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BB - temps are pretty stable - weather has spiked outside but we run AC inside to keep it around 70* at all times. Curious though, I did NOT have a lid on it - the seller told me to cover with cloth or paper and a rubberband. Do you suggest an actual lid? I use canning jars to culture in, I...

I bought kefir about a month ago. Directions said to let it culture in just 1 cup milk for 48 hours - repeat for a total of 3 cultures. By then kefir should be thick and can start regular 24 hour cultures - if not, continue the 48 hour cultures until is is thick. I went through a half gallon...

We used to pick up 100+ gallons of organic raw milk monthly or us and several other local customers. We were there only once each month and with our large family we needed 20 gallons just for us. Like WZ we don't like the way the cream texture changed when we froze it, so we drank it all...

I'm new at this so I could be wrong, but I believe sour cream is basically cultured buttermilk, but made with cream instead of milk. Directions are the same for sour cream as they are for buttermilk and both use the same culture. So if you have, say, a pint of cream you'd add about a half cup...

last year was my first year gardening and I used SFG - loved it. This year I have two 5x4 boxes, each with a trellis net for climbing on one side and one 4x4 box. I have cleared another area to try Ruth Stout's method of gardening as well. I plan to put a box in each of a few awkward areas...

Just realized this was from some time ago. I would hope your fever is all better by now.

If it were me, I'd be taking vitamin D, lots of vitamin C, some fresh garlic a few times a day, and some oregano oil. A fever along with the aches suggests some sort of infection. Adding the above items will help combat infection.

The fizz sounds yummy! I love just plain 'ol dandelion tea. It's very good for you - great for the liver!

I am using raw goat milk - and I'm leaving it out on the counter. It's left long enough to seperate - by 48 hours all the yellowish whey is on the bottom. And by that time it's very yeasty smelling so it's either bad or it's long past done by then. I'll finish out the three different cycles...

I bought kefir grains and a kombucha scoby - the kombucha is happily brewing. My kefir, I'm not sure what to think of it. The directions sent to me said that to get them acclimated and going in my milk to put them in just 1 cup of milk and allow to set for 48 hours. Do this for the initial 3...

Kirkland is what we're using now - but let me tell you, she can clear a room in a heartbeat! Boxer's have a tendency to be gassy anyway, but she did WAY better when eating raw. I saw some grain free feed when I was at Big R a couple weeks ago. Call of the Wild or something similar. I...

We did a raw diet for quite a long time with our boxer. And she did well on it. Her gas went away and clean up was so much better. Funds got tight and it was either the dog's food budget or ours that had to get slashed. So the dog isn't raw anymore. I could swing it again fiancially, but...

I'm still looking for one that doens't poop. :idunno

I second the raw honey - it takes the pain out of a burn pretty fast. It's a sticky mess but works great!

You can get buttermilk starter at culturesforhealth.com They also list that you can make it from store bought buttermilk, but they say it won't continue to reculture long term. The directions with their "heirloom" buttermilk culture says that if you're using it with raw milk you need to keep a...

I use lightly sauteed onions as a chest poultice when my kids have a lot of congestion when sick. You don't want them to get to the real cooked stage, but soft and pliable. I sewed two washcloths together on three sides and I fill the inside with the onions and lay it on the chest. Slightly...

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I chill my milk as fast as I can because no one in the family can stand goat milk if it has even the slightest "goaty" flavor. But what about kefir? Will it taste goaty because it has cultured at room temperature? If I get it cold first and then add the kefir will that help at all? Just...

That was my next question as well. I've tried flylady - and I've employed some of her tips, but I can't make her system work well for me. I don't work outside the home, but I run a business from our home that requires a significant amount of my time several days a week. I also homeschool...

I'm a huge fan of lots of fresh garlic taken internally for infecions along with oregano oil. I might apply the oregano oil topically too. Silver salve applied topically, or soaks in silver water would be beneficial as well. I'd do the epsom salt soaks as well to try to draw out infection...