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We have this tree/bush growing at the edge of our property. My wife wanted me to try to find out what it is. Anyone have a guess?

As I stepped out of the house this morning at 3:30 I heard a lone coyote slowly build up to a howl. Within 10 seconds the whole pack was at full volume. I could tell they were in the woods across the field. I get a little nervous wandering around in the dark doing chores wondering if the...

I've been really busy the last few weeks wearing my carpenter hat in my spare time. I've done 95% of the work by myself so far. I have a few Amish friends coming tomorrow to help get the rafters up. I can do it myself, but it is incredibly slow. They will have it done in 2 or 3 hours.

Does anyone know what this is and how to stop it. It's probably too late to save this years crop, but I would like to be able to save next years crop.

SUCKS!!!!! Everyone around here has been passing it around for a few weeks. Some get a short, mild version, and then others (like lucky me) get the whole thing. One positive thing about it for me is it's not intestinal. (This is where I would insert the dancing banana smiley, but I gave it to...

A few months ago I disappeared from most of the forums I belong to. I may get back to being a part of this and other forums at some point. I still intend to put out a big garden, but I haven't got any kind of a routine yet, so I'll have to see how my time works out. Below is what I posted on...

I was looking for an old work truck and found this - a 64' 3/4 ton with a dump bed. I've been wanting a dump truck for a long time. Manual windows, brakes, and steering and no fancy gadgets or computer to fiddle with. The odometer says 75,000, and from the looks of the truck, that might be...

Haven't been here for a while. I read some posts to try to catch up a little. I've been really busy and keep making more work for myself. The was the worst weed patch I've had in years The wet spring we had let the weeds pretty much take over. I was intending to do a lot of sawdust mulching...

I was finally able to get in the garden with the tiller today after a month of mud. It wasn't really dry enough yet, but the grass and weeds were terrible. I had to stop several times to untangle the grass wrapped around the tines. I mowed the grass and cut the dirt in a couple places where I...

...the stupidity of it kind of outweighs the tragic part. Man Dies After Attempting To Shoot Fireworks From Top Of Head

I finally overcame the cheapskate side of me and bought a back-saver. Scooping 25 heaping wheelbarrow loads of sawdust with several more to do as well as facing having to shovel several tons of rock under my new deck helped convince me. Really though it's more about the time it will save than...

After 4" of rain two nights ago, there wasn't much choice but to go play in the mud. I had to peel my shoes off a week ago to do some garden work because I was sinking a lot deeper than I was today.

Replacing our 12'x32' deck with a 16'x32' deck. It's taking a lot longer than I planned. The old one was really bad shape. Some of the posts rotted and sank. I used a chainsaw to cut through all the deck boards. I didn't listen to myself after repeatedly saying "Don't step on the cut boards". I...

When I started working here 5 years ago, I got in a truck with 95,000 miles. Last weekend I parked it for the last time with 845,000 miles on it and started this week in a new one. It's a glider kit so it doesn't have any emission garbage on it to cause problems like the old one. They let you do...

I planted them a little later than normal (like everything else this year) and didn't know if they would get big enough to gather much nitrogen. The cool weather must have kicked them into high gear. It doesn't show very well in the pic, but there are several nodules on the roots. The plant is...

When we started canning large amounts of beans, we looked for any time-savers we could find. Washing the beans was fairly time consuming, so my wife decided to try our older top load washing machine. She washes them right after picking, before we stem and break them. Many of the beans are ready...

Black truck; 80* outside.

I have run into people on other forums that I delivered a pole barn to. If you bought a pole barn or garage in the last 3 or 4 years, there is a remote chance I delivered it to you. The company I work for has buildings in every state east of the Rockies.

About 25 years ago, after building my house, I had a small area about 30'x30' that ended up with some of the basement clay subsoil on it. This dirt was so bad, even weeds wouldn't grow after 2 years. I was working at a sawmill at the time and had access to all the free sawdust I wanted. I...