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Cut rhubarb stems low on plant, cut off leaves and dispose of leaves where animals can not get to them (said to be poison if injested). I cut the stalks into 1/2 to 1 inch pieces, place in sauce pan with small amount of water and sugar to taste and cook over medium heat. The rhubarb will break...

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If you can I urge you to go. She is such an interesting speaker either on autism or animal issues. :thumbsup

Hinged roof panel or side door is a good idea. I can tell you from experience with a similar chicken pen that if you have to get in to remove a dead bird or retrieve eggs from the floor (they don't always lay in the nest boxes!) it is a little awkward crawling in the bird door. And the older...

Hi lupinfarm, What fertilizer do you use for your rhubarb? I cna't seem to get it to grow well and I love it. Thanks, Ohioann

I have woven rag rugs on a loom and made them with a knotting method. At our next spinners/weavers guild meeting we are having a mini workshop on a four strip braid technique. I've also made rugs from braided, felted wool roving. The wool technique is from a book called The Shepard's Rug by...

A woman is our CSA taught me an easy way to dry herbs..in the refrigerator! Place small bunches of herbs still on the stems in brown paper bags (I used those brown luch bags), fold over and staple, place in your fridge and let them sit. It may take several weeks depending on how thick/thin...

Place cream cheese on plate, warm to room temp. Pour A1 sauce overall. Spread on triscuits. YUM!!

It's BACK. Here in eastern Ohio it's snowing again !!!! They say we can be blessed with another 4-10 inches depending on how far north of the Ohio river you are. Oh goodie, goodie!!!!

I first met Temple when she was speaking at an Autism conference 15 or so years ago ( I work with multi-handicapped children) and found her to be a very interesting speaker. I have read all of her books both on Autism and on animal husbandry. I got to hear her speak again at an American...

There is an interesting book called The Have More Plan by Ed and Carolyn Robinson that is very interesting. It was published in the 1940's and has been republished by Storey Communications Inc. Although it has quite dated pictures the basic ideas are sound and can be adapted to "modern"...

I think if you do some more research you will find that rotational grazing and intensive grazing can be very different. It is my understanding that, in general terms, rotational grazing is dividing available pasture into plots, stocking a plot with the number of animals that can graze for a...

Well, I'm between kcsunshine and Hattie the Hen. Turned 68 this January and am still working full time. Always said I'd work as long as I was having fun ( I work with multihandicapped kids) and so far I still enjoy each day. Hubby has been retired for some years as he was not having fun at his...

Southwestern Columbiana county Ohio...14 inches in yard at 7 AM. Now at noon it has stopped snowing but the wind is blowing snow out of the trees. I looked out this AM and said "It really is pretty with the snow on the trees" and hubby said "OK, you said it. Once is enough". He's not a big fan...

We have a pony and 4 donkeys and we use the manure and stall cleanings by piling them in a windrow and letting them sit for a year. If you have the room just pile the manure with stall cleanings, leaves or what have you. Then we use them in the garden. When we built our raised beds one fall we...

We use a small wood burner in the living room and let the rest of the house be cool. We also have a programmable thermostat on our oil furnace so we can dial it down when we are not at home. Remember to put a pan of water on your woodburner (teapot,etc) to help humidify the air. We dry clothes...

Reminds of the woman who called the extension office and asked, "I just bought a rooster, how long before I get fertile eggs?". The extension agent needed to look the information up so he said, "Just a moment!". The lady said "Thank you" and hung up.!:ep

I have several of these and don't consider them luxuries. The crockpot uses less energy and doesn't heat the kitchen up; the sewing machine makes clothes and crafts I can sell, the dehydrator and vacuum sealer make my garden last a lot longer and when I find good bargains in meat or veggies at...

I live in one of the eastern Ohio counties that is affected by rabies. We have not seen a suspect animal but we live trap heavily, placing traps around our chicken houses. Two years ago we trapped 15 raccoon, 2 skunk and one opposum. Last year the numbers were down but we still trapped 8...

OK.. Step 1-shear the sheep, 2-skirt the fleece (take off all the manure and urine soaked parts. Now if you want to buy a fleece raw (off the sheep skirted or not) you will have to wash it to get ready to spin. Some people spin in the grease (unwashed) but most want washed fleece because once it...