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Thanks everyone.I'm still un-decided about this.But I am thinking more about what I need to do.We should get more in our diet.I worried about that when I changed to sea salt.I've always known about using iodized salt.We eat regular amounts of lean red meat.I just don't know about fish head...

It is a challenge sometimes,going from one place to the other and keeping up with it all.We live at one and are moving to the other.I haven't been in a hurry to move but it seems lately I can't wait. Today has been one of those "I ready to move now" days.We do have power at the new place but...

Well,you know why I'm asking.But you don't know that we live within 12 miles of a nuclear power plant.I've always just figured we didn't have a chance if something happened but it seems that might not be the case.I'm sure they'd be passing them out anyway,but I wonder if I should add them to my...

Thanks,everyone for the warm welcomes. I am so glad we bought our land.it means so much to the whole family. We haven't been able to get in the garden except to turn it about 3 weeks ago.It has been way to wet to disk it yet but I'm hoping with the week of nice weather we supposed to have this...

Well,since I've never tried a journal,you all will probably have to help.I've been reading here for alittle while and found so many of you are doing the same things we are. I reckon I'm to tell you about me and mine.I've never done facebook or twittering so I don't know alot about those. I am...

Thats great news!Ducklings and bunnies.It has to be spring.My rabbits pulled hair the day before or sometimes the night they gave birth.I'll be waiting for pics.:D

Hello,I just wanted to say,savingdogs,that you have a very inspireing and exciting life.I am still new to this forum.I started at BYC and found myself here.I'm known as lil'turkeymama there. I was looking for something to read last night.I've read all the books I've got at least twice,some...

I can't wait to go fishing again!:D I know you asked about when to dispatch your catch.:rolleyes: We do have limits on our gamefish.I try to keep my catches alive and try to replace smaller with bigger.Bring home the nicest eatin' size.I use a clip-type stringer and a basket too...

Thanks,everyone, for the great reveiws.It has been so much work to get this far. We did what I think is called stacking the logs.We cut the trees,yellow poplar,and let them cure about a year before we started sawing them.We used only the heart or center of the tree for our logs.We then stacked...

I hope I got enough posts to get the pictures up.We have started our house and we started by buying land and then a sawmill and then cutting trees for the house.2 years later we have it blacked in and are still working the inside. This is the mill.Woodmizer LT-40 This is putting up the...

Thanks for the offer,but wouldn't you know,hubby went squirrel hunting and wasn't gone 30 minutes.Came back to make sure I had a fire.He knew I did,he could see it from the woods.Now I gotta cook something for dinner tommorow since we have no leftovers.:idunno

Great ideas.Keep getting along with the neighbors.You can prove to them you not like the last problems he had there.I'd be over there trying to learn some wood working skills.LOL,thats just me,I like to learn from someone that knows. Pigs need to be kept in a smaller pen.Keep it clean but...

We try not to have to heat.We insulate alot and feed extra.But I've used a regular 75 watt bulbs to help heat a couple smaller coops this year.

I have seeds,but not alot.I am trying to find some live oak acorns.I love to grow trees and really like starting them from seed/nuts.I've seen some for sale but I'm not sure they are what I'm looking for.Can anybody help with that?:) ETA: The common name is southern live oak or Quercus virginiana

We'd help all we could but my own comes first.We're no way 100 percent ready but closer that the rest of our folks.My side of the family would be OK.My SIL would be awhole different story.I don't think they would last 24 hours without power.They laugh at us because we do hunt and fish and farm...

Hope his tooth is not hurting too much.I had a dentist when I was a kid that put fillings in every tooth I had.When I was 16 I said no more!!!Ended up losing all my top teeth and most of the bottom at age 26.The first to go were the ones that were shells with fillings.:he. Since I got my upper...

I haven't seen that wood spiltting thing,I'll have to check that out.I can run a skil saw a jig saw a saws-all and just about any hand tool,But I'm scared of the chain saw.I can bust wood and do the smaller stuff but I'm leaving the chainsaw to the fellows.I'm headed out now to do some hickory...

Congrats on the new microscope.I bought one a few years ago,it is a high powered one,to do my own.I'm still learning and still figureing out what I'm looking at.I wanted to do my horses and the goat.I'm be looking forward to see how you do and learn some more.:)

Thanks for the welcome!!!Off I go to do some posting.:D

It is alot of work to DIY.But it can be done.You will need help.We have bartered for some of our help.We did buy land and instead of selling the timber we bought a sawmill and with the help of family and friends we have been able to cut and saw timber for our house.It does take time.Alot of...