How to Rodent Proof a Chicken Coop

February 19, 2016

...at meant putting the food away at night and investing in rodent proof feed containers. Every night I put the entire feeder within the trash can you can see in the picture on the right (it has a much more secure lid than the larger can I used to keep the feed in). In the morning I put the food out again for our four hens. It means that I have to get up just a few minutes earlier than I usually do but that’s not a big deal as I’m one of those tediou...

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De-Cluttering for DIYers, Homesteaders, Artists, Preppers, etc.

Mrs. Homegrown

February 9, 2015

Cleaning, Tidying up

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...to find a place to keep it We keep ours in BPA free, rectangular 20 gallon containers. Right now those containers are in my office/studio, which I don’t like, but right now are the only place they can go. I’ll like them much more after the Big One hits. There are other scenarios that you may want to prepare for–everything from having bug-out bags to plans for complete societal collapse. All the same rules apply. Keep your supplies lean but suffici...

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Saturday Linkages: Cheapskates and Controversy!

Mr. Homegrown

May 11, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...en-master-gardeners-break-the-rules-and-say-theyre-master-gardeners.html … Containers make lousy houses: http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2013/05/containers-make-lousy-houses.html#.UYf3intXlQc.twitter … Instagramming Your Food May Signal Bigger Problem, Researcher Says http://huff.to/18Tnzw8 Will Google Glass End Distracted Driving?: http://blog.esurance.com/will-google-glass-end-distracted-driving/#.UYSRC4KyvdI.twitter … Bikes Bicycle hacker...

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Composting: Nothing is Wasted

Mrs. Homegrown

May 7, 2015

Back to the Garden, Composting, Gardening

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...ll Rubbermaid Inc.’s Rubbermaid consumer line, which includes food storage containers. “Consumers have the feeling of not being competent…” (WSJ, April 22, 2015, D1) Despite our guilt, according the WSJ, we’re wasting more food all the time. We’re wasting three times more than we wasted in 1960. That makes sense in lots of ways, including the advent of all these super-sized retailers with their perverse economies of scale inducing us to buy food i...

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How to Keep Squirrels and Birds From Eating Your Fruit

Mr. Homegrown

January 25, 2013

Fruit Trees, Gardening, Pests

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...nd birds in your fruit orchard. Noel says: I use those clear plastic fruit containers that are used for packing strawberries and grapes. I personally don’t buy fruit in these containers but I asked some neighbors and friends to save them for me and in a short time amassed a large collection. They snap shut over most fruit like these mangos and this helps to control fruit damage. Since they have vent holes, they don’t collect water inside. They can...

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