lorihadams
Always doing laundry
Oh no....how old is he? How's your mom holding up with all of this? 
Colowyo - grudgingly settling in :P
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colowyo0809
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he's roughly the same age as my mom, they went to school together 
she's hanging in there. it's tough, i'm her only child, and i'm also the closest relative she has and i'm 10 HOURS AWAY!!
*sigh* next year or ten years from now, whenever it happens, after william dies i'm going up there, spending a week with me mum, and then hauling her ass down here and making her live here.
she's hanging in there. it's tough, i'm her only child, and i'm also the closest relative she has and i'm 10 HOURS AWAY!!
*sigh* next year or ten years from now, whenever it happens, after william dies i'm going up there, spending a week with me mum, and then hauling her ass down here and making her live here.
Farmfresh
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That stuff is always tough. Several years ago we made a similar "rescue mission" and moved my hubby's mom to a rental house two doors down from us. Best thing we ever did.
In the end she only had a few years left herself, but at least we got to spend LOTS of good times with her before she died. If she had continued living where she was we could have only seen her every couple of weeks at best.
Family needs to stick together.
In the end she only had a few years left herself, but at least we got to spend LOTS of good times with her before she died. If she had continued living where she was we could have only seen her every couple of weeks at best.
Family needs to stick together.
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colowyo0809
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Ok, I need to jack this journal away from the doomy gloomy
people are getting married, people are getting happy.
I've managed to weatherproof the majority of the coop, now I just need to finish and still need to bury hardware cloth
ordered bulbs online from a highly recommended flower place, Bluestone Perennial. They had awesome scores on Daves Garden Watchdog, so thats cool.
We went and got 300#'s of layer feed for the chickens, so that should last a good six weeks or so. Currently watching golden girls lol, Rose killed the old woman! muahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!
*sigh* i'm trying to find breeders of the Silver Appleyard ducks online and it is soo hard to find any! Good grief!
Anyone know how to cover a swamp cooler that is sitting in a window?
I'm thinking about getting one of them there electrical space heater thingymabobs for the coop, good idea or bad?
I have sugar pumpkins i need to freeze so we can use them later. i've read various ways of cooking them in the oven before hand, how would be the best way for this? hmm, must find out for sure. I suppose this means posting a thread! I also need to find decent kitchen gadgets, like the one that grinds meat and the one that grinds grains and such. *sigh* its expensive being ss!
people are getting married, people are getting happy.
I've managed to weatherproof the majority of the coop, now I just need to finish and still need to bury hardware cloth
ordered bulbs online from a highly recommended flower place, Bluestone Perennial. They had awesome scores on Daves Garden Watchdog, so thats cool.
We went and got 300#'s of layer feed for the chickens, so that should last a good six weeks or so. Currently watching golden girls
lol, Rose killed the old woman! muahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!*sigh* i'm trying to find breeders of the Silver Appleyard ducks online and it is soo hard to find any! Good grief!
Anyone know how to cover a swamp cooler that is sitting in a window?
I'm thinking about getting one of them there electrical space heater thingymabobs for the coop, good idea or bad?
I have sugar pumpkins i need to freeze so we can use them later. i've read various ways of cooking them in the oven before hand, how would be the best way for this? hmm, must find out for sure. I suppose this means posting a thread! I also need to find decent kitchen gadgets, like the one that grinds meat and the one that grinds grains and such. *sigh* its expensive being ss!
freemotion
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It only seems expensive when you are starting up. Then you save it all back!
I cook a lot of pumpkins every year and this is how I do it. I cut them in half, gut them, and place the cut side down on a large, rimmed baking sheet. Bake them at 325 for maybe 1.5-2 hours, depending on size and thickness of the flesh. It is ok if they brown a bit, better, actually, IMO. I love it when they collapse and partially separate from the skin...it is so easy to process these ones! Just poke a fork in one to see if it is done, it should be quite soft.
Be very careful handling them when you take them out of the oven. Sometimes a lot of water cooks out of them and it is in the pan and can burn you. If it gets very deep, I sometimes use a turkey baster to get some of it out of the pan so I can safely move it. Other times the pumpkin sucks up all the water and it is all inside the overturned pumpkin, and can rush out and splash you when you try to lift the cooked pumkin out. So use caution.
When it is cool enough to handle, I slice it and peel each slice, and run it through a food processor to puree it, then freeze it. A nicely browned one needs to be set aside for adding to soups and stews. It adds a nice "cooked all day" flavor to the broth that can't be identified but tastes terrific, especially in classic chicken soup.
I wouldn't heat the coop. Too dangerous. Just make sure there are no drafts right on the birds and they will be fine. They will snuggle up on the roosts and sit on their feet and be just fine. If you use deep litter and get it deep enough, the composting can create some heat.
I cook a lot of pumpkins every year and this is how I do it. I cut them in half, gut them, and place the cut side down on a large, rimmed baking sheet. Bake them at 325 for maybe 1.5-2 hours, depending on size and thickness of the flesh. It is ok if they brown a bit, better, actually, IMO. I love it when they collapse and partially separate from the skin...it is so easy to process these ones! Just poke a fork in one to see if it is done, it should be quite soft.
Be very careful handling them when you take them out of the oven. Sometimes a lot of water cooks out of them and it is in the pan and can burn you. If it gets very deep, I sometimes use a turkey baster to get some of it out of the pan so I can safely move it. Other times the pumpkin sucks up all the water and it is all inside the overturned pumpkin, and can rush out and splash you when you try to lift the cooked pumkin out. So use caution.
When it is cool enough to handle, I slice it and peel each slice, and run it through a food processor to puree it, then freeze it. A nicely browned one needs to be set aside for adding to soups and stews. It adds a nice "cooked all day" flavor to the broth that can't be identified but tastes terrific, especially in classic chicken soup.
I wouldn't heat the coop. Too dangerous. Just make sure there are no drafts right on the birds and they will be fine. They will snuggle up on the roosts and sit on their feet and be just fine. If you use deep litter and get it deep enough, the composting can create some heat.
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colowyo0809
Lovin' The Homestead
I'm sorry, i'm slightly confused. should i be adding water or is this what is naturally found in the pumpkin?freemotion said:
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colowyo0809
Lovin' The Homestead
danke!
lorihadams
Always doing laundry
Oh honey, you should cook some up and make some pumpkin butter! It is soooooo good on a hot biscuit right out of the oven or on homemade toast.
Got a crock pot?
Got a crock pot?
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colowyo0809
Lovin' The Homestead
yes, got a receipe? and what do we do with the pumpkin that comes from the larger jacks? anything? or just give it to the chickens?lorihadams said:
ETA: sorry, didn't mean to sound like such a Pa (and if anyone actually knows what that says, i'm sorry for offending
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