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Posted: 2/26/2023 12:27:48 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Kitties-with-Sigs]
This started as a question--whether people would want a "hangout thread" for the homestead forum...a spot for posting about our lives, small stuff or big stuff...life stuff that we don't want to make a thread.
Folks said yes, so...here it is....more relaxed, but...NO UGLINESS. This is still a tech forum. A spot for fun and community without being nasty. I'll start:  ....... Was taking our cat to the vet yesterday and passed the local high school. Asked uxb to stop on his way home from work, to take photos, since I couldn't. Saw this. Apparently it was "Drive your tractor to school" day in our county. A guy last year had a thread about his son's Ford tractor restoration, and that's the first I'd ever heard of this "tractor/school" day. I think it's very cool.   This last one gave me hope for our future.  |
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Posted: 2/26/2023 1:00:24 AM EDT
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Good idea for a hangout thread.
I like it. And I'd live where they drive tractors to school haha! Went and visited the grandkids today and made tacos with them. The parents are going to get into honey bees this year so that'll be interesting. |
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Posted: 2/26/2023 1:54:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nobody69s: Good idea for a hangout thread. I like it. And I'd live where they drive tractors to school haha! Went and visited the grandkids today and made tacos with them. The parents are going to get into honey bees this year so that'll be interesting. Maybe the kiddos can do bees for their FFA projects when they get in high school! 
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IN, USA
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Posted: 2/26/2023 12:00:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SigOwner_P229]
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Tractor drive in day is common among rural schools during National FFA Week (last week). I did it when I was in school more than 2 decades ago, my school is still doing it. I still remember one year it was single digits, 2 of the 3 tractors we drove were open station...and one was a hard starter and took a bit of heat to get it started...it was a memorable morning.
Oh, ETA, my school also has tractor drive in day for the elementary students. They can bring their pedal tractors to school that day and they do a little parade through the cafeteria... |
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OK, USA
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Posted: 2/26/2023 2:57:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SixpackinOk]
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I wouldn't do much posting in a thread like that probably but I would enjoy reading it. It's not that I wouldn't post in it, I just wouldn't have anything worth saying usually....I have a pretty boring life overall, LOL.
ETA: That was my way of saying I think it would be a great idea. |
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IN, USA
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Posted: 2/26/2023 3:24:50 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SigOwner_P229]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SixpackinOk: I wouldn't do much posting in a thread like that probably but I would enjoy reading it. It's not that I wouldn't post in it, I just wouldn't have anything worth saying usually....I have a pretty boring life overall, LOL. ETA: That was my way of saying I think it would be a great idea. I have a bad habit of glossing over old threads, pinned threads, etc. And I also like to maintain a little OPSEC so my conversations would never be truly open about who I am. Those that I'm closer to on here know who I am because they either know me in-person or because I've opened up to them via private communications. I have mixed feelings about such a thread. I would definitely read it, but I can't be certain I would post in it. |
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Posted: 2/26/2023 5:07:46 PM EDT
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I like the idea. It's certainly a better location to post than in GD where everyone wants to be edgy or just crap post, and a good way to share with other like minded folks beyond just guns.
That Tractor/School day thing is really cool. I like in a small rural town, but it's the poorest county in AZ, so I don't think that there are many tractor owners around. If I still had school age kids, I don't know that I would let them embarrass themselves by driving my little Kubota to school. |
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Posted: 2/26/2023 5:12:19 PM EDT
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I like the thread idea, but I would mostly be a reader, as I've not done much as far as homesteading goes, except for my garden, which seems to grow every year.
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Posted: 2/26/2023 9:29:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SigOwner_P229: Tractor drive in day is common among rural schools during National FFA Week (last week). I did it when I was in school more than 2 decades ago, my school is still doing it. I still remember one year it was single digits, 2 of the 3 tractors we drove were open station...and one was a hard starter and took a bit of heat to get it started...it was a memorable morning. Oh, ETA, my school also has tractor drive in day for the elementary students. They can bring their pedal tractors to school that day and they do a little parade through the cafeteria... OMG. That pedal tractor parade would be awesome. We did not have such a thing when I was in school. |
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Posted: 2/26/2023 9:32:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By azjogol: I like the idea. It's certainly a better location to post than in GD where everyone wants to be edgy or just crap post, and a good way to share with other like minded folks beyond just guns. That Tractor/School day thing is really cool. I like in a small rural town, but it's the poorest county in AZ, so I don't think that there are many tractor owners around. If I still had school age kids, I don't know that I would let them embarrass themselves by driving my little Kubota to school. Oh, I think the Kubota would be fun to drive to school! It's interesting. I was looking at that photo and the dually tractors on the end....what I didn't say is those are probably daddy's SMALLEST tractors. So very different than when/where I grew up. One small tractor was the norm for smaller farms like ours. The few farms that grew serious row crops (river bottom land that was flat enough for that) had bigger tractors. But the biggest tractors I grew up around were all smaller than those in that line. Things have changed. 
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TN, USA
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Posted: 2/26/2023 10:01:27 PM EDT
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My suggestion would be create a signal chat group. Almost every hometown forum has their own (East TN has at least 2 or 3) that are pretty conversational life event driven, so creating a signal group for homestead would be pretty convenient.
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Posted: 2/26/2023 10:04:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By azjogol: I like the idea. It's certainly a better location to post than in GD where everyone wants to be edgy or just crap post, and a good way to share with other like minded folks beyond just guns. That Tractor/School day thing is really cool. I like in a small rural town, but it's the poorest county in AZ, so I don't think that there are many tractor owners around. If I still had school age kids, I don't know that I would let them embarrass themselves by driving my little Kubota to school. Don't get me wrong, they're no John Deere but still nice haha. |
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Posted: 2/26/2023 11:15:30 PM EDT
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Man I wish my local school had a tractor day. They probably did many decades ago, but those days are long gone.
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Posted: 2/26/2023 11:30:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: PA452]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SigOwner_P229: I have a bad habit of glossing over old threads, pinned threads, etc. And I also like to maintain a little OPSEC so my conversations would never be truly open about who I am. Those that I'm closer to on here know who I am because they either know me in-person or because I've opened up to them via private communications. I have mixed feelings about such a thread. I would definitely read it, but I can't be certain I would post in it. Same here to a degree, though I'd still probably post some commentary now and then. Funny story on the OPSEC front, years ago I bought a very scenic piece of property to build on. Ended up sitting on it and built elsewhere, but that's another story. Anyway in my excitement, I posted about it here on ARF with lots of pics. It was on a back road that's not at all heavily travelled, figured there was no harm OPSEC-wise. And what happened, someone here living on the other side of the country spotted it, recognized it as the property across the road from where he grew up, and chimed in with some details I probably wouldn't have given. In a panic, I immediately deleted all the pics and had a mod nuke the thread.  The guy who spotted it was a cool guy though. Got talking to him after that, even met him a few times out there when he was home visiting family. |
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IN, USA
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Posted: 2/27/2023 6:53:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PA452: Same here to a degree, though I'd still probably post some commentary now and then. Funny story on the OPSEC front, years ago I bought a very scenic piece of property to build on. Ended up sitting on it and built elsewhere, but that's another story. Anyway in my excitement, I posted about it here on ARF with lots of pics. It was on a back road that's not at all heavily travelled, figured there was no harm OPSEC-wise. And what happened, someone here living on the other side of the country spotted it, recognized it as the property across the road from where he grew up, and chimed in with some details I probably wouldn't have given. In a panic, I immediately deleted all the pics and had a mod nuke the thread. The guy who spotted it was a cool guy though. Got talking to him after that, even met him a few times out there when he was home visiting family. With 1 active user account for every 1,000 US residents the world is a lot smaller than many here think it is. I would be a fool to think no other member is familiar with my property. Although my house is off the road 3/4 mile, I have a recognizable driveway near the road. If I were to post pictures I wouldn't be surprised if someone recognized it. So I try to be careful what I say... |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 2/27/2023 10:33:36 AM EDT
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I like the hangout thread idea
I'll contribute some small uninteresting items from time to time
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Posted: 3/1/2023 2:58:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SigOwner_P229: With 1 active user account for every 1,000 US residents the world is a lot smaller than many here think it is. I would be a fool to think no other member is familiar with my property. Although my house is off the road 3/4 mile, I have a recognizable driveway near the road. If I were to post pictures I wouldn't be surprised if someone recognized it. So I try to be careful what I say... yeah, I think it's appropriate to be careful about persec, no matter the forum. I see people posting stuff that I think, "dude, that's not something I'd post (small children, etc). Better here than in GD, but $24 does not guarantee a decent character. I have realized that everyone has a different level of "I'm okay with that." I've actually reached out to some people and said, "do you want to post that?" And they're like, "yeah, I'm okay with it." Up to each person. Some folks are over-the-top cautious, others, way more lax than I think is a good idea. |
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Posted: 3/1/2023 3:47:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: yeah, I think it's appropriate to be careful about persec, no matter the forum. I see people posting stuff that I think, "dude, that's not something I'd post (small children, etc). Better here than in GD, but $24 does not guarantee a decent character. I have realized that everyone has a different level of "I'm okay with that." I've actually reached out to some people and said, "do you want to post that?" And they're like, "yeah, I'm okay with it." Up to each person. Some folks are over-the-top cautious, others, way more lax than I think is a good idea. Over the years I've become more protective of PERSEC on here. There's been many times I post something, get to thinking about it and go back and delete it all. |
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Posted: 3/4/2023 8:52:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By taliv: My suggestion would be create a signal chat group. Almost every hometown forum has their own (East TN has at least 2 or 3) that are pretty conversational life event driven, so creating a signal group for homestead would be pretty convenient. I am not against this idea, but I have no idea how to do that.  So for now, I think a thread might work, because how would we know who to invite to the signal chat group, and who would monitor something like that, etc etc etc. |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 3/7/2023 12:47:25 PM EDT
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I'm struggling with work to find the time to get to arf.com regularly but I look for that to change on april 15th so I'd vote to have a thread like this one.
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Posted: 3/7/2023 4:42:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PA452: Man I wish my local school had a tractor day. They probably did many decades ago, but those days are long gone. The high school I went to had gun shows in the cafeteria as a way to help raise funds for the sports teams. $20 for an 8' table, $3 at the door. The shows ended as the company in town expanded and hired people from out of state that complained. |
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Posted: 3/7/2023 6:51:49 PM EDT
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I bought my new rural place a year and a half ago. I went from 6 acres to 43 acres. I also bought the entire pole barn of stuff from the former owner. I am thinning the herd on my stuff . I sold an MGB and 3, John Deere 140's, 2, Cub Cadet lawn tractors as well as a really old Ferguson TO-20. I have no idea how much stuff there is here there is stuff parked in the woods behind the old pole barn( there are two pole barns the old one is falling down.)
I need to buy a scrap blade or a planer for the driveway |
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Posted: 3/7/2023 11:13:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By whiskerz: I bought my new rural place a year and a half ago. I went from 6 acres to 43 acres. I also bought the entire pole barn of stuff from the former owner. I am thinning the herd on my stuff . I sold an MGB and 3, John Deere 140's, 2, Cub Cadet lawn tractors as well as a really old Ferguson TO-20. I have no idea how much stuff there is here there is stuff parked in the woods behind the old pole barn( there are two pole barns the old one is falling down.) I need to buy a scrap blade or a planer for the driveway Save the stuff from the old pole barn. That lumber is better than what you can buy now. Use it to build a shed or something. |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 3/9/2023 5:16:58 PM EDT
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I impressed myself today by hanging a gate
All the gates at the farm were hung by either my grandfather or my dad, and I was too young to help at the time so it was a new experience. It will ever so slowly swing all the way open when unlatched- good enough I guess Several others are in pretty bad shape so I need to replace them as well. |
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Posted: 3/9/2023 6:34:05 PM EDT
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Snow coming down in WI currently.
Some plowing in my future. I'm ready for summertime! |
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Posted: 3/9/2023 11:04:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rifleman_556: I impressed myself today by hanging a gate All the gates at the farm were hung by either my grandfather or my dad, and I was too young to help at the time so it was a new experience. It will ever so slowly swing all the way open when unlatched- good enough I guess Several others are in pretty bad shape so I need to replace them as well. Pics or it didn't happen. No, seriously, that's better than I could do! 
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Posted: 3/9/2023 11:05:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nobody69s: Snow coming down in WI currently. Some plowing in my future. I'm ready for summertime! OMG. EVERYTHING is blooming here. And it's gonna be 27 on Tuesday night.  Have I said the blooms in spring are what keep me going every year? Yeah. *hangs head* |
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Posted: 3/9/2023 11:13:42 PM EDT
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Thanks for starting this!
GD is getting tiresome. I'm looking forward to the rain stopping long enough to do some projects outside.
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Posted: 3/9/2023 11:22:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Faded-Brakes: Thanks for starting this! GD is getting tiresome. I'm looking forward to the rain stopping long enough to do some projects outside. Before I was a mod, I used to go into GD when I was all het up and looking for a fight. And I always found one. Cuz....GD.  I don't do that any more cuz I have to be somewhat sane to fulfill my role here. But yeah...GD is, to me, like walking through the 'hood at night, when you are white, alone, and female, and scared. And you don't have a gun. You better be prepared to run or fight. Yeah. I'd rather set on the porch and have folks pull up a chair. Hand them a glass of iced tea and a pan of beans to break. That's what I hope this will be. |
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Posted: 3/9/2023 11:35:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Faded-Brakes: Thanks for starting this! GD is getting tiresome. I'm looking forward to the rain stopping long enough to do some projects outside. Supposed to get into the 20s here next week (for the low). Are y'all gonna get a surprise cold blast too? |
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Posted: 3/9/2023 11:41:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Supposed to get into the 20s here next week (for the low). Are y'all gonna get a surprise cold blast too?
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Posted: 3/9/2023 11:42:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Faded-Brakes: Yeah, 20's at night for the foreseeable future. Even a couple of nights in the teens. I'll be breaking out the extra sheets and covering my flowers best I can.
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Posted: 3/10/2023 9:14:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nobody69s: Snow coming down in WI currently. Some plowing in my future. I'm ready for summertime! I'm over in west central MN. The forecast is for 5-10" on Saturday/Sunday. Enough already! It's going to make it tough to gather sap, like last year. |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 3/10/2023 12:31:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Pics or it didn't happen. No, seriously, that's better than I could do! Best I could do right now, that wedge is a placeholder until I get the other gate post installed. Bonus: I need to sink the rest of the posts coming up the hill and string wire. 
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Posted: 3/10/2023 2:24:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: I'll be breaking out the extra sheets and covering my flowers best I can. |
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OR, USA
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Posted: 3/10/2023 2:42:47 PM EDT
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I'm glad to find this forum.
My wife, kids and I are working on building more self sufficiency on our 7 acre plot in NW Oregon. Lots to do this spring... convert stable to new shop paint tractor barn roof to fill old nail holes get two beehives up and running maintainence on 65 mustang, tractor replace engine on "farm truck", 92 diesel hilux refill woodshed (LONG winter this year) fix house eaves (bugs and bats getting in) rebuild garden expand chicken run plant more fruit trees (bad luck last two years, most new trees died when temps hit 110F) prune existing fruit trees finish piping the spring to the new orchard, and into a storage tank that should do it |
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Posted: 3/10/2023 10:42:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By withoutremorse42: I'm glad to find this forum. My wife, kids and I are working on building more self sufficiency on our 7 acre plot in NW Oregon. Lots to do this spring... convert stable to new shop paint tractor barn roof to fill old nail holes get two beehives up and running maintainence on 65 mustang, tractor replace engine on "farm truck", 92 diesel hilux refill woodshed (LONG winter this year) fix house eaves (bugs and bats getting in) rebuild garden expand chicken run plant more fruit trees (bad luck last two years, most new trees died when temps hit 110F) prune existing fruit trees finish piping the spring to the new orchard, and into a storage tank that should do it 
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Posted: 3/11/2023 10:04:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By withoutremorse42: I'm glad to find this forum. My wife, kids and I are working on building more self sufficiency on our 7 acre plot in NW Oregon. Lots to do this spring... convert stable to new shop paint tractor barn roof to fill old nail holes get two beehives up and running maintainence on 65 mustang, tractor replace engine on "farm truck", 92 diesel hilux refill woodshed (LONG winter this year) fix house eaves (bugs and bats getting in) rebuild garden expand chicken run plant more fruit trees (bad luck last two years, most new trees died when temps hit 110F) prune existing fruit trees finish piping the spring to the new orchard, and into a storage tank that should do it Your list sounds like mine! We are trying to be more sustainable as well... My partial list is.... Build steel building (all the pieces are here, just need the weather to break) Build second greenhouse Build chicken coop and pen Expand garden so we can grow medicinal herbs/plants Expand clover field for the bees/pollinators, but has to be rabbit and elk proof Get more fruit trees and protect from elk Expand berry fencing, (damn elk) since the berries have spread and need more room That's a few of the items that need immediate attention. Good thing I work full time, too!  |
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OR, USA
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Posted: 3/11/2023 5:03:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By azjogol: Your list sounds like mine! We are trying to be more sustainable as well... My partial list is.... Build steel building (all the pieces are here, just need the weather to break) Build second greenhouse Build chicken coop and pen Expand garden so we can grow medicinal herbs/plants Expand clover field for the bees/pollinators, but has to be rabbit and elk proof Get more fruit trees and protect from elk Expand berry fencing, (damn elk) since the berries have spread and need more room That's a few of the items that need immediate attention. Good thing I work full time, too! If I printed your list and walked around my property, I would be able to follow it to a T (with exception of steel building standing by, mine is wood) |
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IN, USA
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Posted: 3/11/2023 5:06:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: OMG. EVERYTHING is blooming here. And it's gonna be 27 on Tuesday night. Have I said the blooms in spring are what keep me going every year? Yeah. *hangs head* I like this, great idea! And speaking of blooms (buds, in this case), we had an ice storm a few weeks ago that took down a large number of trees and limbs. I gathered up a bunch of downed maple limbs from the neighbor’s property, as she can’t get out to do that stuff anymore. Anyway, I pulled them out back, to trim them and use the larger sections for firewood. The buds on the limbs were already coming out, and the deer have been feasting on them almost every night. Kind of like a treat for them, I guess. Neat to watch now, but I know I’m creating monsters for garden planting season! |
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Posted: 3/11/2023 9:58:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rifleman_556: Best I could do right now, that wedge is a placeholder until I get the other gate post installed. Bonus: I need to sink the rest of the posts coming up the hill and string wire. https://i.ibb.co/tYK1FTk/20230310-103859.jpg What gorgeous country! It reminds me a little of where I grew up. I miss hills like that.
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Posted: 3/11/2023 10:15:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nobody69s: What's the average temp this time of year in KY? Technically the average is around 50 degrees for the high and 36 for the low. But that's sort of misleading because March is a month of seasonal change for us. Also, there's a considerable difference from Louisville or Covington (kind of the "top" of Kentucky and where I live, which is only 15 minutes from the Tennessee line. Eastern KY also tends a little cooler, too, in my experience, and I live in west-central. So even taking that 50/36 average.... It normally starts out more like February (winter) and ends more like April (spring). Not always, of course, but usually, by mid-march, we are all starting to trust the warming trends a little too much (cuz there is usually a cold snap near the end of march). When I was growing up, we planted lettuces and peas and cabbages in March, and by the end of March, first of April, we were looking at planting potatoes. So it could start out with lows in the upper 20s, low 30s, but by the middle of March we are usually seeing just barely a dip for one night into the "cover the flowers" territory. This year March isn't really so different from the average, but because of the exceptionally warm January and some in February, we've got some trees leafing out about two weeks early, and a lot of more tender flowers are coming up and some are blooming. 26 degrees on Tuesday night will turn those blooms to mush. To be truly safe from frost in the spring, you would need to wait until early May. But most people look at about April 15th, and just plan to cover stuff they care about when we get the occasional light frost after that. It's that whole, "don't like the weather, wait a day. It's Kentucky." It's absolutely true. |
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Posted: 3/11/2023 10:17:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By withoutremorse42: I'm glad to find this forum. My wife, kids and I are working on building more self sufficiency on our 7 acre plot in NW Oregon. Lots to do this spring... convert stable to new shop paint tractor barn roof to fill old nail holes get two beehives up and running maintainence on 65 mustang, tractor replace engine on "farm truck", 92 diesel hilux refill woodshed (LONG winter this year) fix house eaves (bugs and bats getting in) rebuild garden expand chicken run plant more fruit trees (bad luck last two years, most new trees died when temps hit 110F) prune existing fruit trees finish piping the spring to the new orchard, and into a storage tank that should do it That's quite a list! Mine is that long, but I'm fooling myself. I won't get hardly anything done.
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Posted: 3/11/2023 10:48:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Technically the average is around 50 degrees for the high and 36 for the low. But that's sort of misleading because March is a month of seasonal change for us. Also, there's a considerable difference from Louisville or Covington (kind of the "top" of Kentucky and where I live, which is only 15 minutes from the Tennessee line. Eastern KY also tends a little cooler, too, in my experience, and I live in west-central. So even taking that 50/36 average.... It normally starts out more like February (winter) and ends more like April (spring). Not always, of course, but usually, by mid-march, we are all starting to trust the warming trends a little too much (cuz there is usually a cold snap near the end of march). When I was growing up, we planted lettuces and peas and cabbages in March, and by the end of March, first of April, we were looking at planting potatoes. So it could start out with lows in the upper 20s, low 30s, but by the middle of March we are usually seeing just barely a dip for one night into the "cover the flowers" territory. This year March isn't really so different from the average, but because of the exceptionally warm January and some in February, we've got some trees leafing out about two weeks early, and a lot of more tender flowers are coming up and some are blooming. 26 degrees on Tuesday night will turn those blooms to mush. To be truly safe from frost in the spring, you would need to wait until early May. But most people look at about April 15th, and just plan to cover stuff they care about when we get the occasional light frost after that. It's that whole, "don't like the weather, wait a day. It's Kentucky." It's absolutely true. I grew up in MN and moved to WI when I got sick of the Twin Cities so all I know is 5 months of winter every year since I was born... One of these years I'm going to drive south for my Birthday until there isn't snow and find something to do for a week in nice weather! |
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Posted: 3/12/2023 2:50:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nobody69s: Interesting. I grew up in MN and moved to WI when I got sick of the Twin Cities so all I know is 5 months of winter every year since I was born... One of these years I'm going to drive south for my Birthday until there isn't snow and find something to do for a week in nice weather! When is your birthday? I will tell you how far south to drive. ALSO...you could just...move south. I have several friends who spent their growing up years, AND many years after that, in the Chicago area. They moved to Nashville (It's no secret I was a songwriter and worked down there for a long time...they were there for the same reason). So they moved down there and said, "Why did we put up with that weather for all those years?" Along with the Joeyconomy AND the political polarization of the northern cities versus the countryside around those cities, I kind of understand why a lot of people are leaving those areas and heading south. I mean for real. It's freaking FREEZING up there all the damn time. There is sun. Trees. Green leaves and soft grass. In APRIL. Why does anybody stay up there? I ain't sayin you should move, but... Why wouldn't you move? ETA: I mean, we are kinda nice down here and...there is this thing called "sweet tea." Yeah. Nobody should live where there is not sweet tea. Honestly I think living without sweet tea (with lemon) is the first level of Hell. |
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Posted: 3/12/2023 3:37:23 AM EDT
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Chickies 2023..
Yeah, we are a HUGE chicken operation. NOT. I wanted some Easter Eggers, but gave that up when I realized I would be lucky to get ANY baby chicks this year. We were down to four hens. They produce more eggs than we can eat, but we support a cast of regular characters who can use some farm eggs once in a while, so uxb (who works at a hospital now) takes a dozen eggs every few days to give away to folks who work with him and have less. I'm fine with that. One lady is raising her grandson. He won't eat eggs from the grocery store, but he likes the eggs she gets from us. I have no idea why. But...if it helps her, Thank God for my four sweet little hens who keep giving us eggs. Here are the babies for 2023. Six Black Sex Links (you don't google that from a corporate computer) and six Brahmas. I have to say..these are the worst "feed wasters" we have ever had. I'm throwing the bedding (mostly the wasted chick starter thrown out of the feeder) into the coop with the current laying hens, just to hope for some return on investment. Trying new breeds...we will see.  They need a new, bigger tub like...tomorrow. Honest to God...I've never seen chicks grow this fast. I bought the same size tub I use every year. These outgrew it in half the time. I might have to go back to Buff Orpingtons and Domineckers (barred rocks). They grow slower. ETA: The camera lies here. They are not as crowded as they look. They can actually run around. But not much. Tub shopping tomorrow. |
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Posted: 3/12/2023 10:05:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: When is your birthday? I will tell you how far south to drive. ALSO...you could just...move south. I have several friends who spent their growing up years, AND many years after that, in the Chicago area. They moved to Nashville (It's no secret I was a songwriter and worked down there for a long time...they were there for the same reason). So they moved down there and said, "Why did we put up with that weather for all those years?" Along with the Joeyconomy AND the political polarization of the northern cities versus the countryside around those cities, I kind of understand why a lot of people are leaving those areas and heading south. I mean for real. It's freaking FREEZING up there all the damn time. There is sun. Trees. Green leaves and soft grass. In APRIL. Why does anybody stay up there? I ain't sayin you should move, but... Why wouldn't you move? ETA: I mean, we are kinda nice down here and...there is this thing called "sweet tea." Yeah. Nobody should live where there is not sweet tea. Honestly I think living without sweet tea (with lemon) is the first level of Hell. How far south do I need to go? I don't mind having seasons but winter gets longer the older I get... It's a very difficult thing to do when starting over in a different state. I did it once and don't know that I want to go through it again. I should at least travel south at some point. When I was younger I did quite a bit of traveling in the Western US and south, just not Eastern US and south. That might change soon though. |
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Posted: 3/12/2023 11:13:53 AM EDT
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The talk about how far south to get to get out of “winter”…….
We have two places in Illinois. One in suburban Chicago and one about 100 miles north of the Kentucky/Illinois border. One has a “winter” season One has “mud” season Here’s the forecast for both locations.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 3/12/2023 5:35:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nobody69s: Mid Jan. How far south do I need to go? I don't mind having seasons but winter gets longer the older I get... It's a very difficult thing to do when starting over in a different state. I did it once and don't know that I want to go through it again. I should at least travel south at some point. When I was younger I did quite a bit of traveling in the Western US and south, just not Eastern US and south. That might change soon though. I suggest middle Tennessee. Specifically Southeast TN if you like hills. Nashville is great for music but it's a city, so I never choose that for a vacation. I want beach or the Appalachian mountains or a harbor town. Gatlinburg is a fun place to go. It is touristy, but lot of arts and not just tourist trap places. The smoky mountains are wonderful, though January is about as ugly as they get. A cabin somewhere in the mountains would be a very nice getaway if you'd rather avoid people. If you want a beautiful, truly warm January destination, choose Savannah, St. Augustine, or even Charleston. There is lots of interesting architecture, history, etc in any of those three destinations. However, they are also "cities" but not in the same way Nashville is. The history and old buildings make it different. I would have to go all the way to Florida to feel "warm" in a normal January, but you are used to much colder, snowier weather. I think you would likely think any of those places is warm. |
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Posted: 3/12/2023 8:32:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: I suggest middle Tennessee. Specifically Southeast TN if you like hills. Nashville is great for music but it's a city, so I never choose that for a vacation. I want beach or the Appalachian mountains or a harbor town. Gatlinburg is a fun place to go. It is touristy, but lot of arts and not just tourist trap places. The smoky mountains are wonderful, though January is about as ugly as they get. A cabin somewhere in the mountains would be a very nice getaway if you'd rather avoid people. If you want a beautiful, truly warm January destination, choose Savannah, St. Augustine, or even Charleston. There is lots of interesting architecture, history, etc in any of those three destinations. However, they are also "cities" but not in the same way Nashville is. The history and old buildings make it different. I would have to go all the way to Florida to feel "warm" in a normal January, but you are used to much colder, snowier weather. I think you would likely think any of those places is warm. I'll research these areas a bit and hopefully have a good plan for a future birthday. I'd like to take a NV class from Robert at JRH at some point too down south. |
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Posted: 3/12/2023 8:38:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Nobody69s: Thanks for the suggestions. I'll research these areas a bit and hopefully have a good plan for a future birthday. I'd like to take a NV class from Robert at JRH at some point too down south. Other folks may have good suggestions for places I've never been. |
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