Recent content by Medicine Woman

DH constructed this little greenhouse while I was away visiting my grandchildren. He used both new and old supplies. It’s really warm in here.

Exactly. After Hurricane Ida, so many people donated laundry detergent, shampoo and dishwashing liquid in plastic bottles that some stuff will last me a long time but I am anxious to start making soap again and I do wanna have laundry, shampoo and dish bars and maybe offer some as gifts to help...

Yes we pretty much always have pork to add to venison or goats meat. I find the taste similar. I don’t have a recipe. DH and his friends just mix the meats together according to whatever is available and they buy a special package of seasoning from one of our local grocery stores for green onion...

Maybe if I had experience otherwise 🤷‍♀️

Oh man…. I don’t think I could handle not having complete freedom to farm. At least a chicken tractor with outside nesting box to drag around and cut grass.

I suppose there might be some benefits to having hornless goats but tell you the truth when I need to grab a goat, a set of horns is what I aim for. I believe we have a few pregnant does but we have two extra bucks 😔. We might as well make sausage.

Our current free pig. We just give him our table scraps and if we don’t have anything else he gets a little corn but the neighbors also been walking over with scraps.

John Seymour claims that pigs are noble, smart animals and have a place on all small holdings because they are useful at converting all kitchen scraps and garden wastes into fertile soil or methane in a digester and for tilling the ground before you plant the potatoes. As for potbellies, DH...

John Seymour said that the garbage truck should seldom need to pass on a self-sufficient holding. What I think more people should strive for is to not create garbage to begin with. I think maybe go with stocking up stuff in mason jars instead of just buying everything in in cans is a start...

I sent my DIL the following picture instructions. Hope it works.

I am sure I will eventually turn them in for recycling but if I can get a few meals out of them, I might as well. I really gotta go in the backyard and take a few pictures of what DH has put together. He said he made a hoop house greenhouse in one day. I hung a batch of clothes and went to it...

Before I turn in these recycle items maybe I can get some groceries out of them via hydroponics 🤷‍♀️

Well after a week at the fort I am back home. I wasn’t feeling well so I tested and it was then negative. I had chills and DIL checked my temperature which was only 98.2 but I don’t know because I was tired and freezing cold. I forced myself to do anything I thought needed to be done. I went to...

2nd night at Fort Polk. Trying to spend as much time with the kids as possible. DIL is feeling better and getting around and I gotta hand it to her...she is trying hard to make sure she doesn’t get the kids sick. KN95 and hand sanitizer all the time. I just took my first tub bath since before...

Do much easier said than done!! Yesterday was torture. So we went to my old house and DH found a few things inside to bring home. I located my sewing patterns and a few other treasures. We bought 2 big rabbits for meat which DH paid enough money that we should have almost been able to call them...