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Finally our weather has calmed down enough to transplant my cabbage plants outside. Due to the late spring they are larger than ever before. The lower stems seem quite fragile. I know you can bury tomatoes deeper than dirtline, has anybody tried that with cabbage or brocolli? Should I just plant...

I have never butchered a rabbit but will need to this weekend. This will tell me if I will indeed be able to raise meat rabbits. I have also never cut up, cooked nor eaten rabbit. Advise on the deed itself and the recipe that will make me a rabbit meat lover. Help me out.

My husband and I saw a good deal on an 8x10 dog kennel which would be perfect for raising a few meat birds. The deal also comes with a rabbit hutch which I do want AND two spayed/nuetered pet rabbits, which I don't want. My plan is to kill and eat the rabbits, they are one and two years old...

I imagine you can freeze them but would the yogurt still have cultures when thawed to make more yogurt from? Same question on whey. Could you still ferment pickles and kraut? The only store that carries yogurt with live cultures is about 30 miles away so I bought 2. Well now my harvest season is...

I found a recipe for making chocolate dipped jalapenos. It uses chocolate bits and vegetable shortening, well I don't do shortening any more. Could I substitute lard? Also any candy making tips of how to get chocolate to stick to smooth surfaces.

I know pretty much nothing about plumbing. We bought a new kitchen faucet due to leaks and actually installed it correctly. Problem is we also have a very pricey water filtration system and they do not fit together. Went to Lowes and got no real answer or part available. The only info I have is...

So here I am feeling all good about making healthy food for me and my family. You know whole wheat breads and muffins, cooked oatmeal and barley, making lovely pickles and all. Then--- Norishing Traditions enters my life. Don't get me wrong , love the book but I'm doing it all wrong. Oh you...

When is it ready? Tried a small plot this year and can't decide if it is ready. I cut some at a slightly tan color but the chickens can't seem to peck it off the head. The packet wasn't much help. Anybody got advice?

I am receiving an annuity payment from my late mother's policy for the next five years. They asked at the bank if I wanted them to withhold the taxes and I said yes. They withheld 10%, do I still have to report the rest as income? I can't seem to find an answer on the net and I really don't want...

Here's my story. Rambling cold brick house, DH on the road 5-6 days a week, electric heat pump that blows cold air, skinny cold, old woman. Read about zone heating and just ordered 2 Pelonis ceramic space heaters. I can't stand the thermostat below 72 in the day and much less than 70 at night...

Just cleared the freezer enough room for a cheap turkey when over the road DH announced joyfully he had overage of 2 cases of pork sausage. Not complaining but I needed that space for a turkey. Possible to pressure can sausage? I only have regular mouth quart jars left and don't want to purchase...

Just started harvesting one of 10 sunchoke plants. We tried them and they are ok but supposedly can cause digestive upset if eaten liberally. Main reason for growth was as chicken feed so happily boiled up a big pot and put them out for the hens. Nada-no way. One bite and a wiped beak. I will...

Stumbling around on the internet looking for can't remember what, found Sustainable Seed Co. In their heirloom garden collections was a poultry packet. Ok not that unusual but I looked. I LOVED that the collection specified how much of each crop you would need to plant to raise 10 chickens plus...

OK I am still a novice of 1 year pressure canning so I confidently go about setting up my tomato quarts. Now I did successfully can 16 quarts last year so I am not freaking or anything. Well at the end of the 15 minutes for crushed tomato canning I shut her down and wait for the pressure...

Hubby brought home a free 50 lb. box of apples. I made apple sauce already and want to make cinnamon apples but my Ball Book recipe calls for corn syrup and I have none and town is 10 miles away. The apples were sweet enough to not need extra sugar in the apple sauce. Would it be safe to omit...

Picked all my grapes yesterday and tried to process in my electric juicer, a fiasco of grape seeds flying every where. Then I tried the foley food mill with disaster again. So finally filled my huge pasta pot and boiled for a half hour, tied the pulp in ruined kithen towels and hung over every...

Here I sit with 21 eggs on the counter. I am worming with safeguard goat wormer, Is there any reason some animal could not eat these? Maybe find someone with a dog or goat that could use 100 plus eggs until they are safe to consume and sell again. Such a waste.

Need to know what you would choose as your twelve must have spices. I am giving my niece a spice rack for her wedding gift and it holds 12 jars which I will be filling. It was a wedding gift to me but I am a 50 spice person so I just put it away. I for sure will do onion and garlic powder...

Help me feel better guys. Husband got transferred and bought a house in TN with lots of 401K cashout. Put my house up north for sale for two years ago at $49,00 and sold it today for 16,00, I have to pay out $4,500 to get rid of it. I am depressed. Toast with me as I am drinking my home made...

Calling all cooks. Need savory side dishes or main dish casserole recipes. No restrictions except not sweet. Help me out, I am out of ideas.