The new stuff isn't built as well usually too. I had a Coleman stove for thirty plus years and it still worked great. I gave it to a friend from work that was going thru rough times and was going camping with no supplies. I liked it, but am glad I was able to share some prepping supplies with someone that had little.I gone through my older equipment and cleaned and tested, never know
1952 413D Colman stove my dad purchased new, 1958 Big Hat Colman lantern another one purchased new
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This Wed we pulling the big tent out and setting up and clean, I grew up with this equipment, need to take care of it, the kids love these older equipment They been cleaning my 60s equipment stoves/lanterns/cat heaters all day and been loving it.
Yeah, it wasn't smart! I'm a sucker for clearance fruit trees! Each season when they are on clearance I would bring a few home, and after a few years I created a full time job! I think having a few less would let me take better care of them. On the upside though, each year is a crap shoot as to which ones produce, so having more at least increases your odds of eating fresh fruit. I have a pretty good mix with peaches, nectarines,pears,plumbs,cherries,figs and several different types of apples. I'm still eating on the loads of canned apples I put up last year.Wow, 60 fruit trees? At most, my plan is for about ten tops, lol. That's a lot of work Brent!
Yeah, it wasn't smart! I'm a sucker for clearance fruit trees! Each season when they are on clearance I would bring a few home, and after a few years I created a full time job! I think having a few less would let me take better care of them. On the upside though, each year is a crap shoot as to which ones produce, so having more at least increases your odds of eating fresh fruit. I have a pretty good mix with peaches, nectarines,pears,plumbs,cherries,figs and several different types of apples. I'm still eating on the loads of canned apples I put up last year.
I also like getting two of each for cross pollination. Lots of plants will self pollinate, but I also like having a backup if one dies.Cool. I'm looking to do about:
4 Apple trees (2 different kinds)
2 Orange trees
1 Pear tree
1 Avocado tree
1 Banana tree
1 Cherry tree
1 Lemon/Lime hybrid (half of it is lemon, half lime...grafted)
Mostly going to be a hunt for the right varieties at the right price (and right starting size). Can really add up money wise.
I also restored 5 kerosene wick lanterns and have 5 more glass oil lamps. I can easily lights the whole house up if I needed to.
Have you tried any bushes like blueberries of black berries? It concerns me that no other trees grow naturally there. You probably have two options, one is dig out an area and fill with topsoil. The other is make large containers to fill with soil. Even in good conditions they are susceptible to disease and climate. I noticed three or four plumbs that have diseased spots on them. I'll probably cut them down to protect the others. Good luck, and I'd love to see a picture of the lamp!I'm jealous of all y'all's fruit trees. I live in the land of NO trees (on the plains, were they don't occur naturally) and here on my 3 acres it seems to be especially difficult to get any to grow! There is a layer of caliche a couple of feet down that really fights the roots of most trees. I have planted dozens of different trees but gotten almost none to take hold and live. We did have an apricot and a peach but the borers got the peach little by little and then a couple of years ago, some disease came in during our drought and killed our apricot. Killed lots of other apricot trees around here as well, plus several folks' cherry trees. I did get some plums to live & were going very well, living to about 3 years old, but then we got 3 late freezes into late May and THEY all got killed. Yuck. I guess I'll keep trying.
Sweet! I like my kerosene lamps & lanterns! One of my prize possessions is the Aladdin lamp that was my great-grandmother's when my dad was a little boy. He remembers that when they brought it home it was one of the nicest things in the house and when they lit it that night, it "was so bright, they almost couldn't stand it". But compared to the typical kerosene lanterns they were used to, I guess cit would have been. I redid the burner assy and put a new chimney on it, but I still haven't lit it....not sure why. I should go ahead and do that. The base is a milky white glass that stands about 10 inches tall & was made in about 1937.
I also like getting two of each for cross pollination. Lots of plants will self pollinate, but I also like having a backup if one dies.
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