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  1. hobobrando

    Hungry for CRAB?

    :hide is it safe to come out now?
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    Farmfresh City Homesteader - the sound of falling oaks.

    Thats funny, all through shop class I loved using all the saws and even the acetylin torch and never realy feared them but I was always a little frightened by the corded drills. I have owned battery operated drills and used them constantly and always enjoyed them, but I got one of the corded...
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    Nope no broodies here. I dont think my birds are quite show quality, they do there job and there well taken care of but they enjoy rolling around in the mud a little too much they must get it from there owner.
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    Yesterday I managed to get done quite abit. I managed to dislodge and move a rock from the ground that had to weigh upwords of a 150lbs by myself, no one wanted to help me :( . I dislodged the rock by running a rcovery chain around it and jacking it out of the ground with a car jack. Then I...
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    Just picking on ya. GTG for tonight.
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    Now why is it these weeds are even aloud to sprout? :P
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    Well I started my melons and I have been removing sod from the future garden to get it ready to till. Justin doesnt know it yet but hes going to be working harder then he ever has tomarrow after school.
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    Boy I oughta come down there and put you in your place. Just Kidding Its the truth :rolleyes: . Maybe I will see you there.
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    Ticks- (SS journal) PICS OF THE STORM! 7/3

    I have a recepie for feed right here, I dont know if you can handle this though. 500lbs. wheat 100lbs. corn 100lbs. barley 100lbs. oats 100lbs. black oil sunflowr seeds 100lbs. buckwheat. GOOD LUCK!
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    I will call Nye this weekend I got to get the jobs wile there still open. Cant really sell eggs the chickens are about as regular as someone who eats only cheese.
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    I must say I'm jealous, good for you. So far I have checked with Oliver seed, TSC, and the garden store across from the spanked puppy, and still no luck. I might have to resort to subway or hannafords :P .
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    Work? Where you working at now? Oh crap... I completely forgot that I need a job :D .To bad TSC doesnt start hiring untill 16.
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    Eli, I still havnt gotten around to killing that darn rooster, I guess it will have to wait till tomarrow. I tried to remove more sod this afternoon but the ground is frozen in some spots and not others. My mellon plants I started are doing horrible, started 7 seeds in jiffy pods and only one...
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    I will have to go to walmart then if Gardeners supply is to expensive. I have a hard time peeling fresh eggs so once I get my dozen and a half I'm going to have to let them sit fora week or so before I can do any thing with them. I will let you know how they come out. So yesterday it was...
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    I have been so busy I havnt had time to even use the computer. I am now involved in Track and have practice plus homework everynight. My grandmother gave me a glass gallon jar to use for pickling eggs in. I would like to find new lids for it so I could use it for canning but the lid is huge...
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    Got around to staking out were my first vegetable garden will be, it is 10ft by 22ft and takes up a huge portion of my yard. I realized today that there is no way I have enough space to grow enough food to last for any length of time. Thats when it hit me I know of enough places were theres wild...
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    I have been a little side tracked lately and havent posted for awhile. School has been a royal pain in the butt lately and I have had lots of homework. My teachers dont seem to like it to much either when I comment on something they say :rolleyes: . But its not my fault because sometimes they...
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    I got some good news today on my broken hand, it should be completely healed in 3 weeks. I managed to finish my compost bin and let the chickens out to run wild today. I also have started planning out my vegetable garden on paper and looked into 4-H. I don't know if I'm to old to join or not...
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    4-H is a good idea I'll have to check into that. One of the reasons I was looking at FFA was beecause they offer school scolarships. But I do think there is a 4-H club near by, I think I will call tomarrow.
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    hobobrando- my foraging adventures.

    There are programs all over Vermont but the FFA requires you be in an agriculture class and my highschool is like the only one without the ag class.
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