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I ordered some too! Got some barley as well and a few other things. Can't wait to get planting!

It's so totally your own decision! We currently have chickens for eggs, but if we were allowed, we'd also raise some meaties. We are also starting with rabbits, but that's just us. Personally, I think we're both right...what works for us isn't necessarily right for others and vice versa. I...

I generally make stock rather than broth. I save pretty much all of my veggies that are a tad past their prime or are just "extra" I toss them in a zipper bag in the freezer. When the bag is full and I have chicken bones, necks, organs, etc (I also keep them in a zipper bag in the freezer...

You can start seeds in just about anything that will hold the soil. I prefer not to use pots myself...you have to disturb the seedlings more than I like to get them transplanted. My favorite thing is newspaper. I take a full page and fold it lengthwise twice. Then I pull a glass out of the...

I'm able to find it at any health/natural food store locally. I just got a pint and dumped it into a gallon of the regular, pasturized stuff. When that's about half gone, I take a cup or two from it and toss it in a new gallon. That way I always have it on hand and only had to "invest" in it...

Major score! We were at WalMart picking up a few things and I stopped by the bakery. Asked if they had any frosting buckets they'd like to get rid of...we came home with 18 of them...free! They're about 3 gallons, food grade, heavy plastic and all have lids. I'm going to use some for...

Our soil is also red clay and when it's dry it's like concrete. Lots and LOTS of amendment...it's a continuous thing. We do best in raised beds. They're easy and can be quite cheap to build and you can fill them with good soil brought in for the purpose. We use ours for root crops and put...

That's what I do Tanks. Mine tends to vary a fair bit both up and down, so I keep an eye on it and as long as it averages out to the pressure required I call it good. If it takes too long at sub pressure, I turn it up and leave it an extra few minutes.

I hear you on that Diane...I can everything I can since I have limited room in the freezer. Congrats on your first effort...it's addicting! :)

I hear you on that Diane...I can everything I can since I have limited room in the freezer. Congrats on your first effort...it's addicting! :)

I do much the same thing, Steve. Often I use a mixture of glycerin and alcohol, particularly with bitter or nasty tasting herbs...the glycerin helps with a touch of sweetness. Coffee filters are excellent as strainers! When I got my permanent, mesh type strainer, I had almost a whole large...

Looks great! Think I'd call it chocolate cedar ;)

For sprouting, we use wheat, barley, rye, corn...whatever is available at our local feed store. Rather than use a jar, we use a nursery flat...the kind they pack the plants in for carrying about. We have 2; one that has small holes in the bottom for drainage and one with no holes. I soak the...

Thanks y'all. I really appreciate the input! Mickey

I'd try soaking it through a couple of changes of water...maybe throw in some peeled potatoes...they will often absorb salt as well. If it's still too salty, you might consider using it for flavoring for other things, like baked beans or casseroles.

Thanks Joe. I'm so inexperienced that I have no idea how much fps I need, so I thought I'd better ask. As far as we plan, dispatching rabbits with the barrel pretty much touching the head will be the only thing it will be used for. So, we'd rather not invest a lot but we do want it to be...

Thanks so much for finding that! I've seen similar things and am afraid that I'd do it wrong, causing them pain :( I'm a wimp. It might be different if I could watch someone in person, but I'd be afraid that I wouldn't pull hard enough and have to do it again while the poor thing was...

Thanks SS...I'll look forward to checking it out.

Hope this is a good place to post...figured that folks who are familiar with hunting should know quite a lot about guns....I know pretty much nothing :) After looking at numerous ways to dispatch rabbits to dress for meat, we've decided we'd prefer to shoot them rather than club them. So...

The two aren't mutually exclusive...why not both? We currently have chickens for eggs. We're only allowed 6 so raising meaties is out of the question for us, although we'll stew up the girls as they cease production. Toward the first of the new year, our tiny little rabbitry should be ready...