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Why would this be an "either/or" situation and not some level of mix? May just be me, but a small trial/test plot/row(s) of the potentially high value/less-predictable crop with a healthy quantity of the more stable/known crop(s) would seem an option. Could even just be enough that even a...

yeah, I can understand that as I've had some commercially made/sold pizzas that used BBQ sauce and come to the same conclusion. However, with the variety of BBQ sauces and meats I've had I suspect it was the particular BBQ sauce (and the amount) they used along with the combination/quality of...

Have a wide variety .....perhaps the most unusual is using poppy seed dressing as the sauce, chicken (or turkey) as the meat, and spinach (or a mix of young/tender greens),black olives, and whatever else I' think would compliment the taste. Then that's all topped with a mix of shredded...

Most of the underground storage tanks I've seen tend to require a minimum amount of water to be kept in the tank at all times - which means a person would need to buy and install a tank that holds more water than is need. Just me (and where I live),but for amounts where above ground tanks...

It's also interesting to consider how many people believe another person's affiliations can be judged by appearances. Granted signs and other admissions/declarations may help, but at the same time that doesn't always make it true. For example any one of us could declare ourselves to be...

Would seem like a good opportunity to teach everyone a simple civics lesson about property boundaries and trespassing - along with petty theft (even if not sold the strawberries still have value) and perhaps the value of fences (electrified or otherwise). On the other hand I suppose it's not...

Definitely an interesting thread. Have to say I think I'd probably have laughed at the parents if it had happened here - not out of malice or ill will, but at the impracticality/lunacy of the request given wild strawberries are something I frequently have to deal with in my yard. They tend to be...

What BIGRED said -- though having bought multiple tools that way (as tools only) I can appreciate their selling them without the battery as the lithium batteries for each tool brand tend to be ridiculously expensive (e.g. the highest capacity batteries for each brand tend to cost more than the...

That makes a lot more sense -- and it definitely falls into that "someone known" category where negotiations/relations are more than just a temporary monetary transaction. (y)

I don't think so ...... to me "off grid" requires some method of power generation (for normal non-emergnecy use) as the place isn't connected to the electrical power grid, where homesteading can include locations that are tied to the larger electrical grid. Likewise living off grid could be done...

Just me, but I think I'd look to rent elsewhere if at all possible (unless borrowing from someone I know). I have rented from a car company who kept records so poorly that when I returned the car they couldn't find any record of me having rented it and then asked how many days I'd had it. While...

Haven't had pigs, but from all I've read (have/do consider getting a few pigs at some point) they tend to be nature's rototillers - one example: https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/plow-with-pigs Only thing I've ever of a way to stop that rooting behavior is the nose...

define "conservative" ...though from what I've seen it can vary - especially depending on the topic (and type of farm to some degree). For example: a vegetable or fruit grower who's built their farm with migrant (legal or not) labor is likely going to have different opinions/perspectives than a...

Depends on what it is ...have used WD-40 for some places where a thin oil/fluid is better able to penetrate (e.g. balls/sockets on 3pt linkage),but for large surfaces I've started using more products with lanolin as either part or all of the product's composition. Usually spray down the...

That's a big question ...with many answers. Personally I tend to at least one new variety every year just to learn the answer to that question myself. Personally I like the Rutgers because of their versatility and "stereotypical tomato" flavor, the various beef steak tomato varieties are good...

Generally the only problems I'm aware of relate to sending things down the drain that shouldn't be (e.g. excess cleaners that can kill off the bacteria, lots of grease/oils that may clog the drain field lines),and too much or even too little waste going to the system. ...or the drain field...

I tend to be of the mind that all options have their use/place, so having said that I'll say I haven't tried pre-emergents as of yet as there are lots of different options even for rather extensive gardens (e.g. flame weeding/sterilization, mechanical cutting/mowing, cultivating/hand weeding...

Cut them down prior to them going to seed and then let them lie there as mulch/ground cover. A hand-held sickle can be very useful for that.... At least that's what I did last year as it became impossible to keep the grass (and some weeds) out of the garden by hand. Just to qualify that...

It's really not as strange as it may initially seem considering where tomatoes were natively grown originally (the tropics if I recall correctly),prior to the vast and long lasting domestication and selective breeding that gives us the modern tomatoes that can be successfully grown in much of...

Yes, I have/do ...and as has been said it has a much more intense and smokey flavor. Have added it to stews and hot dishes ...or even macaroni and cheese where it can add an interesting and smokey flavor that can drastically change the expirence of eating macaroni and cheese.