jack longtree

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since Mar 16, 2021

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Just looking around for a simple lady(intelligent, good looking and average build 0-5' 6") who is interested in the very simple things in life. A lady who would enjoy living a simple out in the country kinda life. Just living off the land and enjoying life. I don't enjoy fussing and arguing. And I'm looking for the same. I don't watch TV. A good movie every now and then is nice. I may drink a cold beer/glass of wine occasionally. I‘ve enjoyed a lot of outside activity in my life. Everything from horseshoes to scuba diving(over 600 dives) USA/Mexico. I own a nice weekender, which I’m trying to sell. It’s too expensive too enjoy anymore. I’ve worked in every major city in America and a few in Canada. Handyman, can do must anything. But, not as fast as I once was. Enjoy music, grilling out, gardening/farming, , flea markets, history, cooking, good conversation, laying on a sandbar in the creek with my feet in the water, and studying/researching things that interest me, occasional trips, being self sufficient, homeopathic and herbs. raising goats, meat rabbits, chickens and fish. I'm not a romeo. But, I still enjoy hugging, squeezin, kissin, cuddling and holding hands. I put a sincere effort into being a gentleman. If you're into money, big and fancy, don't disappoint yourself. I'm a clean cut and well groomed 235lb. male. I'm a drug, alcohol, drama free Christian conservative and a little bit old fashion. And 8I still 2have my 8teeth and 4most of 2my hair, 9average health. 5Gotta a little 0piece of 1land with a3 nice creek on it. If you think you would be interested in a small simple relationship, send me a message, if in reasonable distance of 28040.

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cutting ditches to move water around a ranch ("stock pond" refills) on a mega-site

Will the topography allow you to use a subsoiler? I’ve used a subsoiler for diverting water, laying water pipe. directing water in/out/to fields, ponds and lakes. Easy and simple to use if you have an adequate tractor or can borrow one(most require a 3 point hitch). They’ll usually dig a narrow trench about 18-24” deep. I’ve cut across hillsides at 45 degrees to redirect water to control erosion. I’ve welded a piece of 2” black pipe down the back of the blade on mine to lay black pipe. I put a piece of threaded rod across the top of legs/stand(square tubing) that holds it upright when not in use. That allows me to put a roll of black plastic pipe up to roll off and feed down the 2” pipe to lay water lines.

1 hour ago

plumbing

Is anyone growing tobacco?

Years ago when I work on farms that grew tobacco. We didn't plant tobacco seed directly into the ground. We planted tobacco slips. Young plants abot 4-6 inches tall.

3 days ago

plants

Best Vacuum Sealer for food — Which One Is Best?

I bought a vacuum pump like the ones they use in the hosptal off eBay for $10.00, Bought some hose at LOWE'S and made my own vacuum sealer. I had some food saver adaoters/lids. Works a little better/faster than a food saver. I usually use food saver bags.

1 week ago

food preservation

Is anyone growing tobacco?

My great Grandfather(born 1885) grew his own chewing tobacco. Granny(born 1892) would make his plug tobacco in a bread pan. She would cut the center vein out of the leaves, lay them in the pan and brush the leaves with molasses or honey. She would keep stacking until it was about a half inch+ high. Then she would cut that into little squares, wrap them in wax paper and seal them with an old iron. Then stack them in a little cabinet on their back porch. Grandpa made his own twist. He hung that in an out building to cure. Grandpa would stop every morning on his way to work(he had 3 steam powered saw mills) and get a plug and a twist. He carried plug in one pocket and twist in another. He would take a bite of plug and a bite of twist. That’s how he chewed his tobacco. Granny only dipped snuff(Tube Rose). She started dipping when she was 4 YO. She passed at 99 YO. Growing your own tobacco is just matter of skill. Grandpas tobacco patch was about 50-75’X100-150’ in size. That would probably provide an individual with about 1-2 packs of cigarettes a day. There are basically two types of tobacco. Dark Burley and cigarette/light tobacco, Virginia(bright leaf), Burley and Turkish. Cigarette tobacco is usually cured in a kiln(air dried), Chewing/pipe/cigar tobacco(Burley/Dark Burley) is usually heat and smoke cured in a tobacco barn.

1 week ago

plants

Methods for preparing land for future planting at the garden/homestead scale

My Grandfather grew up 10 miles NW of Bryson City, NC in a one room log cabin. His Mom, Dad and 3 brothers. Pap told me that not everyone had or could afford a mule to work their fields and gardens. Pap said the way they prepared new ground was with hogs. They would cut down the trees for lumber and fire wood. Then they would put a fence up and put hogs in. To get the stumps removed they would take a steel rod and drive it into the ground around the roots and under the stumps. Then they would put corn in the holes. The hogs would root the stumps up to get to the corn. When the hogs had the ground torn up good and the stumps rooted out they would put in their chickens. The chickens fertilized the spot and when Spring came they just laid off rows and planted.

1 year ago

homestead

Recipe Search: Pinto Beans

To the question about cooking in or out of the husk? A Reply fom the South. Peas, Butter, Lima, and Pinto type beans are usually removed from the husk, Cornfeild, Blue Lake, 1/2 runners, snap beans? are usually eaten in husk.

1 year ago

cooking

Recipe Search: Pinto Beans

I guess us poor ole country boys from the South do Pintos a little different. I always wash them in a big pot to get out the trash. Then soak them over night. Rinse them and add new water or chicken broth. Put in a big chunk of smoked meat and simmer cook them all day. What goes good with them. Mixed greens, corn, beets, chow chow or kimchi. A big slice of onion and real cornbread. No sugar in the cornbread please. That's corn cake. And white corn meal. That yellow stuff is for city folk.

1 year ago

cooking

Insect hotels

Great idea. Unfortunately those little square blocks of pressed bord will rot and come all to pieces. I've tried to used those pallets before. They're some of the worst to fall apart quickly.

1 year ago

pollinators

Live off Grid with me in Western North Carolina!

If you come across any older ladys interested off grid living send them my way. I have a little piece of land ten miles out of town and a mile of the main rd.
in Western NC. Lookng for a partner.

1 year ago

intentional community

20 ways to REALLY reduce your summer utility bills

Typical stuff that makes sense. If can bury a couple 1" black plastic pipes approx. 3' deep and you have a good stream near by. Using a radiator or transmission, heat pump cooling coil laying in the bottom of the stream. Hook the pipes (2, a feed and a return) to it. Run the pipes to your dwelling with a solar circulation pump. Use another coil or radiator hooked to the pipes and a solar fan. Put the fan behind the coil. This keeps temps. inside comfortable. It may be a little slow to cool down. But, in a short period of time it will work.
What is the temperature of the ground about 3 feet deep?
Throughout most of the U.S., the temperature of the ground below the frost line (about 3 to 5 feet below the surface) remains at a nearly constant temperature, generally in the 45 ° -50 ° F range in northern latitudes, and in the 50 ° -70 ° F range in the south.

1 year ago

conservation