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200-Year Old Houses in New York State

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I was playing around with the NYS GIS / Tax Map Feature Service, and realized it was pretty easy to query any building that was built in the state prior to 1820. The trick is keep the query narrow enough so you don't request too many points -- the feature server is limited to something like 1,000 points per request, although your browser will crash before then.

12 Reasons Why

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Pigs, while smelly are pretty awesome livestock when it comes to meat on a small homestead. I'm kind of a bit obessessed with them but so is the internet. 

Corn Harvest – Silage vs. Grain

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This time of the year, you see some corn being harvested for silage and others still drying out in the fields, waiting to be harvested as feed corn with the proper amount of moisture. A good explanation of the differences and challenges of waiting for the corn to dry enough to be harvested while the fields haven't turned to winter slop.