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Something\'s eating my firewood! I cut down several dozen live trees early this spring and stacked the useable firewood in a pile. The trees were all Osage Orange, Slippery Elm or Honey Locust. The logs are now covered with hundreds of little piles of saw dust and you can actually hear the wood...

I am trying to re-forest about 2 acres of my property. I can get 1 year old saplings from the State of Ohio or from my county for aroud 50 cents to a dollar a piece but they are so small (12" to 18"). The local nurserys and garden stores seem to only stock much larger trees and much more...

The decals are flaking off my BX2200. I don't really care if anyone knows it's a Kubota or it has 4 Wheel Drive ect.. but it is starting to look ratty. Anyone else having this problem? Since it's still under warranty I wonder if the dealer would replace them. The peeling could be due to cleaning...

Here in S.W. Ohio we have had almost no rain in 12 weeks. The lawns are all completely brown. Except, wherever a trench was dug to run an electric line, phone line, or water line there is a strip that is nice and green. This is noticable in our yard and many other yards. Wuz up wit dat?

We have not had a drop of rain here in my area of S.W. Ohio in 9 weeks coupled with 10 straight days of over 95 degree heat. All the lawns are completely brown. I'm worried my almost 3 acres of lawn is not going to make it. How long can lawn grasses survive with no water?

We have a crippled, excuse me, "physically challenged" skunk living under our deck. I'm not sure what to do. It's rear end is totally disabled and it just drags it's rear legs as it crawls along. It comes out from under our deck every night and crawls into the woods where I see it scrounging...

I decided to put in a vegetable garden here at our new place. The neighbors said I was crazy. They have had no luck unless they put up at least a 6 foot fence. Not only do we have 2 rabbit nests within 50 yards of the garden (one evening there were 7 rabbits at once near the garden area) but the...

Have you guys seen this new Mosquito Deleto contraption from Coleman? Supposedly it gives off CO2 and heat to trick the skeeters into thinking it's a warm blooded animal. They are left stuck to some sticky stuff. Has anyone tried one yet? It seems like a great idea but I'd hate to spend $200 to...

Anyone try using a 5 foot landscape rake with the BX? 5' is the smallest the tractor stores stock. It seems large for the BX.

We finished building our new house on what used to be a hay field. I noticed during the building process that there was a constant wet spot right near the basement walkout. I had the foresight to lay down a pickup line and run it out away from the house. Water continues to run from that line...

Usin\' & Abusin\' the BX You BXers would not have believed what I did with mine the other day: The County is building a new bridge right down the road and there amongst the excavation was a beautiful pink and purple granite boulder. Well, I was not about to let a wonderful landscaping stone get...

I was going to fence in an area for a garden to keep out the numerous deer we have around here. I had planned to use 5 foot wire fencing. I see several deer fences advertized that are 7.5 to 8 feet high. Will a 5 foot high fence be adequate or am I kidding myself. What are some of your experiences?

I currently have a gravel driveway that I'd like to pave. Concrete I hear lasts a lifetime-- but you'll work that long to pay for it. In your experience, how long a life expectancy does a blacktop driveway have assuming it is sealed regularly? Does a blacktop driveway mean I cannot have a heavy...

I want to cut a trail through my woods -about 800 feet-and clear about 3/4 of an acre. It's all weed trees mostly 3 to 8 inches with a few large Osage Orange (Hedge Apple) trees and spiny locust trees. This excavator wants to bring in his large track hoe and a loader. I questioned whether such a...

I'm looking to buy a utility vehicle for around the farm. The JD Gator is great but the price! The Kawazaki Mule is a lot less expensive but seems rather chinsy. I've seen the web site for the Snapper Grounds Cruiser and it seems a lot beefier than the Mule. I called about the price and I can...