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sneak the first two under the hen before she gets off of the nest. do it at night. chickens can't count.

we got the sump pump installed and it is running great had enough time afterward to make a rhubarb pie

it is a spectacular year for blossoming trees this is our volunteer 45 to 50 year old apple tree it grew between the pines. the branches on the opposite side are long ago dead and gone. each of the two trunks porduce a different kind of apple. 3/5 of the blossoms are from the left trunk. you...

EE , so far the deer haven't bothered my trees. RABBITS !!! on the other hand.. today I want to pick enough rhubarb for a pie. I pick and cut it up. Annie makes a world class pie.. she makes the crust with cooking oil, and half and half water and booze.. I made a shelf under the stairs...

the picture of the mushrooms was very clear on this end. when I post pictures I like to say, this is a picture of ,,,,,,,,,,. whatever it is.. sounds like a storm moving in. seven PM on Mothers' Day we planted a pear tree today probably the last tree we will ever plant. the ordeal wore...

I am back. I bet you didn't know I was gone. I was locked out of the internet for a few days. still am, but I figured out how to get into byc through the back door. for edge gluing , I use either gorilla original glue or gorilla wood glue. both are water resistant. hint: give either at least...

here is a picture of my latest project a cutting board that fits on the kitchen sink and doesn't slide around.

we had a bear walk up to our deck one morning while I was out there drinking my coffee. there are wolves in the neighborhood. so the coyotes are not present. Annie watched a fox run across our lawn, grab her favorite duck and never slowed down. Had an eagle snatching our young guineas and...

back in the day, when my brother and I each had 3 kids at home, I used to raise 200 meat chickens. then we would get together on a weekend and doo 100 each day. I free ranged . so all I had to do was keep the feeder and waterer filled. my LGD shown in the picture kept the predators away...

I never heard of them either. I never had a big die off of chicks I ordered through the feed mill. I generally ordered direct from the hatchery, though. McMurray always replaced dead ones or gave credit for them. USPS is hard on shipped chicks. They just don't care..

shipping chicks when it is cold is risky. I'm surprised they shipped such a small number.. don't be surprised if they don't make it.

DW was driving us home in that snow. when we left town, the snow was melting as fast as it hit the windshield. we had ten miles to go. half way home the snow began to stick to the road. My wife is fearless when it comes to driving on slippery roads. I on the other hand am not a fearless...

we got 11 inches. in was gone in two days. have a couple of snowbanks yet from where it got plowed.. rain/snow and general yukk for a day or two. then it is supposed to get into the upper 50's.. we missed the chance to light the brush pile. maybe tomorrow ??

use your thermometer. if the ground isn't at least 60F. Don't plant.. when the farmer plants his field corn, wait two weeks for sweet corn..

My daughter sells plants in the spring. she started planting seeds last week. I think because she was going stir crazy. lol I used today to work in my wood shop. No jacket needed. I worked up a sweat and my back ached and it all felt just wonderful.

Yes. you can can it at any stage of fermentation. canning will stop the fermentation. what you can is what you get I do some quarts and some pints. there are just the two of us.

actually, light kills the enzymes needed for fermentation. I do my kraut in wide mouth gallon jugs inside ice/beverage coolers 4 to 6 weeks. I use less salt than the recipe calls for. I pack it in very tightly. I know someone who does kraut in a 5 gal plastic bucket. He packs it in with a...

it seems to me that at 3 days it is barely starting to ferment. I make sauerkraut. it takes weeks to finish. If I were to ferment grains, I would do it in a wide mouth jar or a crock. weight it down with a plate to keep the grain tightly packed. and keep it covered with an inch of water just...

any woodworkers here ? recently I bought a Chicago Electric circular saw blade sharpener. $37.oo. It would have cost me $26.oo to have one of my carbide tipped blades sharpened.. I have three saws with 10" blades. it took a bit of figuring out how to set it up with a blade. but the very...

sounds like sourdough. I wonder if you could just keep the mixture going without having to restart it each time?