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Comments (50)My agricultural pursuits generate perhaps 1/3 of my income, about $7k/acre/year, with very specifically focused marketing. There are a lot of ways to make this game work, but doing the same thing as your neighbor isn't one of them. I do derive pleasure from it, but haven't the luxury of doing it for that reason only. I grow ONLY specialty crops, not because I'm a snob, but because I want my kids to go to Ivy League schools, and the people who buy my specialty crops are less subject to the economic fluctuations that the rest of us are. Because of that, I have no problem with marketing my product while some of my local "competitors" are coming home from the farmers market and feeding their produce to their livestock or compost piles. Poor planning is the reason most beginning farmers fail; they don't understand the complexity of the business, underestimate costs and time required, fail to do adequate market research, fail to diversify not only crops, but markets and techniques, and do not incorporate flexibility into their business plan so that they can recover if unexpected circumstances occur. The other frequent cause of failure, as with those in the restaurant industry I serve, is under-capitalization. IMHO, one should not depend on ANY income from a new large-scale farming operation for the first five years, because it takes that long to establish a viable and profitable system that incorporates sufficient diversity, redundancy, and flexibility to weather the inevitable misfortunes that everyone in this industry encounters. And yes to BCS, with 33" tiller, moldboard plow, brush mower, and chipper shredder attachments. Get the Honda motor if possible. Hire a tractor for larger jobs unless you can buy one and be the one hired....See MorePC, Phones, Direct TV, Bose System in New Home
Comments (1)A good builder can suggest someone to help you coordinate all this stuff....See MoreIn Ceiling Speakers -- how many & quality ??s
Comments (2)First off, thank you. It's refreshing to hear when somebody knows that television surround sound does not go into the ceiling - however music is right at home there. I'm guessing this is somewhere around 20' x 30' split down the middle. To decide on the number of speakers you'll need to think about where you'll be in each area, and if the stereo sound and image will be correctly presented in that space. I think it will be 4 speakers, though. Don't know if this is raised ceilings or not but plays a major factor in layout as well. Speakercraft has been a good middle of the road installers brand and I'm surprised they now sell through retail online. Martin Logan of course has a very good reputation with their electrostatic speakers but does that mean the standard in-walls are worth the price? I don't know. What I do know is that the ceiling/wall, the acoustics of the room, and the placement, are now part of the equation. I've done speaker calibrations on high end speaker installations, average, and low end speaker installations and it's a toss up - there are just too many variables. Going the Sonos route and Zigbee is fine but may create complexities you may just not want to deal with. What about a second zone from your main receiver? If not, another receiver may be a simple setup for this area - many have auto calibrate modes. Bose can be great for a plug and play setup but tends to be a little too proprietary for my tastes. Look around a little and see what else is out there....See MoreComments on EcoWater please
Comments (20)Chris You wrote "With the amount of salt needed from yours and justalurker's calculations, that is a lot of salt. I am not sure what the sales guy was referring to then. He kept pushing the lifetime warranty (besides the 10 years on the electronics) so that if anything went wrong, things will be replaced for free. So what you are saying is that there really is no way to feasibly maintain the system other than having a once a week (or at least once a month) routine to check the system and levels?" You can generally have salt delivered and placed in the salt (brine) tank, in most areas, by a water treatment dealer on a scheduled basis if that is a service you would want or need. You will pay more for your salt that way. Otherwise you will be responsible for checking the salt levels on a regular basis and adding any if needed, ie, water barely covers the top of the salt in the tank. There really is nothing to picking up the cover of the salt tank and peering inside to see if it needs salt. Remember, the fuel the water softener runs on is salt. Keep gas in its tank. :) Regards the amount of salt used per year the figures you were given are not unreasonable nor out of the ordinary for a family of 4 with 13 grains hard water. (1 grain of hardness = 17 mg/l) Some info on water softeners is found here: http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/housing/356-490/356-490.html There really should not be any service necessary on the water softener for a number of years unless, of course, you get a lemon like steve. What a terrible experience that must of been. My own experience with various makes of softeners is that, yes, there are slight differences in the valve designs and their construction. However most, if not all, manufacturers warrant their equipment for a number of years. As justalurker pointed out; "The "ready-built" softeners like the Sears, GE, Morton, and such are not as well designed or made of the same quality components and materials as the REAL softeners you'll get from a local pro. IMO, the "ready-built" ones are OK for slightly hard city water and people up against a constraining budget. Any softener is better than no softener at all IF YOU HAVE HARD WATER." So if indeed you are on municipal water and you simply have a hard water problem most any off the shelf box water softener will work just fine for you. Good luck....See Morecseyer
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