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    More Weekend MOWING Tragedy

    ROPS and seatbelt. Who can honestly say they always use both? (Not me, he says sheepishly)
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    Knee pads that stay put?

    These work really well: NoCry Flooring & Roofing Knee Pads - with Foam Padding and No-Slip Leather Stabilizers, Strong Double Straps and Adjustable Easy-Fix Clips: Amazon.ca: Patio, Lawn & Garden
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    Pressure pot paint sprayer

    Long cord or generator for power to the electric compressor, and fortunately there are no neighbours within overspray distance, so only my own stuff to worry about...
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    Pressure pot paint sprayer

    Having painted all our wood post and rail fences with brush and roller in the past, I'd like to find a more efficient, less time consuming way. I found this sort of thing, anyone know anything about them, are they any good? Price seems that it could be one of those too-good-to-be-true things...
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    The Resting Place.

    Larry McMurtry. What a story teller...
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    Garlic coming along nicely

    Harvest in late July. It goes in the ground in late October. A garden crop that takes 9 months.
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    What to do with old chain link fencing?

    Offer it for free, it will be gone quickly. There's always someone who thinks it will be useful. One man's junk and all that. But I actually think that this is a really good reason for you to buy that dump trailer, you should convince yourself that having one is the only way to dispose of the...
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    Blackberry Removal

    Glyphosate. And persistence. The smallest piece of live blackberry root is all it takes, so mechanical removal as best as possible and minimal spraying of what's left over and what pokes up next. It took us several years to eradicate the stuff from our property, and we are vigilant about any...
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    Garlic coming along nicely

    Planted late October. Just my second crop of any size, looks like near to 100% germination rate. I have about 700 in the ground. Still too wet to bother pulling the weeds.
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    End of season strategy for gravel surfaces?

    Thanks, I'll give it a try. Have to wait, we won't get any more snow now...
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    End of season strategy for gravel surfaces?

    "I have a piece of ABS pipe with a slit cut in it and it slides over my cutting edge" Joey: did you use a saw to cut the slit in the pipe? And does it reliably stay on the blade, or do you have some way of securing it?
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    Horse arena footing

    Good luck with this. Our 200 x 100 outdoor arena is compacted aggreggate under hog fuel. We replaced the hog fuel a year ago, the old stuff had been there 14 years. The hog fuel is delivered by a tandem straight truck with a ram pushing the material out. They dropped it around the space a fair...
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    The Resting Place.

    Walter Gretzky has died at 82 after a nine-year battle with Parkinson's disease. Gretzky raised and coached his son Wayne, considered by many to be the greatest NHL player of all time.
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    CBD Oil for arthritis

    It's been nearly a month since I started taking the CBD oil (see my OP) and I'm now a believer. I started with a low dose, gradually increased it, and then backed off some, trying each dose for several days. Now, rather than taking 100mg of celecoxib twice a day, I'm down to 100mg in the...
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    Dog pics

    I've had Golden Retrievers my whole life, usually two at a time, so I'm getting up there in numbers. This is my boy Denny from the summer of 2016, one of my favourite dog photos ever. He'll be five this year. His older buddy who showed him the ropes died a little over two years ago, and now...
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