Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / December 2006

I need some encouragement here! LoL A good many years ago I got used to
using a cousins Lincoln welder. Mostly used the cutting torch on our
jobs;but did use that welder now and then and learned how to use it. Now
a nephew of mine,who lives close by,has a wire feed welder. Has had ...

I vow not to write 2006 on my checks anymore.

I just got into farming and I want to learn how to choke my chicken.
Please send instructions.
The Chicken Ranch
(We got a whole herd of wild chickens to roundup daily)

Some advice from you folks raised on farms would be nice.  I am
looking into getting a couple of feeder pigs for meat supply.  I have
an unheated barn and pretty good fences.  I need to do some fencing
but have a pretty good pen and shelter from the wind and sun ready.

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This year, the white-tail deer have been terrorizing the State.  They
have already caused two fatal traffic accidents as well as numerous
non-fatal accidents.  One has transmitted rabies, and another one
invaded an old woman's house right thru a sliding glass door and did

The water here is generally very hard, but a water softner is able to
handle it. We are getting ready to build our new house on our adjoining
two lots and the well was drilled two days ago. Today in our current
house there is a whole lot of white particle sediment that comes out

Oil companies are pulling in record profits and the government says
they can't do anything about it.
Hurricanes have knocked the oil refineries down and you can feel it at
the pump.

By now, you may have heard that CNet senior editor James Kim has been
found dead after becoming trapped by snow on Bear Camp Road in the
Siskiyous between I-5 and the coast.  He drove away from a major highway
in the winter, and it killed him.  He died trying to find help for his ...

I have two rabbits male and female. They are free range and live in the
garden in the day and sleep in the hutch at night. The male has had the
chop but the female has not. She is about 5 months old and clearly in
charge. The problem is they have started to burrow everywhere and ...

Happy holidays. How short is the daylight where you are? We are down to
5 hour days in Northern Alberta.

Happy Winter Solstice to all!

Looking into biomass boilers for heating greenhouses.  Must be able to
burn wood chips.  Suggestions greatly appreciated.
Hal

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I have an old wood stove (20 years plus?)  Overall it is in great
condition.  It is the only source of heat for my abode.
It has some kind of air control mechanism in the back that in theory
controls airflow based on temperature.  When I bought the house 6 years