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I think I read somewhere that they can be a good livestock food source. They grow wild here in NE, which has about the nastiest weather anywhere. (it was -38 the other day)

When you say yeast, do you mean regular bread yeast? Or did you buy a special wine yeast? Has anyone tried substituting honey for the sugar? If so, how did it turn out?

The chondroitin in joint supplements is from shark cartilage. Since sharks have a similar life and reproductive cycle to humans and are being harvested unsustainably, I chose not to give my dog chondroitin supplements any more...

I don't like meat in my chili, I'm not a vegetarian, I just don't like it. I add pinto, kidney, and black beans, plus a couple jars of my home canned corn for a little crunch. Then I very quietly add a few cups of shredded zucchini, and so far no one has noticed! I like toasted chili cheese...

Um.. you know what it actually is? They are all saving up their eggs for you for Christmas............. ;) my chickens are 5 and 6 months old, and no eggs yet, so I tell myself they are saving them for a present for me. My last batch of hens (3) all laid their first eggs on Mother's Day, which...

I cook my beans in distilled water, and they turn out great. Our water is also very hard, so I can't cook them in regular water. The soda idea is a good one to have on hand, incase I don't have distilled water. Also, has anyone used the herb 'epazote' in their cooking to reduce the...

Wow, I feel pretty lucky. The houses on my side of the street are all at least 90 years old, and my neighbors have lived in them their whole lives. I feel like I moved into a community of grandparents. They are the children of immigrants, or the grandchildren of (real) homesteaders. They are...

oh wow! But I feel sorry for the sheep. Bee- these guys put LED 'blankets' on a flock of sheep and herded them around in the dark to make...... well.... things. (I'm sure with a lot of help from a computer expert. )

I have the Readers Digest "Back To Basics" origional edition, as well as the RD "How To Do Just About Anything" (only 1 edition as far as I know) Both are in perfect condition. I had bought them, and then 'inherited' a whole bunch of books, including these. They have been mentioned so often...

Yes, I've read it. I believe rabbits used to be injected with the urine of women, if the woman was pregnant the rabbit died. I have read that in ancient times urine was drunk and smelled by physicians and they could tell if a woman was pregnant. I'm not sure which method I like less. Blech.

I have a small chest freezer that I absolutely love. All my appliances have to be tiny to fit through my tiny, old doors. I would love to have another freezer, but I don't have space. I'll bet there will still be freezers floating around on craigslist that are from different manufacturers though.

I have read quite a few of Joel's books, and while I think some of his ideas are great, I don't agree with others. I have known people who used his ideas and tried to make a go of it, but ultimately didn't suceed. The author of "Hit By A Farm" tried to raise chickens a la Salatin, and I think...

Mead is delicious. The taste depends on the kind of mead, just like the kind of wine. Can you picture the taste of honey without all the sweetness? You can make 'regular' mead, or fruit mead, which will have the flavor of the fruit used. Personally I prefer fruit mead made with a tart fruit...

I know it isn't pie, but I made pumpkin apple fruit leather from some of my pumpkin puree, and it is delicious, and it uses up lots or puree if you have extra.

I did that just yesterday, except that I have a subcompact Fit, even smaller. But I can definately relate. Well, I don't know if I can say this or if it will upset someone, but I felt like maybe the author was... um.... indulging in recreational 'herbs' the whole time. It was too 'oh, I'm sure...

Lady H - we seem to read a lot of the same books. I read made from scratch too, but I wasn't all that impressed. She does have a blog that I read from time to time, http://coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com/ Speaking of urban homesteading, has anyone read FarmCity? I just finished it, and it was...

You know, I used to live in Central Coastal CA, in a very wealthy area, on a military base.... and had chickens and a garden. People went, 'Oh, that's cool" when I told them. Now I live in the midwest, smack dab in the middle of farming country, and when people hear that I have a garden and...

I buy organic feed from a local farmer. The smart man figured out that he can make more $ grinding and selling his grains as chicken feed to local chicken raisers than selling it as a commodity crop, even though it is all organic. He does have to buy minerals and some vitamin supplements to...

Your feeder is totally sweet. How big is it? Will you have to refill it often? My feeder is a hanging plastic bucket with a 2x4 fencing 'window' it spins so much my sheep have to run around it to get the hay, so funny to watch. It's kinda small though, and I have to refill it often. It is a...

DON'T LAUGH! I talk to insects that are in places inconvenient to me. Last summer I found that 6 out of 10 black beetles that I said "little beetle this isn't a good place for you, go back outside" to, would turn around and go back where they came from. There were enormous spiders in the lamb...