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For me, I like to pull weeds or dig holes in the ground. But then, I am a gardener by nature. If I can't get some time alone in the garden every day I go nuts! Otherwise, I just hit the chocolate. That is my drug of choice. It invariably makes me feel better. :D

I thought it might be wise to pull this thread back up, as egg season is upon us again. Here is what I do when I have too many eggs: 1. I usually make the only quiche recipe that I will eat (I don't like most quiche recipes). 2. When I am having a chocolate craving, I will make chocolate...

:frow Hi, and . . . :welcome My husband and I have been trying to live fairly self sufficiently for a while now, so I am an older member of this forum, but now I'm struggling to keep up my garden and other ss projects, since I have a son a few months older than yours is. :) BTW, the trick...

I think I posted a recipe for sourdough olive loaf in the recipe section, probably on a sourdough thread. You could try making it with yeast if you don't have sourdough starter. It has rosemary in it and is really good. I used to follow the recipe exactly, but now I just treat it like any...

Sure the styrafoam and light bulb incubators work. I would make sure you add a thermostat. You never know though. Both my runner ducks were good sitters . . . otherwise bad mommas. LOL I have had better success with runner duck broodies than with my other ducks. :gig

While I understand the logic behind making the interest on the money yourself, rather than allowing the government to make interest on it, there is so little interest to be made these days, I don't know that it matters, really. We like the lump sum in refund. It is money we don't count on, so...

I have a roasted butternut squash soup recipe with roasted bell pepper, roasted garlic, and roasted onion in it. It is really good. I think I found it on-line so it is probably out there somewhere (it would take me some time to find it or else I would post it). Good luck!

I think what others here are saying is that it helps to speak in concrete everyday examples, not in broad conceptual language (it helps if the reader can have a mental image of what you are talking about). So . . . my understanding is that you want to help ease the inclusion self sufficiency...

Yes. When you are drinking water all day (and passing the water) and have a horrible headache and feel sick to your stomach, you know it isn't from dehydration. I have also noticed that I love restaurant pizza in the summer (when I need the salt) but it always tastes too salty in the winter...

Salt isn't unhealthy . . . it is necessary for life. I spent most of my life avoiding salt and that caused me to have health problems later in my life. I started getting really sick in hot weather. It took me a while to figure out why and I still have problems if I am not careful to eat extra...

Well, the nice thing about sourdough is you have a choice, you can let it rise slowly (all day or longer) and get that sour flavor, or you can make it rise fast and have a sweeter product. Some like it sour and that is why they get into sourdough baking to begin with . . . that is what drew me...

Well, the quickest way to get your starter to take is to use a little bit of rye flour in the flour mixture. You need to also use high quality flour -- unbleached flour -- or it will never get up and running. The reason to use rye flour is that it naturally brings along the yeast and other...

That is good to know. Now I won't feel like I'm missing out on anything either. :)

Somehow I missed this thread until now. I have noticed the influx of new members and I think it is a wonderful thing. Members who have left will be missed. However, it is understandable that the cast of characters (members) will change over time, this was just a very dramatic and quick...

The last few years I have been getting a "living" Christmas tree. We set it up outside on our deck in front of our living room window and decorate it with "shatterproof" ornaments and lights. Then we plant it in January. Unfortunately, the tree we got last year had less than a handful of...

I'm sorry I had to skim through what you wrote, as I am short on time, but I honestly feel that when you move, you need to feel excited about the place you want to move to . . . do you feel that way about any one in particular (I'm guessing choice A)? The only other thing I will say is that I...

:welcome from Western Washington!

Right now I am paying $28 for (I think it is) 40 lbs. It is whole grain, which I prefer over pellets. But, yes, my recollection is that food labeled "organic" cannot be GMO. However, I have heard that there is no such thing as non-GMO corn anymore, as the GM genes have spread into the organic...

Look for a brand of chicken feed that is non-GMO. There is a brand out of Western Washington that is non-GMO, but I don't know if you could get it easily (without huge shipping fees) where you live . . . maybe there is something similar in your area? As you may have guessed, it will most...

Oh, I just noticed your comment about a "dedicated spot" for composting humanure. I have heard that the best thing to do is to seal it in an old wine barrel and let it sit for however long it has to sit to compost. Where I live that is supposed to be 5-7 years I think. Might be shorter time...