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:frow Almost spittin' distance...ok, a very short drive distance. :lol:

Thanks, Rob! I read the post and saw that Jerry, the BSF blog guy, posted as well! How cool is that! I emailed him a few questions. I am excited!!

I am curious to how you prevent having a bunch of flies buzzing around with this method. I love the idea and am more than willing to farm soldier fly maggots, but I want to make sure I will have control over the stupid flies. They were bad enough this year without breeding them with compost! :)

We have LOTS of sunshine..and summer heat. In fact, we have to shade our tomatoes, squash, peppers, etc since the intense sun and heat just bakes them.

Thanks everyone!! Sorry it took so long to reply. I can't believe how much time has gone by! :th I will definitely check out that book! Thanks for the recommendation!

Thanks! It definitely has its challenges, but I think most places do in some way. :) (I, however, would like to NOT live in a desert! :lol: )

I'm in Hesperia, CA...or the High Desert of Southern California. We are working on being self sufficient while still having to commute "down the hill" for work.

Hi ya'll! :frow I'm new here (but from BYC..same username). Hmm...to introduce myself... My name is Shelby. My husband and I live in Southern California with 3 dogs, 1 cat and 30 chickens... no kids. We live in a 1/2 acre, which is barely enough to keep up with our gardening, chickens, fruit...

Vacations are tough! Luckily, most of friends realize it is a lot of work and offer to buy eggs/veggies from us, but it is rare that they actually comes down to that. Usually it is a trade system. The hardest part that we have is a) property and b) time. We need a larger property! We on 1/2...

First, my disclaimer, I don't measure anything so my recipes are just ingredients..no measurements. unnamed squash recipe... I made it up and it didn't name it. :/ summer squash (zucchini, crookneck, etc), sliced up cream cheese (8 oz or less usually) fresh basil, chopped (or dried if...

Thank y'all for your recipes and advice! DH has been saying (for a few years now!) that he wants us to make our own laundry detergent. Neither of us have really looked up the recipe for it though. Now that I have it, my next batch of laundry detergent will be homemade!!! As for the SoCal...

While I haven't had the opportunity to try it on Stevia, I have read that it is best sun dried, then either crumbled in the hand for cooking for grinded into a powder (eith food processor or mortar and pestal).

I just saw your post. Thanks so much! We compost with tumblers as well as earthworms. We have 3 med-large dogs, 1 cat, 30 chickens and 2 adults (DH and I) who love homecooking. I think I want pet maggots now! :D

That book is amazing! We own it as well and still reference it after years of homebrewing. We use Beer, Beer and More Beer (a beer and wine supply store). Not sure if one is near you, but you can visit their website at www.morebeer.com. I think they ship. I'd recommend starting out with a kit...