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I have a wooden garden shed about 6m x 4m with walls and ceiling reasonably well insulated. I use it for several purposes – seed house, vegetable production, 8 stacking wormeries, wine cellar and some general storage. It is quite full, so little empty air space, or spare floor space. I...

Are there any TBN members in South Africa? I know it is basically a USA site, but also have seen posts by people from various other countries. The link at the end is to the website for the sale of my small farm and I have been told by several people originally from SA that many who are still...

Yet another request for your advice folks. We are having problems getting good quality smoked salmon. Not easy even to get mediocre stuff at a reasonable price sometimes. Fresh salmon is easy to get and a lot cheaper. I have a small smoket set-up - lidded pan and rack inside that I want to try...

I know there will be different opinions, especially from different US States, but you will all like the way you do it. I am in Portugal and the most common way to get peanuts is already roasted. Sunflower oil is always used for this purpose and the taste of the oil is not good. We prefer them...

I was 33 days old. I do not remember it in real time, but I never forget it. So many young men lost, and many of them no doubt related to at least some of the older members on here because there was a big American contingent. Please spare a moment to reflect. You all know the line "Lest we forget".

I have posted this here rather than the Shibaura thread because I think it does not really matter what the brand of tractor is. I gave the make and model so that other TBNers would know. I need to replace the battery. It is not holding charge. I switched batteries between it and my NH45TCE and...

I have come to know a newbie, both to Portugal and land owning. He bought about 7 acres a few months ago. A lot of olives and grapes, plus hay/grazing. He has a neighbour who appears very willing to do general cultivations with a large Ford. I have seen videos of his work (but not close enough...

Four weeks ago today I had an operation to replace a valve in my heart and to bypass three partially blocked arteries. Prior to this my knowledge of human medical matters was zero. After a few tests in a general hospital before being transferred to the specialist heart hospital, the head...

I was 75 four weeks ago. This week is the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Every year around now I try to apply some of my "thinking" time to those events, but as I become older tend to let my thoughts wander too much and not concentrate on the effects of those landings. This year I am...

I have not posted for quite a long time because I have had nothing of interest to say. I do lurk from time to time though. I have been slowing down for a couple of years due getting older (74 now) and some old rugby and horse related injuries - I can remember some of them and where it hurt at...

I am storing a D23F Stiger Deluxe and some equipment on a long-term basis whilst the owner is overseas. Note Stiger is not the brand Steiger but a model description of this D23F. I will be using the tractor as a dedicated spraying rig along with my ag sprayer. Can anyone give me some basic info...

Has anyone built their own? A neighbour and I want to make a pto driven machine. There are lots of YouTube videos. Search almond huller or smallatrici mandorle to see the size of machine we need. They are between about 6 and 10 feet long, and mainly electric motor driven, but that is not a...

I have little experience with outdoor tomatoes, basically a few plants in the garden for the last 12 years. Most years we have had problems keeping a regualr water supply to them due to other demands on time and available water, but this year I have been able to irrigate right through the...

I do not know if anybody is familiar with the way corn, beans (mainly fava), chickpeas, etc. are cooked in various parts of the world in such a way that they just swell with air in them, but my wife and I thoroughly enjoy them. Unfortunately we do not know how it is done, and I know that a lot...

Why has this thread been closed?

Has anyone ever used them for growing small fruited melons? I have used them for quite a few years for tomatoes and also (in a bigger size) for small winter squash, but not yet for melons.

The dogs that protect little penguins - BBC News

I want to build a 3point hitched pto driven chipper. I have searched TBN to see if there was a thread about somebody else's build, but the result was a very long list of just about everything except chippers. I only want to chip prunings below about 1" diameter. Anything bigger goes for...

US man sets petrol pump alight over spider - BBC News How stupid can some people be?

I think this seems to be the best thread for this. I have drained quite a few acres in different countries over the last 40 years with plastic drainage tubing - mainly 3" or 4", running into 6 inch over some bigger acreages. I have always used tubes without a filter and then put small stone...

On another forum in another country, I was asked why I was so cantankerous. The following is part of my reply, the remainder of it being pertinent to the particular thread. Quote:- "I do not know why I am a member of COMA (Cantankerous Old Men's Association) but I am. There have always been...

Well, we all know that, so let your mind wander a little. I have prunings from 500 olive trees, 100 grape vines, fruit trees, ornamentals, shrubs, bushes, as well as corn cobs, corn stover, etc. A limited amount of leaves and smaller twigs are consumed by my livestock, but there is still a lot...

Garden shredders do not have the capacity for the amount a neighbour and I want to shred. Has anybody built their own pto driven machine. It will be small diameter stuff and twigs with leaves attached. We had in mind free swinging hammers to do the business.

This is not a critical question to answer, but I have been on and off the tractor many times today and idle curiosity made me wonder whether people always mount from the left as they would a horse. If I approach the tractor from the left or directly in front or behind then that is what I do, but...

I have just read an article on an English farming magasine site referring to huge stock losses in South Dakota due to blizzards. it was vague about places and numbers. Any further info?

69 years ago today, when I was 4 weeks old, the invasion of Normandy began the "end" of WWII. For as long as I can remember I have been grateful that I have been able to enjoy farming in several countries around the world due probably solely to the success of that invasion. Many thousands of...

I am considering a modification to a home made seed drill that currently has the seed plates mounted vertically on a drive shaft and they are cut into small seed boxes, supplied by a larger hopper above, to pick up seed. I sow a wide range of seeds from vetch through to large fava beans and the...

I am considering buying this old book (reprinted) by J Brownlee Davidson and Leon Wilson Chase, but wondered if anybody can tell me whether the blueprints etc. in the book are good enough to allow me to build the equipment. The book itself is not expensive, but by the time I add shipping and...

I know I could Google this or ask some tame Medic, but I believe I will receive better answers from TBN members. Is it possible to be "burned" to give a skin reaction similar to sunburn from the light or fumes emitted when welding? I am not talking about heat, but light or fumes. On Thursday I...

I noticed an advert on this site for a company that makes pellet presses. They are expensive, although a single press could be used for both wood burners and making animal feed pellets from farm-grown ingredients. They are also used to make fish food pellets - used as ground bait by some...

I have searched the Web in vain for several months to find plans to guide me in building a small thresher. I have found photographs of treadle operated ones in China and small motorised ones in India, but not enough detail to let me proceed. I realise this is an unusual request but, can anyone...