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We won't be seeing too many more like your grandma (and my grandpa) in the future in this country. The difference is that those people grew up in a different era and got a fantastic start nutritionally. Their parents were producing children at a time when everyone ate pasture-raised animal...

Pigs are sweet....yeah, right....I went in the pig pasture for the first time this year to retrieve some pumpkins that the farmer tossed over the fence....I wanted a few small sugar pumpkins for soup. DH came with me, and I had to keep reminding him to come stand between me and the pigs. He...

It is not soap until it cures for about three weeks. Until then it has a lot of sodium hydroxide. I keep my soap stuff strictly separate from my cooking stuff. JMHO.

There are a couple of chapters of the WAPF in the Lexington area...that could mean that some members are an hour in any direction. Don't know where you are but it might be worth a phone call or email if you are close. To let the chapter leader know that you have pastured eggs and are saving up...

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If I ate what passes for turkey gravy on what passes as potatoes, I would get quite sick, too. MSG, sprout retardants, and herbicides all heavily contaminate modern gravy and potatoes. I can eat it if I make it and grow it myself, however. Minus the toxins. Yes, you need good animal fats to...

I could swear Bee said her folks ate wild turkeys once a year.

I realized that I never reported the storm damage to my garden.....the corn and tomatoes were knocked down and almost a total loss, or so I thought. I picked a few green tomatoes today and a handful of red ones to snack on. The corn.....I was able to stake some of it back up, but the next big...

You are most welcome, RC! For $400 you could raise 4 pigs if you planned it well in advance and stumbled upon some good deals. If you have acorns available in your area, pick up tons of them and pile them up in the middle of the pig pasture, away from the trees. Just keep piling them up...

Apple "pancakes" are good. Core the apple without breaking it, skin on. Slice in 1/4" slices, dip in thick pancake batter, and cook like regular pancakes. No topping is needed other than butter. You can add some cinnamon to the batter if you'd like. Baked apples are yummy and simple...

Selling free range eggs for $1.50 is probably selling them at a loss. Don't forget when you add up your expenses to include the cost of chicks and the cost of raising them to laying, the cost of keeping heritage breeds that don't lay an egg a day, the cost of keeping them through the molt and...

Hmmm.....intriguing idea, and definitely worth a try....thanks!

The corn stalks are very green and a lot of the ears look like sweet corn (although they are field corn) and are soft enough that I can break them in half with my hands.... Once the temps here get a bit chilly the stalks sell like crazy. People come with SUV's and such and buy huge quantities...

I was thinking of stringing them up somehow, like people do with garlic and hot peppers, and hanging them from my barn rafters. I have lots of room to do this. Whatcha think? I also have tons of baling twine. I could take strings down as needed to feed the chickens over the winter. It...

We are going to scrap the old freezer through craigslist. I just got back from picking up a medium-size chest freezer that I found on Craigslist and paid $100....it was only a year old, as indicated both by the model number and its condition. Woohoo! I will need one more and we'll be in good...

Go into the coop after dark and gather up whoever you want...deposit them into a dog crate or box with holes for air and there you have it!

I won't have access to it at the dry stage, as it is not my field. I can pick corn as long as the farmer is selling the stalks for fall decorating in this very suburban area. Once those sales end, he will let the rest of the field dry on the stalks and will harvest the corn to either sell or...

You are going to love it! I agree, having two the same will be easier on you, especially while they are both going at once. And that was a great deal, especially this time of year! I paid $99 for both of mine, plus shipping, maybe 3-4 years ago. I have a shelf at just reachable level as...

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Thanks! We won't make it to the first frost, either. The vermin are already munching in my garden with my precious meal corn. The field corn that I can get in quantity will be available only for about four more weeks, and it is very possible that we won't have a frost by then. It is a dent...