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    Speaking of the freeze dried foods . If you like Augason farms then check out prepping deals.net 20% to 50% deals on Amazon . Stopped and took a peek . # 10 cans butter powder $19.94 reg $42.99 .
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    Well with my water the only issue is clay . Do not a hard clean up. With mineral rich water I don't no but maybe use something like the molded silicon loaf pans to hold the water . They flex and should make cleanup easy.
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    Ok dumb question why by distilled water when it's so easy to make your on .
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    Mental processes during repetitive work

    My mind tends to wonder of if I am doing something mindless . Sometimes it even comes back.
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    Where the pan idea came from https://cottagecraftworks.com/ez-stove-top-food-dehydrator-reproduction-drying-pan
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    On making the powdered buttermilk . No freeze dryer here. This is basiclly my version of an Amish corn dryer. I take a chafin dish set put water in the deep pan and line the shallow pan with silicon cooking mats . Pour a gallon of buttermilk in the top pan and set this on the wood heater. The...
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    On powdered cream I don't know . Powdered buttermilk works good . At lest mind does . It's homemade and reduced 45 gallons to 5 gallons
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    Memes That Make You Giggle

    Yes there is lots of fun over snipe hunting . ON the other hand I have a wood snipe here that I see on a regular bases .
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    Memes That Make You Giggle

    Yes there is lots of fun over snipe hunting . ON the other hand I have a wood snipe here that I see on a regular bases .
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    Trees, Lumber, Forest Management for Diversity and Lumber, etc.

    Have about 30 acres of mixed hardwood. When asked what I burned as firewood I told them what I prefer was a mix of oak and hickory but that what I actually burn is what ever is dead ,dying or blown down. Managing the understory is just as important as the big trees .
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    Cold Room Storage Questions

    First yes you can put your home canned goods in the same space but..... That space should not be that cold . Most things will want to be somewhere between 46 and 34 degrees. If it's cold enough to freeze the canned goods it's cold enough to freeze to moister in the fruits and veggies.
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    Meat Bird Feed

    Here's another book from one of my sources. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38606 The food section covers slugs and bugs as well as grains . I noted it listed the grains bone to flesh building quality as well as thing like with whole oat soaking for a few hours made them more desirable to the...
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    Meat Bird Feed

    What you are basically wanting to do is step back in time to an era before commercial feeds. As such you need to step back in time to that era in your resources . Here's a link to poultry books from the 1850's thru the 1920's . http://www.survivorlibrary.com/index.php/8-category/110-library-poultry
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    When it comes to canning supplies the words To much is not enough comes to mind.
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    Just saw a announcement that McMurray hatchery want be shipping some of their chicks due to avian flu . They are having to destroy some of their breed lines and will need these chicks to repopulate their flocks.
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    Can that atv replicate it self with a younger version of its self .
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    We don't use a lot of milk so don't need a large dairy animal like a cow or goat. But there just don't seem to be any dairy rabbits out there.
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    Another way to look at shortages. I do some volunteer work with a food giveaway ministery . We did 2 last week and one today . That covers 3 different county's . Today while talking with the leader he said that the Second Harvest warehouse is down to half its normal level on dry and can goods...
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    Feeding Rabbits

    A rear bagger mower and a drying rack does wonders for free rabbit hay.
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    shortages

    It's not what we harvest . It's how much is exported or imported that makes for the shortages.
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