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I'm with you on the drought. (Texas also). Week or so ago there were a ton of sirens (NOT something you usually hear out here) that went screeching past. Turns out the neighbor down the way had a fire, and it set off into the pasture that separates us. That was a tense moment for me, but there...

I think it's a cool idea, nothing wrong with it. I just didn't have time or I might have done something like that. I DO take pics when a new flock starts laying, though to be honest most of the time I don't know who laid which egg. :)

I also used to get them a lot and would usually dab on Carmex or campho-phenique. Those helped some but were not the greatest. Since I went more organic (can't say I'm nearly all there at all) and started using natural supplements, I've gotten very few. Usually at the first tingle I take...

I wouldn't mind finding a smallish one (or maybe a freezer) to make into an incubator .... :D

I wish e-sword would make an ap. I love it for looking up the original language. I pretty much only use free aps, and my favorite is pocket sword. I also have you version and olive tree. They are adequate, but pocket sword has a lot more. It really depends what you want, and I'm no expert. But...

Awesome!!!:thumbsup

I think you've already gotten most of the answers I would have given. I wouldn't necessarily write off the geese. I can say that different flocks are different. I raised Africans and Chinese alongside chickens and ducks before. They all had separate night quarters, and I fed them all...

I'll have to do a little experimenting myself. I'm not a big ice cream eater (also lactose intolerant -- usually) and my problem is that I've only ever found about a half-dozen flavors I like. There were two on the market last fall -- a Kona almond and another that was mocha with chocolate...

I've done the waterers before, but I had a look at your blog anyway. LOVE the subtitle! I think I may have to try your crockpot beanie-weenies. I have some loss-leader $1 sausages that I'm pretty sick of, and this sounds interesting. I never heard of adding coconut and cocoa to baked beans...

Yaaayyyyy!!!!! Thanks for letting me know! I have only seen hardcovers, and for $20 and up. Everyone told me to get it, but I just can not spend that much on a book. When I saw it for $2-something, I wasn't sure it was the right one but I bought it then and there. :) Well, so if anyone still...

Thanks for the welcomes. I've NEEDED to be here. Why does it seem like when we're the busiest, we let go of doing those things we really SHOULD do for ourselves -- mostly we should be doing them BECAUSE we are busy and it's kind of a way of taking care of ourselves. Anyway -- I'll see if I can...

Seconded. :) Well, except the daughter with a mattress only part. But it sounds like a good idea. This site needs a "like" button like Facebook, LOL. Waving at Wanna, LOL. NOW i really AM going. Y'all are just too fun to leave. ;)

Your DD has a snake INSIDE??? On PURPOSE??? Ewwwwww. that's one thing I had told my daughter ... NO snakes. Ever. And no tarantulas, either, if she ever got a mind. those things are scary ... I mean vermin. I killed some outside. If they'd eat mice and leave my chickens alone, I'd let them...

:frow Wanna, you are the only other person I've seen online I think asking for rain. We need it here too! I'm still watering my pasture, and I think I've lost the grass in the back (two goats and a llama at night back there, plus a few geese part-time). At least the pasture and the other yards...

Oh yeah, and one more thing I wanted to post! LOL!!! I've missed "talking" to y'all! One day I was at Lowe's, and they had canning supplies. Nothing at a great price, but I DID see a magazine-type copy of th The Ball Blue Book of Preserving (I think was the title). I'm not sure if that's the...

And I forgot the OTHER post I soooo wanted to make!!! One day I had had a bad day at work ... well, let's just say a bad day all around. And I came home to ... Christmas in May!!! At least that's what it felt like! A friend had discovered a lot of extra wood in one part of the barn that had...

Almost a month since I've updated my journal, and almost a month without having time to be on SS at ALL. I guess it's part of farming in springtime AND being a teacher. I had thought I'd use this journal as a kind of calendar and to keep up with all I do, but ... that's never gonna work. The...

You and your family are in my prayers. Hugs!!!

I can't wait for the garden to come in and some bunnies to be born and grow up. One litter is too small and I want to keep a couple of them, one litter got laid on and died, one doe failed to take and it's too late to rebreed. So I'm holding out hope for the last three expected over the next few...

I saw that news story. I have yet to learn pressure canning. I wanted to do it last year but never could afford the canner. I usually use simpler methods, but I WANT to be able to can. I was hoping to come here and everyone would point out how safe they really are. Because ok, this lady's...