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Yeah, ditto what @Sunfish said. While I trust me, I don't know if I would risk damaging my gun by shooting an unknown reload. While possible to get a double charge or something in commercial ammo, roll-your-own does come with some risks. That being said, I received and shot some reloads from a TGO'er recently without issue! Simply can't find the commercial stuff, and it was a new (to me) item I've been dying to try. K-frames are pretty tough! I do not believe there are any legal issues with private party sales in TN, and several members buy and sell ammo on the classifieds here all the time. If priced well, I'm sure it will be snatched up quickly and gratefully by fellow TGO'ers.

Looks good Jamie! Had a bear of a time getting anything leafy to sprout (spinach or lettuce). Even the fresh seeds I bought this year wouldn't pop until a few weeks ago. Looking at trying to freeze/can some beans this weekend. I've got a TON planted, and its starting to come in! I picked the blossoms off my taters and hilled them up higher a couple weeks ago. Hoping for a big haul of Kennebec and Pontiac Reds this year. I ran out of the fingerlings I had been growing the last couple years (seed stock rotted), but some volunteers showed up in the upper garden, I'm hoping I can re-start in the fall from those. I purchased some seed potatoes from a place in Maine late last year. Looked gorgeous, very well cared for, albeit pricey... planted them, they took off, grew great big plants, flowered, died back, dug them up... bupkus. Not a single tater harvested. First time I've ever been blanked 100%. This year I have some volunteers in the pasture garden approx where the fancy ones were planted last year.... here's hoping! Get a return on my 45 bucks after 18 months maybe, LOL!

Yeah, ditto. Helped me get my head around it a lot. Grab a cup of coffee this weekend and lose part of the day watching that vid and some of the other ones in there.

The beans are coming in!! Squash are all small and green, but growing. Taters looking fantastic. Whats cooking with you guys?

They were excellent last time I attended one.

I introduced my mail carrier, UPS and FedEx driver to my Malinois. Nobody else gets out of the truck. They leave packages in the mailbox. I would put a drop box (old newspaper route box) at the driveway entrance and strongly discourage visitors with signs and barbed wire. Funny PS: My teenage daughter was being courted by a young man in HS. He came to pick her up.... and had to call from the driveway because he was afraid to get out of the car. Good Boy!!!!

Haha, true, had noticed as well. One reason I decided to pay the asking price for the 686 I bought. I figured it was a safe medium to stash those greenbacks in while the value of the USD hits terminal velocity. I could sell it today for what I paid.

WTF do you shoot with THAT?!??!! Is that a 'Punt gun'? Early type shotgun used for waterfowl?

Try staggering your flock. Their egg production blooms early in life at about 6-12 months, then fades to about 3 years of age, where it pretty much stops altogether. What you do with them when they stop laying is up to you, average lifespan is 5 years. My wife has insisted we'll run a retirement community if need be. We're "at that point" with 4 of the 7 we have, maybe 1 egg/week/bird. The other 3 are younger, and still producing well. My wife has 11(!!!) more coming up, they'll be laying by the end of summer. Not a smart system. ... if ones goal is to have say 16 chickens producing eggs, it would be best to add ~4-5 per year, vs throwing a dozen into the coop one year and waiting until they die off or get eaten. That way you will have a steadier supply vs. Boom/Bust cycles as the birds age. We also seem to lose at least 1-2 birds per year to predation, etc. That mostly happens when free ranging, but once something (racoon) reached through the fence and got a couple while sleeping.

We get 2-3 of them a year out in or near the coop. Every single time the egg production drops suddenly, she asks "you think its their food?"

I recently acquired a S&W 686 revolver in .357. I understand (and have tried thanks to @Darrell) it shoots .38 special loads as well. Can I shoot .357 Sig? I hope to eventually handload once I can get dies and powders again (at reasonable prices), does anyone use Titegroup (what I use for my 9mm loads)? Recommend a particular bullet? I use Berrys copper plated now. What about commercial self-defensecammo? Gold dots and HST? Any tips and or tricks? Its my first revolver! Love it so far. The SA trigger is so crisp and light. Thanks. - K

Are you looking for a magnified scope or quick-reaction optic like a red-dot? I have a ~$300 Nikon and cheap red-dot mounted on top. Works just dandy for my purposes.

Very nice. GLWS!

I told that varmint to stay out of my berry patch....

That sounds horrific... What about using a super-soaker or alternative to a sprayer?

I've had best luck controlling unwanted lawn weeds using slow release granuals from various big pharma companies. Sprinkle that junk on every 3 months, and spot-treat troublesome areas with spray application. There was some liquid concentrate (think it was blue colored?) I got at the local co-op that did a good job after a few weekly applications. Took more than one hit to kill, though. Then the bare spots took forever to take grass.... now I figure clover ain't so bad.

Its telling, isn't it @Omega? Most people fail to recognize they live in an echo chamber, which is all media is these days. 'Comment sections' are a far better guage of the pulse of the people. Funny that you have to go to a Russian news site to see/hear people expressing their viewpoints unrestricted.

https://www.rt.com/news/524541-belgium-conings-traceless-terrorist/ I'd be nervous if I was on his list!

I know your pain! It was worth it though. Buy the damned thing. Its only money! Fujimo's good people.

What a Beauty!!!! I meant the rifle.. is that a G3 with folding stock? No select fire? She looks a bit tired and cold, but could probably still whoop my keister!

I noticed a ton of it around here, too. The one field that doesn't, is the lady with all the goats.

I had a fantastic bloom of red clover this year. Theres a long-stemmed yellow one I got from a place in Maine that did really well for me too. I've been planting all flavots of it for a few years out in the pasture area and its starting to really come in nice. Last weekend was the first time all year I mowed. Got seed at the Co-op and Knoxville Seed Co., 5-10 lbs at a time. Go out there during the rainy season, scatter by hand, step on/press the seeds into the soil (I usually buy the coated variety). I think if @jgradyc just keeps planting a little every year, after a few years you'll have a nice flush of color growing.

Interesting marketing angle there...

Pasture garden is about half planted. Neighbor brought me 20 tons of composted horse manure! Good deal for $150 and some beers. I'll drink half of them anyways... .... its funny how 'what gets you excited' changes as you age. White stuff is garden lime waiting to be tilled in with the horse####! Got a real pH problem. Mostly beans and squash (what grew last year!) Got corn, cukes, melons, pumpkins and maters in that half. Other half (not shown) has more of the same plus taters, oats, peanuts and cotton. Trying to fill out the un-planted half! Thinking I might try okra this year, except I don't like to eat it! Maybe grow it and give it away. Worst case more corn... squirrels sure seem to appreciate it when I do.

Not for nuthin hawk.... I too am diversifying away from my 401k and other gubmint sponsored modes of retirement savings. You can call me a kook, I'm not offended, and though I've said it for over 10 years, I am convinced NOW more than ever, we're going to wake up one morning to find our private retirement funds are being confiscated to shore up SS. I have some silver stacked. I've been diversifying into steel and polymer based investments lately also.