Best 5th Wheel

Some wheelbarrows have a single wheel while others have two. Both offer advantages and disadvantages, but which is right for you? In fact, one factor in particular can have a significant impact on the strengths and weaknesses of a given wheelbarrow, and...

I found on my farm a 5-foot metal wheel with a handle and odometer. Turns out it's a measuring wheel—and I might just put it to use. On my farm, one unusual item left behind by the previous owner (or perhaps by a couple of previous owners) is a large...

Despite its unusual color, Purple Heart is easy to mix into the landscape creating both vivid and subtle combinations of colors. Persian shield (Strobilanthes dyerianus) has lovely purple foliage that works well.Red is also close to reddish purple on...

Sometimes they think they need a 60-horsepower tractor when they only need 25 horsepower. Of course, they affect the list price and eventual resale value, too. The small baler produces net-wrapped, 40- to 60-pound, 23-inch-diameter and 21-inch-long round...

This works best if you attach from the inside, not the bottom of the egg mobile. I cut one 12-foot 2×4 into four 3-foot pieces, and then attached a 3-foot 2×4 to each long side against the 2×4 at the 4-foot mark.

Adult wheel bugs like to feed on a range of pest insects, from medium-sized stink bugs and beetles to much larger grasshoppers and caterpillars , which can be bigger than the wheel bug itself.

Reds and yellows were fabulous, albeit obvious, choices, but I suspected they would be less striking going clear around the house.A friend at work who was repainting her bathroom had color swatches from the local paint store.One look at the strip offering...

It may have begun when a 5th century Christian missionary named Patrick visited the island to spread the gospel. Legends recount that Patrick, who was to become the country's beloved patron saint, used the common three-leaf clover to explain the trinity.

I purchased a replacement wheel for the yard cart, just in time for another year of farming projects. First is the actual diameter of the wheel. If the hub is too deep, it will extend too far and block the hole for the cotter pin, making it impossible...

It is far more ancient than the Pilgrims, however, and dates back to the 5th century B.C. A cornucopia, also called a horn of plenty, is by tradition made of a goat's horn filled to overflowing with fruits, flowers and grains of the harvest.

May it ever be so!A note to Firefox users: Firefox does not recognize the Wingding (a small blossom) that I use in the first paragraph of this article. The earliest documented use dates back 2,500 years.It was used for mummification and perfume by the...

Just prior to deployment to Europe, he became deathly ill. William was shot at but never hit. Although just a kid at the time, he was immediately commissioned with the rank of Flying Officer.

These appliqued quilts were often made in a pink/green or red/green color scheme. At left is a modern interpretation of the pine tree pattern; you can see a traditional geometric patchwork pine tree patternThe Oak Leaf pattern, also called Oak Leaf and...

Most people bring in 500 to 1,000 pounds of olives. To take some photographs, my wife and I took a trip to a local olive press. There are dozens of frantoios around here, and people come in by the thousands to get their oil pressed.

Add balsamic vinegar near the end of cooking. To be more practical, you can use various tableside contraptions that either heat slices of cheese from underneath or hold a large piece of cheese near a heating element.

The organic garden will be planted with shallots, shell peas, onions, spinach, several varieties of lettuce, many herbs, blueberries, raspberries, raspberries and even rhubarb. For the first time since Eleanor Roosevelt planted a Victory Garden at the...

The one thing I remember most vividly from the trip is picking wild thimbleberries in the land surrounding a friend's house in British Columbia. The van was a camper with a built in ice chest and seats from a Porche.

She discovered that if potatoes were planted when the moon was in the constellations of Taurus, Capricorn or Virgo (traditionally termed "root days"), the crop was more prolific than if she planted when the moon was positioned in other constellations...

According to Sergeant Harold Baldwin, who wrote a book called Holding the Line while serving on the front, “We could not part with Billy; the boys argued that we could easily get another colonel, but it was too far to the Rocky Mountains to get another...

Many of the Echinopsis hybrids flower this month, many Mammillarias are in full flower now, and the Epiphyllums are starting to show off, too. Note that many plants bloom multiple times of the year, or have a more 'opportunistic' flowering schedule.

The mower was stuck in the first place because it has a differential, in essence a gear train that lets the two rear driving wheels spin at different speeds. In my case, with the right wheel raised slightly off the ground, the left wheel was being asked...

Whether or not you bring home the blue ribbon, you will be part of a grand tradition celebrating the best of your backyard bounty.For example, the Minnesota, Ohio, and Indiana State Fairs have all of their rules and entry information on their websites.

It's a measurement of how many forward and reverse speeds are available to the model. Before heading to the tractor dealership make a list what these qualities are. Many tractors allow users to switch between 2WD and 4WD via a mechanism on the control...

Not all wheelbarrows are the same, though, so which type of wheelbarrow you should buy depends on the tasks you need it for. Steel wheelbarrows are used for heavy duty jobs such as moving rocks, bricks or large plants.Plastic wheelbarrow buckets are lighter...

Make sure you don't drill all the way down through the bottom board. Step 6 Put the caster wheel back in place, and attach it with 4 screws driven down into the pilot holes. This dolly is easy to build, even for those with minimal carpentry skills, and...

The handlebar and seat of the scooter are enclosed in a little cabin, and the truck bed behind is about three feet by four feet. My blog is off to a bad start. The owner of the Ape in the photo is a local small farmer.

Read on to learn about two-color gardens and bicolor garden schemes.Take a good look at a color wheel, and then plan (and plant) accordingly. However, if you're overwhelmed by the abundance of flower color combinations, narrowing the field to two colors...