Recent content by BrookValley

I have 5-strands of high-tensile, well-grounded (light you up good) electric fence, a little more than 5' high. My garden is about 15 ft off the back of my house and I have 3 pit bulls that run the property. I STILL lost all of the leaves off of my pepper plants and half of my chard last year...

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You could, but it wouldn't be my personal preference in a recipe like this. If I did use it, I would freeze firm water-packed refrigerated tofu (not the silken style found on the shelf in aseptic packaging) first. Freezing gives the tofu a firmer, chewier texture. Then I'd marinate the heck...

Hehe... Annmarie, I would use seitan in place of the beef. I bet they'd be totally yummy that way...I'd probably marinate the seitan for a little while in a little bit of veggie broth with some worcestershire sauce and plenty of pepper. Anyway, that's my vegetarian $.02. :P

Someone has bottled them up and become a zillionaire. They're known as homeostatic soil organisms (sp?) and the company Garden of Life sells many supplements based on them. And they aren't cheap. A good friend of mine swears by just not washing her veggies (if they came from a trusted...

Score!! :bun Happy stocking up!

Oh, no love for the cloth diapers!! :P I only diaper in cloth. My son is 15 months old and we've only ever bought maybe 2 packages of disposables, for road trips, etc. I love my cloth diapers! It doesn't take me much time to wash them. Now if I had 2 or more in diapers, yes, I might...

Maybe a start a thread in the Frugal forum and we can get it stickied? And if that goes gangbusters, a new forum? I have some good coupon links...woohoo! :ya I don't often buy stuff that you can use coupons on (I try to stay away from the pre-packaged stuff and I like to buy natural/organic...

I'm with Ticks on this. A .410 is an easy gun to get comfortable with. But if you need to take care of anything substantial from any kind of distance, a .410 isn't going to do it for you. Get comfortable with the .410 and then get a 20 or a 12 g. A .410 won't even kill a groundhog unless...

Interesting thread, thanks for posting...Cackle, we have the same situation as you--property shaped like a "popsicle with the driveway as a stick" is a good way to describe the way ours is laid out, too! And also like you, our drive is surrounded by thick woods (and streams and gulleys). I...

Land is so expensive right now, I think it would be hard for someone trying to relocate to set up "shop" and make much money on any type of farming. Though naturally/organically grown produce and meat are becoming more popular, and there is a nice movement to buy local happening (with lots of...

*sigh* Yes, I am aware of this. I debated with myself back and forth for 10 years over putting up those signs. I am banking on the fact that my dogs won't bite anyone (I really shouldn't, I know, and I am one of those realistic people who knows that any dog might bite). The thing is though...

Well, for those with enough gall to say that kind of thing just for the purpose of being a horse's rear, I'd love to see them live one day in your shoes and try to make those kinds of comments again. I give a lot of credit to parents of large families. One toddler knocks me on my rear! :lol...

That's ok, Pat, like I said it's mostly just a lot of daydreaming and thinking out loud. But it's fun to think about. ;) Yeah, the big chunk of cash route, probably not going to work for us anytime soon...unless that lottery thing works out. I'll get back to you on that. :lol:

No. And we don't qualify to immigrate based solely on our education/job experience, I am well aware. I'll admit I'm mostly just daydreaming. But isn't it possible to be a legal resident in some way based on owning property? We wouldn't be citizens, but couldn't we get some sort of somewhat...