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Authors Curtis B. In 2006, Porter used his knowledge to start a consulting business called Farm Planning Services, and today, he is the extension professor/dairy specialist emeritus at the University of New Hampshire.

In this case, you want to orient one side of the barn with openings toward the prevailing wind direction and make sure that other buildings or natural features don't create a wind block.” “In cold winter climates, you want to orient openings (aisleway...

Condensation Control Barns sweat, especially in the winter, when warm, moist air hits the cold metal. Sheet Metal The sheet metal is available in two common thicknesses or gauges. Posts Typical posts are 4-by-6 inches or 6-by-6 inches, and should be set...

Sand Creek Post & Beam Just as there are numerous barn designs, barn homes come in all shapes and sizes. Seddon (Williamson Publishing Company, 1985) Low-Cost Pole Building Construction , by Ralphe Wolfe (Storey Publishing, LLC, 1980) The Complete Guide...

Even when materials are available, price may be a barrier to using them. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has a free publication, Historic Barns: Working Assets for Sustainable Farms , which highlights the importance of historic barns on small...

Installation: Foam lends itself to both new construction where wall cavities are exposed and to retro-insulating through holes drilled in the top of the walls, ceilings and roofs. Does not lend itself to DIY projects.

For me personally, I have enjoyed my own personal journey of friendship, knowledge and a greater understanding of the human side of gardening. Dave's Garden provides an essential outlet to not only gain knowledge for our endeavors but also to share in...

She and her DH also brought some guitar-playing friends.The weather was beautiful, the plants were beautiful, and even the people were beautiful!Photo Credits: Thanks to Dave, Gardenwife, Horseshoe, Melody, Mystic, JustDot and GrannyLois for all the great...

When I joined Dave's Garden, I expected to find forums where I could ask questions and share information, where I could "talk plants" with others whose eyes wouldn't glaze over after thirty seconds of my raving about my latest butterfly sighting or violet...

Seeds for the kids table flyers for either Earl May storeStatue of a little girl angel playing in a pot of dirt To borrow a quote from that famous scene in the movie, Field of Dreams (filmed in Iowa): "Is this heaven?

But I will later have less work with clearing weeds and more focused time, hopefully, in having a small garden. It shaped 'me and my gardening'! There were already 2745 of them between me and Dave Whitinger, the man behind all this.

It grew.The vocation/avocation of many people to play in the dirt, to watch flowers grow, to enjoy the fruits and vegetables of our own labors, to enliven our residences with the bountiful beauty of nature, has led to a search for like minded individuals.

Multiplied to the point of folks just gasping in the Spring at her woodland area. The woodlands did not belong to her, but she made them beautiful anyway - it was just a thing with her.The community she lived in had areas where nobody really took care...

Now, about 7 years later, John has built 46 Extreme Birdhouses. John's daddy was a carpenter, so he grew up on a lumber mill with a hammer in his hand and a head full of plans and dreams.

Use two carriage bolts at each end. With all the care you take to provide your customers with safe, healthy produce, your last line of defense is to wash it before sending it to market.

There are thousands to choose from. Start now for a lifetime of shared memories. With so many choices, there should never be a year pass that one can not add a Love Plant to their Love Garden.To find these and many other plants with the word love in their...

I have, or have had, seven. What is the technical term for a heart shaped leaf? Those are just two of many heart-themed plant names. Red peppers are merely the fully ripened, "carotenoid" loaded fruit of many green bell peppers.

They spend most of the summer growing to blooming size, and then in fall they put on their most colorful show. The gardens struggle along, and the gardeners decide to spend more time on indoor pursuits.Some wise gardeners knew that this would happen.

This database has a category dedicated to Birds and Butterflies. Members from around the world contribute information and the result is a database with a global flair.If you would like to contribute to BirdFiles, but aren't sure what kinds of birds visit...

Style Points Determining which style you find attractive will help decide. Glu-Lam: Wood is glued together and milled into specific profiles. You can have a builder construct it or turnkey it, which is often the easiest way to ensure you get a home on...

At the end of my lectures to garden clubs I like to share a few tips with the audience, and ask them to contribute any tips that they might like to share. When the plants develop their first true leaves transplant the seedlings into a larger pot.Small...

One room down, a lot more to go! Bedrooms I found inspiration for the bedrooms in much the same way—sans rolling pin—allowing accent pillows set the baseline for these rooms. You might be surprised to learn that despite painting my entire house inside...

I think my favorite tomato will become more popular each year, and the more people who grow it, the easier it will be to find seeds the following year.Let's spread the fame of ‘Potato Top' from coast to coast and beyond, keeping Limbaugh's Legacy growing!Photos...

We use it for everything from popcorn to prime rib; but canning food is something that should never be done in a microwave. The temperatures don't get hot enough and the cooking is also uneven.

The spirit of heaviness evaporated and hope shone brightly. I am truly awestruck by you guys.".Volunteers arrived with buckets and shovels and elbow grease to move as many plants as possible to raised beds that aggiegrl's father had selflessly paid for...

If you have a Home and Garden show nearby, we definitely advise a therapeutic trip to kill those winter blues! The crowd waiting to enter was large and we were all anticipating the sneak peek into the coming season.As we walked through the doors, the...

The stainless steel unit is designed so that the boiling water in the lower section opens up the cells in the produce and releases the pure juice. I kept it at a boil for 5 minutes and then we removed the jars from the water.My spotty apples were transformed...