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Some thoughts for those of us planning and dreaming of greater SS: Being off grid technically means to not be hooked up to the power lines. I have met a few people in our part of the country who have had a romantic, but mostly poverty driven notion to go off grid. They can buy land in...

Well we have been without Internet service for three days, so I am catching up on reading posts this morning. Some of my goals sound very familiar to the ones I read here! 2009 Goals: Double the size of my chicken flock to around 40. Learn the best ways to get the most from our greenhouse...

If you get the email and read the "catch" please let us know what it is. I'm betting they are selling your name/adress/email to a gadzillion others.

I enjoy dishes like this even in the winter when the squash are not in season. If you garden, it is possible to freeze summer squash for these type of recipe. I blanch slices and when I defrost them I drain the extra moisture. The texture isn't quite the same but not bad, add them at the very...

If she gives the recipe please share! Sounds interesting.

Are you talking about one of their bigger turkey substitutes? I have not tried those, the sausages Tofurky makes are yummy and can even go on a BBQ. I think putting the leftovers in a sauce in a pan on the stove would work. Microwaves might dry it out and cook unevenly, but let us know!

Unfortunately there are also the property taxes even when the land is paid off.... Be sure to budget for them as well as the insurances, home, auto and health if you can. We are debt free (I don't count monthly bills like utilities that are paid off in full every month). It feels wonderful...

I hope that the new government can make some dent in this problem, for many of us it is the biggest potential "oops" in our lives that we can not fix. I have thought out all the choices, and the best one economically is for my DH to divorce me, now that he has medicare. I let him keep all the...

Looks good! I'm betting you are a knitter who may be into everything else crafty....

I am in somewhat the same boat as Karen. We are planning to sell at farmer's market for the first time in several years. DH used to own a native plant nursery, and that was a real money maker, but a huge amount of work. We sold the nursery to a younger couple. Now we need extra income (like...

:lau Hey girl, I'm in the same boat! I wish I had some of the twine, I need to ask a ranching relative if he has a stash. I really think that might work and be long lasting.

There are some good ideas here. I am thinking more about borrowing my Mother's loom to make indoor rugs. There is a woman here in town who makes a living at it. The bath rugs she makes out of yard sale towels are wonderful. I have never made a braided rug, but they sound nice and long...

Sylvie, I did a quick online search, and people are saying rice milk doesn't work well. I can not believe how much we are enjoying the soy yogurt. I always make a double batch of soy milk now, and half goes to incubate as yogurt. I am finding I use a lot more yogurt in cooking, now that it is...

Cassandra, nasal irrigation isn't so "in" in the USA, but has been around for oh so long elsewhere, good for you for looking around! We have a NETI pot, it looks like a small tea pot for doing the irrigation. It is not unpleasant at all. It is really good for allergies. Today I have been...

My score of the day: Thanksgiving food sales. 22 pounds of sweet potatoes $5.50 60 pounds russett potatoes $11.82 bananas $0.39 a pound celery 44 cents each I have been so happy to have my new cold pantry this year. Previously I couldn't buy like this because I couldn't keep potatoes long...

Yay for you! When you have leftover cornbread, try crumbling it in a bowl, warm, add some honey and some of your yogurt! My DH looked at it and said "yuck", then ate it and wants it all the time :gig My favorite home made porridge for the morning is barley. I run it through the oat roller...

I have never had mush, but since I just bought 50 pounds of organic dent corn.... Everything corn is going on the menu. In my co-op, getting the ground corn was expensive, and it goes bad so fast. Since my grinder will handle corn I placed a special order for a 25 pound sack. The clerk...

Stop thinking of it as a "Bread Machine". In truth it is a kneading machine, a warm rising place, and a small oven. You are the bread maker using these three devices all put in one box. When I make bread I do not even close the lid until my dough has the proper amount of moisture and is well...

I took a photo of some Victorian style ornaments I made, they went into a gallery yesterday. It takes me around two hours each to make them, and 3 to 4 yards of continuous thread! The cards also went out for sale, the reindeer and snowman are freehand drawn and all of the cards are water...

Here is a cool map DH found, the national gas temperature map: http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx