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ok, I'm relieved - it sounds more like a temporary cash crisis than necessarily long term. and I'm one to talk about planning, I just "accidentally" took in two stray kittens that will be rather expensive in the long run with neutering. two more thoughts: are father's parents around at all...

yuck yuck yuck yesterday I noticed the sole banty had feet in terrible shape - she is a rescue with feathered feet and I've never been successful at eradicating the leg mites with her despite strong drugs, daily topical treatments, etc. So after about 6 months or so, I gave up and resorted to...

would add just one thing: don't invest any more money into supplies for soaps or such right now, you need to dig yourself out of the hole you are in. Once you have a stash of cash from babysitting, errand running, housecleaning, etc, then...you can start gambling with making products...

no fun. wishing you sweet dreams and lots of sleep tonight.

so is there a lot of air space between the top of the bread and the canning lid? think I'll have to google this, it sounds both amazing and bizarre!

must be your turn to share a recipe! :drool

I am sooooo lucky and blessed! sunny fall with beautiful colors sandhill cranes flocking and calling overhead pine scented air mixed with old rose bush new chickens mixed with old chickens easy found a 20 in my fall jacket buck wandering in the garden at sunset frost killed the garden a...

oh, so sweet! lucky you - and I have no idea about color, but someone here will. now you are probably watching duck tv!

war of the critters! ooeee, that must have been some mess. Good thing the ducks let you know something was out there!

The soup was good! a bit bland, but more salt and fresh ground pepper helped. I went online and looked for info about it, sounded like everyone who ever made it/had it/whose grandma made it had a north dakota connection. The chicken arrivals went fine - there has been the "to be...

yup, I learned the hard way about pepper hands. you never make that mistake twice!

Javamama, and there isn't any seasoning in your family's soup either? I'm just about to start grating onions for the soup, makes my eyes smart just to think about it. guess there is a reason to grate them instead of mincing, so I'll grate away. AL, in a couple of months I'll be so jealous...

well, I shoveled out the kitchen. failed to finish the last batch of basil for pesto before it got kind of black - guess it is compost now! and, I actually resisted going to an auction today - on a farm, 4 generations, with all the kind of stuff that I lust after : canning jars, wooden...

Hey, I'm off to the farmers market too! - because I have town errands to run (recyling, groceries, library, thrift store) and I'm hoping there will be some brussel sprouts. I shouldn't but will probably come home with some homemade baked goods because I know some of these folks are trying to...

whew, I'm glad none of you would be shocked if you came over. (yup those dishes are STILL there) thinking of getting me one of those house brownies. wouldn't that be nice? it is pouring again. lots of flooding in the fields and I had to take an alternate way home due to road closures. My...

if she is just starting to lay, it wouldn't be unusual for her to have a few abnormal eggs - but.....if she continues to lay shell-less eggs, she might be prone to "reproductive difficulties" and could be a short-lived hen. how old do you think she is?

yowser yowser, soooo much to get done. time to plant garlic, think I can do that this weekend while I am keeping an eye out on the new chickens. and if I was any kind of housekeeper, which I am not, I would be tackling that pile of dishes on the counter, but....that looks to me like a sat...

I didn't read thru all the posts on this thread, so my apologies if I am repeating stuff, but: try this page: http://ultimatefowl.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/199/ hmmm that didn't work. Igoogled "cut chickens nails" and got to the ultimatefowl blog - there was a step by step with pictures on...

honestly, I leave you gals alone for a minute and....wait, where did that cake go? serves me right for hauling off to work today, I KNEW I should have stayed home. and I missed you all! dang. javamama, it is my fav cake recipe for when I'm in a hurry, or when I don't want to mess around...

well, I'm ashamed to say I still haven't mustered up the nerve to look at it - but it isn't hurting and it isn't leaking. so it must be good! the chocolate cake is gone. Here's the recipe: DONT DO IT CHOCOLATE CAKE don't melt the chocolate, dont soften the butter. don't sift the flour...