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Hi folks, Does anybody here can their own dog food? I tried my pooch on raw and he HATED it, so I am back to buying good-quality canned, which is ridiculously expensive. I'm learning to can for myself, and wanted to know if anybody here can give me some pointers or recipes for home-made dog...

What do you guys recommend for meat? I want to be able to can stock and meat scraps. I'll also probably do whole veggies and fruits.

I hear a lot of laughter too, but I know better. What you said is exactly why my fiance and I are going to be going for building an underground home and living off the grid hopefully within the next year or so. If there are no disasters, then that is fine. We will save a ton of money not...

It was too big and heavy for me. What a pity. :(

So, I've been too chicken to actually go dumpster diving, but I was out for a walk yesterday foraging for some wild greens (got some nice dandelions and cattail shoots), and I happened to walk past one of the dumpsters of my complex and found a really good usable table just sitting next to the...

Rub some apple cider vinegar on it, keep it covered, and take one tablespoon twice a day for three days in a glass of juice or water. That should prevent any infection.

Yeah, I love my boys dearly. They are slowly melting even the hardest hearts. My boss is really icked out by rats, but he couldn't help but admit my boys were adorable when he saw their picture. :)

Yup, gotta love living in progressive Seattle! I love my company. They offer speakers to come in on all sorts of topics from financing strategies to composting. I use the wheat grass for juicing. I just love fresh juices, and it's great for your blood, energy, and nutrition. The pulp left...

I've got the gardening itch something bad. February in the Northwest is pretty much already heading full tilt into spring. I'm sure that's accounting for my spring fever. On my work break today I went out and sat in the sun and watched the budding trees waving in the breeze while being...

I wouldn't. My parents bought a Krugerrand for my brother and I when we were born. We are both in our mid-thirties now and sold them at market value a few months ago. They really were pretty much the same price now as they were back then when we were born. So there was no appreciation in...

I second the credit union idea. I have never been SO HAPPY as when I started using a credit union. They have automatic overdraft protection, and they call me if I go out of state to use my card just to make sure nobody has stolen it. I will never go back to a bank! Credit cards are GOOD...

Man, I'm tired. I normally work 10-12 hours on a daily basis. My company seems to think that if we're only doing our 40 hours a week, we don't have enough to do. Plus this is the other side of the economy in that companies are trying to make do with less, which means the surviving employed...

I know how to find and cure water suitable for drinking without tablets I can build a fire without matches I know how to identify food and medicinal plants I can fish I have no idea how to hunt, but it's a skill I'm working on! Also, learning basic carpentry skills so I can create shelter.

I just buy whatever flour is on sale and get the jars of yeast. I keep the jar in the fridge, and then when I'm ready to make bread, I proof it first and then add it to the breadmaker. I also just used the breadmaker for the kneading, and then pull it out and let it rise in a regular breadpan...

Oh my goodness, you SCORED there man! I'm seriously jealous! I don't blame people not liking liver though. It's so delicate and easy to mess up when cooking! There is nothing more vile than improperly cooked liver. :sick

Between a Danish father and my Alabama-native mother, there wasn't much that got wasted out of anything! We kids grew up eating pretty much every part of a cow, chicken, or pig in usually either Danish or Southern cuisine. We also at a lot of Japanese food, which also uses a great deal of...

Oh yes. I can almost never get my lazy bunch out of theirs! This is Iggy (laying down with his feet up) and his brother Nonny (now deceased) showing off their hammy. The hammock was made out of my brother's old red fleece bathrobe, and the pink blanket was a friend's old fleece nightgown...

I LOVE dandelions! I love them in salads, I love dandelion "Coffee" (tea, actually, but it tastes a lot like coffee!), I love to blow the little puffs, and of course my rabbits and chickens and ducks just LOOOOOOOOOVE them. Highly nutritious and very good for you. :) I do the same with...

I do a lot of upcycling with clothing. I love to sew (but don't know how to make much), so I make new hammocks and blankies for my pet rats and friend's pets, and also to donate to animal shelters where the fuzzies often have nothing to sleep on but concrete or steel in their cages.

I dunno. I've read the thread and the research, but I'm keeping my little microwave. It was free, and I use it to defrost things and heat up leftovers, or make a cup of cocoa. I would never use one to actually cook with. My mother was a god-awful cook. She COULD cook well, but she was...