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Thanks for the info Karen.:) We personally use two gas powered chain saws and one electric chain saw. We use an electric log splitter to split and can do a truck load of wood in four hours from start to finish. We just started burning wood this year and have had a really good time doing it...

Here's a prayer for you guys. I know I seem like a know it all but I will give some advise as well. I swear by the chiropractor for my husband. He has the same problem with his back and all the meds in the world don't help him. He slips his disc by shoveling or carrying heavy things but...

Thanks for the tip! If I don't go military on my brood they don't eat the fruit up and it spoils. My dh frowns on feeding the chickens the fruit before it is spoiled but who wants to feed animals spoiled food. I will definately try this one.

What a blessing! I am sure you will find just the right waskly wabbit. Good Luck.

I think you are on to something. Great work.:celebrate

Sandra, I understand that your family has a special diet. If you need specialties like milk products you could go right to the source and see if they dairy company is willing to sell to you direct. Investing in a larger refrigerator might be the key to your dilemma. If you have more...

I am wondering about the price of that oil at the temps your are keeping your home. I live in ND and it's been extremely cold the past few months. (cold for ND) and I heat with one wood stove in two story house. I don't heat the upstairs either. I have spent a grand total of $500 on propane...

Good work:ya oooooh, I love jelly jars. We don't have freecycle here. We have radio show called tradio and I asked for preserving material and lo and behold my next door neighbor called and offered hers. She doesn't can anymore.

I have always been fascinated with the pioneer period. I loved the idea of a simple life that you made from the land. I have never stopped to think about connecting my ss lifestyle with my beliefs but BeeKissed you make a good point.

I know that most people on this forum are having it hard financially. I was just wondering something. Since you have discovered this forum have the tips and opinions helped you to spend less money? Before October of 2008 I was in a serious debt situation. I am sure that most of my financial...

I am typing in the dark but I did have your name correct the first time, just messed it up when I placed my pop corn guy in the wrong place, no drinking going on here kiddo. I do love the idea of creating something people can use. I can't believe I didn't think about it before. Wood...

That is such a great idea Farner Chicck!! I will have to keep that in mind when I'm perfecting my technique. :pop

I definately will take pics and stuff for you guys. Any chance I have to show off ya know.:celebrate

The idea I got from the videos was that they were for cooking and small fires in Africa mostly. They are short on wood there and they sell the briquettes as well. I would like to make something as big as a brick or a bigger mass so that I can use them in my woodstoves. I would like to make...

Thanks for the info, pat and wifezilla. I will keep this in mind. I am crossing my fiingers so we don't end up with damage to the buildings.

Does anyone make homemade briquettes? I work at a place that uses tons of paper. I want to start using the shredded paper for making briquettes for my wood stove. I know that someone posted something about this and I watched youtube videos on this. You use paper, wood chips, saw dust...

We plan on stuffing some in the savings and buying another woodstove to go in the kitchen.

Here in North Dakota we are sitting on about ten feet of snow in our yards. We expect to have heavy flooding when the snow melts in the spring. We are expecting the lake to come up three feet or more this spring, causing flooding in a vast majority of our area. What are your methods for...

We live around a big lake. I would buy some lake front property and a lot of acres and build a bed and breakfast or hunting lodge. Whichever sounds like it will bring in more customers. I would spend my days gardening, hunting, fishing, playing games with the kids around and just soaking up...

I think that if you have the patience to be a foster parent then that is great. Parents are greatly needed and there are kids that need to be loved. A lot of the foster kids that I have met are very needy. They will do dangerous things to themselves and others because they come from bad homes...