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giving food gifts sounds like a great idea. My older brother loves to BBQ so i could find a bbq sauce i can can or make a bunch of different spice rubs. I also thought about giving my younger brother and his kids tickets to the zoo for next year when the weather is nice again. BB and SIL get...

Alright I know it seems too early for Christmas/holiday shopping but I'd like to try to be prepared this year. I'm getting my mother and SIL gardening items. Mom is getting sweet pea seeds and gardening paraphernalia in a bucket while SIL is getting lavender seeds and the same. Its the rest of...

Well the monster coop as I call it is gonna get replaced by a better built smaller one. I also got shot down by the city for having more chickens but my girls still deserve a better, drier coop.

@Beekissed I've already talked to the other homeowner that lives next door and shes fine with the rooster. They have their own fenced run that keeps them contained, and we plan on fencing in the entire backyard by the end of next summer so clipped wings and sturdy gate locks will keep them in...

@crealbilly also welcome to Sufficient Self :welcome

I would love to have one of those beautiful (Orpington?) boys. But we're not set up yet, my fence is kind of in shambles thanks to these crazy wind storms knocking limbs into it and I need to build a better coop. Ours was kinda thrown together because I got chick fever before we were even half...

I posted something similar on BYC on Sunday and haven't gotten a response at all, yet here I got multiple responses in less than 24 hours.....

:yuckyuck No but my city is ran by idiots who think farm animals don't belong in town. There is about 5 people tops who have chickens inside city limits. One use to work with me and has a huge flock, when I asked city hall about increasing my flock using them as an example, they blew their top...

So I'm getting a license from my city to increase my flock. This is going to include my current three hens which consist of a Barred Plymouth Rock, a blue Americauna, and a golden laced Wyandotte. I've been promised a black copper Maran from a recent hatch. I've also decided to get another hen...

At work people can get free small water cups, in our lobby we give them a clear cup because kids are jerks. Its fun catching non-water kids, I tell them to dump it or pay up the dollar that a small soda costs. Me giving them the stink eye is generally enough of a deterrent

Soda is a huge addiction in my house. I personally don't drink it as much because of having issues with my teeth, the sugar hurts! But Mountain Dew was my go to poison of choice and I still swig down a monster energy drink when I'm working the overnight shift but it will last me the whole shift...

We're in town so for water we have to look into storage tanks and a rain catchment system. We'd already discussed rain catchment to help with the garden. We also know that our local power company would throw a fit if we tried to go solar since that's less money for them and may possibly cost...

I store grocery sacks in one, I have a couple more for string to use in the garden. DH uses them for bobs and bits in the shed, Stepson uses them for certain toys like extra darts for his nerf guns

My buff orp passed away quite suddenly a few weeks ago. She was top bird in my small flock, my little EE was constantly trying to run from her even when Nugget wasn't looking at her. Its our suspicion that a rat snake constricted her or that she got a hold of a nail or something when we were...

That's part of what we do on EG, there was a seed train going but it petered out after awhile. Once I get this harvest in and save seed I plan to set back enough for next year and a little bit more for insurance then offer the rest up for trade for other varieties. I had some pepper seeds I'd...

i have some new posts up! http://owlnestfarm.com/home/backyard-farming-a-book-review

Stop by my website owlnestfarm.com to read my take on sufficient and stustainable gardening and stay tuned for follow up posts this season!

alright I now have a website! dedicated to what we all do here! come join us! owlnestfarm.com

oh geez could you imagine if we had an instant messenger for these forums?! I'd never leave my computer in the house in the spring and summer

So my DH is the sweetest man I know! I got my yule gift way early and its a laptop! So I'm now sufficient in that I don't need to borrow my mom's computer or go to the library to use it, a printer is next for the usual household documents that way I don't have to spend $.20 a freaking page! and...