I love pine needles too! They are a very good medicine for lung problems and are used to stimulate the immune system, I imagine they have 1000+ other uses too lol. I've never used Day Lilly flowers before, what are they used for? It just goes to show we always have more to learn! I love using...
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Yes, good husbandry is a very great skill to teach our children, especially when many tend to forget about the importance of animals.
May your journey be filled with ease!
For a beginner mushroom forager I recommend the YouTube channel 'Learn your land' since he's very knowledgeable and goes through everything for positively identifying mushrooms including spore print, rhizome color, bruise color, colorations, gill or polypore patterns, stem shape and more! He...
I was just on BYC's sister site 'Sufficentself.com' and it sparked my interest if anyone here forages too. I personally love foraging sustainably for things like burdock, hen of the woods, morels, plantain, purslane, horsetail, willow, and more.
I foraged some horsetail and dried it recently...
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I suggest an apron around your exposed coop walls and holding it down/burying it with earth, rocks, logs, or stakes. I piled rocks at the base of my exterior walls and it has deterred many a fox.
Chicken wire varies in quality and gauge, but generally hardwire...
Yes, I understand, that really is hot! It's been hanging around 22*C (71*F) for the past few days but when the sun is on your back it feels much hotter! I've heard that using a heavy bottomed pot is best for water bath canning (I think). Yes, reused is also better (especially with shrink-flation...