I have never had a problem with "our bear" with the bird feeders, but then it gets all the fruit and veg out of our gardens, so it might not be all that hungry. :)
I will have to look up the tractor supply better brand of food. I have been so disappointed that I get at least one 20 lb bag of safflower seed that has over 50% other things, including peas in it every year. I also have trouble with badly worm eaten product when I get critter mix with corn and seeds. I buy both my bird seed and dog food there, but have never looked at the big bags like that. I have two galvanized trash cans with chained on lids to keep both the bird seed, and the bird feeders at night in, so I have room.
Typically the structure must provably retain a certain percentage of originality. Mine has been added to and modified several times. It has also been repaired after at least two fires.
Actually, my whole area is somewhat historic, with several similar to mine and a fair number dating to the 1700s. The earliest European residents were Dutch and here in the 1600s.
I know who owned mine about 1860. He was born in 1802, and is buried locally in the same cemetery as his father - born in 1776.
I don't know all of the owners, but I do know from around 1945 till now. I also know the 1860 owner and the man that he sold the property to. That deed was so old that the property was described in "chains" and "links" rather than feet and inches. For a while, a local farmer owned this and several others. He used all of them to house his seasonal workers.
Each is now different do to additions, but if you look at the core carefully, you'll find a two story post and beam over a hand dug cellar and a stone foundation. When I went into the walls, I found mortised joints held together with wooden pegs.
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I will have to look up the tractor supply better brand of food. I have been so disappointed that I get at least one 20 lb bag of safflower seed that has over 50% other things, including peas in it every year. I also have trouble with badly worm eaten product when I get critter mix with corn and seeds. I buy both my bird seed and dog food there, but have never looked at the big bags like that. I have two galvanized trash cans with chained on lids to keep both the bird seed, and the bird feeders at night in, so I have room.
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One wonders if a house built in that era qualifies for historical landmark status.
Be well my friend.
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Mine has been added to and modified several times.
It has also been repaired after at least two fires.
Actually, my whole area is somewhat historic, with several similar to mine and a fair number dating to the 1700s.
The earliest European residents were Dutch and here in the 1600s.
I know who owned mine about 1860.
He was born in 1802, and is buried locally in the same cemetery as his father - born in 1776.
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I also know the 1860 owner and the man that he sold the property to.
That deed was so old that the property was described in "chains" and "links" rather than feet and inches.
For a while, a local farmer owned this and several others.
He used all of them to house his seasonal workers.
Each is now different do to additions, but if you look at the core carefully, you'll find a two story post and beam over a hand dug cellar and a stone foundation. When I went into the walls, I found mortised joints held together with wooden pegs.
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