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In addition to hanging up nest boxes, hobby farmers can support these feathered friends by feeding them, especially during the winter months. Step 6 Jessica Walliser Hang your suet log feeder from a tree branch or a shepherd's hook.

Tracking Decisions Because your log-home producer will likely only be supplying the shell of the structure, you will need to make decisions on a host of other materials: plumbing, electrical, cabinets, fixtures, flooring and more.

It's also important to keep in mind that log splitters can't split a log of any length; they all have a maximum log length that they can handle, because logs of any greater length would not physically fit in the splitter.

Unwrap a little magic that's been saved up, a bit of mid-summer light held in this gift of nature. About two years ago, my partner and I obtained some logs from a local arborist who was thinning a stand of oaks.

A log home among the trees is a natural fit, while the same house in a neighborhood surrounded by brick and white columns may be less appealing to home buyers. Consider your building location.

Although winter logging offers many advantages, it's important to remember that logging of any kind can be very dangerous and should not be undertaken without proper equipment, including safety gear for using a chain saw and appropriate machinery for...

Designate walking space. “Now that I'm in the woods growing mushrooms, I keep asking myself what else I can grow,” he says. “It's easy to spread out in the forest,” Gabriel says, “but we're working to use as little space as possible.” By stacking...

They don't contain chlorophyll like seeds do; instead, they rely on substrates like sawdust or wood for nutrition instead of photosynthesizing. These 'shrooms are delicious. I did really well inoculating the log , but there were a few other steps, like...

Cut down to the previous cut until the log falls from the tree. Repeat this process for all of the 8-foot logs.Flip the 16-inch log rounds upright so that you can see the cross-cut of the wood grain.

Hutch started coming out head first with his front legs folded back, so my mom put some stuff on her arm and pushed Hutch back and pulled his legs forward so he could slide out. Mom and Dad did the usual stuff.

Repeat the measurement once yearly.Dry the log until the wood reaches the moisture level recommended for the project in which you'll use the wood. Vacuum drying and high temperatures increase the darkening effect throughout the wood.

My tradition will include lighting a Yule Log in the fireplace to enjoy its warmth and comfort on this, the shortest day of the year. Remnants of charred wood from the fires were saved to use for starting the fire the following year and ashes from the...

Melt some beeswax in an old pot. However, shiitake mushroom growing for the home gardener or hobbyist isn't very difficult and can be very rewarding.Shiitakes are wood-decay fungus, meaning they grow on logs.

Two more vises and a good-sized anvil were mounted to a second log. Hopefully, the satisfaction of using it will be as great, as well. That's the great thing about getting an idea.

Next, add flipped over turf, seaweed,, manure, straw, leaves, or mulch. Read on for more hugelkulture information.is an element of landscaping where you flip your sod and layer it with newspaper, cardboard, straw or other carbon materials and then soil.

My colleagues usually prefer rice and cari, greedy folks! We have sorted a few nice pieces of bamboos as some of us want to turn them into plants pots, umbrella containers, furniture or boxes.

Extended bars are also ideal for cutting curved logs and crotch ends to create structural arches or unique tabletops. Its Alaskan MKIII works with chain-saw bars 24 inches or longer, while the Alaskan Small Log Milling Attachment works with bars of 20...

Sure, we have things like electric coffeemakers and lights, computers and cars, but we also have factory farms, cell-phone rudeness, road rage and climate change. Our tour starts with a short lecture inside authentic Stubbs Cabin, built in 1888, then...

All a kit really provides is sterile substrate, usually a log, and mushroom spawn. Depending on the species you're growing, you should have mushrooms in one to two months. They should be a fairly soft consistency, not unlike well-cooked pasta.

Mushrooms can make a great addition to your urban farm's arsenal, and they've been grown in cities for centuries—in the 1800s, Parisian biointensive farmers grew meadow mushroom ( Agaricus campestris ) in underground caves.

With recent advances in their color breeding, long fin koi are available in a variety of color types such as Kohaku, Showa, and Bekko. Bekko should not be confused with Utsuri, which are koi with black bodies with colored markings on top.

At least half of the trees had lost big branches, and some were totally out of the ground. Pieces of ice had shattered like glass all over the ground.He carefully crept out and down the branch the rest of the way to the ground.

Our Mom and Dad do No. 2 and 3. Copper boluses are especially important when people keep both sheep and goats. I have another question to answer! This one is from a goat named Elmo: “Hi Martok, I'm a Pygmy goat wether and my brown coat is rough and...

I couldn't wait for the next market day. It's strange how random encounters stick with you. I selected an oak that needed trimming, cut the logs into the required 3- to 4-foot lengths and began drilling my plug holes.

Or add 4 to 6 slices of prosciutto, diced, at the end of cooking. Another project at my farm garden is inoculating logs with shiitake mushroom spores for a crop of meaty mushrooms.

Red and white fabric was often used to make this pattern. At left is a modern interpretation of the pine tree pattern; you can see a traditional geometric patchwork pine tree patternThe Oak Leaf pattern, also called Oak Leaf and Reel, combines patchwork...

Growers try to keep the harvested mushrooms as cold as possible to minimize deterioration, and most large outfits have storage rooms that keep the packaged crops just above freezing.