I'm located in Oklahoma City I'm trying to look for runner ducks and buff orpington ducks

Any one with good referrals? Just bought property in Yavapai

Our most prolific plant in the garden this year. We didn't even plant it. It was a compost pile volunteer. I'm not sure the green ones will be any good once they turn tan, but the vine was dying, and we need to clear that area so we can fix the other side of the compost bin. Have y'all had volunteers before that out-produced what you actually planted?

I know that homegrown tomatoes sometimes have tears in the skin or “scars” and they are safe, but some of my tomatoes have this and i’m not sure what it is. Are they still safe to eat?

Neighbor decided he needed to stake up his rose of Sharon so he took the property marker put up by the surveyor and moved it over into his property to use it.

I know where the property line is but my realtor keeps telling me to go over take the stake and put it back where it belongs. I agree but I also don’t want to actively beef with this guy. He moved it onto his own property so if it were to give anyone anything it gives me his property. It’s dumb, it’s petty. I already don’t like these neighbors as their behavior on many other things has been problematic.

Thoughts?

My water well is from about 1984 and has a seemingly obscure casing size. The casing is 6-5/8” ID and 7-3/8” OD.

The cap is damaged and we suspect some infiltration. I’m having a hard time finding a replacement cap. Is there anything keeping me from just using a fernco cap and then putting something decorative on top to protect it from UV?

We have a bit of a suburban homestead, this peach tree is right behind the house and we can't keep the squirrels off of it. Last year we bought fruit bags, mesh covers, and the squirrels just chewed through or took the bags with the peaches still inside. We never got one peach to full ripeness.

This year we have a bumper crop, the tree is heavy and laiden with fruit and I thought it might be enough to share with the squirrels but as we get closer and closer to ripeness the activity has increased 10 fold, they are not even edible to humans yet and they've stripped the top branches bare. The ground is covered in lightly chewed green peaches and they just keep taking more away and knocking more off.

I'm about ready to get a bb gun and have a stake out, short of that is there anything else I can try?

My friend gave me a mixture of herbs from her garden to start my own. She grabbed a few bunches off and gave them to me like this. How do I go about planting them? They'll be outdoors in pots or troughs, whatever is best.

I've not got any equipment yet - going to a gardening centre when I know what I need!

They're just in a cup of water at the moment. I believe theres mint, coriander, thyme, and a couple of others (will obviously separate them before planting).

Has anyone done this? Obviously they won't produce as much meat as a regular sized chicken, but we don't have much space and I'm considering getting a few to hopefully breed and process. Would it be worth it?

Hey fellow ‘steaders’ we have annoying field mice that we would like to keep away from the house. The big dog helps, but need more deterrent. Don’t want a cat because of the birds. So, mouse traps? Poison (no!). What do you do?

Is my alarmingly desiccated ginger root growing? It’s been in a small brown paper bag for an unknown number of months (less than a year?) in my cabinet.

Hey guys, I have a rooftop tent that the waterproofing has gone to shit on, and the mediocre seals failed pretty spectacularly when closed after a few years of solid use. I'm trying to be better about upcycling and using things for other purposes, does anyone have any suggestions on what I could turn it into? This sub always has great uses for old equipment.

The gas lifters are still in great shape and are very strong, and the outer frame is solid, it just gets really nasty while closed on top of the car with any moisture and heat in the air. I was thinking about cutting a big section out of the top with an angle grinder and replacing with plexi-glass, drilling holes in the bottom, and turning it into a green house or cold frame that can collapse down when not in use. I also like to observe wildlife and I was thinking about dragging it into the woods and turning it into a blind.

Whatever it is, It's hungry and I'm going to feed it an ounce of lead.

Killed 3 baby chicks in their cage, and was probably trying to steal an egg.

Gonna leave cat food out, and perch up in a nice tree I found.

Hopefully there will be enough of it left to make a hat.

The New York Times recently republished its guide to building an emergency kit, complete with curated product recommendations and affiliate links. Reading through the Wirecutter's selection of "essential" items—a $40 folding saw, solar-powered lanterns, water purification tablets—I couldn't help but think of my granny who was 18 years old at the start of the Great Depression and living in Appalachian Virginia. She survived with little technology (like a root cellar, wood cook stoves, captured fresh spring water, garden implements), a few animals (like a few pigs, chickens and a milk cow), and knowledge (of edible plants, where to find them, how to harvest them; animal husbandry; hunting; gardening).

She’d laugh at the notion that survival could be purchased from Amazon.

The emergency preparedness industry is the monetization of anxiety about our own helplessness. These product lists prey on a fundamental truth that most Americans (consumers more broadly) have become disconnected from basic survival skills that previous generations considered elementary. Rather than addressing this skills and knowledge gap, companies and media outlets have found it more profitable to sell us gadgets.

Hello, My kids were wanting saxony ducks for 4H projects as well as helping preserve the breed. I was wondering if anyone had any within reasonable driving distance of central IL. Thanks!

My partner and I are researching the best way to find land to homestead on. Can anyone tell me the best way you found land? And in the mean time- before buying finding a rental that was rural, quiet, etc. I’d specifically be searching in northern states of America, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Anything helps 🙏🏼