Recent content by Tracylhl

I've been considering getting some but am a little concerned. I remember being chased by them as a child! I have a lake on property so I have plenty of mosquitoes (who in Florida doesn't!) and would love some quiete ducks - especially an old breed like this. I really don't want anything that...

Thanks everyone. I really do want wood. Most of our house has tile (which is poorly installed and in time we will replace with wood as well) but the master bedroom and loft area that my boys use as a bedroom is carpeted (the the stairs to the loft). The house was built in 1995 and in Florida...

I'm not ready to go with dirt floors! ;) We bought this house about 6 months ago and there is old, dirty, ugly, nasty, totally un-natural carpet. We want it out - yesterday. We live in Florida and have been told that "real" solid wood plank floors are a bad idea because of the high humidity...

How stinkin' adorable! She looks like a great little mommy!

We have a decent sized lake on our property (we bought it last Sept) that needs some love. Actually, the lake straddles my property and my neighbor's. That's a bit of a problem because the neighbors feel strongly that leaving it alone is the best way to go. Fine except that years of leaving...

Great information. I did indeed consider a top-bar hive. It seems like some people are really in favor of them while others are quite opposed. I'm going to keep reading. For now, the hive is staying put right where they are happy. We haven't made any decisions yet. My biggest concern is...

You guys are hillarious! Thanks for your knowledge and humor. I figured that if I can homebirth, homeschool, raise 5 kids, live out here when everyone I know IRL thinks we're nuts, raise the chickens, tend the fruit trees..... whatever, you get the point.... then certainly I could be taught to...

I bought 5 acres last Sept. and we immediately found a big hill of trees, limbs, etc, that the previous owner had mounded up and left in the middle of the forest. We basically figured that we'd have to have it professionally removed when money allowed and built a chicken coop next to it...

Thanks. I don't hunt. Honestly, I can't bring myself to take a life. I won't let a rooster near my egg hens because I would be hard-pressed to eat a fertile egg! So I definately don't think I could "do the deed" anytime soon! :lol: My understanding was that Holsteins weren't large enough...

I was at a local dairy today and they told me that they sell Holstein bull calves for $20! I started wondering if we should have one or two to have butchered for my own family. I know I don't have the heart to butcher it myself after taking care of it and am wondering if I could make it work...

Thank you all for your help. We bought a cheapo $10 test at Lowe's yesterday and found out that our water is VERY clean. Slightly hard but lower in contaminants than any city water we've had! We called Culligan and told them to come pick up their equipment! :D I think we will pay for a...

We just moved out to our acreage and are on well water for the first time. We're in Florida and I know that that means our aquafer is a lot different from most of the country. The house currently has a water softner on it but to keep it, we'll either have to buy a new one for $2,000 or lease...

We're moving next week to a property that has some crabapples growing. I've heard you can make jam from them? What else? They're ready to be picked right now and I'd like to put them to use. If it's not a useful fruit, though, it may have to go in order to make room for something more...

No problem! Enjoy!

I had a very hard time finding lye for a long time. If you can find a drain cleaner called Roebic Crystal Drain Opener, it's 100% lye. I couldn't even find that but did find an out-of-the-way mom-and-pop hardware store that had some that looks like it's been in inventory for about 20 years or...