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    Deer Fly Repellant?

    American Beauty Berry will work . Often in the afternoon in the summer you will find deer laying under the ABBs around my place . Grab some leaves and rub on.
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    Canning Elevation Question

    We sit at 990 and use the 0 - 1000 scale . So you would probably/maybe be fine . Now understand that the reason for higher pressure and processing is because the higher the elevation the lower the temp that water boils . Eh knowing they built safety margins in to make it idiot proof and that...
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    Can I do a wart remover challenge? :)

    I read through the thread before commenting. Tea tree oil is what I use. Apply 3times daily tell it goes away then continue for another week. On the blood root and creasote . I wander if the creasote is the creasote bush which is used in the treating of the herpesvirus.
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    Public Apology

    Wait I'm suppose to imbibe before I write gibberish?
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    What's for dinner?

    Homemade pastrami 😊 Homemade kraut 🙂 store bought rye bread 😕
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    Explosion in Nashville

    Here's a link to a radio interview from yesterday on the bombing. The woman lived across the road ( as in look out the window and see and hear the rv.) https://www.997wtn.com/news/this-vehicle-will-explode-in-15-minutes-witnesses-describe-surviving-the-nashville-explosion/
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    Official SS Poll - New Year New You...Resolution Time!

    Well under teach something. I have a friend's teenage son that wants to learn meat curing. Under fix something it's kind of what I do . Alternators , starters and tools . But there is a new smokehouse and micro hydro project on next years list. On volunteering. I volunteer with a group that...
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    What's for dinner?

    While not for dinner tonight. Just put a brine cured turkey in the smoker. A mix of maple ,apple and cherry for the smoke.
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    Different Strokes for Different Folks - What weird food do you like?

    Yes just plain old green briars. Take your thumb nail and test it tell it's good and tender. Then just pinch it off . While roaming my woods I often eat them raw. Just for the record a South American type roots ( dried and roasted) is what makes saspirrella .
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    Different Strokes for Different Folks - What weird food do you like?

    Green briar/ saw briar tips sautéed in butter always get a funny look when I serve them . Then they taste them and wonder why they have fought them all their life.
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    Meat Grinder Recommendations

    I to make do with a kitchen aid attachment. That said two friends have high dollared Cabels grinders and they say that it's best to have one heavy enought to grind the bones. They use them to make pet food for their dogs.
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    Good Salt, Bad Salt

    No it doesnt cake. It has a bit of moisture in it and the grains are bigger. So we dry it in the oven and pulse it in the blender
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    Good Salt, Bad Salt

    I get my sea -90 from earls vet supply. He has a truck throug here about once a month. Yes it is a 50 lbs bag. We are back to that group that I buy with. We get Sea-90,DE,kelp and several other things from him. Because I use it for everything a 50 lbs bag is no big deal.
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    Coronavirus Concern Up

    Flowerbug, Your worries about The Mark of the Beast may be just getting ratcheted up . Read this out of lsrail. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292039?fbclid=IwAR031JSGPrOrwFtKGrc5iB-2RTGSHUk8FWukpdvT-tCYWw4P2glAG9PS_RE Interesting phrase about being able to buy or sell.
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    Good Salt, Bad Salt

    I will have to totally agree with that . What I use as salt is SEA-90 . Depending on the grind it is used as a stock salt or as a fertilizer. 90 trace minerals . Have given it to people with high blood pressure and it didn't cause them any problems . Also have given it to saltaholics. You know...
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    Is this our future?

    I have wondered for years when someone was going to come out with an electric car tow package . Then you pull a properly sized gunny for the electric car for long trips.
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    Coronavirus Concern Up

    I think this needs saying. For those that think mask should be on ever bodies face. Not everybody can wear a mask. If you put a mask on me my heart rate and blood pressure go through the roof. I can no longer work the corners when laying tile and don't try to home me into a small area because...
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    Poop identification

    That would be hard to id with out more research . While it looks canine to narrow down from there you must pick it apart and see what it has been feeding on .
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    Coronavirus Concern Up

    Pantry is full. NIDO is my preferred powder milk also . Have lots of powdered buttermilk on hand that we made 2 years ago. If things get to bad we might eat through this 250 lbs. of cured meat I have hanging . Have more in brine right now.
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    Canning Supplies

    Some things are not that great of saving . About $2 a case on pints and $2.50 a case on quarts saved. Usually about $4 a case on 1/2 gallons an major saving on lids by buying the sleeved unprinted lids. This is compared to local pricing not ball list price.
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