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DH & I have been taking Vitamin D3 (5000 IU) for years. We have gone to one 3 timed a week. However, during flu season we go to one daily, along with 2000mg Vitamin C 2× daily, Echinacea with Goldenseal, Schizandra and Astragalus 3x daily, all for immune building. I started feeling my sinus...

Mine doesn't take that long . . . a week, maybe a bit longer in winter, since we keep our house at 68° F. I use 1 gallon glass jars with air locks in the lids. The batch that I gave to @baymule was pink, but that was because I used purple cabbage. UGH! That stuff gives me an instant migraine...

Both our girls kicked on the stand, when I started milking them last Spring. It was the first time I milked & it was a learning process for me. Out of frustration, we rigged up ropes so I could tie their back legs to the stand. After a while I was able to stop tying them. Now, for the most...

I have had WAY too many bladder infections in my lifetime. I can't take antibiotics, so have finally found ways to eliminate the infections without drugs. I have tried many natural remedies, over the years, but in the end have found a very simple way. First I mix up "baking soda water"...

Ah! The trials & tribulations of bringing our little cherubs into this world!!! It definitely isn't for sissies! That's for sure!!! :ep I did copper boluses on our 3 girls about a month ago. I've learned that I need to do hooves every 2 or 3 weeks. Ruby is always the last goat milked, so...

Wow! Reading about your pregnancy brings back memories of long, long, ago! My two went full term, and I didn't have much for complications, except for high blood pressure & massive feet & ankles, from fluid retention. None of my shoes fit, and I only found one pair (to buy) that fit snuggly...

WOW FEM!!! I've just been catching up on your journey with your parents! Most people are challenged when one parent has Alzheimers. You and your DH have taken on the double challenge of both parents. I don't have parents with Alzheimer's, but dealt with much less severe cases, working as a...

Oooh!!! I want to grow artichokes!!! :celebrate

:lol: :yuckyuck :lol: That is just too funny!!! I'm with @NH Homesteader. It is a 2 person job . . . one to hold and one to cut & pull testicles.

WOW! I've just been catching up on your crazy life, FEM!!! You are doing an amazing job dealing with not one, but TWO parents with Alzheimer's! Most people struggle to manage one parent with that, but you are doing it with aplomb. Good for you! I am really impressed and so glad you have...

Look at the price in the upper right corner. $2.95! Don't ya just love it??? That brings back memories of baking cookies and taking them around, in dress boxes, to sell to the neighbors, for $$$ to buy Christmas gifts for the family. We didn't have a lot of money those days, and that cookie...

;) If you ask nicely, and wash your hands :lol: I might just let you look at it the next time you are here, for a visit. :hugs

:frow Hello Scott! I look forward to meeting you at our next East Texas/Arklahoma :lol: Contingent meeting. (Our friend @goatgurl is now included in our get togethers. The locals call her area (in Arkansas) "Arklahoma" because they are so close to the border with Oklahoma) I got my LaMancha's...

The Settlement cookbook was my mother's favorite cookbook. I used her's often, as I was growing up. Then, when I got married (the first time) in 1972, she gave me a copy of my own. As the years went by, and I learned to cook my own style, I gradually moved away from that cookbook, and...

Living the good life in East Texas!

Hello to all you self sufficient people. I have been a member on Backyard Herds for three years. My husband and I are working towards being as self sufficient as possible. We moved to East Texas in December of 2014, after leasing a tiny apartment in Dallas (near our daughter), while we looked...

Well, howdy Baymule!!! I saw you mention sufficient self on BYH the other day, so I thought I would check it out. I just now joined. I don't have a lot of time, to get online lately, but I will try to look around.