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My 1/4 acre pond is now ready for stocking. Unfortunately, according to Montana law, the only species I can legally stock are several trout and largemouth bass: totally unfit species for a shallow "ed ...

A big cinnamon bear tore down about 30 feet of my 8' high deer fence one night around a month ago, while I was asleep, then totally destroyed a 10 year old apple tree. When the bear was gone the deer ...

Anyone here tried their powdered cheddar cheese? If so, please report.

Here's another genius:
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/08/crude-oil-from.html

An old guy down the road went to a nursing home and the new properety owners gave me 2 depression-era colored enamel Monarch cookstoves and a huge pressure cooker that weighs about 50#. O the joy!

Take a Permaculture course. No matter what happen we all gotta eat.

LV will become the Leptis Magna (built by Septimius Severus at the height of Ancient Roman hubris) of Cartoon America, but the cheesy plaster and plastic architecture won't make for very classy ruins. ...

Got plenty of water but had a killing frost the morning of July 31. 67 day growing season this year. Now ask me why I don't grow potatoes or squash.

5 gallon plastic buckets. You can get them free by dumpster diving and will be one of the most often used utensils.
Fishing line and hooks
windup flashlights
butane lighters
.22 ammo (the currency ...

At 500+ kcal/pound, garlic is one of the root crops highest in calories. Few, however, would attempt to eat garlic for its caloric value. Good info to know in a survival situation though. Also, one of ...

The only food worth canning is meat. Canned vegetables and even legumes is a waste of precious energy--because of the high water content. Why bother canning water? Look at the nutritional content of a ...

The Revere 4 qt stainless steel (with copper clad bottom) pressure cookers are very well made and can sometimes be bought on ebay for $20 or less. Revere went out of business about 20 years ago, so fo ...

J. Arts will grow in Boise. Other than certain grasses, they're the most invasive plant I have growing here in NW MT.

Dog dead; mate dead; now walk alone:
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A blueberry variety like "Patriot" or "Duke", if well managed, will produce up to 20# fruit on a 4-5' bush.
Saskatoons (Amelanchier) take up considerably more space for an equal amount of fruit. I as ...