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Hay is running about $135 a round bale here. I don't know where they are bringing it in from, but it's not local I'm pretty sure. Guess I'll go to your page and figure out what part of the U.S. you are in. To put things in context.

Thank you Marianne. it's easy once I got past the point of letting people think I was crazy, and just moving forward. My daughters still claim me, but holidays have migrated to their houses. I have my kitchen about 1/4 demolished - or it looks like it with the gaping opening where the range...

I will probably need the help, but I followed your parts links Sunsaver, and first I need money. I do not know if I can daisy chain batteries and solar panels off the current rig I've got. I have a NPower 400 watt inverter, an NPower 7 amp Solar Charge controller, and an Npower 15 watt solar...

My BP dropped 20 points when my teenage twins finally moved out. Hasn't been that high since. (2000 or thereabouts.) Whatever healthy activity that helps to lower your stress, plus walking. I am 52

Deb, Now I know why I don't have horses. Thought about a goat, glad I didn't, with no forage this year. That is a LOT of work. Gypsi

Now that's an impressive system! ;) Just bought a tri fold room divider at a garage sale, frame's good, cardboard's melting, figured I'd make something of it... this might be the something!

Texas drought is approaching the stage of the 1950's drought, it's bad, lake levels 17 ft below normal, cities on varying levels of water restrictions. That's why the robber bees were so aggressive, they were starving. No pollen, no nectar, except my yard or the occasional garden or flower bed...

I've got most of my bee education - got a warranty hive (meaning 2 frames of bees in a deep with an empty super on top) at the first of August, and they became my teachers. Had them up to 7 frames when the final robbery occurred. I can now deal with ants, prevent wax moth and shb, and clean up...

If only it were just energy self-reliance. I've been doing my own plumbing and learned electrical this spring. I have a ways to go before I'll be building solar panels. But I am going to gradually get an off-grid system built. The fish pay the bills, barring emergencies, electricity is NOT...

And I am not fully self-sufficient, but I am making progress. I was a single mom with a struggling small business in the post 9-11 economy when I bought an all-electric house in October 2001. What I learned about solar was: It will not support energy-hog appliances. So instead of starting at...

I'm not a senior citizen, but I was a single mom with a struggling small business in the post 9-11 economy when I bought an all-electric house in October 2001. What I learned about solar was: It will not support energy-hog appliances. So instead of starting at the solar point, I switched my...

What I really want is to make oregano essential oil - works fantastic on cuts, infected scrapes & scratches whether the infection is bacterial or fungal. I have tons of oregano in my front flower bed, it took over. I dried some this spring and packed it in olive oil for a couple of weeks, then...

I keep chickens, but my daughters thought I really got a lot more eggs than I do. I dropped the first lot off to a local farmer that sells eggs, the second stack went to freecycle, the 3rd to one of my customers with chickens, in exchange for 2 dozen eggs. Beats having a fire hazard gathering dust.

Thank you for your welcomes. I'd have seen them faster if I'd have subscribed to the thread. Live and learn. :rolleyes:

We've got these deadbeats in Texas. Most of them are doctors and their wives. (at least 2 pairs that I've met.) Ok, back to reading the story. I got lucky, joined after there was a good read already posted. Gypsi

I have been on byc.com since early 2010, and never saw a link for ss - until someone pointed it out today. Woohoo - I can tell I am going to LOVE this forum. I've been doing all of this stuff on my own, trial and error, and a lot of it has worked. But getting off the grid, that's going to be...

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I have an old but functional septic system. And a bathtub that doesn't need refinished because I did away with Comet, Ajax, etc years ago. I get the tub damp, sprinkle baking soda on, and scrub with a rag with a dab of dishsoap in it. No more soapscum, and my tub still has enamel, and I only...