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We tell you everything about using a brush hog, a rotary device that attaches to your tractor and helps you clear land.
If you want to know how to winterize your tractor, these 9 tips will ensure you have a willing machine ready to go as soon as the weather warms.
Do you want to get your flock outside in different places? Here are instructions on how to build a nice moveable coop (chicken tractor).
One of the easiest and best improvements that can be made to an older tractor is to replace the original generator with an alternator. Alternators do a much better job at charging a battery at the low speed tractor engines are usually operated at. Replacing the generator with a GM one-wire alternator is recommended.
Discover how to build a DIY chicken tractor that not only provides a safe haven for your poultry but also enriches your homesteading experience. Our guide on 30 free DIY chicken tractor plans offers easy building steps, ensuring you can craft a reliable space for your chickens. With the right strategy and tools, your homemade chicken tractor becomes an invaluable asset to your backyard farm. Crafting a DIY chicken tractor is more than just a weekend project; it's about building a sustainable and efficient environment for your chickens. Learn the basics in our comprehensive guide, from planning to adding those
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Allow your meat or egg-laying chickens to free-range in a protected area and find out what's most important when buying or building a chicken tractor.
What is Homesteading Anyway? Today, a person hears the word “homesteading” and might immediately think of a house on lots of land, a barn, chickens, cows, pigs, huge gardens, tractors, hay bales, and people doing lots of work to tend all those animals and gardens. That is an awesome example of a homestead but so is planter box full […]
Today is paperwork day for me. And since I'm at the computer, I incorporate blogging into the day. It breaks up the monotony of paperwork. So,as I'm pushing paper (BLAH) I got to thinking about my sewing machine, of course paperwork and my sewing machine are two totally unrelated things, but that's what my brain does. It takes little vacations while I am doing boring stuff. I looked at my machine and thought how naked she looked. I love her dearly. We have spent many a long night creating wonderful things. She needed some spice, something...anything. And that is the beginning to the unfolding of customizing her, giving her a personality. This is only the beginning...... I asked on facebook if anyone was bold enough to bling up their machine, and Pam Joy Spencer Dransfeldt piped up and said she had bling on her longarm and the pictures followed. Pam is a custom longarm quilter under the name The Joyful Quilter .If your on facebook...go friend her SNOWBOARD STAR AND HIS SEWING MACHINE For three hours, five of the country's hottest up-and-coming snowboarders, working with an odd assortment of Wal-Mart fabrics, cut out and sew letters onto their shirts. The letters spell the word "Frends," which is what the crew (these five, plus riders Scotty Lago and Kevin Pearce) christened itself. Later, after everyone has gone, Davis assembles his pièce de résistance: six squares of fabric, cut from a tie-dyed Doors flag, sewn haphazardly onto the front panels and sleeves of a black snowboarding jacket from one of his sponsors, the Burton brand Analog.Read more "here" Buried in a Sewing Machine? At first I thought this was a long arm, but it isn't. It is a coffin made in Ghana. A coffin designed for a seamstress is decorated with a sewing machine. It can take up to a month to make the coffins, which are kept at the carpenter's until the funeral day. It's considered bad luck to bring the coffins home ahead of time. If I had a doll house, I want a room in it just like this one. Click on the pic to get these mini's I SERIOUSLY WANT ONE OF THESE BABIES The SEW is an innovative home appliance that combines a handy sewing machine and a beautiful lamp crafted from steel and plastic. The compact shape and lightweight construction have made it ideal for small repairs of your family member’s apparels. Aside from that, this can become a stunning decorative table lamp by placing the cover on it when not in use. The inner surface of the machine top houses a small, yet bright light that gets power from a regular electric point, the same source that runs the machine as well. A tiny accelerator, which remains hidden at the front part of the machine, has been incorporated that controls the pace of the machine by adjusting pressure on it by the user. Click on the first pic to bring you to the coolest website! Once in awhile a project comes along that’s just sooooo much fun. I just completed one of those... Read more and see more pictures of Pamela Mostek's blinged up Bernina by clicking here. In an age where we have electric everything, we forget that things were not always so easy. This Oregon woman thought that pedaling her sewing machine was not an efficient use of her energy, so she "devised a plan whereby her sewing machine pedal could be made to do the work of several things at once. One length of wood was fastened to the machine pedal, for the driving piston. Another length extending over a frame work fulcrum operated the two lengths of wood which served as connecting rods. When all was ready, the baby’s cradle was attached to one connecting rod, and the churn to the other. Then as she sewed, the baby rocked, and as the baby rocked, the cream was churned. Click on the pick to go to the website articleHow cool are these?? I fell in love with them and had to share. What a great little idea, isn't it? The John Deere sewing machine tractor is ingenious! Click on the picture to go to the website YOUR COLOR FIX FOR TODAY A Word from Zoie... I know you are all enjoying yourself reading mommies blog. This is what I do when she is working and blogging. I sleep, I play with my toys, I bark at the deer. I try to be good, but sometimes I just have to drop all, and I mean "all" my toys at mommies feet so she remembers that I am here. Ya know what? I do this every hour and it seems to be working, cause mom let's me outside and throws the ball. I think I am training her well, but sometimes she catches on. sigh...oh well. Can I ask a favor? Will you leave a comment right here on her blog and tell her she is forgetting all about making me a quilt??? :-( I had fun today blogging about all the not so "norm" sewing machines and people who sew out there in the world. If you have a sewing machine you decorated or blinged up...please send me a picture and I will put it right here on my blog. It's fun to see what people do. Now.....if you're on facebook, come say "hi" to me and share my blog with your friends. They can follow me by many choices on the right sidebar. And until the next time.....Go Go Go...Sew Baby Sew Linda
Australian inventors Brendan Corry and Peter Sargent designed the Wunda Weeder. This fanciful garden gadget is self-propelled, thanks to the solar cells on the roof. A gardener can lay on the cot and weed rows of plants in his/her garden while staying cool in the shade. http://wundaproducts.com.au/home/products/wunda-weeder/ via OhGizmo! | Photo: Wunda Products...
Eeeek! I can't wait to share the newest member of my yard with you guys today. I have begged asked my hubby for a storage shed for years, and I finally took the plunge! As
Harman is a compact mini-tractor designed for use in small fields, big gardens or vineyards. The design brings a new perspective to small tractors that despite
When we think of growing grains, typically a vast horizon of wheat heads comes to mind. And big tractors. Only the slightly lunatic farmer/gardener would attempt to grow grains at a small scale. Af…
I just framed in the roof of my tractor shed in this picture. You’ll notice that the shed is missing some tin on the roof. It is also missing a tractor. I hope to remedy both problems in afew…
Automatic Garden Watering System BY Arduino, LCD, Buttons, EEPROM, Solenoid Valve, Motor and Underground Sprinkler : Now we are making automatic watering plant I use .5 KW motor which can operate only one sprinkler at a time so i use this method which give me positive result
Want to start a nightcrawler farm? These helpful ideas will help get you started!
Who says American school kids can't compete with those of China and Japan? Why, just take a look at the brain power our young'uns poured into to these amazing
There are too many to skip flush toilets for composting ones. Likewise, you can make the perfect humane management facility right at home. And you can find s
The Hoss Garden Seeder allows you to easily plant your vegetable garden with accuracy and precision. Our innovative seed plate design allows you to easily customize seed plates to fit the variety of seed you're planting. Seed plates lie flat in the hopper and can be easily changed without wasting excess seed. The Hoss Garden Seeder has a rolling coulter or rolling disk that opens a furrow for the dropping seed. This double disk furrow opener works great in soils that have heavy organic residue from prior vegetable or cover crops. Once the seed drops into the planting furrow, the drag chain covers the seed and the rear wheel packs the soil to ensure optimal germination. The Hoss Garden Seeder is constructed with Amish-crafted hardwood handles, 15″ steel wheels, and a powder-coated steel frame. The handles are adjustable to the users height. The steel frame ensures the unit is stable and easy to push in a straight line along the row. Hoss Garden Seeder features: Removable hopper for filling and emptying seed Adjustable planting depth from 1/4″ – 1 1/2″ Stand-alone design with back kickstand Plant small to large Seeds with accuracy and precision Easily change seed plates with simple wingnut design Includes Seed Plates #1-6; additional plates available here Optional Row Marker available Included: Seed Plate #1 (HS4-1001) – broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, turnips, mustard, rutabaga, and other fine Seeds Seed Plate #2 (HS4-1002) – onion, small coated Seeds Seed Plate #3 (HS4-1003) – okra, pelleted: carrots, lettuce, beets, chard Seed Plate #4 (HS4-1004) – small sweet corn, popcorn Seed Plate #5 (HS4-1005) – small peas and beans Seed Plate #6 (HS4-1006) – medium beans, peas, large sweet corn, field corn Add the Hoss Drill Hopper The Drill Hopper is made to fit on our Hoss Garden Seeder to make planting easier. The Drill Hopper is fitted with a Gate that allows you to change the amount of Seeds dispersed at a time. Although it is not as precise as the seed plates, it allows you to plant irregular shaped Seeds with ease.
I built a simple Chicken Tractor to house my chicks until they are large enough to safely free range. This portable coop provides protection from predators and the elements while allowing the birds to graze on fresh grass and bugs daily. And they leave behind mowed grass and plenty of fertilizer! I use the two-wheeler to lift the front end slightly and roll the coop forward to fresh fodder daily.
Pear trees can produce fruit for 75 years. Learn about how to grow pears and how to have bountiful pear harvests for the rest of your life.
If you earn some income from a hobby farm, you're allowed to deduct farm expenses. You can only deduct hobby farm expenses to the extent you have hobby income. If your farm starts to become profitable, you may need to report it has a business instead of a hobby.
Toro - 1950. It's amazing... smack dab in winter and lawn mowing starts to look attractive. Source
The beekeeping journal is a great way to organize your beehive inspection notes. Complete with calendars and check lists.
Biodynamic Farming is essentially a spiritual, ethical, ecological approach to agriculture, food production, and nutrition.
Vermont has never been a rich state. It has been founded and harvested upon the hard work of dedicated people who had to face many difficulties, including the
