Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / March 2004

All this discussion about grass-fed beef, and the risky
contortions of "vegans" and quasi-"vegans" to avoid
acknowledging that grass-fed beef *could* be a lesser
harm (to animals) food than some vegetables, illustrate

Since I have multiple large pawprints in the soft lawn, I have been
thinking that the lawn should be rolled.  And having a spare 55 gallon
pvc barrel, I thought I would try to make my own roller.  Filling the
drum with sand and water makes sense to me, but I can't quite picture

This is probably not such a big deal to you folks who
live in areas where this is a baby fish, but it's not
not only the first fish I've caught in Louisiana, it's the
biggest one I've caught in my entire life. I was

Could anyone tell me whether it is possible for a farm to take out
insurance on an "any driver, any vehicle" policy? In other words, can I
insure all the vehicles registered to my business so that anyone is allowed
to drive them? I currently have a separate policy for each although ...

I heard spreading castor oil around will keep skunks away.  Does it work?
Any other tricks?

We are in the middle of our flooring project installing tile looking
laminate flooring to our kitchen. We have the pad down, we have
several sections of the laminate snapped together. Now, comes the
tricky part.  We are to the side with cupboards and there is no way to

Last weekend a friend and her husband were walking by
the waterfront and ran into the first cotton mouth of the
season they've seen.
Hard to believe it's so early here as it's been rather

Sorry to intrude here, but I have a problem that I hope some of you
can help me out with.
My wife and I are building a small, remote cabin in a swamp in south
Alabama.  We're about .75 miles from the nearest dirt-road and the

The crawfish have begun crawing!
Let the southern feasting begin!
Yum!
Terri

I have bought some land from a local farmer, included was a section of one
of his existing fields. I paid to erect a new wire fence along the new
boundary. His cows have now basically wrecked my fence from his side of the
boundary, according to the farmer it is my responsibility to ...

My dog got sprayed by a skunk last night. ARGH
It got her mostly in the snout, head and ears. Needless to say it is
NOT pleasant.
Anyone know of a good way to get rid of the skunky smell that actually

hey, anybody have a formula or know of a site that will help me figure
cost and quantity for a pump house slab? I am thinking, 4x4, 4x6, or
8x8, four inch slab with footers. I would use inch diameter river rock
any info gladly recieved.  thanks.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001863826_ndig24.html
Report: Seeds tainted by altered DNA
WASHINGTON — Much of the U.S. supply of ordinary crop seeds has become
contaminated with strands of engineered DNA, suggesting that current

Alright, I'm an outdoors nut. I rarely watch TV, but I have to share a
rare find. It's not often that you come across a show on TV today
that's both funny and  something that your kids can watch with you.
Well, I found it. I just happened to be watching ESPN2 two Sundays ago

Anyone bought one of these?
http://www.farmprotractors.com/products.html
I was looking one over at the Homier mobile tent sale last Saturday. Looks like
a lot of tractor for the money. a 4x4  was $5995