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sometimes taking the kiddos with me to the barn can be just as rewarding.

We are in the process of building a barn. It is a 30'x30'pole barn and will have a loft. The poles are up and the middle beam for the roof is up. My DH told me today I'd better get busy drawing up where I want everything. So, I need some suggestions. What do you like about your barn? What do you...

The last step in the farmhouse cheddar recipe says to press at 50# for 12 hours. However, I wasn't paying much attention to my start time and 12 hours means it will be done at 2:30 am. What happens if I leave the cheese in the press for a few extra hours? On another note, DH asked if I was...

If I'm using raw milk I don't have to use calcium chloride, right? And if I let the milk clabber, can I skip the thermophilic culture when I make mozzarella? I wish I could find a book of raw milk recipes that tell me how all these things where made a hundred years ago before everything became...

The kids left the milk out yesterday afternoon and I just now saw it this morning. Please tell me I don't have to dump it?! It's about a half a gallon of raw milk I got two days ago. I know I read a post somewhere on here about leaving milk out overnight before making something with it.

Our Jersey heifer is about to calve any minute now. Her bag has gotten huge and she's got some mucus discharge. She is so not ready to be milked yet though. She'll let me rub all over her head and neck but won't let me anywhere near her legs or udder. :barnie Goats would have been so much...

:barnie :barnie :barnie :barnie My house has been invaded. At first we didn't realize what they were, I've lived in the South for 12 years and have never had a problem with bugs in my food. I didn't see any moths in the pantry or in the spare room where we keep a lot of our dry goods. The...

This is my son's hive. I don't think it is doing so well. We got both hives on Monday. I let them settle for two days before I opened them up. In my hive, I have eggs, larvae, and capped brood. In my son's I have nothing, no eggs, no larvae, and half the bees. The queen cages in both hives...

I was going to add this question to my pig post, but I thought it might be better to make it a separate post. I have 40 grown chickens, 8 4-week old chicks, an incubator full of eggs, and all the wheat I want. How do I go about sprouting that much wheat for that many chickens? I've sprouted...

I have a source for all the wheat I want. Dad said I need to ferment the wheat first before I feed it to the pigs. How exactly do I go about this? Three days ago I put half of a coffee can of wheat in a 3 gallon bucket and filled it up with water. Do I just soak the wheat in water until it...

We got a heavy rain the other day and now the top part of the onion bulb is starting to poke up through the garden. Is this ok or should I add some more dirt to cover them up?

Darn feedstore! :hide

I started my first batch of eggs in the incubator on 14th. So day 18 is on the 1st. Do I take the automatic turner out on the 31st? or the morning of the 1st?

if all of your shoes, even your good church shoes, have chicken poop on them. :lol:

I was given a bag full of apples this week so I'm going to try to make ACV again. What should I do this time to prevent mold from growing on it?

What do you use to water your chickens in the winter? Right now we are using gravity fed waterers. They are awesome! All summer I've been filling waterers up twice a day so DH bought me these automatic waterers for our anniversary. Now I only have to fill the big tank once a week. But I...

I know I saw a post about this several days ago, but for the life of me I can't find it. I juices several pounds of apples little over a week ago, covered the jar and put it in the pantry. Today I noticed there is mold floating on the top. Can I just strain it off or is the whole batch...

01. Name? Mandie 02. Gender? female 03. Disneyworld or Disneyland? I've never been to either one. But we live closer to Disney World so if we ever go I imagine that is the one we'd pick. 04. What is your favorite color? blue or green 05. What is your favorite kind of gum? any of the mints 06...

We haven't discussed our plans to become as self sufficient as possible with the kids much. Most of the things we as doing right now, are things that we have always done just on a bigger scale. But the other day I was asking the kids what they wanted for Christmas. I got the typical answers...