WELL!!!!! That was the best forum I have read yet !!! Thank you all for your input - and for allowing me to stretch my winter-fog 'n snow-bound brain. Every time I have opened Countryside Mag or accessed this forum, I learned something new. And, today, I learned plenty. Can't add anything more to this discussion (and let us remember, it is a discussion), except my appreciation to you all and to the Lord for the chance to read all of these differing (and not- so-differing) opinions. Happy Homesteading!(posted 8954 days ago)