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    I used Blackjack 57. It is a rubberized roof coating. It works fine but if I were to do it again, I would paint it. I thought the Blackjack would be more waterproof than paint. I didn't realize that wouldn't matter with as much ventilation as I have and with using the deep bedding method so I...
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    This and I rarely go anywhere that I don't take and/bring back something too heavy and/or wide to reasonably carry on a bike. And, no, bike trailers do not solve either - we had a burley when the kids were little; I did quite a lot of things with it but there are very real limits no matter how...
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    Have you looked at netting for pheasant flight pens? It costs considerably less.
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    Helpful hints for building coops

    Dh thinks it's crazy but I like most soups cold. Even the ones usually only served hot.
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    Two doelings and a buckling.
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    I think I can get closer that Jeff... goats
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    Baking is only one way to make bricks. Adobe and wattle/daub are both simply allowed to dry.
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    Have you considered burying some of the logs under the filling of the raised beds? Hugelkulture
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    Probably partly because they haven't used as many as expected so far this year.
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    There are a few small advantages to such snow - like a very big external refrigerator.
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    How (and why) do you wash chickens?
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    It might depend on what religion you follow. Or it might be what it is regardless of who believes what. Like the shape of the earth is what it is regardless of who believes it is a different shape.
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    Lol. And goats are just the next stage in the progression. In the family cow world, people suffer from CALPC syndrome: cows are like potato chips
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    Do onions do something similar?
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    My grandmothers both got one new dress each year when they were growing up. That was their "good" dress - for church and special occasions. Last year's "good" dress was this year's school dress. Last year's school dress was this year's house dress. Last year's house dress was this year's...
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    Hardware cloth in a frame? Maybe sandwiched between two lightweight strips of wood. Or mesh like a row covers for gardens or some soft-sided, fold up laundry hampers. If you can find some dense enough they don't get toes stuck in it but that they can still see through.
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    Good thing I looked it up first - this is a garden friend, if I identified it right as a "pleasing fungus beetle." Well, at least it doesn't eat the garden plants. We want the stumps gone so maybe it is good that the fungus that the beetle eats eats the stumps.
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    Helpful hints for building coops

    I'm interested in any ideas you would be willing to share. I may be building another coop in a few months. And certainly expecting to build shelter for garden equipment as soon as I can get to it.
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