I have a couple of wal-mart bags full of toilet paper rolls or "dir-dirs" as some like to call them. I saved them for starting seedlings in, but dont want them now because we are thinking about moving. If anyone wants to pay for the shipping, I'd be happy to mail them to you!
MIL rendered a bunch of lard & froze it... then the freezer got unplugged for a few days. She hates the thought of throwing out the lard, so I told her I'd ask y'all if there's any way to salvage it. (she was going to make soap with it)
My bad, I thought I had updated with the city (I couldnt recall the name when I first posted). Williston is where the job is, and we would have to live within 15 miles or so. Ive found a lot of info online, and am still looking to connect with some people from up there. I still dont know what...
I need info on ND... what is the climate like, what are the people like, etc. We are thinking about going up there with an oilfield job offer, with the intent to save enough money to be able in a few years buy a place back here that we have our eye on. I have a cat & dog that I will not leave...
Another thing- we had daily devotionals, which those & any other group settings were always geared toward the youngest. Mother always said that when you are leading a group of any kind, always gear it to the youngest, weakest, or most challenged person so that everyone is included. (we still...
Oh, I just remembered... one way Mother got us motivated to read a lot was having "read-a-thons" where we would get donors to pay us for each book we'd read, & then we would send the money to a blind children's camp that our church has :) We really enjoyed doing that :)
I & my 3 siblings were homeschooled, and for themost part my mother didnt actually have scheduled classes & didnt hands on teach everyone all of the subjects. We were given our books at the beginning of the school year, and when we finished them, we finished them- so if you were lazy about doing...
Ah, yes, a mill is on the "list", but a ways down there... have a bunch of other things I need before that :) A close friend, who is part of our "group" has a good mill, so I do have acess to one if I should need it before I buy one myself. :)
How we store our root veggies is burried in sand & straw, and never add water. Our normal humidity is about 9%, and it isnt much higher inside our cellars. Dehydration & canning are our main ways of preserving, including the root veggies. Winter squash stores fine over the winter just as it is...
Might I ask why you would prefer the weights over the gauge? I have had other people tell me the opposite, because they want to be able to look at the pressure and know exactly what it is so they can time it... just curious as to why you would NOT want the dial gauge?
Ok, maybe this will work a little better if I give an example... MIL says if she had it to do over, she would build hers about 3 times bigger, & make brick walls. Mom would make hers deeper, wider, and wooden stairs instead of dirt stairs. Both would increase the insulation on the doors & have a...
As far as I've ever heard, a "basement" is an underground portion of a house, and a "cellar" is basically a hole in the ground with stairs down into it, with some sort of (usually tiny) building over the entrance, the "roof" usually being made of whole logs laid over the top of the hole with a...
For the underground part, I think a couple of rooms, hidden compartments, etc, would be interesting... everyone knows whats in a cellar, so I always think about security measures that dont require you to be there to guard it.