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    Homemade stretch mark cream

    Interesting.......yes i will probably make some yet cuz my poor belly itches like crazy cuz i have really dry skin already, so this isnt making it any better. Im surprised I have any skin left after fall and winter :D
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    Feeling bummed about this years' harvest....or lack there of...

    Oh gosh, thank you guys!! Im feeling better already! I will definetly think of something to do with the loads of green tomatoes i do have. I know that things dont always go the way we want them too, guess i just had my hopes up so high that i feel really defeated!!! I AM very thankful about...
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    Feeling bummed about this years' harvest....or lack there of...

    Hey everyone! its been a while since ive been on here, ive been very busy and preoccupied. I just need to vent I guess. Im SO bummed about my garden this year. Things were SO incredibly dry from Mid-May til August that nothing grew decent despite my watering efforts (with city water, which didnt...
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    Homemade stretch mark cream

    Hi ya all... I am 12 weeks pregnant with twins and I have quite bad stretch marks from 11 years ago when i had my other son. And now there is 2!!! Im sure i will get ALOT bigger this time. Any good recipies for stretch mark cream?? I have alot of butters and oils to make my lotion, but want...
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    Clearing woods to make pasture for animals- can it be done?

    Im in Wisconsin. We do plant winter wheat and winter rye around here and if it doesnt freeze out, they both do good! Especially winter rye, gets really nice come spring/early summer! How do i add my location.... ive always meant to do that....
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    Clearing woods to make pasture for animals- can it be done?

    Selling timber sounds great!! I like the idea of Making money on this!!! hahaha I had thought about that, they can take the big stuff, pay us, then we can deal with the smaller stuff and chip and cut up what they dont want. Im not looking to clear alot, so Im just wondering if a job this small...
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    Clearing woods to make pasture for animals- can it be done?

    I dont have any experience with how much wood it takes to heat a house for a whole year as we dont ahve a wood-burning furnace, but im just saying it looks like a lifetime supply of wood!! No, 12 acres isnt a cattlemans paradise, but for 1 cow and its calf, it sure is!!! I dont want to make hay...
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    Clearing woods to make pasture for animals- can it be done?

    Thanks for the suggestion, i will have to check it out. Yes, good soil is a must. I was thinking more in the lines of clearing the BIG trees to let more sunlight in, and then just hand cultivating in seed, and letting grow for 2 seasons before leting a cow on it. would that work?? I dont want to...
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    Clearing woods to make pasture for animals- can it be done?

    Okay, so we have been looking for a property for FOREVER. And we went and looked at a place today that is 12 acres- almost 100% wooded. Which is great for DH as he LOVES the woods and wants to live in the woods. NOt so great for me as i want to have chickens, pigs, and a milk cow. There is one...
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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    Doesnt Pamona's pectin work AWESOME!!! I only had to add 2 cups of sugar i believe to a whole stock-pot of jam. And they jelled perfectly!!! I love that stuff....... Great score on the tomatoes too!
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    Bugs eating my Cucs & Squash

    I think i have lost the battle.... i hand picked and sprayed, but there are just too many. they have destroyed my squash all together, my zucchini still looks and is producing OK, and my cucs are fading away.... I guess it just wasnt meant to be this year. on the other hand, my tomatoes look...
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    Herbal Pain Relief

    Natural pain relief for Tooth pain??? Went to dentist after tooth has been killing me, and since it took such a long time to get in, the infection was gone so she didnt prescribe me any anti-biotics, but something is still going on in there because it HURTS!! I am trying to avoid any pain...
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    Wanted to buy: Microwave Corn Bag

    I know i can make one of these myself and such, but my sewing machine is broke, and i need one asap and im extremely busy with work and the garden. wondering if anyone made these and would like to sell me one. I need it preferably in a week. Im assuming it can get shipped thru the Mail or fed...
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    Bugs eating my Cucs & Squash

    I saw this post and I mixed some up. Ur right... it STINKS when brewing... YUCK!!! It has seemed to work "OK" for now. I know its mainly suppose to be a repellant, and my plants are already so badly damaged that im not sure anything is going to help them right now. But I sprayed a bunch on...
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    How to spoil a perfectly good cow

    Question.... Is she in a hutch??? if so..... make sure you put a cinderblock or something underneath the back end of it so its jacked up off the ground about a foot or more so it can ventilate more and get some air circulation in it. Those darn things are HOT BOXES in the summer no matter how...
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