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I wanted to make pickles yesterday. I decided on Bread and Butters. I made then with 6 pounds of Cucumbers. I ended up having alot of brine left over and didn't want to waste it so I decided to throw some more cucumbers in, but spears this time. And I added some wax beans I just pulled off the...

There's a place near Bake Oven Knob in Central Eastern PA, if you are familiar with it. I go up there with friends and take a couple of 32 oz Nalgene bottles and spend two hours to fill a bunch up and have my mom make pies out of them. I think next time I will can some in jam. I WISH I had a...

I ran a little test while making the batch this past weekend. I didn't heat the oil before I did the mixing. This worked and made some nice Bio, but the reaction was not as complete as the first batch and the glycerine had some "stuff of which I'm not sure of" on top. It kind of looks like snot...

Some oils are supposed to make "better Biodiesel", but any will work fine and I will use any I can find.

I was wondering about that. I saw that commercial soap manufacturers can use Glycerin to make bar soap, but they actually use it for lotions and liquid soap due to it being more cost effective. I looked in my bathroom and saw that a few things I have had water and glycerin in the top 2 spots on...

I have never made soap before. I am wondering if I could take the straight Glycerine and use it in the shower to wash up without making it into soap. If i just keep a jar of it in the shower and pour some in my hand then use it. Will someone that makes soap will clarify this for me, Please.

I posted a thread in Sufficient Self about this. With my original picture, I hope we get some interested bodies.

I tested a little bit with a torch on a slip of paper soaked in it. It went up pretty good. If you use Lye incorrectly and unsafely then it can be dangerous. You definitely don't want to be breathing the fumes, If you breathe enough you will go blind. The only dangerous part of doing it is...

It is so easy, you sure will be fine.

Dr. Pepper Method I have been wanting to do this for years and I finally got found Lye and Heet. It ended up being much easier than I thought.

Anything that runs on regular pump diesel will run on Biodiesel. I actually don't have any diesel vehicles, I am going to be putting this in my home heating oil. Which you can also use it for. I will be getting a diesel generator to run bio in also. Right now I am just storing the Glycerine...

100 gallons of Waste Vegetable Oil will make 100 Gallons on Biodiesel. You also need to add methanol and Lye, and you get an equal amount of Glycerine from them in the end. For instance I made 1 liter of biodiesel. I started with 1 liter of WVO, 250mL of Methanol and 7 grams of Lye. I got a...

The waste oil is from my own countertop deep fryer. I have a friend that has over 100 gallons in his garage so that is where I would get it from for a while.

Made my first batch of Biodiesel yesterday. Did it using the "Dr. Pepper Method". I would like to do it on a larger scale, but the kits are super expensive for what you get, I found the cheapest is about $2500. I think I am going to build my processor using the Appleseed configuration. For...

Yea I wish I had the money to get a pressure canner. Maybe If I look on ebay long enough.

I live in Eastern Pa and I have seedlings but I didn't even plant them yet. The frost is not over yet, although it is getting pretty warm during the day. I think it is supposed to be around 80 degrees tomorrow. That's the warmest yet this year.

I haven't mowed the grass in a few months and I now remember how hot the grass clippings would be just dumping them out of the bagger. I get it now.

The pressure canner is generally used for meats and low acid foods. One of the latest Mother Earth News (I believe this is the one) publications has a bunch of recipes for canning complete dinners that can be eaten when you have little time.

If you are familiar with the show Good Eats on the Food Network. There is a show on canning that is very good. Also believe it or not youtube has some good stuff on it. My parents were canning long before I got interested and they also taught me a lot. Ask some of the older folk.

I started seeds not to long ago and I put them on top of my oil furnace and they did quite fine. The heat is off now in the house and they are out in the "cold frame". I say it with quotes because all I did was take a 350 Gallon Rubbermaid Stock Tank and covered it with a piece of glass and that...