Monthly Archives: October 2015

DIY Chicken Feeder

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Jerry

After being unhappy with my store bought hanging chicken feeder I decided to make my own.  The biggest problem I needed to solve was to make it so rain wouldn’t get into the food.  As you can see from this picture this … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready For Winter

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Jerry

After a cold and rainy day I realized I really need to get working on getting ready for winter. I still need to cover 2 1/2 sides of the chicken coop with some meta that I have from an old … Continue reading →

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Black Walnuts – What To Do With Them

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Jerry

I have 20+ black walnut trees on my property and each fall they drop hundreds if not thousands of nuts. If you’ve never seen a black walnut it is about the size of a tennis ball and is covered with … Continue reading →

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Chicken Killed Last Night

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Jerry

We heard some commotion late last night and I went out this morning and there was a chicken dead and partially eaten in the coop. I checked and the electric fence was still on and surrounding their area so I … Continue reading →

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Big Toad

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Jerry

For some reason I am seeing more frogs and toads this year, maybe because we are actually living here. I’m happy as this indicates to me a healthy eco-system.  Today I stumbled across the biggest toad I’ve ever seen.

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Time To Split My Tractor

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Jerry

My 1964 Ford 4000 shreds the starter gear and according to the Internet the ring gear needs to be replaced. While gear is a very reasonable  $30, you have to split the tractor, which for a person like me that … Continue reading →

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