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thats BRILLIANT! tomorrow i'm gonna run right out and sprinkle some shells from my hens where i'll be planting my 'maters.. my hens can scratch around until i plant and any extra can get worked into the soil. THANKS! ps dont those ducks of yours grab up the free slugs??

i cant BELIEVE that i didnt know that! i mean sure.. i kinda knew... i just didnt know how and that a blender was such a handy-dandy tool! ;-) i cant wait for the next growing season. its gonna be nothing but wheat, sunflowers, millet, and barley- and corn! whoot! i love that Logsdon points...

i'm loving the book - and yes i'm going to get a couple more of his. i like his easy writing style and good and practical info..especially about crop rotations. and since i'm about in his zone -- its great to have a schedule all right there! i have to say that i laughed..a lot... at myself. at...

i'm totally excited about the space program...all the new science is very exciting. i think someone asked why they were doing it? its to find out of there is a way to get water from the moon. if yes then they could establish a base there and NOT have to supply it with water/energy from here...

i have to say that was the biggest disappointment of my adult life - they didnt show a THING! just the nasa guys clapping!!! MAN! they'd better have more exciting video later today..... i want my money back. hee hee hee i loved how that guy grabbed his computer and ran for it. hee hee hee...

we just brought in two huge buckets of taters! wheee!!! thanks for the potato bunker idea... humm.. now i know. but i'd like to store some in the house/garage .... if i put them in a feed sack and then in metal trash can, do i put the lid on tightly or let them 'breathe'???? we have about a...

i just got a great book - Small Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon might just be the ticket for you. i've just started it but i like how he says you can grow enough for your livestock (including chickens) and your family in a relatively small space check it out! i got mine, used, from amazon...

ours was last nite! not too awful - i got everything covered up that i wanted to save for sure. we'll go back to nites in the high 40's for a while. this was unusual b/c normally we dont have a frost until the first couple of weeks of oct - so this seemed early. it was a real shocker going out...

roasted 'maters!! oh yeah baby! i just took a pan out of the oven - i'm working on 'roasted sauce' instead of just boiling or cooking on top of the stove. they have been in there all nite at about 150* after cooking at 350* for a couple hrs... the house smells like tomato heaven! whee!! have...

whats wrong with you, HiDelight?!?! dont you know i cant eat this silly computer screen!!!! WOW what a sandwich!!! (looks over on counter full of maters...) hum......... i dunno if i have a planned 'last sandwich' but man i had the best egg + mater sandwich the other day... seriously i dont...

what!?!?? scandalous! yikes! ;-) just kiddin... i love that lard and i'm so excited to be baking with it! it makes a wonderful cake! not veg of course... but yumO crisco is just fine - or butter or half butter and half veg shortening... bcallaha - how do you get the pulp? just peel 'em?? or...

we have 5 - 2 adults males and 3 juvies..... very interesting little creatures. i need to integrate them as the little ones are separate.... but i'm nervous as i've heard they can be mean to hens.... will the older ones be mean to the little ones??? great heads up on the veggie eating. we have...

lovely!! whatcha gonna do with all those peppers???

thanks WifeZ - great article! chickenstalker - nope the tree was here when we got to this property (our 2nd summer) :-)

update... instead of: i'll go give 'em a squeeze later on.. i'll give 'em the poke the stem end later on... :-)

roger, bills i keep looking at them longingly.. this year they are huge and amazing.. last year (first summer on this property) i thought they were some mini variety b/c they were so small! but i guess it was just to dry i'll go give 'em a squeeze later on.. :-)

????? i have some lovely bosc pears but they are still hard and green...but i think i remember you have to pick them then they soften?? anybody know off the top of their head? :-)

i'm freezin some right now! oh how wonderful it will be on a cold morning with oatmeal... yummmmmmm

yeah oh boy i need it... just didnt know if i could apply now and if it would help or if i should wait until spring. :-) this is the first year for me to do a large scale cover crop planting so i'm really excited to see how it will go. i'm trying to do minimal tilling now - but obviously a...

i have The Worst Soil ever.. that hard red clay - but tons of worms. been working on improving it and it did better than last year (everything sprouted but no big harvest). is it ok/helpful to apply lime now -- just before i plant the winter rye? i need a good cover crop to hold the soil from...