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While I was a boy, and then a teenager I and most of the other kids I grew up with were always looking for Panthers when in the woods (cougars) However in that time period they were all but non existant east of the Mississippi River (the only exception being the Florida Panther in Southern...

Merry Christmas one and all ! We had an early Christmas with my daughter and her husband and their youngest son so they could be with his family over the real Christmas. We’ll see their eldest son in about a week and have a Christmas/New Year dinner with him before touring Belingrath Gardens...

I was sitting near the gates of a cemetery late last Thursday night when two young ladies walked up. They were obviously frightened and said they needed to go through the cemetary to look for their car keys (they thought they may have lost them there earlier before dark) they asked if I would...

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Surplus gear is always a good value for price. One of the advantages is that when you gain experience or your preferences change there’s usually a good chance you can sell it on for what you paid.

I usually don’t like the idea of converting currency to precious metals, but you just described one of the few scenarios where I might consider it.

Regarding the uphill lay of the garden the question becomes, how steep? If it’s not too badmostrhingsyou’dgrow on a flat lot will work. If it’s very great you might consider terracing it first. Also bear in mind that the WSW lay of it means two things: 1) you should get good afternoon sun to...

Is that live weight or dresed? Either way it’s big!

@sasquatch. @RobsonRV and all our other Canadian members: Have an awesome Thanksgiving!

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I’m one of the luckiest in the US: my groundwater comes from the Florida Aquifer and is among the best in the country. To be honest most of the country has foot groundwater. Only the Southwest has a high alkaline content.

No doubt. Look upthread at what’s been said about local immunity. That said, the deeper the well, the less likely that is. Bacteria only thrive in the first few inches of topsoil.

No, your reply wasn’t catty. We’ve had several types here over time. The really old ones from the 1800s and before were dug by hand and we’re about 3 or 4 feet in diameter and water was drawn by a wooden bucket. The next wells from the early 20th century were drilled and were about 8 inches...

^^^^This^^^^ Absolutely true. Regarding personal wells (y’all call them boreholes) I grew up with them as well as artesian wells, and with the old fashioned dug well with a cylindrical bucket to draw the water. Nobody ever had any of them tested nor treated the water.

Basically I would just echo what’s already been said: start with a simple light draw recurve and get a three fingered archery glove and an arm guard for the other arm.

@Toddy They make awesome preserves also.

Availability in the grocery store is pretty much a given here but regarding the selection we’re in the same boat: generally only two varietals available. Either the common Bartlet, or a large golden Asian Pear. That said, if the point is to decide whether or not you want to grow a pear tree in...

It happens in most countries but it’s not the farmers that use that method: it’s the herding dogs.

Try a different varietal. There are nearly as many varietals of pears as there are of apples. And like apples, they range in texture from soft and mushy to firm. From a minimum juiceless to dripping down your shirt. From sweet to tart.

Thanks, but no. Ours are a variety of grapes. They’re vines that are grown either on trellises are on a fence row. They also often grow wild with the vines climbing trees. We eat them raw, make jelly from them, and also wine.