Recent content by Emerald

That is good and fun for younger(and very healthy older folks too) folks but being a big foodie don't forget to include tours of good eating places with local cuisine! or have someone to cook any fish you fish for etc. Even adventurous eating like special things only found in Sweden. Like...

I was going to say the same thing. the store bought gallons in the "milk jug" type jugs have all leaked within two years of being stored in the basement(not damp down there either) but what seems to work fine are the Hawaiian punch one gallon jugs. I used to volunteer at the school and when...

Great Googley MOOGLEY!! Where do they find these people.. I can see someone who has set himself up to be first person shot in his neighborhood if the power goes out.. sheesh.. These are the folks that give preppers a bad name. This guy alone could set the prepper movement back a few hundred...

I've seen something similar on the prepper forums but a tad different. three small clay jars and nuts and big carriage bolt to hold together over the candle flame. it was smaller than what you have pictured and was for use in smaller areas like your car or tent or what every small cubby you...

borrow this book from the library The Four Season Harvest by Elliot Coleman. it is about using unheated greenhouses for "harvesting" all winter. sure there are some real tricks to it. like growing enuf in the late fall to have it winter over. but some of his techniques have been...

OMGOODNESS!!! {looks around to make sure no one is looking}:hide I agree with ~gd!! I have a few pieces of clothing that are 100% bamboo and the more I wear and wash them the softer and nicer they are to wear! I've had the oldest hoodie for about 3 years(at least this is the third summer I...

Reading this made my tummy rumble.. it is saying .. you have a turkey in the freezer from last year.. do a trial run for this years thanksgiving haha.. one of our favorite soups is turkey with wild rice and regular rice and cream and mushrooms and all kinds of veggies. I wish I had been...

I winged it. took many recipes and my pectin recipes and did this.. 4 cups of finely chopped apples(good firm ones like granny smith or yellow delicious) and added two cups of applesauce(that I was making anyhoo) and heated them up till the apple chunks were just tender(I figured it would cook...

the Jello idea is fantastic. I'll have to remember that. I didn't harvest any of my hops this year. they were super buggy(Japanese beetles) and I didn't feel like spraying. This was a crappy but still good summer(hows them apples haha) we had family things almost ever weekend.. from...

Just to make ya all feel better about your frugal day.. I did almost nothing to save money!!!!! :) but I can't say I did absolutly nothing.. :( I did buy three sets of frosting squeeze things with tips for $1.19 each.. that would normally cost about $4 each set. they are orange and purple...

Have you thought about straw bale homes.. it is put together with strawbales that are covered with chicken wire and cob/slip/clay or adobe. ( you may want to really research that for yourself). may be a bit less labor intensive and heavy. I'd love to try it here in Michigan as my earth...

I didn't have the money to buy the organic sprays for my peaches or apples this year but we gleaned a few good fruits.. I canned a few peaches this year finally( was surprised how nice the peaches were even without spraying.. only succumbed to powdery mildew.. gonna spray next year for sure as...

Thanks Deb! I wasn't really sure if it did or not but I can remember him cutting hunks of chew off for the horses about once or twice a month.. I wish that he was around to ask.. his idea of great bug and insect control in the garden was paying me and my cousins cold hard cash for every...

About 1 inch square of chewing tobacco per animal. don't know how safe it really is but uncle used to feed it to his goats and horses but I can't remember if they fed it to the pigs. nicotine is a very deadly poison.. said it helped keep the worms down in the horses. might be worth doing...

When someone mentioned dangerous I have no doubt it was not related to the chickens and I still get eggs even when the raccoon breaks in and terrorizes and kills one or two. But moving hogs-that can be dangerous and more. Pigs can become very mean and even small pigs can be vicious and bite...