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I'm lactating, but I am a veggie...should my nickname be Bessie?? :hu :lau Breastmilk is awesome. How much more self-sufficient can you get? Feed your kid anywhere, anytime, through emergencies, etc. I was telling my husband one day when my son was tiny, about the immunities passed on to...

We occasionally have those around, too, and I also hate to toss them! We put them in the recycle bin, but still... I have a couple set aside that I'll use to mix up my solution of vitamins/electrolytes for the chickens. I hesitate to re-use them for anything for us human critters, as I've...

Oh my gosh! You must be reading my mind, 'cause I was just coming on here to tell about the yummy swiss chard omelet I made for breakfast this morning! :lol: Not quite a quiche, but similar...and quite yummy! I don't have a nice recipe, though, I was just excited that I made breakfast almost...

This is exactly what we do when I've run out of wipe solution--we just wet a clean dry cloth wipe or, if those aren't handy, a paper towel. As a rule, though, I avoid using paper products whenever possible--you still have to toss it in the garbage. ;) I find the witch hazel and aloe in the...

Yes, goats are escape artists (someone over on BYC always says, "if the fence won't hold water, it won't hold goats." And sometimes I feel this is true!) and they can be destructive to trees. So that could definitely be a problem for you! I don't know much about sheep at all--but I do wonder...

I hear ya!! I've been remiss on my garden the last several years. Mostly, it's been a miserable failure. This year I did plant a few things, albeit late. Tomatoes, black-eyed peas, acorn squash, onions, zucchini, peppers, potatoes, cukes, chard, and a few herbs. Tonight we had a salad (ok...

Thanks for all of the responses everyone. It is very helpful! We don't have a lot of frivolous expenses. We don't eat out, we don't spend $100 everytime we step into Target :P, etc. We very, very rarely buy new clothes. I wager that our spending habits are quite different than "mainstream"...

I think that a hunting/fishing sub-forum would be very good to have here (after all, there is the meat birds section on BYC). My personal take, as a vegetarian, is if you can't stand the thought of Bambi swingin' from a tree, maybe you should stick to tofu and beans! :P Um, that's what we do...

I just checked with our bank on their rates for home equity loans. 4.75%, not bad--nearly half as much as the rates on our credit cards--but that rate is only good for 6 months? After that it can go up to 15% !! :th Is this typical for a home equity loan? And is there really such a thing as...

Hi all! There seems to be a good deal of wisdom when it comes to finances here, so I thought I would pick your brains with a financial question. I consider my husband and I to be fairly responsible and smart when it comes to money, but not nearly smart enough. We are extremely fortunate to...

I don't have any helpful info for you, but I'll be interested to read other's responses. I'm itching to try making my own wine, but like you I can't believe the cost of the materials! I guess the kits are marketed more towards someone who just wants to make a batch of beer/wine as a novelty...

Maryland here. :frow Any neighbors? We're about an hour outside of Washington, D.C. Used to be pretty rural around here, though that has changed quite a bit over the last several years. But we're doing our best to do things here on our little farm that will move us toward a more...

Ah, the VW TDI. My dream car. :D I don't even care which model, I just want one. :lol: Unfortunately, they are a little out of our price range right now. They hold their value very well. Glad you posted this over here. I saw it over on The Easy Garden, right? I think it's fascinating...

Don't worry! I just posted my homemade cloth baby wipes solution in the homemade products sub-forum! I'm ON the dirty diapers! :lol: Well, I for one am glad that you released this baby into the "wild", ready or not! I think it's wonderful. I personally visit BYC and TEG (and, of course, now...

Well, I only have one child, but just having this one makes me think that it's impossible to ever really have your "act together". :lol: Anybody who says that they aren't totally winging it is lying. :P

Are they just long-lived, or do they use less energy as well? Interesting. I've never heard of them (though I'm not really up on this stuff at all... :P)

I've had good luck with solutions containing Neem essential oil. I've also heard good things about products containing some component of geranium oil. But when I really need something to work, I ditch my crunchiness and use deet. :rolleyes: I wear long pants and spray it on my pants and...

First post!! :woot Since this forum was looking a little lonely, ;) I thought I'd jump in and share my recipe for cloth baby wipes solution. Cloth diapering is a self-sufficient and frugal favorite of mine! I exclusively cloth diaper my babe, and we use cloth wipes as well (if you use cloth...

Amazing what duct tape can do! :lol: Seriously, those are some beautiful views. WV is gorgeous. We were just talking earlier today about dropping it all and moving out that way, to the middle of nowhere....used to be we were in the middle of nowhere, but in the last several years seems like...

:frow Hi dangerouschicken! I've read some of your posts over on BYC. I'd say you qualify as a self-suffiency dork, full-fledged. :P I think you can drop the wannabe! :lol: I can't wait 'till this forum really gets going!! :weee