Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / March 2006

What's the cheapest method of keeping water drinkable over a long period of
time in storage tanks?...
How long could I expect to keep it fresh?
I've seen stuff sold at RV stores, but is that safe for everyday use for

  We have a land problem, option to buy 7 acres of beautiful
rolling-to-level land, part open, part in small trees like dogwoods,
and part in a stand of very tall trees on both sides of a shallow
stream. Naturally the reason that no one has bought it before this is

Hi,   we have a large yard in Oregon with some cherry trees.  It's getting
very overgrown.
Can you please suggest some ground cover plants, preferably with some
flowering ones that we can grow to restrain the weeds please?         thanks

I have a well pump, for as long as we have owned the house, 7 years (15
year old well pump) the pump occasionaly stops. Once the pressure tank
is out of water/pressure we have no water. Inside the house is a switch
that goes to the well pump, if we turn it on and off it will ...

If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying
mulch this year. After the Hurricane in New Orleans many trees were
blown over. These trees were then turned into mulch and the state is
trying to get rid of tons and tons of this mulch to any state or company

What do you do with old tanks?  I have two that leak and I'm switching to
bottled gas.  Any ideas?
John

I planted my second rose bush last year and it did great.  The
instructions said to cut back to 8 inches and cover with mulch at the
end of summer to protect it during winter.  I was just wondering if
anyone knew when I should uncover it to prepare it for the growing

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p225.pdf
from the US IRS publication 225 Cat. No. 11049L contained in
the introduction we see the following definition defining what
constitutes active and real Farming.

I have about one acre of rasberries and they have not produced anything
worth while.  Usually they are very small and not worth picking.  Do
they need any special type of fertilizer to help them plump up?
Thanks!

I have a small home orchard with semi-dwarf apples, pears, cherries and
prunes, but that's not what this is about.  
As part of the old homestead, long before my house was built or even
before the road was built, there was a standard apple tree orchard.  

http://www.drpower.com/TwoStepModelDetail.aspx?Name=CPR3PointHitch&p1Name=Chippe
r2Step&Chap=CPRModels&BC=0%3aHome&LinkType=3
anyone here had any experience with wood chippers.  
the job I been working on this week has me thinking
it'd be really nice to have one of these.  this DR 3 ...

I like to keep some epinephrine around in case of a rare anaphylactic
reaction but have discovered that in like last 6 months most vet supply
places either stopped carrying it or have suddenly decided to require a
vets prescription. There is 1 or 2 places still selling it OTC but I

I thought The Represenatives in the House were working for the People?
Evidently they are not concerned about being reelected.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sfl-alabels09mar09,0,7473655.story?c
oll=sfla-news-health

What would chew wires on outdoor christmas decorations?
I got 3 of those reindeers that you put on the lawn that they light up
and the head moves.  After about 2 weeks one of them quit working.
Using one of those little cheap testers it showed there was a fault