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I can relate to valmom, on all the storms tracking south. Several years running know, less snow storms in the Lake Superior snow belt than down south in Chicago. At least or temps have been cold to steady (Which is normal for us), maybe one day since November that the thermometer edged above...

Yellowstone is a super volcano. Maybe the biggest, I think it goes off every 100,000 years or so. Supposedly effects global climate for a few years. Cool National geographic article on it a while back. ON

I don't mind neighbors as long as they are over 1/4 mile away and a forest is between us..... If I had closer neighbors I am positive they would have me locked up in the loony bin....:D Way too many out of the social norm activities goin on around here..;) ON

I don't think I would put the worms in a bin full of horse manure. But it is something you could add to the worm bin fresh. Just so it does not start to hot compost and cook the worms. (See outside they can escape if it gets to hot then move back in when it cools down..) Also another minus...

Agreed!!!! I always watch over mine, use soft woods and wait for charcoal. Toss that in a real coal fire and walk away the iron will be ruined.... on

Wow, I have a lot to learn..................:bow on

meriruka To season it build a fire, get yourself some thick insulated gloves. Toss it in the fire, pull it out when smoking hot and rub lard or oil on the inside and outside with a piece of steel wool. Be prepared the steel wool can catch on fire! (You want the iron that hot) move your hand...

opiemaster, Too bad about the crack. I am unaware of any way to repair cast iron. Since grinding it up and recasting it is not a option. I would just continue to use it until it does not function any more. Those dutch ovens sure are handy.... Thinking about glass top stoves.. I would...

Hi, every house I have owned I installed a high end non catalytic HIGH EFFICIENCY wood stove. Always did the install my self, and would say with the pipe at $100 a foot cost would come out around $1500 to $2000. Our current house (10+ years), with the heating season being from October through...

Ditto, Ditto, Ditto.. Yep if I only knew what I know now..;) on

I drink Braggs Organic unfiltered AVC with the mother a couple of times a day. A splash of AVC with equal parts honey or better yet Maple syrup and water. Yummy! I like it with raw honey, but getting the honey to dissolve is a pain. Maple syrup dissolves faster for me, and I do not have to...

I consider myself very much a traditionalist. Old is better than new in almost every category.! I would suggest you at least google and check out sap sacks and sap sack holder taps. I personally feel the bags are better than buckets. Keeps the sap cleaner.. ON

Thanks, Morgaine..I book marked the site.. OK, Wow quite the process.. Collect and cook pine sap into tar. Save wood ashes to make lye Spend a bunch of money on fats Find and follow recipe.. Hope I like the end product! Know..... How do I find a recipe I will like. As stated earlier I do like...

I wash/soak the shredded potatoes in water. Then drain and squeeze the potatoes. Save the potato "flour" in the bottom of the wash/soak water, add it back into the potatoes along with a egg or two.. Yum potato pancakes with fresh homemade applesauce with some cranberries fresh out of the...

Since I stopped playing in the "fast lane" I am getting younger.. I am 43, wifey 39, boys 7 and 4. Still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up! ON

I think you will be OK as long as they were dry. To much moisture could damage them. You could alway put some in dirt know and see if they sprout, instead of waiting until you put the garden in. (Little piece of mind..;)) on

old fashioned, :lau I thought I was the only one with an endless mountain of chores like that....;) We are just roughing in the seed selection yet. 3 varieties of tomato 2 varieties of summer squash cucumbers eggplant pole beans onions garlic carrots kale spinach 4 + types of loose leaf...

OK thanks! At what point in the process should I add the Pine tar? Before the lye with the oils or after the lye when thickening? 0n

I think you mean a good gas one. Not like your electric glass top stove? Another reason to always go with gas stoves, is in the event of a power failure you can still heat water and prepare meals....;) on

Thanks BBH,, http://www.millersoap.com/castile.html has some good info specific to Pine Tar.. I want to make Pine tar. We have lots and lots of pine trees. (White Pine, Red Pine, White Spruce, Black Spruce, Balsam Fir, Hemlock. Yikes! seems so expensive and complicated, with the soap setting...