Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / May 2004

For your brambles problem, I would suggest a pair of goats. They will
eat down to the roots, and they can and will eat about
anything-wherein lies the problem, watch them carefully or they will
eat things that you don't want them to.-Jitney

On my land I have a small young wood.  I neglected it for a couple of
years as a result of which it was overrun by brambles.  I now cut them
at least once a year with a brushcutter, but they still grow back.
Is there any safe chemical I can apply to the brambles which will not

Anything that scares them?  They are a beautiful bird but I've got one
that is annoying me to no end.  It's under the eaves pecking away at
the siding, probably looking for bugs, and making a lot of racket.
Haven't been able to get up to see if it's doing any damage as there

Hey, Wilson, we love yew, man, but how bout posting to ONE (repeat
"ONE") newsgroup there boy!?  Seven is a bit much, don't yew thank?!
misc.rural, alt.appalachian, alt.agriculture, alt.agriculture.misc,
alt.agriculture.beef, alt.agriculture.commodities,

Their baaaaaack.

Hispanics hold key to White House, Democratic leaders say
MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/8676038.htm?1c

Haitch keeps calling me a "sociopath".  He doesn't know
what the word means.  He saw it someplace once, and he
likes the ring of it, and thinks it makes him sound
scholarly.  The self-important bumpkin is wrong, and he

We have a septic tank, and I've just realised that if the pump should fail,
the waste will backup into the basement!
What kind of sump pump should I purchase a) a basic one like those installed
in most modern houses (approx $70), or b) one that is capable of moving

I have been posting the passage, which follows from George Washington's
Farewell address, at numerous web venues, as an answer to the flawed policy
advocated by both major parties in Washington today, for dealing with other
countries.  "First in War, First in Peace," Washington ...

DUBYA A DANGER TO THE WORLD May 27 2004
Amnesty gives Bush a roasting
By Gary Jones
PRESIDENT Bush was accused yesterday of making the world a more

I own 38 acres of forgotten rural property that I've been taming back
to pasture over the past few years. Often I drive around the area and
notice that a lot of the roads seem to be the last names of people. I
went down to my local courthouse the other day and did a title search

Story from years ago:  My wife's parents' house had a washer in the
basement, with a 3-prong grounded cord.  Her dad wanted to be "extra
safe" so he attached a wire to the cabinet of the washer and the other
end to a water pipe, so it was basically double-grounded.

my recent accident illustrates to me just how vulnerable i am to doing the
wrong thing in the event of an emergency.
granted, this accident was relatively minor considering the possibilities of
farm accidents, but i still managedto forget everything i know i should have

We have been replacing old woven wire fences with new ones.
To stretch the fence, we have been using two old 2x6's.  Basically we
sandwich the fence between the 2x6's and bolt the 2x6's together.  We
attach chains to the boards and pull the fence with either the tractor

I am a literary translator and am in confusion about the term 'calf
nuts.'
Can anyone describe this 'thing' to me? I am not even sure if it is a
kind of nut (of what plant?) or a kind of fodder. Latin equivalent