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Tallman, I haven't actually used any of this straw for bedding yet. Waiting till the pen cleaners are done before I rebed the barn for kidding, but the goats will eat a certain amount of any kind of organic bedding. This straw was baled after harvest and still has some green in it, so I suspect...

I make a wound salve for both humans and animals that contains both lavender and palmerosa essential oils and it is a great insect repellent. I made it originally to help heal a bad wound on one of my goats and to keep the flies away from the wound, but it works for mosquitos too. The insect...

Free, that was my first thought too :) but yeah, it might be a bit too much on top of the garden itself. I don't want to put a huge amount of money into it, but depending on the size of the garden, I might be able to just lay down landscape cloth and some mulch. I'm not planning a big garden...

Hmmmm. Probably not a good idea, then. This is barley straw and some of it is actually still green inside, so it's likely to have lots of barley left in it. Guess I'll start working on plan B.

Since our garden plot hadn't been touched in 4 years, we hired a guy with a big tow-behind tiller to prepare the ground. It took him less than an hour to do what would have taken days with our little walk-behind model. :) So, now that the ground is ready, I'm giving some thought to making the...

We have satellite internet service so it's not the swiftest thing on the block and tonight it was even slower than usual, so the video didn't want to load, but I'll check it out in the morning. The connection is usually faster then. Thanks for posting the link. I can't wait to see it.

For canning supplies, I always haunt yard sales. You can pick up the big enamel canning kettles for next to nothing. Jars too.

After much soul searching and lots of prayer, I have decided I will do the chemotherapy. The oncologist told me I have the option of stopping after 3 treatments, so I'm going to commit to the first three then see how I feel and if I think I can handle it, I'll do the last three. Even before I...

Oh my goodness! That song could have been written just for me. Every word resonates so deeply with me. Thank you for posting it.

Reinbeau, I've been thinking a lot about you lately. I'm SO glad you got good news and congrats on hubby's new job, too. Happy days are sure to be yours. God Bless.

I'm leaning that way myself. I don't think I have the guts to say no. If I did and the cancer came back again, I'd never forgive myself. Not to mention that I'd be freaking out over any little lump, bump, ache or pain. Any cancer survivor tends to do a bit of that as it is, but if I hadn't...

Thank you so very much for all the support. It counts for more than you will ever know, regardless of distance.

Making homemade soap doesn't have to be expensive. If you can borrow a scale from someone, you can get started for just a couple of dollars. My favorite recipe uses nothing but goat milk, shortening and some coconut oil and, in a pinch, you can leave out the coconut and add more shortening...

It's decision time. Despite the fact that this is a recurrence, my oncologist wants to do chemotherapy again. It's a different drug this time, but from the sounds of it, the side effects will be about the same as last time. That time, I had a total of 6 treatments, three weeks apart. After...

She drank a couple ounces at bed time last night but this morning guzzled her whole bottle without stopping. She's obviously over the problem. If she planned this as a way to get back in the house, she should have stayed sick longer. :) She'll go out this morning when I do chores.

I was in class today and just after lunch got a call from DH. He said Mary had refused her bottle. Now, Mary is the original greedy-guts and her refusing her bottle is like refusing to breathe. I was worried, but told him to try again in an hour and then call me. He called back about an hour...

No, he doesn't miss having her in here, but I sure did this morning when I got up and there was no frantic bleating to greet me. :)