Recent content by 4wanderingeyes

I like a lot of things Trump campaigned on, and Musk for getting rid of the waist and both for planning to get government spending under control, and decrease the deficit. This Big Beautiful Bill I thought was a ploy, and there was no way Trump or Musk would back it. I was half right. It was...

A few years back we had a tornado come through just south of me and it wiped out a family apple orchard, this was their business. They did have insurance, and they did pay for planting of new trees, and income for several years to make up for the loss. I know they just reopened last year of the...

This spring my orchard looked like a scene from a movie with all of the blossoms. A couple weeks later I went out and my trees had more little apples on them than I have ever seen, I was thinking a great harvest this fall, then came the week straight of teens at night, every little apple was...

Mornings and daytime hardly any, but the evenings they come out in NW Wisconsin.

The soil sample came back, low on ph, low on potassium, and low on magnesium. I wasn’t able to find Dolomitec lime locally, so I just bought regular lime, and spread it, 2 tons per acre. I will amend the potassium with some 0-0-60, but with the low magnesium I have a question, do I just get some...

Or, buy Made made in America, and not have to pay for Tariffs, and you support your country. Sorry, just a radical thought.

I planted right before a decent rain the past few years, they would grow about an inch or so, then no rain for a month +, and nothing grew after that, other than weeds. So to save the plots I would plant winter rye, oats, winter wheat, and clover the beginning of September, and even that would...

First of all I am in NW Wisconsin zone 3b. I have had little luck the past 3 years in having anything decent as for a food plot. Previously to this I could grow baseball size radish and turnips, in a mix of clover, and winter rye, now I am lucky if I get pea size radish and turnips. My thought...

This is us in a nutshell.

I have another question for you guys. How much is enough for retirement? I can figure what I make now with inflation, but what I make now, I could easily live off half of what I earn now. Factor in social security, the lack of any house loan payments, because I would hope I dont take out...

Anyone have updates on fertilizer prices?

My mortgage I have now is at 2.25%, with about 5 years left, I don’t want to mess with the low interest. Heloc or conventional, whichever has the best rates. The plan would be to have it paid off within 10 years. I agree with Dogs that 7% may be hard to best, but if we use it on the addition...

So I have a question for you guys. I am not really active in the stock market. We have an investor for our 401k, and a couple other IRAs, but my wife came apon a small ($40k) inheritance, and is wondering what to do with it. We don’t need the cash for anything right now, but we are planning g on...

Lots of empty government buildings here in the US I hear!

If history repeats itself, the market will recover in less than a year or 2. Which for anyone that is more then a few years from retirement, this is a great time to buy, with expectations for huge profit in the next 3-5 years. But for those that need to pull money out in the next couple years...