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Has this been posted? Here's some really cool ideas for pedal-powered machines used in Central America. Plans are given for a mill/corn thresher, blender, and water pumps -- and there's also a list of pending prototypes (but no tractor). Maybe that old bike you have out in the barn that you...

Well, I learned something else new about tractors today by reading this: "Farming is one of the most difficult ways to earn a living. You'd think that with all the innovations mankind has developed over the centuries, we could make farmers' lives easier. But as it turns out, sometimes miracles...

I couldn't visualize a 15-ton tractor, so I went to Google and found a really cool artillery tractor that weighs that much: However, here's an updated article that shows the actual tractor that did the deed...

What an unusual way to protest what you consider unfair treatment. Is the perp a member here? :D "A farmer who was arrested last month expressed his displeasure Thursday afternoon in Newport by driving a heavy tractor over seven police vehicles owned by the Orleans County Sheriff's Department...

We cobbled together something similar to this, from stumbling onto this website: tinygogo: April 2009 I've been amazed how well it works in a climate that's certainly not known for being a "hotbed" of solar applications. Even on cloudy days (about nine months a year), we have lots of warm water.

Western Washington seldom gets the kind of lightning storms the Midwest is famous for, so the recent event in my area was something to see: Flashy storm slashes area, wakes up many in Tri-Cities | Tri-City Herald - The News Tribune So naturally I had to go and read the Comments section on that...

When it came time to buy the heritage-breed poultry I wanted, it was my hubby who sensibly pointed out that the banties I'd told him about from my teen years of keeping chickens on the farm would cost less to feed, make less mess, and go broody to hatch out their own chicks. Husband points! So...

And of course there's an app for that! Arizonans better watch out for algae growth in their pools, LOL. "The town's call for citizens to engage is apparent with MyGilbert, which invites you to turn in your neighbors if they are in violation of town codes. For example, if you have a neighbor...

After I had been living comfortably in Dad's arboreal creation for six years -- through wind, lightning, snow, and ice storms -- an electrical short in the old logger's cabin where my parents lived burned the house down while we were in town. It was horrible and traumatic to come back to but it...

I've been mulling over what topic I would like to have your input on for my first posted thread, and I think this is it, since it hits close to home. Getting a required permit -- do you? Have you ever sorta ignored them and flown under the radar with whatever projects you built? Have you ever...

I wonder if elevation above its surroundings was the deciding factor in the amazing survival of this Utah home while all around it the wildfire decimated everything -- or maybe it was the lack of wind. It certainly doesn't look like the owners established any kind of defensible space: Quail...

Our 110-acre farm had a dilapidated old barn on it when Dad purchased the property in 1959, and we left it in its state of disrepair to house the chickens, hay, and tools just fine. As kids, my brothers and I learned which boards not to step on and played games for hours in and around the old...

Thanks for the comments about wind-driven fires jumping what I thought was truly "defensible" space around a dwelling. So you're saying the kind of fire mitigation techniques illustrated in this picture won't work?

Briana was nice enough not to laugh when I inquired about joining your forum with several counts against me: female-type person, long-time lurker on your Rural Living sub-forum only, and "tractor owner/operator" only in the sense of keeping my brother's 1961 toy Tonka when he got tired of it. ;)...