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  1. BarnyardChaos

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I've done that!!! There's a bulk feed mill not far away. I can often find a pile of corn on the side of the road where somebody's feeder leaked while bouncing over the potholes, or the stray bag of feed that fell off the trailer :D
  2. BarnyardChaos

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Low-acid foods must be processed at 240-deg-F in a pressure canner to kill clostridium botulism spores. Boiling water in a water-bath canner only reaches 212-deg. In a pressure canner, done properly, steam and pressure increase the temperature to 240 or above. Beans are LOW ACID. They WILL...
  3. BarnyardChaos

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    There's no need to be nervous about canning fruits and vegetables. The process is pretty straightforward, but you do have to stick to proven, safe recipes and don't modify them, or you could change the acid content. Here are a couple of the best resources I've ever found...
  4. BarnyardChaos

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    We recycle or reuse what we can and burn the rest. I know, bad for the ozone layer probably, but at least none of our waste goes into a landfill - and most of it is paper products, anyway; feed bags, food packaging, cardboard boxes. Our solar system produces much of our own electricity, and we...
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