Susan Pierson

Yesterday May 30), xintd.robert19901220 texted me:

Pennsylvania Department of Motor Vehicls (PADMV) Final Notice: Enforcement penalties begin May 31. Our records show that you still have an outstanding traffic ticket. In accordance with Pennsylvania (PA) State administrative code 15C-16.003....

It goes on from thereat great length and demands payment by May 31, the next day, or face all sorts of dire consequences.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, not Motor Vehicles, is PennDOT.

I tried the website on my laptop and it didn't exist..

I must get at least five scam texts a day warning me that my system is outdated, that something is wrong with my system etc.etc but my favorite so far is this:

Urgent: Susan, your gadget is currently suspended. Kindly extend at 71oksrk....


A lot of folks get taken in by telephone scams that say that the person owes back taxes and the police will come to arrrest them if they don't pay up right away.

Hello Permies!

I live in eastern Pennsylvania. I have raised beds on top of clay soil but the raised beds didn't have much soil in them and because of the terrible drought last year, I didn't really do much io try to build up the soil in the raised beds. The concrete 'apron' next to the barn had accumulated decomposed organic compost-like soil which we pushed into a big pile. It is, of course, full of weed seeds, now starting to sprout.

My question is: How do I build that accumulated soil into real productive garden soil? Time? Cover crops? Some leaf mold as mulch on top?

I may have a nitrogen test, not sure but want to get this question to all of you.

Thanks!

Agree with freezing first. The wax becomes hard and you might be able to flick it off of the cloth or gently rub the cloth back and forth so the wax breaks up and falls off the cloth.

Ironing it will just drive the wax into the cloth.

Yikes - no roof removal - it still has the original slate roof plus it's all very well built and solid.

I'll check with some local folks about blown in since there are many choices. I should be able to rent one from Home Depot and we have another rental company nearby that might have one. This is a very populous area so I should be able to find one.

I might be able to get help but the space is still so tight. My dad must have put or had that insulation installed - no idea how he did it!

I live in an 1880s house in eastern Pennsylvania. Recently, I cleaned out the bat guano and old fiberglass insulation from under the peak of the roof above a small 100 sq ft) room. Access is through a 2 x 2 1/2' removable panel in the ceiling of a small cupboard on the interior side of the room. The ceiling  this room slopes down to the exterior. This space below the roof peak is very tight - I'm not a big person (5' 4", 120 lbs) and cleaning out the guano and pulling up the old yucky insulation from the slope of the ceiling was very awkward, difficult and exhausting - plus I'm I'm 74!. I don't think - don't want to - could do the reverse - place the new rolls of insulation on the horizontal and then down the slope of the ceiling, especially toward the outside end of that space. It will be all I can do to completely finish vacuuming out the little guano that remains.

Any suggestions for a more natural blown in type insulation?

Thanks, I will check it out!

What is the smallest rocket mass heater? I only have room for a small Jotul stove. Any ideas?

Thanks! I couldn't find out anything on-line either about yellow wood as a fodder tree but giving it to animals in small doses is probably a good idea. My niece is homesteading in Tennessee, where this tree is native so I thought it might be a good choice for her. I love the one my dad planted at least 50 years ago here in eastern Pennsylvania. Have lots of seeds if anyone wants some.

Has anyone had experience with the beautiful yellow wood tree? I have one on my property and it's a stunning tree. Specifically, I'd like to know if anyone has coppiced and used it as a fodder tree for cattle, goats or even chickens. I did see that unlike other legumes, it doesn't fix nitrogen.