Doug Zaklan

Hey John,

Thanks for the reply,
Ya the "peace arch" crossing which would be the closest too me is scary militant.
I can't find any government documents saying what is and isn't legal, and what kind of trouble I would be getting into if I crossed the border with the wrong plants.

I would like to get my hands on some of the trees sold at burntridge nursery in Olympia.
They won't ship over the border and I don't know how legal it is for me to cross the border with the specimens.
Has anyone had experience crossing the border with plants?

Does anyone know of a solution to cracking and sorting hazelnuts?
There seem to be some simple gadgets that can crack them, but sorting is another story...

I'm working on a plan to rotate chickens though a pasture.
The way I've always seen this done is a coop on wheels, and a mobile electric push-in net fence that is moved independently.
What I would like to do is make the coop and run a connected unit. This way I can move them more readily. (hook-up my tractor to the hitch, pull forward, done)
Right now im thinking of using a gutted travel trailer, with a connected run on conduit or 2x4 skids with electric net fence mounted on top. The unit would be light weight and I would keep it from becoming a parallelogram/breaking by tentioning it, corner to corner with wire.

So, my question is.

Has anyone done this, or seen this be done before?
What problems do you think I might run into?