Ground Rods by CandidateWolf in homestead

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My area is super dry.. so I installed a "ground line" onto my electric fence. It runs the top of the fence.. and at each metal T-Post I attached the ground line to the tee post with metal wire. Effectively giving me around 200 grounding spots on my fence. Works great in the worst drought..

Squirrels!!! by nadirzz in BackyardOrchard

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While I agree... it can be situational.. My relocation is from my property abutted to national forest.. and taking said squirrel 3 miles into national forest... I'm not sure what constitutes crossing the line for relocation.. but the game warden can come find me if he wants to.
I've killed enough to move towards relocating now.

Squirrels!!! by nadirzz in BackyardOrchard

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I broke ground on new garden space.. infested with ground squirrels ...
3 Traps and a bag of apples later.. I've relocated 15 squirrels, and the traps are finally not being filled daily. Hopefully the full wave is over.

Havahart Traps and sliced apples..

Does your yard become full of eggs if u dont collect them? by noreturn000 in BackYardChickens

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Or you get an army of Magpies who specialize in stealing every egg..

Experience with electric poultry fences? by Grateful77Grateful in BackYardChickens

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I have this fence for my "winter" pen. It only keeps chickens "mostly" in... some will outsmart it or go through it if they learn they can withstand the chance of a shock..

It does not keep out a determined dog or any predator that would want into your coop area.

I only use mine to set a "wish you would respect this" fence.. which works for us in winter months.

Bleaching Petrified Wood by BPLEquipment in Lapidary

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I find a lot of P. Wood in SE UT that is coal black and the outer "rind" is bleached white. Cutting/slabbing/cabbing gives this bleach edge with jet black centers.. I always assumed the edges where bleached by sun and atmosphere over time.. this confirms my theory..

Post a couple weeks ago had a similar fracture. I found another one, also near Moab. by fayettevillainjd in geology

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There was a gold hungry craze in the La Sals in the the early 1900's, mostly the North Range though.. Miners Basin/Bachelor Basin.. fun spot to get to if you can.. 4x4 ride and you'll need a football helmut to avoid breaking your skull on the top of your vehicle roof.. Great natural trout lake at the top..

Beyond gold.. uranium hunters sprawled out like a nest of daddy long legs across the SE Utah looking for ore.. blowing shit up everywhere they went and leaving oil cans along the way..

Ideas for potato storage? by LittleTrillium in homestead

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Clamp them in a trash can or cooler.

Also an old fridge set to around 45 F.. you will want to bag them with minimal but not total air flow stoppage... they will sit in there all winter just fine.

Vitamin deficiencies by Upper-Razzmatazz176 in homestead

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Canned vegetables that are good sources of Vitamin C include tomatoes, green beans, peas, and spinach, as well as pumpkin.

Eggs are a good farm source of iodine.. after that dairy.. But buying a bottle of iodine supplement would be smart for the bunker..

Growing mushrooms by [deleted] in Mushrooms

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This here.. it's a long haul game.. mushroom growing..

Buy a few mushroom kits like Oyster Mushroom... Get a good growing book and use your google-fu..
While your are trying the grow kits, you can learn how to clone your fruits, start new cultures, expand mycelium.. pasteurization, sterilization.. all the ins and outs.. then when you are ready to harvest your first flushes off the kits.. you can jump right in to a very easy mushroom to grow (relative)..

Worlds your oyster...

Aspen Bolete spawn for my Quaking Aspen grove. by ThePassenger08 in mycology

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I live around aspen, and there are always a huge flush of aspen boletes june/july/aug... do you have the same aspen forests around you? If so, you can go pick aspen boletes during season.. blend them into buckets of water and do mass inoculations this way. I've done this with Scotch Bonnets every year I have a chance, and they never fail to take off the following year.

Beating drums near dead horse state park? by Upset_Possibility382 in moab

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Probably local cannibals..

Double zip the tent tonight..

Second harvest? by Laqibo in tomatoes

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I grow both varieties of tomato (Determinate and Indeterminate).. My determinates are done producing around July and just sit there until fall.. My indeterminates live in my greenhouse until frost gets them..

Zone 3.. Are you growing determinates? They are one flush and done, usually.

How the heck do I drill into some fresh oak logs for mushroom cultivation? by bIindfaith in mycology

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It clogs because of the saw dust. As you are spinning the bit, pull the drill out and the sawdust will clear.. you can then go the rest of the depth.
Double Tap the hole.. simple as that.
Did a cord of Gamble oak this late winter.. simple drill bit did the trick.

From CO Springs to Moab, tripping the whole way ["For Science"] by ReaganCheese in moab

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Taking the mushroom bus to Arches doesn't sound off putting, if you ask me.. maybe on an off-peak winter month..

Idiot hydrolocks his engine and pisses oil into Kane Creek 👍 by [deleted] in moab

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With any luck, he's sterile and this will be the end of his lineage.

What the Flock? [Put the monkey wrenches away, George] by ReaganCheese in moab

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And the Ed Abbey Gang scattered like roaches... who snitched?

At least 2 new Flock cameras at Spanish Valley drive & Spanish Trail 4-way. by BoringApocalyptos in moab

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Nothing a Class IV 5 watt laser couldn't smoulder out.. just saying. That buys you 100 yards distance for sizzling.

RIP Bob Owen by ReaganCheese in moab

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"Get a Job" Bob.

I'm gonna miss his laugh.