We bought a kit from Menards. Used it about 5 years until the kids outgrew it then sold it. It's still in use today. Was quite simple to put together. I just made sure and had all my board lengths separated and arranged together before I started and it really simplified the process of trying to...
John Deere. Apparently my grandpa bought me a toy tractor shortly after I was born and everyone continued on with it. It has since turned into more than just toys that takes up an entire bedroom.
Big standing corn field across from the CRP we hunt. If you aren't there at sunup the birds were already in the corn. Could watch 100+ fly into there every morning and they would come back in the evening. We didn't get after them too hard. After the corn is harvested it should help.
Most expensive right now is an old G. Loomis walleye series rod. I did buy an NRX at one point but I didn't like it and sold it shortly after buying it. I do still have a lightning rod that goes with me on most trips.