeze-proof chicken watering system for my brooders.
I figure I can put a tank or barrel on a stand, with a heater in it.  Then,
I have to run a line to the brooder.  Once the line goes into the brooder,
freezing is not a problem (it's quite warm in there).  I ...

Hello group can I tell you what its like travelling in -40F
temps, power steering is very stiff makes whinning sound
shocks all frozen  car thumps and bangs  over road  windows keep fogging up
even on h/deff. the exhaust fog in the air blinds  you , lights have a

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. intelligence agencies need to
explain why their research indicated Iraq possessed
banned weapons before the American-led invasion, says
the outgoing top U.S. inspector, who now believes

Simple Homemade Chili
1lb lean ground beef
2 yellow onions
1-16oz can diced tomatoes