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  1. Colonel

    Homesteading

    We're on one acre on a dirt road in Florida, which makes it a pretty good size without being too much work. The mix changes from time to time, but right now we've got 7 ducks (plus however many of the eggs one is setting on hatch) and about a dozen chickens. The ducks are Anconas and the...
  2. Colonel

    Pocket Knife

    I've carried a pocket knife daily since I was about 12 years old. The current favorite is a well-worn Buck Stockman.
  3. Colonel

    Gardens vegetable, flower or other?

    Your lattice work sounds like one of today's projects (at least I HOPE I get to it today between all that pesky "pay the bills" work). I'm building a trellis for pole beans using cattle panels that run the length of the raised bed garden. So far, it's coming along nicely, and last night I...
  4. Colonel

    Gardens vegetable, flower or other?

    Living in the South has it's advantages - and disadvantages, so I try to make the best of the good stuff. No sir, I can't take credit for the books. They are by Carol Deppe - my "hands down" favorite author on garden topics. She is a plant geneticist by profession, and she really knows what...
  5. Colonel

    Gardens vegetable, flower or other?

    Great article, sir! Thank you for posting it. I now have my tomatoes in the ground - they're about 4" tall at this point. Today's project includes planting the beans, okra, and green peppers. That will about do it for this season. Also coming along nicely are the eggplant, sweet potatoes, and...
  7. Colonel

    From my father's photo collection

    Mike and Stearman, When I first saw the info about the Kawanishi H8K2 (code name - "Emily"), I thought, "No, it's got to be a mistake". I've looked and looked, and it appears that you are right! Congratulations on the sharp eyes and knowledge of the aircraft!! Now I'm really curious about the...
  8. Colonel

    From my father's photo collection

    Thanks, Cricket. My favorite of the Life at Sea series is the first one where the guys are resting and writing letters under the shade of the boat.
  9. Colonel

    From my father's photo collection

    Interesting, Tom. I'm not sure what could be happening. This has nothing to do with Facebook and I also use Firefox. Just below the image of the ship at the top, you should see the words: Home - Contact - Life at sea - Officers and Crew - Operations - Papers - Places - The Ship. Some of them...
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    From my father's photo collection

    One minor correction - I was misinterpreting a number on my original post. The final count (at this point anyway) is a total of 125 photos uploaded on the site. The software automatically creates several sizes of the each photo, and that's the number I was originally looking at. Again, thank...
  11. Colonel

    From my father's photo collection

    Gentlemen, thank you for your kind remarks. I have just finished uploading the last of the photos. There are many, many more photos, but I tried to select the ones that I thought would be of most interest and eliminate the duplicates. For example, there are quite a few showing personnel...
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    From my father's photo collection

    As I went through my late father's collection of photos that he took during his time as an officer aboard the USS Cumberland Sound, I knew that I had to make those photos available to others. The USS Cumberland Sound wasn't a high profile ship during World War II. It was a seaplane tender - one...
  14. Colonel

    Filson Tin Cloth fabric source

    Thanks, Eric. I checked their site, but it looks like they only deal in wholesale. That looks like it would be perfect though. I have found some sites that describe how to add the wax finish, so my plan at this point is to buy some raw canvas from Panther Primitives, dye it, then add the wax...
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    Filson Tin Cloth fabric source

    Thanks, that is exactly what I was hoping to find. What a fascinating catalog to look through - I just spent at least an hour going through their PDF version of the catalog, and will be spending more time when it's available. There is all sorts of very cool stuff in there. I'm sure that I'll be...
  16. Colonel

    Filson Tin Cloth fabric source

    Thanks for the tip, Big Fella - I'll let you know what I find. My trip to the fabric store turned up nothing. They said to try someplace that sells sailing stuff, but I suspect that there is not a whole lot of cotton canvas in use now. I know it's still used for some sails, but only those weird...
  17. Colonel

    Gardens vegetable, flower or other?

    Snow??? Wow! The high here today is 93, and the lowest temperature in the 5-day forecast is Friday night when it drops all the way down to 60. That's why the "no grow" season here is in the Summer, not the Winter. Not much grows in the hottest part of Summer here.
  19. Colonel

    Show Us Your Vintaged Inspired Business Cards

    First, let me add my agreement to the fact that so many people today have time to waste sitting in front of the "glass commode" and then claim they don't have time for even the most basic of interaction with real, flesh-and-blood people. Secondly, can you tell us more about the printing that...
  20. Colonel

    Filson Tin Cloth fabric source

    I'd be glad to - thank you for the interest. My wife and I will be going into town this evening and will stop at a fabric shop to see what they might have.
  21. Colonel

    Filson Tin Cloth fabric source

    Gentlemen, thank you for your suggestions. I haven't tried to contact Filson directly. When I was reading about the fabric, I learned that they have it manufactured specifically for Filson. The fabric is an important part of who Filson is, and they guard it jealously. I can't blame them one bit...
  22. Colonel

    Gardens vegetable, flower or other?

    Thank you, ma'am. In addition to the chickens we have now (19 - Rhode Island Reds, Buff Orpingtons, and Araconas), there are 38 fertile Rhode Island Red eggs in the incubator that are due to hatch on May 3. I'll try to post photos when they arrive.
  23. Colonel

    Gardens vegetable, flower or other?

    Thank you, ma'am. We do both. We try to keep up with the fresh vegetables by eating them fresh and by giving away the surplus, but we also can all that we have left. Those who live in areas with less humidity tend to do more dehydrating, but we mostly stick with canning our surplus. We recently...

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