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The Buck Stops Here
A Trader Bucks opened here in Logansport, Indiana. We were …Read More »
Basement Bedroom Ceiling Tile Redo
This is how it started. This small fairly inexpensive little …Read More »
Automate Print Head Cleaning To Prevent Clogs
Have you ever gone to print something and the printer …Read More »
Chom Chom Roller Pet Hair Remover review
This review is not sponsored, we are not getting paid, …Read More »
SVG creation using GIMP & Inkscape
Bill purchased some clear acrylic light kits to do laser …Read More »
Category Archives: Homestead
Basement Bedroom Ceiling Tile Redo
This is how it started. This small fairly inexpensive little part. It seemed so innocent, so well intentioned, so needed, right before it all went horribly, horribly wrong in a spectacular manner.
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Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall
When it’s too little you have to step up your watering game. We have been adding automatic watering solutions into our gardens and it’s been wonderful. A problem that we have is getting water to areas that have no access … Continue reading
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Potato Shaker / Soil Sifter
Last year I made a sifter for sifting compost. It’s just some 2×4’s screwed together with a piece of 1/2″ hardware cloth stapled to one side. The rectangle is 35 x 27, with the two shorter sides of the rectangle … Continue reading
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Lost Dog, again.
Sam met Taz at work and it was love at first site. Since work romances can get awkward Sam decided to adopt Taz. Taz was so named because of the collar he was wearing when he was found wandering the … Continue reading
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Fertigation
Ever since installing drip irrigation to our gardens, it has greatly reduced the amount of time spent each day watering. One of the things I wanted to add from the start was a fertigation system. We currently have 5 zones … Continue reading
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The Littles are Sleeping!
They are all asleep, and that lasted about 10 minutes. They came home on May 7th for comparison here is how they fit in that box back then. They now take up the entire box and stand about as tall … Continue reading
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I Accidentally Bought Another Chainsaw
Ooops! I saw a Jonsered CS 2240 on Ebay. Ever since my 24 year old CS 2050 hasn’t been running well, I’ve wanted another mid size chainsaw. This 2240 showed up on one of my searches. There were no bids, … Continue reading
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EcoGlow 20 Safety 600 Brooder from Binsea
I first heard about this brooder from The Chicken Chick you can find her webpage here https://the-chicken-chick.com/ Years ago what brought me to her page was poop, I’ve been a fan ever since. While some of the things she does … Continue reading
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What happens when you go to the store
It started innocently, we were working outside and the rain was coming which ended working outside. I suggested we run to the feed store to get chick feed. The decision had been made to increase the flock size by hatching … Continue reading
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Update on the chicken feed
We started adding in the new layer and meat bird dry foods the week of March 13, 2023. Up to this point we had been getting 1 – 3 eggs per day and many days there would be no eggs … Continue reading
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