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Hi. First things first. Welcome to SS. I can relate to everything except the big C, but DH had a heart attack, so I'm also pretty much a solo job, except with help from kids. So, I believe my current coop is about the 6th I've ever had and if I had back every chicken taken from me by a coon...

Hi and welcome to SS. I am also a mother of 5. I homeschool the last 2 right now. I'm considering putting one of them in public, but afraid I will miss her and not really 100% sure I want to. It is hard to do all my chores and then get in the books, especially with the youngest. I would...

My drier has not been turned on in over a week and then it wasn't even by me when it was. Its too hot. I read that each time you use a gas dryer, it costs you .50 between the gas and the electricity, but it costs over another dollar for your AC to get your house back to its proper temp, so...

May I suggest you real "Possum Living" by Dolly Freed? She had a lot of very good suggestions on how to live on almost no money.

Once my DH was between jobs and we decided to start our own grass cutting and lawn care business. We got business cards and began advertising in the newspaper and also put huge magnet stickers on the sides of our vehicles and obtained lawnmowers, spray pumps, weedeaters and a trailer and then...

A couple of months after DH and I split up, we found the house he is now living in. It was repo'd. The original asking price the bank set was 87,000 and it is probably worth that much, but for some reason, no one bought it. The day I called the realtor, about listings, was the day before...

I guess you came to the right place. Good luck with the search. Sounds like you are planning a retirement that will be full of adventure. If you don't dive into too much at once, I suppose you can pull some of that off nicely. I live a good bit further south than you plan on living. I have...

I didn't pour the soap into the mold last night because I thought it needed more stirring....remembered first attempt, so I figured I'd stir this morning and then pour, well I'd need a bigger batch or the soaps will look stupid. So I will pour them in my other molds and next batch will have to...

I finished up on the stove, but still in the same pot. I believe if I had put it outside by about 8 or 9AM, that it would have been ready before the shade hit the oven. It was mostly done and was still hot and cooking by the time I brought it inside. Also, in all fairness we did have some...

Exactly my fear. Well, its a hot one today. I was late getting lunch started, but will hopefully be right on time for supper and we can just survive on anything, in the meantime. I quickly defrosted 2 packs of turkey necks and put a little olive oil and Cajun seasonings by 11:30, then did...

I have to watch them close to make sure they don't run out of water. I have a regular gallon size waterer and I bring it filled to the top, along with a little extra. I stick my finger in the hole, when I flip it, so the basin can't fill up and I fill it with the extra water, so they have more...

I got a phone call right after my post from BIL. My niece was about to get off of work and SIL needed to borrow my car to pick her up, so instead of cleaning out the asparagus bed more, I cleaned out the car, which really needed it with DS using it for so long. I took a bag of burnable junk...

My solar oven came in. Its called a Sunflair. The size of the box was discouraging, but I was able to fit most everything neatly in a tote bag, which comes with it, except for the thermometer and 3 pots, 2 of which are collapsible and fit neatly into the little black, metal pot. I think the...

You right. I don't know if this aired prime time or what. I just watched it on netflix Maybe they hoping its just us watching and we will be taking notes, so they can eventually buddy up with us. Just a thought. Well, I had to order a new gate wheel from Northern because the little tire...

Well, I don't exactly think we will necessarily have a solar flare or a massive land shift....I'm kinda with them on political or economical collapse, but don't pretend to know exactly how it will go down, but some of them are far out. Still, some of them had some ideas that I haven't thought...

Wait....I'm confused...I was responding to posts that I don't even see anymore. I'll just see if I can remove above post.

There is someone from the UK, but forget who. A lot of people here use a nick name, but like you, I go by my actual name. Not sure if its good or bad, but hasn't hurt me yet to my knowledge. Welcome to SS. Make yourself at home. Sounds like a respectable enough amount of farming...

I have several sunny spots, although I mostly tried to create a canopy to shade most of the yard, so I'm looking forward to getting it in. Well, my family wouldn't believe it, but I bought some store bought chicken. After discovering that my eggs are actually cheaper than store bought eggs, I...

I have played with solar before, but only homemade jobs, out of cardboard, we painted black and topped with clear plastic. It got hot, but by time should have started cooking, the wind took it. Hoping for a more ideal cooking arrangement. The light weight is a bit discouraging, but hoping...

No way and if she hasn't figured out years ago that I wanted to learn to make soap, then she must have been too caught in her books....from Harry Potter on to her Master's Term. And she didn't even give me a copy of her thesis. She doesn't pay any attention to me.