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😲 Never had one leak that bad.

This is my 4th year doing it. Some barrels require more watering than others. My 2024 barrel leaked the most, last years barely at all. I hose them down every couple weeks or so whether they need it or not. I place the barrel on a furniture dolly in the garage. I occasionally rolling out in the...

Filled my Bourbon barrel today. Now to wait 5-6 months.

🙏🙏🙏

He came across as genuinely nice guy, a rarity in show business. He had a long life, active and seemingly healthy up to the end, and a quick death. What more could a guy ask for? RIP

Never understood why they allowed hens to be taken in the fall.

I had a gust of 56 mph, that was windy enough.

The guys the grow giants have all kinds of crazy tricks. The milk trick supposedly helps get calcium into the pumpkin.

Sorry I missed the part in the OP about clay soils. Adding sand at seeding isn’t enough. The biggest problem with heavy soils is increased disease pressure because the pumpkins sit on damp soil. Especially Pytophera which is a disease that is much worse on heavy soils and not many chemical...

Beretta is a great company, they own Benelli, Sako, Tikka, Uberti, Franchi but I want Ruger to stay independent and American.

Go to Holmes seed website. Pick varieties with powdery mildew tolerance. I can personally recommend Superior and Summit. Plant around the first week of June. Fertilize with something like 12-12-12 @ 10-15 lbs per 1000 sq ft. Spread around the whole patch, not all close to the hill. You can put...

😡 America’s largest publicly traded gun company has accused its Italian rival of attempting to “seize control” of its operations. In a public statement released Monday, Sturm Ruger said Beretta is attempting to “stealthily” gain control of it through discounted share purchases and strategic...

My Half is 25 gallons

Done for the year. We went from a terrible year to an ok year in a week.