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I canned some turnip greens and a week later they all had a whiteish powder in them. I shook the jar and it dissolved back into the juice. Is this normal? are they OK to eat? What is it? Thanks.

I have a Stihl 029 (not the new all plastic junk) with an 18 inch bar. I have had it for years and it has ran perfect all these years but it has recently began acting goofy. Not engine wise but cutting I cannot make a straight cut to save my life it seems to trail off to one side or the other...

I have messed up royally. I got what i thought was some great compost from a horse farm/veterinarian last fall and it has been a huge pain in the rear ever since. I now have some kind of freaky little cup fungus growing under my pole beans which are growing over winter squash (which was a bad...

In my parents 65 years and my 40ish years we have never had a white Christmas until this year. It was an awesome present for the kids and a totaly awesome day. I am in north central Alabama and we rarely even get snow especially this early in the season. I hope the government gets all this...

I had no idea there was any danger in using the microwave. I guess if it makes our lives more convenient it is most likely bad for us http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/microwave-ovens-the-proven-dangers.html

I'm sure most people are aware of the dangers of aspartame and phenylalanine but there is always someone who hasn't heard yet so I'm providing this link for everyone to read. I say a big thanks to the FDA for being :somad cowards and Mon-Satan for slowly killing people. :hide...

I am considering getting a eden pure heater, are there any pros, cons, not worth the money, what is the low down?

Today I went with my neighbor to help split firewood for a local widow woman. While there I saw what looked like a long skinny water melon hanging from a tree and on further inspection there were several of them hanging from a vine out of reach in a tree. I asked her what they are and she said...

I have a hard time finding Fels-Naptha soap and am about to make my first batch of homemade laundry soap. Does any bar soap work and has any one ever used Octagon soap? Octagon is a bar laundry soap similar to fels i think. Also I have a child with sensitivity to soaps, homemade soaps are...

I cannot get washing soda locally so i called arm and hammer and told them about my situation and they agreed to ship it to me free and since it was the first time i had bought any i got it for 2.50 a box. I don't know if its a good price but 2 55oz boxes for $5.05 i thought was a good deal. So...

I have been hauling composted horse manure and stall bedding ALL day and have barely scratched the surface. The pile is at a horse vet/equine center near me. The manure has been composting for a couple of years and the pile is as large as my house and did i mention it is free and i can have as...

http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html I found this site while looking for a old tool and figured it may help someone out there. There is a ton of info on it.

I found some nice curtain valance the other day that are white cotton with embroidery at the bottom. A very nice find the problem is they are very faded not mildewed just kindly yellowish. Is there a home way to make them white again? It seems like i read somewhere that i could boil them in...

I just saw a clip on you tube of it raining oil in parts of Louisiana and Florida. what if anything could a person do to be prepared for that? I mean the ground, crops, trees, grasses etc. will be dying. How in the world will people be able to live there? I dont know what I want to hear really i...

Hey all I've been away for a while trying to sort thing out and get a new perspective on things. I have working like a mad man trying to get the crops going, the animals going etc. The latest from my world is that the city I work for as a firefighter has in their infinate wisdom decided that we...