Comments for Ranch Ramblins

Comment on Flashback Friday #7 by Lacey Cook

Lacey Cook — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:52:42 +0000

we love autoracing and we always watch indy car races both home and abroad-.;

Comment on Bois D’arc by Emily

Emily — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:40:46 +0000

We have a HUGE tree in our yard and I have found this site and believe it to be the male tree. It has to be old because two of us can’t put our arms around the trunk. One limb has fallen off and I am worried about it splitting more. My husband loves to trim it and keep it healthy and we are looking for information on it. Now I want to carve stuff out of this limb!! Thanks for the info!

Comment on A Tractor for Chickens? by TK

TK — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:20:58 +0000

This comes a little late, but I just found this while web surfing. I’ve discovered an easy way to deter creatures from digging into a tractor. Attach hardware cloth (aka rat wire) to the base of the tractor all around the outside of it. It folds up easily when moving the tractor, and since predators only dig right at the base of the pen, they hit the wire and can’t get in. If they ever figure out to dig a foot and a half AWAY from the pen to start tunneling, then we’re in trouble.

Comment on Convertible Bench/Table Construction Plans by john

john — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:04:06 +0000

I am planning on using your bench design for an my Eagle scout project in Boy Scouts and I was wondering if there is anyway to keep the same design, but not be able to be made into a table.

Comment on Stand-By Generator Project by Hal

Hal — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:48:30 +0000

Mr mitch,

The genset ran about $10k. With the inclusion of an automatic transfer switch, underground conduit, underground wiring, concrete pad, installation of an underground propane tank, labor, taxes and permits, the job totalled slightly less than $20k.

Comment on Stand-By Generator Project by Mr mitch

Mr mitch — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:04:00 +0000

Can you show a breakdown of costs? Easily looks like a $10K project.

Comment on Black Walnuts On My Mind by Pietro Angelini

Pietro Angelini — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:58:14 +0000

I have Two old and beautiful black walnut trees on my lawn; for the last five years I have been collecting over six bushels of nuts in August and September and to take in consideration that the squirrels eat almost as many. Two three years ago I pruned them and from the next spring the grew even faster, longer branches.

In the winter I feed the frozen nuts to squirrels (I keep them in the garage).

But I also wanted to see if I could plant and have more little trees, well
I put along the property line about forty walnuts eight to ten inches into the ground evenly spaced next spring came nothing came out . The squirrels have a very strong appetite for them, they dug them all. one by one.

I investigated a little more on internet (God Bless Internet) and the following year I dug a big whole ,two feet by two feet by two feet deep, put sawdust and sand and made layers of walnuts ,but around and over it a wall of chicken wire ,to prevent the little predators to steel my walnuts. Last year in the spring came about thirty little trees.
I am so happy! Next year I will start to transplant them . By the way, they are messy to clean and hard to crack ,but the fruit is delicious.
Buon appetito.

Pietro

Comment on Black Walnuts On My Mind by monique kerr

monique kerr — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:27:18 +0000

I have a large black walnut tree that has to go because of construction. Would like to sell it for veneer.

Comment on Convertible Bench/Table Construction Plans by Hal

Hal — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:50:38 +0000

Bill,

Click on the drawings above, and they will open full size in your browser window. You can then read the dimensions directly from the screen, or print the drawing on your printer.

Comment on Convertible Bench/Table Construction Plans by Bill Dixon

Bill Dixon — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:56:44 +0000

Please email me the project we cannot see the dimensions on the website.

Thanks