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    Mowing season

    Will mow mine this weekend if there is enough dry time.
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    Evaluate the ROI on Education

    I'm seeing college prices being quoted that I wish I was paying. My sons freshman year at the university of illinois in state tuition, dorm and meal plan was around $52,000. My daughter's in state, dorm, and meal plan at illinois state was $42,000 her freshman year. They both had...
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    Gobble gobble Spring Turkey 2025

    I picked up a dog on January 6th. We go for a walk every morning and I hear gobbling almost every morning. Even in early January when we had 15 inches of snow and was around zero degrees. Bird counts have been down for a few years but im seeing quite a few this spring. Youth season was this...
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    35 Whelen

    No love for .270win and .280rem?
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    Walnut syrup making

    List of stuff. Not included is the steel drum which I got for free and a barrel stove kit I got from the farm store. https://a.co/d/hUipzHh https://a.co/d/cazxWKQ https://a.co/d/fEnEykE
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    Walnut syrup making

    I bought maple syrup filters from amazon. I bought everything from amazon.
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    Walnut syrup making

    I think so. There are several trees you can tap for sap. Some are better than others. Maple, walnut, hickory, birch. That's just what I have read, i'm a novice. My forest is all hills with mostly red and black oaks. The bottoms near the creek are where the walnuts are.
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    Walnut syrup making

    Still waiting. I had probably a tablespoon total. We shall see :)
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    Walnut syrup making

    Ended up with 3 cups. That's more than I expected. The taste is unbelievable.
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    Cross country storm.

    My old neighbor sent me this. It's about 15 miles east of st. Louis.
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    Walnut syrup making

    Moved from evap pan to stock pan for finishing.
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    Cross country storm.

    For every 3 sticks I throw in the creek the dog fetches 1. Never owned a retriever before but his instinct to retrieve is pretty cool.
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    Walnut syrup making

    Evap day.
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    Cross country storm.

    News says we had up to 6 tornadoes. Waiting for daylight for assessments.

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