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[pennyJo1960]

Then give him a day see he acts ? that is more what I would do.

 

[ValerieJ]

I got the lard for making tamales. Or biscuits or pie crust or whatever.

I saw a recipe for corn tortillas on the King Arthur website, and it was just masa, salt and water, very easy. And I've had a little tortilla press for years and barely used the thing, so I might as well give it a workout.

I didn't eat the garlic I grew last year fast enough and there were around 30 heads in the shop that were starting to sprout. I'll need to eat this year's crop a little faster. LOL

Oh gosh...we just now ran out of garlic and had to buy it. That was hard to do. But the last few heads had some bad cloves, so they were at the end of their life. None of them sprouted, but they were in the house on a wire rack so that probably kept them dry.

Good luck on the tortillas! Let us know how they turn out.

 

[ValerieJ]

Good morning Washington! Heading up to Tumwater for shopping today. Need a couple things from Costco. Long day. Will pick up deli meats for Italian subs tonight.

 

[Rabbit chicken]

MMM sounds good. Today im waiting to see if i get more baby goats and then im donateing eggs to my local high school to hatch on Wednnessday. other then that i have no idea what else im going to do this week besides work

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have to see if I can phone number for Lewis County.
Just one bite on pups cannot afford to keep feeding them.
Found the phone number 9 dogs is just too much.

 

[TeePants]

Ares to the vet for shots and exam. He has 2 broken teeth so have to schedule those removal

Our pug cracked a molar on those yak chews. They’re no joke. We do the Nylabone style rubbery chews now and that seems to have worked better.

I just watched a pair of very pretty looking roof rats climb out of a tunnel under my chicken coop to forage in my yard.

The underside of the coop is fully enclosed in hardware cloth, so I know they can’t get in. I spilled a bit of feed yesterday in the yard when I dumped their feeder so I could bring it inside to do a deep clean.

They can’t get into the coop, but they won’t leave. We store chicken food in a steel pail with a locking lid inside the run (which again, is fully enclosed top to bottom in hardware cloth) and we use a feeder with the PVC pipes the hens stick their heads in to eat to reduce mess.

I’m worried that even if I manage to trap these, we will just get more. We live in West Seattle, and we have a green belt right behind the house. That being said, I am going to the hardware store to get traps and I’m going to fill their stupid holes in with gravel.

 

[Smokerbill]

Cleaned the old bedding out of the coop and replaced it with fresh wood chips. The chips get really wet in the pile outdoors, so yesterday morning I spread a bunch of them out to dry, turned them a couple times, and they were a lot drier today.

Got my row of snow peas planted in the garden.

 

[ValerieJ]

Anyone know how long the pickled green beans lasts in the fridge? I just ate one out of a jar I made last summer and it is still crunchy. I didn't get sick yet, so I'm guessing they are still good. What is your experience?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Our pug cracked a molar on those yak chews. They’re no joke. We do the Nylabone style rubbery chews now and that seems to have worked better.

I just watched a pair of very pretty looking roof rats climb out of a tunnel under my chicken coop to forage in my yard.

The underside of the coop is fully enclosed in hardware cloth, so I know they can’t get in. I spilled a bit of feed yesterday in the yard when I dumped their feeder so I could bring it inside to do a deep clean.

They can’t get into the coop, but they won’t leave. We store chicken food in a steel pail with a locking lid inside the run (which again, is fully enclosed top to bottom in hardware cloth) and we use a feeder with the PVC pipes the hens stick their heads in to eat to reduce mess.

I’m worried that even if I manage to trap these, we will just get more. We live in West Seattle, and we have a green belt right behind the house. That being said, I am going to the hardware store to get traps and I’m going to fill their stupid holes in with gravel.

I have best luck with plastic traps on rats.
After a year they learned to not trip them. That was when I started shoot them with air pistol.

Anyone know how long the pickled green beans lasts in the fridge? I just ate one out of a jar I made last summer and it is still crunchy. I didn't get sick yet, so I'm guessing they are still good. What is your experience?

Eat them pretty early now.