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Can you please post the recipe for the black salve?

I recommend the squash cake, tried it last season and DH and I ate the whole thing. Very good and no guilt it's squash right? I will be making that cake again. I also cut it up and add to some good chicken stock, cook till tender, put thru the blender till nice and smooth and freeze for making...

Finally.... I have beans to can so tonight I will be busy, the plan is to do dilly beans and pressure the rest. It feels like I have been slacking but the garden just started kicking in. The weather has been so odd this year. :hu

I grate mine and dehydrate them. I use them for soup and toss them in spaghetti sauce or gravy. I also mix the green and gold varieties for some colorful bread and butter pickles :drool I use the cucumber recipe for these. I also alternate layers of pasta in lasagna with zucchini. Other than...

:hugs Sorry about your hubby's alcohol problem. Nothing worse than a mean drunk, my mom told me stories about her dad and it was very hard on the family. The kicker is drunks never seem to remember just how ugly they get, and then go on as if nothing happened all the while wondering why the...

Lost another good hen last night so the problem continues. Beautiful little silkie mama with 3 chicks. :hit Nothing left but a bunch of white feathers and 3 little ones needing a mom. I put them under a bantam EE with a newly hatched chick and she accepted them but they know the difference. I...

Finally, I harvested something from the garden and of course its squash but that's just fine with me. It's been a whirl wind lately and I never have enough time to do all that I want to. We were lucky enough to get my middle daughter and her family for a visit and before they came I decided to...

Dishwasher is mine, I don't care if it's cheaper to do them by hand I will never quit using it. And if it breaks and can't be repaired then I will buy a new one.

How far do you have to travel to get to the farm? I am lucky enough that my main garden is a couple of blocks from my house but I want land and have been looking and hoping that I can find something that is close enough to work or home that I don't have to spent too much time on the road...

:welcome The solar shower we use while camping gets HOT HOT HOT and has to be mixed with some cool water to even be used for a shower but for washing clothes and doing dishes it's great.

Actually Moolie I did find a treasure and it only cost $4, yep well within the budget. It is a pinkie ring made out of coconut shell and I had my moms name engraved on it. I figure I can wear it when I need a little extra reminder of a "mom-ism" or when I am missing her. Either way the thought...

Hi Bee :frow

You can look at the tips of the branches and see if they are wrinkled, if so prune those off. It's hard to prune new bare root trees heavily but it will help insure that the roots have a chance to take hold. Don't give up on them just yet, every tree in my yard was a bare root planing and 12...

I have still have a huge amount of bagged leaves so I'm trying this. Great idea! I should be able to get some very nice new potatoes.

My daughters elementary school teacher raised them to eat . They never had turkey for Thanksgiving only peacocks. The feathers could be sold after you send them to freezer camp. My MIL has them for snake control but they are loud.

You are one busy lady Deb, I love a good broody hen to pick up some of the extra work at my house. I always try to put in the chicks at zero dark thirty and have had great success but then again I just have to go "out back". I love my green egg layers they produce earlier in the year and don't...

Thanks Deb, good to hear that.

Yeah what Deb said.

Guess I'm thinking about a different type of stink bug because the kind we have don't fly. What kind of stinker is this one ?

One inexpensive way I package is brown paper bags and they look good at a farm stand. I roll down the tops to create a wide band about 1 to 1/1-2 inches wide and then I fill them with the produce and weigh. Price is marked on each band and I use a rubber stamp to dress it up a bit. I have...