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Ok, I'll admit - more than once I've typed in a response to one of these threads and then thought better of it and deleted it. I too got rid of facebook etc. My cell phone is a pay as you go and there is no gps or camera on it. My last phone was so old that when I was recently trying to add...

Yeah, not to be a conspiracy weirdie or anything, but this is all pretty odd. I wasn't really thrilled to see people gathering and "celebrating" either. Something's just not right here. :/

I originally grew up in WV and lived in several places including right in Boston, MA. I didn't get a chance to venture out west much but ended up settling in Maine. I have to say that getting into the "Northern" part of Maine as posted here before does really make a big difference. I love it...

I've been looking into getting a manual pasta machine. Just the roller thingy to make the dough flat and make spaghetti and linguini. I've shopped around on Amazon and so many people complain the the darn things fall apart or get metal shavings into the pasta and such. Does anyone have a...

I'm in Maine (5b) and the season is short, but not as short as SD. Last Spring frost is usually May 15 and First frost can be as early as Sept 15. I have a greenhouse that my husband and I built last year (unheated) and I already have spinach, lettuces and kale going in the greenhouse beds...

Filled up both cars and every can we had yest, almost $150.00. Glad we did it. We've been stocking up on food in a serious way. It seems like the world is right on edge at this time. March is going to be a Lion in more ways than one.

I so loved the what did you accomplish for 2010, I'm dying to hear what the next year has in store for you all. Give me your TOP TEN! 1. Try to grow feed for my chickens instead of buying. 2. New Garden space in the front yard. 3. Grow Wheat. 4. Make Cheese (that taste's good lol). 5. Grow...

I love this thread!!! So inspiring for 2011. - I added a TON of books to my SS library. - Started looking at ONLY heirloom seeds. -Tried to make cheese :rolleyes: got a book for Christmas so next time it will actually be cheese. - Raised more chicks and added them to our flock. - Let a broody...

Bartering is awesome! We still do quite a bit of that here in Maine. The cold can be a little harsh at times, but I am in a pretty sweet spot near the coast that is still in zone 5 so I can grow a lot. I'm trying to get my act together to put a table out front and sell some produce. Already...

I've been looking all over and I'm ordering today! I haven't been able to find a reasonable price for bulk wheat berries or other bulk dried goods because of the shipping to the East Coast/New England. www.augasonfarms.com has a fixed rate for orders over $100 at $11.99!!! Order now because...

I've been up here for about 15 years now, was originally from WV. I'm in the midcoast area so the ocean keeps the temp nice. It can get cold tho, some years we've dipped to -20, but that's about the coldest I've seen. The last few Winters seemed to be mild, or maybe I've blanked it out so I...

Come on up guys! The weather's fine! :lol: Almost 50 today.

I have a watering can in the house that I fill with hot water for my ladies in the winter. So they can sip some "hot tea" until it freezes and then I fill the watering can and melt it again the next morning.

This year I grew valerien (sp) for stress, relaxation, tension and toothache plant for something cool - it really works!

I've been reading up in preparation for next spring, gonna try a top bar hive. Bees can travel up to a 4 mile radius from the hive. That's why you rarely find organic honey, it's "natural", but hard to control what is happening in the neighboring fields to be able to call it organic.

Wow, six months! That's great! My husband didn't get a deer last year and we really missed the venison. He just got his first this year and we are so excited. It's hanging and we'll be processing this week. I'd LOVE for him to get another and try to go a full six months for our family. We...

Midcoast Maine, bracing for the long Winter. Leaves are about gone now. I'll be missing those.

Thanks! I got the email. I'm just getting started so I ordered a small amount of berries to try this out. There is a semi-local place that has them I came to find out, but only hard red. So I ordered my hard white to test some recipes and if I can do this, I'm sure I'll get into contact with...

I did a chicken feed run, worked on my complete organize and clean-up in the kitchen, worked on the storage pantry in the basement (just went to Sam's yesterday!) and now the wood stove is cranking and I'm making homemade pizza - Mmmmmmm. Hope you all have a good one. :)

I'm curious - did you go to the co-op? I'm in Maine and it's frustrating when you see 50# bags of wheat berries for $13 and $45 to ship it! I grew a test patch of bolero white wheat this year successfully (the chickens didn't get all of it) :lol: But for the two small areas, the grand take...