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How important is it to keep the kraut cold after 3 days with the whey? Can you get it too cold, say 30 degrees? temps are dropping overnight, I don't have a cellar.... it is only 60 in the house, but that isn't cold. shoot. I have the cabbage, the crock, but...no cold.

so, been having that problem with egg thieving egg eating chickens. caught some of them eating some. can't/wont cull. found some ceramic eggs, baited all the nests with them. helps a little, but not totally. getting more eggs, especially if home to collect frequently. if get home after 10...

hope you are convinced now that we're all happy you are here, and no way is there going to be any kicking off! something I like about this forum is that there are tons of different approaches to SS, and everyone comes from a different place: different income levels, different ideas of what ss...

add me to the long list of mortgage company haters had a mortgage that got sold to chase. sent in a payment, and then sent in the next month payment, got a letter saying, hey we have money from you we don't know where it goes, so we deposited it in an account for you. So I call them, but get...

oh, I am soooo glad your pig made it, and also so glad you wrote about it. burnt log..is that something you give pigs for worms?

Hi OFG that kind of sucks that you get woken up when you are hoping to get a good long sleep. I can relate because this was my wake up at 3:30 am work week, and this am,....cat woke me up at 5 by patting my cheek with her paw. A gentle way to wake, but soooo disappointing. wish you all...

oh,thanks for that reminder about the strawberries! its the huge migrating flocks of blackbirds that tell me fall is here there is nothing like the sound of thousands of birds taking off from the cornfield! fall cleaning of the coop hay on the garlic , asparagus, and strawberry beds...

yummy. how are you cooking it? I planted kuri squash, but they crossed with some unknown thing and produced asteroid squashes. Haven't tried them yet because it is so disappointing to wait the whole hour they bake and then want to toss them to the chickens after the first bite. I must have...

Seems like I haven't seen any postings from Blackbird....anyone know? Blackbird, how are you doing? Check in please!

geesh, I would think grape koolaid would also stain the chickens and serve as a handy id for egg eaters. I have never heard of grape koolaid - seems like it would just run out of the egg as soon as you cracked it and make a mess? how does it work? javamama, have you tried it? would grape...

and you can also scrounge food from the produce dept at your local grocery store if you tell them you are looking for their culled stuff for your animals - When I lived in the cities some years ago, my neighbors used to keep chicken buckets for me where they tossed their leftovers - I used...

If you are talking about those orange asian beetles that look like ladybugs, except oranger, there is something you can spray on your house/garage/shed etc. I don't know what is called, but you buy it at the feed mill. I'm sure it is some kind of insecticide, so you might not want to use it...

thats strange that your feed mill prices were high, up here the mills are always cheaper than the farm stores. And you can mix your own at the mills, or they will make the mix for you. Anyway, it is always fun to explore a new feed store!

yes! those eggs are eggzactly what I am looking for - just don't want to pay the 8 bucks of shipping. I don't know if we hav ecracker barrerls in mn, but I'm sure I will keep looking and will find some!

(sternly telling myself: go plant garlic, you can look at OFG's blog when the daylight is gone) never mind. can't resist. gonna look. write later. how many poults in your shirt today?

oh happy day! In a few minutes the sun will hit the garden and I WILL plant the damned garlic. Had a great party last night, good food, good company, and the night ended with a fire in the firepit, serendaded by the owls and coyotes. Lots of stars. Woke up to a clean house (best reason to...

I used to run a natural foods co-op, and the local home ec classes would come tour the store and "learn" about food - it was always interesting in the produce aisle because, believe it or not, one of the foods most of the kids could not identify were: potatoes! I kid you not. And when they...

I can tell you that mustard filled eggs don't work. I have had luck with a glass egg, the eggs in the nest with the glass egg don't get eaten. Am looking for those alabaster eggs, or marble eggs that were so popular a few years back, that would give them a heck of a headache :) I have...

Gina, the crock and bowl are gorgeous! I love the colors. Haven't a clue about the weights - it seems like they would absorb liquid, wouldn't they? or not? have you put them in water just to see? I'm thinking they would be like a terra cotta pot. It sure couldn't hurt to oil them. good...

i love the idea of the food coloring, I might try that - if I can get myself to really consider culling the thieving ones. empty eggshells - mine will eat them too - they love eggshells when they are digging in the compost, even though I crush them up -. yeah, I don't know why I didn't realize...