John F Dean

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We began homesteading in the early 1980’s. We presently live on 11 acres. We have Nigerian Dwarf Goats, KuneKune Pigs, bees, and an assortment of chickens. Our driveway is the boundary between zones 6a and 6b. Annual rainfall for us is at 46 inches. We have been together 50+ years.

I don’t consider myself an expert on anything. I am thoroughly enjoying myself in the adventure I created for myself. 
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Recent posts by John F Dean

I remember thinking that the Hunchback of Notre Dame was a position on a football team.
2 hours ago
Two inches or so is my norm as long as the seal is good.
3 hours ago
I have always heard it’s the soil.   I did stop at a  grocery store in Vidalia, Georgia once. The only sweet onions they had were from Peru.
3 hours ago
Shower. But sometimes a long soaking bath is called for.
12 hours ago
Hi Amber,

Welcome to Permies!  I tend to agree with Christopher.  To add to his caution, I would check the lids after the jars have cooled and maybe a week or two later.  Though not often, I have found lids sitting on jars that had previously been sealed. As a matter of routine, I check the kids of all jars before I open them.
14 hours ago
Per the advice I received on this site, I have successfully used wood chips on my paths.


3 days ago
This is a highly complex question in spite of its apparent simplicity.  Breakfast is a variable for me.   Most often it is coffee and toast.  I make the coffee.  My wife makes the toast. On weekends we upgrade to a cinnamon roll.  From time to time I will grab an egg or two.   This is me at 75.

When I was younger weekends and days of physical labor were started with a full breakfast of coffee eggs, biscuits gravy, hash browns, and sausage.

Very rarely I will make pancakes.  Oddly oatmeal, or any breakfast cereal, is an evening snack.
6 days ago
Would the plastic tank be under pressure?
1 week ago
Hi Douglas,

I suspect it was not so much a misunderstanding as an exploration of possible operational definitions of the term.

1 week ago