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I'm not the one to give advice to someone who has allergic reactions to bee stings but I really do not think beekeeping is meant for someone who may suffer from a sting. Even the most gentle bees will sometimes sting. A beek cannot help but to crush a bee now and then no mater how careful...

Hi Alycia - I'm an old beek and I'm in the process of downsizing my apiaries. I had several hives at 4 different farms in our neck-o-the-woods as well as 6 hives in my back yard. Now I'm happy to say that I only have three hives in the back yard and no others. Over the years I have dealt with...

Now that's a great idea. Sometimes when I use the little spout on the Morton salt box I spill salt everywhere.

Hi and welcome to the forum. Try Permaculture Discussions and search for "cob". Also there is lots of info. on U-Tube. Good luck and please keep us up to date on your progress.

Yeah, that's what I was told also. Something about the tannin (or tannic acid) in the black tea starts the process.

Actually this was yesterday when I processed 55 lb. of tomatoes. Lots of work! 24 pt. of halves and quarters, and 9 pt. thick sauce. I'm always amazed at how many tomatoes it takes to make the sauce. I simmered those little boogers for three hours to get the consistency I wanted. A few years...

At the risk of hijacking this thread (please excuse me "so lucky") I would like to ask a question about how you guys brew your kombucha. Here's how I do it: 3 Qt. water 2 teabags of organic black tea 2 teabags of organic green tea 3/4 C. sugar Bring water to a full boil for 5 min. - turn off...

OK, that's it! I can't take it anymore! Now there's coffee all over my monitor. Sign me up, too.

Oh no!

I think Denim Deb hit the nail on the head. All I was pointing out was that some people are actually stupid enough to think that a quack farmer "doc" could possibly know that your pills are good or not by having you hold the pill bottle in your hand. Even if he WAS wearing a tin foil hat. :)...

I just have to tell you guys about some friends of ours. Now these are seemingly normal folks from the city who retired to the rural country to enjoy their gardening and the smell of fresh air and cow/pig manure. I'm guessing they are 62 to 65 years old. Pretty nice folks. Both have...

Oh no! I have determined, over the past two years, that you and I are a lot alike. And I KNOW that I can't contain my maniac-osity to only the kitchen. :)

All gone. It was a stupid discussion anyway.

Only in the kitchen? :/

OK Cowgirl, you got some 'splainin to do. What's no-poo and how does it work. Don't you stink as time goes by? :)

Our flock has dwindled over the past two years from 30 something to only 4. We were not making any money selling eggs at $1.50/doz. and chicken feed is not cheap. So we either made chicken soup to can for winter time, sold some layers, or the hawks took care of a few of 'em. Anyway, sometime...

Two weeks ago I bought gasoline for $3.39 and yesterday I had to pay $3.99 - - big jump. I know this may sound like whining but Grandma and I are on fixed income. I'm 70 and DW is 68 both of us are unable to work. We have had many previous years of mega-hospital/doctor bills. I was on a group...

How much is enough? To me, more of anything ain't always better.

A year or two ago we had several discussions about kefir here. It seemed that many sang the praises of it so I tried it too. After several tries I abandoned my efforts because everything I made tasted awful. Just last week I decided to give it one more try. I have my jar of grains in very...

Tiffany, I would throw all of it onto the compose pile. 7 days is a long time for billions of bacteria to grow in those half cooked tomatoes. Were the jars stored at room temperature? I doubt that you had them in the 'frige. I little pile of tomatoes is not worth a trip to the hospital.