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- Wed May 15, 2013 10:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Kill bugs dead
- Replies: 9
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Re: Kill bugs dead
Guinea hens love ticks and are often raised for that purpose. But at $25 each, they are out of my price range. You also need extra due to predators. Youre definitely in a predicament. Trying to walk a fine line as a homesteader...but a renter. 25 bucks for a goofy yard bird is borderline piracy tho...
- Wed May 15, 2013 10:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Kill bugs dead
- Replies: 9
- Views: 23627
Re: Kill bugs dead
Guinea hens love ticks and are often raised for that purpose. But at $25 each, they are out of my price range. You also need extra due to predators.[/quote] Youre definitely in a predicament. Trying to walk a fine line as a homesteader...but a renter. 25 bucks for a goofy yard bird is borderline pir...
- Tue May 14, 2013 5:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Suggestions and Ideas go here
- Replies: 16
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Re: Suggestions and Ideas go here
This may sound a bit silly to some folks, Ive never owned a cell phone before and often see folks referring to poor service and lately...more about internet connections with the phone. Thats what has peaked my interest more than anything...internet on the road...with a telephone taboot! How does suc...
- Tue May 14, 2013 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Chickens - Light and Tractors
- Replies: 16
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Re: Chickens - Light and Tractors
One way to change how you approach hunting or dispatching any animal life for food. NEVER just say youre killing an animal. A closer truth and more proper way to think...youre harvesting. The Good Lord put all life on this planet for us to use. In that vein of thnking...we are harvesting what is nec...
- Tue May 14, 2013 4:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Kill bugs dead
- Replies: 9
- Views: 23627
Re: Kill bugs dead
Yep...I wonder about those ticks up north, where Troy is. Seems like everytime I here about lyme disease..its in the northeast. Considering how dense the woods are where he is I think I would first try to build little nesting boxes, put up in trees and such. Attracting bats and various birds, then t...
- Sat May 11, 2013 10:36 pm
- Forum: Electronics Projects Discussions
- Topic: Home made Air Conditioner
- Replies: 12
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Re: Home made Air Conditioner
The idea that Dave described onboard a boat has been basically used for centuries on land....we call them root cellars..hehe. Its extreme for Troy..but there are whole house systems these days that run plumbing underground for cooling and heating. No idea how much piping or how deep it would have to...