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Another thing I did yesterday: installed a WiFi connected smart switch in my deer blind. It powers a sump pump in the creek to irrigate the clover by my blind. So now on sunny days when the batteries are fully charged I can use my phone to turn on the water for a few hours

Here's these cheap fiberglass rods cut in half (24") to support short tubes, and full length to support a fence wire cage. If the deer want to remove the cage they can. Each year I have 1-3 lifted off the stakes and tossed around when the bucks are rubbing. Other than that, they leave them...

Today we planted: 10 pitch/loblolly pines (replacing dead ones in existing cages; its a 2' hardware cloth rodent cage + 4' fence wire deer cage) 50 eastern red cedar (no protection, for screening property lines) 25 sandhill plum (1.5' drain pipe tubes + cages) 25 smooth sumac (2' tubes, no...

They're far too week for 5' tree tubes. I've got terrible rodent problems on my land. Pack rats strip bark off trees. I think the rats are a worse problem for me than the rabbits and deer. My protection strategy right now is: - anything that will tolerate a 5' tree tube gets one (with a...

Prepping tubes, cleaning out last year’s tubes, prepping cages, and trimming trees

I'm shocked the internet isn't full of memes about his age, so I made one:

PSA for my fellow cheapskates: I use a lot of rods and stakes. 5' T-posts would be great, but they add up quick during prlanting season. So I use a lot of the 48" fiberglass "driveway marker rods". They have reflective tape on them and the idea is you can see headlights reflecting off the...

Did it have a phone number? You could call it and ask for more details to justify 9 cents.

If you've not played with AI its easy and free. Go to gemini.google.com and type something like: It will suggest several ideas. Then tell it "generate option 1" and it will generate an image.

I feel inspired this evening. It must be another thread I was reading?