Best Lift Kits

Inclement weather, bored livestock and the passing of time can unite to deteriorate your fences. For the more in-depth repairs that require new posts or large tools, a trailer is a must-have addition to your collection of ATV implements.

Drinking water in emergency situations should not be rationed. Be sure to include a manual can opener in your disaster kit. Clothes and bedding Keep one complete change of clothing and footwear for each household member and three sets of socks and underwear,...

However, there comes a point when some of us are ready to take the plunge. Now, if you're like me, you might be wondering if a vehicle this small is good for anything but a trail ride.

Cleanliness of the surface is the most important, and some practice may be necessary to achieve some of the more elaborate looks.A telephone call to the Krylon company resulted in the following advice: Your container's state over the seasons will depend...

Before we devour our Thanksgiving bounty, even before we ask a blessing on the food, we go around the table and list at least five things for which we are thankful. Quite often, in the months leading up to Thanksgiving, we establish a new commonplace...

According to company spokesperson Garry Hamlin, the new formula has a leg up on earlier iterations of the herbicide, which used amines or esters. He cites issues surrounding 2,4-D in particular, as well as the broader implications of herbicide use and...

This common chick ailment can easily be remedied with items found in your first-aid kit. The inability to move well can fool a novice chicken keeper into believing the bird has suddenly become sick.

If you can explain why you are asking for it, they should be willing to release it to you. It is a low-sting formulation of the same antibiotic in LA 200, oxytetracycline. Electrolytes If your goat is scouring, off feed or otherwise losing hydration,...

All a kit really provides is sterile substrate, usually a log, and mushroom spawn. Sprinkle the mushroom spawn over the prepared straw and press the entire thing together to form a tightly rolled log.

A hemostat (ditto) A lamb and kid carrying sling . Just make sure you have enough! Betadine Scrub for cleaning up prior to assisting A sharp pocket knife because you never know when you need one.

Then, add a small handle. Step 4 Daniel Johnson Begin to actually assemble the compost bin: Using 3½-inch screws, attach the back panel to the two side panels. In each case, begin by building a square.

Try a refreshing mint/ lavender tea, a relaxing chamomile/rose tea, or aim for something a little more nourishing such as a lemon balm/nettles tea. Herbal Flavor Extracts: Herbal extracts that can be used in place of or alongside vanilla can add excitement...

One of the main benefits is that it doesn't require you to lift your heavy loads—you don't even have to slide them up a ramp because the “wagon” lies flat on the ground. For moving an occasional tree stump or rock, it works great, and it's also...

Get greedy with your urban farming knowledge. Fogle is the author of Tricks for Treats (BowTie Press, 2010) and Salty Dogs (Wiley Publishing, 2007). Courtesy Morton Arboretum Arboretums, like Morton Arboretum near Chicago, can be found in or near urban...

Grow Rings If you don't stake taller perennials with grow rings (sometimes called peony rings) or bamboo stakes and twine, they'll grow floppy as the season progresses. Loosely Tie For taller, top-heavy perennials that haven't yet bloomed, go out and...

Put away the first-aid kit. The beauty of living on a farm surrounded by land untouched by buildings or roads is that you have some of the best medicines right outside your doorstep.

David owns Mercury Productions Inc., a video production firm. Some of their affiliations include: Oregon Media Production Association Sustainable Business Network (BALLE) Co-op America U.S. Partnership Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Founding...

I've wandered out to see what damage mother nature has done to my crops—it's been my little experiment to see what remains viable under these conditions. I also put in a large stand of parsley and cilantro.

It's like a bookshelf divided into compartments, with each compartment containing materials like bricks, wood, pinecones and hollow natural tubes, such as reeds. Narrow Wooden Slats: Butterflies Chanel Beck/Flickr In inclement weather, butterflies often...

Most gardeners are introduced to Amaryllis bulbs (oras they are correctly named) by received a boxed kit for Christmas. You've grown an amaryllis bulb from the box kit you got for Christmas.

Horse manure photo is by Malene Thysson, compost photo by Kessler Photography, and mushroom farm photo by Andrew Bossi, all courtesy of Wikimedia Commons."Cultivated White Cap Mushrooms;" Thompson & Morgan

Some water gardeners refer to an algal bloom as pea soup, because of the green, opaque appearance the water takes on.Sometimes the water will appear to be tea colored or have stringy algae in it.Any manifestation of an algal bloom is irritating but most...

(Death by bacterial wilt usually ends up happening at some point in the season, but I haven't seen a single cucumber beetle so far this year so maybe that won't be the case this summer.) I plan to make my first batch of dill pickles tomorrow afternoon...

But for now, it couldn't hurt to have a cuppa now and then.So even if you can't enjoy a Camellia's blooms this month, you can enjoy its leaves. So lift your mug of chai, green tea, Irish Breakfast or an herbal concoction from your own garden in salute...

But really the tools I'm most attached to are my wooden spoons and spatulas. My wooden tools feel good. Photo by Judith Hausman My collection of favorite wooden spoons Since I discovered the enjoyment of these tools, I look for them.

Actually, I didn't have to do much pulling, because the pups released with a gentle twist. I simply wrap the base of these epiphytes (air plants) in sphagnum moss and tuck them into crevasses of the wood where they grow happily all summer.In winter, in...

Over the years, it's become a bit of an art form; with the right equipment on hand, some posts can be replaced in as little as 20 or 30 minutes. By doing things in the most productive way, it's possible to get more things accomplished during a day.