Recent content by Tig

Other than this year's geese taking a liking to swiss chard, we don't have much trouble. This lady is surprisingly gentle on plants and considerate as she tippy toes over top of seedlings while looking for a place to nest. She comes by most years. Never breaks a stem, but someone needs to tell...

A couple years back we had a female Cecropia hatch during a gale force wind. They attract a mate by pheromones. We figured that was a no go, given the wind being far too strong for a moth to fly. Well, apparently where there's a will there's a way and pheromones are stronger than gales. The...

KNH has you on the right track. Do you have a hydrostatic transmission? B6100HST? If so, the hydrostatic pump may also power the hydraulics. Replenish through the oil port which is just to the left of the dipstick. Both of these are on top of the tranny, in front of the seat. Here's what it...

Looks like it's going to be a long one around here. :)

I had six bags of masonry cement left over from bricking my place. They have been on a skid in the garage for the past 20 months. Dry, with a plastic sheet draped over them, but it is quite humid here in general. I'm installing a corner shower and the instructions said to set the base in a...

This is going viral and words fail me. Build to Fail, Fail to Build. What is this I don't even..... Edit. Now that I post this, I find more than one duplicate thread.

That's the local name for the plastic bag of advertising material and sale flyers that get stuffed in a plastic bag and then hidden in the snow at the end of my lane each week. I find most of them proactively, but some I find with my 50" blower and 13 PTO hp tractor. Of the ones I find with...

Pages and pages of welding. And then this guy

How's your lake, pond, creek, river, well or dug out? I'm on the Lake Ontario and we are a foot below average level. Our water shed is at "level 3" low water levels. Although they have not officially declared "level 3" which would mean mandatory restrictions/shutdown for some businesses. It's...

Our building code requires adjustable LOCKABLE dampers at the boot for all supply registers. The accepted practice is to put those round dampers in the pipe just before the boot and snug them down. Which is fine for the first floor. My crawlspace will always be accessible for adjustment and...

While reviewing my home owners policy today I see that I am covered for "garden type tractors of 25hp or less". I searched the forums and found a few threads that focus on other aspects of insurance but none with the "garden type" description. In winter I leave my property to blow out my right...

I created this thread as a reference because each year people come to TBN looking for the answer. I've lived on the edge of a lake and ice fished and traveled on frozen lakes most of my life. I'm a self proclaimed good judge of ice conditions. ;) It's never safe, it's a calculated risk. Safe...

and I thought I'd share it with you since it made me laugh out loud. "Hello T1g, Our records indicate that you just turned 2010. We just wanted to wish you a happy birthday!" I think they have me confused with someone else. And I don't think he has email. :)

I'd like to share a video with you. I've lived around coyotes most of my life and I find it interesting that some people are not comfortable knowing that they may be around. I find coyotes very shy. This week they were carrying on, up by a gate whose lock I had to thaw at 10PM. They shut up...

A recent TBN discussion on internet anonymity got me thinking about the tools available to locate someone. I always knew that google tracks everything, but it's not always easy to get comprehensive details. Before I got a chance to do much research I happened to set up an IPAD. (cool toy by...