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The manue adds nitorgen, which speeds up the composting and heats it up. I've never heard not to add manure, except dog manure. If you don't have livestock, you can add some organic high nitrogen fertilizer. Mix it in well. adding lime also helps. Compost should just smell earthy, it...

Do you have livestock? Adding manure to it always speeds up the process. Chicken manure is especially effective.

My wife and I have had both doses of Pfizer. The first dose we had no reactions except for slightly sore arms. The second dose I was very tired the next day, my wife was fine.

Yes, it's probably the brush from a street sweeper. Cows love to rub themselves on them.

I have no problems with people who have guns,I just don't like them myself. But I agree that automatic rifles belong in the military.

Urban Homestead is right. Put up as many bat houses as you can.

Urban Homestead, I'm with you!!! Guns are not my thing.

I guess that depends on the quality of the mower. I have a John Deere garden tractor that I bought new in 2005 that's still going strong. I have frequent problems with the drive belt for the deck coming off, and I had to replace the carb a few years ago, but other than that it's still going...

Pigs are VERY smart and very persistent. And they will keep checking the hot fence. You have to keep it on, they'll figure it out if you're turning it off.

Pigs are escape artists. An electric fence might help. You can get a solar powered fence charger, just get the most powerful one you can find. Tractor Supply sells them, as do most farm stores.

Here's a link for mosquito repelling plans: https://www.gardendesign.com/plants/mosquito-repellent.html I have had better success at eliminating breeding areas. Removing anything that can hold water for them to breed in. On my old farm, there was a small pond when we bought the farm, and...

True. I hated to call the animals control officer. I didn't want my neighbor's dogs to be taken away, but I couldn't let them keep killing my chickens. It wasn't the dogs' fault, it was their owners just letting them run wild. I was also afraid the dogs would eventually get hit by a car...

I know geese can be aggressive. It's up to your neighbor to keep them off of your property. I would go over and tell your neighbor that his or her geese are on your property and it's a problem. If your neighbor doesn't do anything about it, I would call your local animal control officer...

Here in upstate New York, we either have feed corn, for animal feed, or sweet corn for human consumption. There are tons of varieties of both. Sweet corn can be yellow, white or bi-colored.

I think Eden is correct, scarecrows really don't fool birds, I don't think they're been used in many years. There are much better options.

In my friend's case the grant authority had a map showing areas with the most wind, and his farm wasn't in one of the areas. They weren't interested in listening to the fact that his farm was on top of a mountain, and it was a very windy area. I'm not saying that no one will get a grant, I'm...

There are grants available for windmills, but they're VERY difficult to get. I have a friend whose farm is on top of a mountain, and it's ALWAYS windy, and he was told where he lives doesn't get enough wind to qualify for a grant. He asked the agency to visit his farm so they could see for...

When we had our 103 acre farm we used the pick up or tractors to get around on the proerty. We had several tractors of different sizes. Now we've downsized to a 9 acre property, so we just get around on foot. It's good exercise. If we need to move someting, we use our last remaining tractor...

We feed the squirrels as well as the birds. We have a squirrel feeder on the ground, but the squirrels eat out of our bird feeders, as well. We don't mind, the squirrels have to eat, too, and they're fun to watch. We also feed the chipmunks with the squirrel feeder.

Bats are mammals.