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    remedies for nausea and general tummy ick?

    I, too, think that a ginger tea sounds great. If, like myself, you only have a mint tea around, that will work too but could give heartburn. In summer, nothing is better that regular black sun tea with several sprigs of chocolate mint in it. Our family goes through a gallon a day when I make...
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    Official SS Rabbit Thread

    Tortoise, I am surprised you are only getting $1 per pound. I bought my girl for $15. I want to breed but DH nixed the idea. I even offered to sell two of my layers for one buck. No go. You could check CL to see if what the going rate is for rabbits in your area.
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    An Agrarian Society discussion

    I think I'm as manly as the next woman. LOL There are certain times when I wonder whether I'm more "manly" than DH. (DON'T TELL HIM!!!)
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    Damummis'- Auf wiedersehen

    That would be me. It's like when hubby caught me with the rabbit. "Honey, where'd the rabbit come from?" :D That's the same look I got last year when he discovered the chicks.
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    Pickled Quail Eggs

    IS there any way to describe a pickled egg? I've never had one.
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    Quail_Antwerp: Words from the Barnyard...

    QA, I did umbilical training with our dog (another name for the training you are talking about) and he is my shadow now. He's also extremely well behaved. People were shocked when we'd only had him for 2 weeks and he'd sit on command. I taught him to permit me to go through all doors first...
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    How to tame the frizzies?

    I wish I knew. I'll be watching this thread. Frizz has been one of my mortal enemies since I was a preteen. I have curly, frizzy hair and since I live in Colorado, it's dry too.
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    Quail_Antwerp: Words from the Barnyard...

    I actually thanked a cashier when we were checking out from Walmart because she told my son to stop playing with the bagging turntable. He is somewhat disobedient (especially at the end of a grocery trip) and tends to behave moreso when we are in public. He'll listen to strangers far better...
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    Inspiring rain water catch system on a homesteaders property!

    They are offering permits for testing the effects of rainwater collection on supplies downstream and on aquifer levels or something like that. The governor's office is looking into whether or not it is feasible to open up rain water collection state wide without impacting those with water...
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    Aidenbaby's Anti-Suburban Sprawl

    The crazy thing is that, between the five of them, we usually get between 3 and 4 eggs a day even in winter. The only time I didn't get this was when they went through an egg eating binge. I increased their protein and they stopped. I'm assuming that their egg production will slow down or...
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    Aidenbaby's Anti-Suburban Sprawl

    Attack of the 'ole midnight insomnia. I hate it when I can't sleep. After having reviewed others' journals, I thought I'd update my own. I started getting more beds planted. I am experimenting with square foot gardening. I've always toyed with the idea but never felt the soil was up to...
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    My chickens.....my friends??? Pics of my meat friends on pg. 13

    One of the spay/neuter clinics around here is called Planned Pethood. We've had a couple of our critters altered there.
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    Another reason to raise our own animals and eat "real food".

    I may have to look into it as well. Our library is pretty good about buying a book for general use if they do not already have one.
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    Bee's Guest House

    "Star", is that the thing up on the pole positioned in jut such a way that it's light shines directly through my window and onto my bed if my curtains are drawn? :gig Just kidding. I can take a five minute drive and gaze upon them if I want.
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    rock cornish hens?

    I definitely should not have read the last response while eating dinner. :sick I don't think I'll ever get these as meats birds. While I know they were strictly bred this way because we demanded that they produce so much so fast, I hate that it had to come at the cost of losing so much of their...
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    Is self sufficiency sustainability?

    I'm one of those that is forgoing a tiller in leiu of using a fork. I don't like what a tiller does to my worms and I've worked hard getting those worms to exist in my crappy soil to start with. While I may still kill a few, a TON more are surviving and thriving. Besides, it's an excellent...
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    Children's chores.

    Wildsky, definitely be sure to use TONS of praise when they do do what they are told. I've found it can all the difference in the world in my son's behavior.
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    Purple Martins and other wild friends.

    Mrs Puff, bat guano is supposed to be excellent fertilizer. I hope you're tossing it in the compost bin.
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