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My mother shops at Aldi's, where they don't provide bags. Instead it's up to you to just take the whole cart to your car and/or use the cardboard boxes that the stuff comes in as 'bags'. I think it's a great thing. I know around all the local Walmarts, those plastics bags are all over the side...

Wonder what Adam would say if he came home to his bags packed and me grinning while I tell him that since I can't go, HE is going to go apprentice at Polyface for me. Don't think he'd go for it. LOL

Thanks everyone. We really enjoy the wood stove, it really helps heat the house, without the huge energy bill at the end of every month. When I get home, I'll check out the size of the pipe and check it thoroughly for more corrosion. The only spots we know have holes in it, is the piece just...

My in-laws have been using a woodburn stove as the sole source of heat for about 3 years now. My FIL just deployed to Germany yesterday for 4 months and apparently some of his parting words to his wife were to 'be gentle' with the woodburn stove because the pipe has become pretty thin and even...

Yeah usually Starlings flock together this time of year into groups of hundreds or even thousands of birds. You see them fly around here and it looks like something out of a horror movie. They aren't protected, and are often trapped by wild bird enthusiasts. Some people make quite the hobby of...

I won't get into the whole 'what to feed' debate. My advice would be to cut back slightly on his food and increase his activity levels. Less food, more excercise. Teaching them 'fetch', going for walks, running on the treadmill are all excellent forms of excercise. And if your pooch is getting...

Stick the cat in the chicken coop! What birds in particular are you dealing with? Starlings, sparrows, and pigeons can be trapped and removed legally.

You know, I'm not sure about the alcohol content myself, don't really have much to compare it to or any way to test it. I don't believe it has any higher content than purchased wine, at least it doesn't have much more of an effect than store bought. Then again, I rarely have more than a single...

Don't forget to take pictures on the process of butchering it into cuts! I'm very interested in that part!

I just used the regular bread yeast sold in the paper packets. An update on this recipe: We left one jar intact(AKA we didn't drink it) to see how long it took for the pressure to take out the seal and it happened this past week. None of the bottles burst, but, the jar seal warped. So this...

NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.......................... I'm not done with the cold weather!! I don't mind spring, but summer, too hot!! :P ;)

It is more than likely molting, especially if all of them are looking a bit rough around the edges. I had a rooster that would molt and loose all the feathers down his neck, made him look like a big dog got a hold of him and shook him.

My chickens and ducks live together without any issues. Just be prepared to be CONSTANTLY cleaning out ANY source of water. I've tried and tried to find a solution to this, because the ducks just have to make any water source muddy and it ticks the chickens off, because they prefer their water...

I have a question, maybe someone can help me with. Hubby and I have butchered a 130# sow, but would like to expand into beef. Someone was saying that beef has to hang a certain amount of time, what's the deal on this. Adam and I would love to learn how to butcher a yearling beef, but we...

Mine is pretty boring too.. Wolf was my main screenname and then when I registered for BYC, it was taken, so I just added on my first name. *yawn*

Yeah, Steve and Sharon are wonderful people. They were able to get hubby hooked when I couldn't. I dragged hubby to a poultry sale with me, against his will, and left him alone for 5 minutes with Steve and Sharon and came back and he had a turkey poult in his lap. I knew by the way he looked...

Steve, from S and S poultry, says that from all the dual purpose breeds he has raised, he thinks that the Cuckoo Maran cockerels taste the best. Haven't tested that yet. I have some hatching now, I'll get back to you on it. ;)

I find it hard to throw out glass anyway, as long as it's not broken. Mayo jars, pickle jars, olive jars; if it is a glass jar, it is washed and put in the cabinet to be used for a cup for the remainder of it's days. :lol: I save all the old wine bottles too, especially if they are colored...

While Jersey Giants are a fun and docile breed, they tend to be more suited for pets than for farmlife. This has been my experience with them. Although I will say that one of my most favorite roosters was a Black Giant named Tutter. He was practically a lap chicken, talk to you and follow you...

Found a page on using barn owls to control rodents. The name "Barn owl" should be a dead give away. Could almost be considered domesticated. LOL http://tommy51.tripod.com/aboutbarnowls.html