Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / July 2007

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We recently built our own wind generator to power our off the grid
home. Thought you might like to see the photos  www.off-grid-living.com/node/80

Over the weekend I had some visitors from the city.  Their 15 year old
son was moaning and complaining that he wanted to go home to play his
xbox or whatever that thing is called.  He finally took his pocket
game box and went to the barn to play whatever the heck is on that

Why do some horses spit out their cud?  One of our mares does it, and
our neighbors gelding.  Both are different breeds so it's not a breed
specific thing.  Our mare will chew for awhile then just drop it on
the ground, and it's from really good hay.  It seems the older she

How to do restring the weedeater?

Ran across this when looking up another article.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_6272010
"The Grange was formed nationally in 1867 as a social and educational
organization that would allow farm families to band together to have a say

I have an ageing Stihl chainsaw, which is still running fine, except that it
seems to pump out very little chain oil onto the chain.
I'm pretty sure that until recently I'd get through at least half a tank of
oil to a tank of petrol; now it seems more like one tank of oil to four ...

It happens if this guy is right.
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 People just like being around others who are similar.
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The 4th of July is quickly approaching
No matter where you go on the 4th of July, someone is going to try to
force you to say The Pledge of Allegiance This 4th of July.
Most of us know it's all BULLSHIT.  The US Flag represents nothing but

"Manufacturers can set a minimum price for their products and forbid
retailers from offering discounts, the Supreme Court said Thursday in a
decision that overturned almost a century of antitrust law and could
result in higher consumer prices and fewer discounts, especially on the

http://www.umass.edu/ecologicalcities/diagrams/pop_land.htm shows that
80% of the US population lives in metropolitan areas. Seems I read
that 1% of the total population lives on the farm, and maybe 2% in
small towns, the rest in 2nd tier cities like Green Bay, Springfield,

A few months ago, I decided that since I wait tables for a living, I
might as well go wait tables somewhere cool for the summer.  One thing
led to another and here I am....working as a cook on a working cattle/
guest ranch in Wyoming.

What is the best way to deal with eradication of a 100X100 foot patch of
this stuff??
Does using driveway herbicide that kills for a year work better than
Round-up?? Is the herbicide that Ortho makes for Poison Oak better than the

I just moved into an old farmhouse a couple weeks ago and have been
having trouble with flies.  The house is an old log house built about
1850.  I am in Wisconsin so it is too cold for the flies outside and I
can't figure out where they're coming from.  I tried those sticky fly