Dennis Barrow

About a month ago I noticed a couple of my green bean plants had "sunk".  Just the tops of them on the soil.  Moles had had a feast.
I took my garden hose and shoved it down the hole and let it run.   I have a well that is 35 gallons a minute.  Forgot about the hose for 45 minutes or so.  Water was still disappearing into the ground.  Did not see any activity for over 2 weeks after that.

Did you hear about the big winter storm in New York?
It got so cold that bankers were walking around with their hands in their own pockets.

When I was learning to drive in the winter, my Dad told me, "If you're ever lost in the snow, wait for a plow truck, then follow it."

One cold, snowy Minnesota night, I got lost on the way home. The snow was blowing so fast and piling up so high, I couldn't see any street signs. With no map in my car and a dead cell phone, I thought I might be stranded so I pulled over to the side of the road.

Then breaking through the flurries, I saw the headlights of a plow truck in my rearview mirror. Thanking my lucky stars, I turned in and followed the truck, hopeful that it would lead me back somewhere I recognized.

I followed that truck for what felt like hours. He turned left, I'd turn left. He'd swing to the right, and I was right on his tail. After a while, I saw brake lights from the plow, followed by four-way flashers. The plow had stopped, and I saw the driver get out and approach my car. I rolled down the window to talk to him.

"Why are you following me, kid?" the plow driver asked.

"Well sir, my dad told me if I was ever lost in a snowstorm, I should wait for a plow truck and then follow it."

"Well," said the plow driver. "I just finished clearing the Target parking lot. Want to follow me over to Best Buy?"

I started to "lime" eggs about 4 years ago.  I looked for the lime on-line and put it in the checkout on Amazon and left it for a couple of days.  Got a notice that it was on sale then.
Went to buy it and it came up with a case of the stuff for $5.00 more.  Thought, "Why not?".  lol  I am on the second bag of 12 and have given away 2 bags.

I use 1/2 gallon canning jars for the eggs.  In 4 years we have not had any bad eggs but 1/2 dz cracked ones, and yes, they were on the top.

I only put fresh clean eggs in that I collect that day.

I just went to cut off the plastic wrap from an all weather electrical cover I was going to install outside my garage.  My knife poked a hole in it but would not cut the plastic wrap on the first 2 inches of blade.
Time to sharpen.
I have an old whetstone that was my grandpa's sitting by my utility sink in the garage.  I gets plenty of use from me.  I am never without a pocket knife on me.  (When we fly somewhere on vacation I feel naked without one on me, but one always goes into checked luggage).
One minute or so and my knife is now very sharp again.
Several years ago a guy I worked with had gone to a garage sale and picked up a bucket full of whetstones for a couple of dollars.  He asked if I wanted any, of course my answer was "YES".  I now have whet stones in all my various tool boxes, vehicles, hunting packs, etc.
Favorite pasttime for me is sitting around the fire at hunting camp sharpening all the knives.

I just cleaned our dryer vent last week.  6 years of neglect from me.
I borrowed my son's leaf blower.
Took the cover off outside, Made a good seal with it in the house and my son in law outside said it was like a winter blizzard for about 30 seconds or so.  
Then did the same with the dryer itself, but used an old pillow case for catching the lint.  Really not that much came out of the dryer.
Piece of mind for another few years.

They definately don't make stuff like they used to..
My in-laws gave us their old fridge when they upgraded.  That was around 30+ years ago.  We gave it to one of our kids when we moved 6 years ago.  He still has it in his garage and it is working great yet !  It has never had to be fixed in any way, even the freon is still going strong.

The crickets were so loud last night when I went outside that I couldn't hear my tinnitus !!!

Anne Miller wrote:
We plant our corn in a 4 ft by 4 ft raised bed so that is too small to do the Threes sisters method of polyculture.

Many years ago my mother would plant inside an old tire.   She would put a squash plant in the center and  8 or 10 corn around that and pole beans next to each corn after it came up.
I remember she had several tires just touching in a straight line.  

I might try that this next year as I need to amend the soil in the tires I have used for the past 3 years for zucchini.

I'm so close to becoming a Billionaire !!!

I have all the zero's, just need a one now !!!