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John F Dean wrote:Hi CJ,

Of course, I am running on the side of caution until proven otherwise.  Right now mom and the kids are in a nice warm pen with a heat lamp and an electric heater.

I'm honestly hoping I can time everything to where I never need electric.  I'm on grid but I want everything operable off grid.

Great post. Getting in here for responses.

Drop D in my mind is kind of a cheater tuning for a standard player looking for a quick sound change.  Imo if you're going to drop the high E to D, you might as well go full DAGDAD and sit in with your local Irish Trad jam.

When I started getting into banjo/mando/fiddle, it really opened my eyes to alternate tunings.  I use one of the banjo tunings, "Double C" modified for guitar and it blows DAGDAD away imo. I always tune back to standard because it really requires some custom gauged strings.  Dropping low E to C has too much buzz from slack.

As to your original question, amplification is definitely not what a dreadnought is known for, but I feel like it projects more when using a capo anywhere between 2nd and 4th frets.

Joseph Lofthouse wrote:Around here, during harvest season, I can buy potatoes for 20 cents per pound. It requires tons of effort to dig them from my hard silty soil, therefore, I don't plant potatoes.

This is where I might be heading if I don't start seeing results.  

I might try for 2 here in 6a this year

John F Dean wrote: I am starting to plant 2 crops a year in the same bed. The second is harvested in November, and I hope it will take me through the winter. I rotate the beds from year to year.   I try to run a 3 year rotation.

What zone are you in and when do you plant and harvest the first crop?  I will never have enough potatoes.

I just butchered my first meishan/mangalitsa gilt who couldn't catch from my kune boar, she started out sweet but she was getting huge and starting to act ornery so we were thrilled to have the meat and one less mouth to feed.  

She is considered "medium" but I don't see how we could possibly sustain breeding pigs that size.  We now have 2 female potbellies for our kune boar and they are far more manageable imo.  My advice would be to start small.  Thought about American Guinea Hogs but couldn't find any nearby.

I'm thinking this year I'm going to fill buckets and containers, nothing worse than digging up small taters. All work, no payday, just dumping out a container would offset that disappointment a little.