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One of the few foods I won't compromise on is real maple syrup. I have a glass jug that has been in the fridge for over a year. A pure white patch has developed as a skim on one side. Its not fuzzy so it doesn't look like mold as I know it but I'm not sure. I wondered if it was like the sugar...

Thank you so much. This place always has such good info to share.

Yep -- a conservationist is someone who built his cabin last year.

My age and condition have conspired to make it hard to climb on board my tractor [JD 4110]. It seems simple enough to add a step under the running board. I suspect I could make one of pipe or stock metal but there are probably ready made steps for boats, RVs, playgrounds, etc. Have any of you...

Yes. Thank you very much.

Someone here referred me to a very helpful site/forum focused on trailers -- especially camping trailers. I can't recall its name so may I ask someone to remind me. Thanks

Greetings, I was brought up to flush the HW annually. Recently, a plumber told me that it isn't done routinely anymore. Do you do it or have you heard its not needed. Also, the tray under the tank has a bit of water in it. I'm assuming this is from condensation. But how much is too much --...

There is a three-position toggle switch that isn't labeled -- maybe that's it. I'll check that and the wires tomorrow. Thanks so much for you suggestions.

I thought of this but I didn't know how to check. Is there an obvious on/off switch?

I have a 2005 Sportsman 500. I bought it used and it has obviously been rode hard and put away wet. We went out for a ride and my friend [wearing leather work gloves] says, "hey, these hand grips are really hot." I checked and he was right. The handle bars were fine, the rest of the dash area...

I said bulb planter but someone else said soil sampler. What do you think?

Noticed this after mentioning it above but . . . This is a case of "Can't blame the horse for being a cow." I had an Alamo much like the one in your picture and it was a very high quality machine. Commercial model with Honda red engine ran about $2,400. Aside from the shortfalls of using an...

I had a commercial grade Alamo flail mower with the Honda red engine. An excellent machine. But towing with my ATV was not good. ATV's aren't geared for slow, steady towing under load and every hill or turn was met by a bog-down followed by a leap forward. And sitting on an ATV isn't near as...

You could be right but I assumed the clogging was from corrosion.

We built an open-top outdoor shower a couple of years ago --sort of like the Green Acres prototype. It has been a blessing but the holes in the keep clogging. I've thread punching them out with needles et al but they stay clogged. I think the solution is a plastic head. When I review them on...