Recent content by chickylou

I love the pictures of your creatures. I'd call it a blessing from the Lord God! :) Just this past month I thought about how I wanted to do a garden and I had no roto tiller. We don't even have a truck to rent one. Then a neighbor popped by one day and had rented one and asked if we wanted...

Hi all, I posted this on the chicken board, but thought I'd add to my journal. As of today, I have made 2 custard yogurts from our goat's milk and I'm refining my recipes. My children are loving it! I also made my first "Queso Blanco" which doesn't require a whole lot of experience and my...

Here is step one toward self-sufficient milk! These are our two "soon to be" Nigerian milking goats. We will bring them home after the pool-pen is cleaned out. We are almost there! I'll be given a milking lesson and they'll be trimmed and I'll also get the milking stool to go with them...

Oh! I realized how unedited my LONG post was. I got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday and I've been on painkillers so I was too lazy to reread everything. :D My kids would get after me for that one! I'm always on their cases about reading their work carefully for editing purposes. We'll we...

We're looking for some accountability. :) This Spring/Summer it is my goal as a mother to include, train, teach and work together with my children and hubby on becoming more self-sufficient. We have taken a few steps in that direction. Why? Well, its very odd. Part 1. CHICKENS I got some...

Hi all, Hubby and I are new to the forum and we are very interested in solar energy and saving money by coming off the grid. Question: Have any of you bought and followed the Home Made Energy kit where they teach you how to make your own solar panels and wind mills? If you have, we'd...