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I just recently cut down a bush in our front yard and moved a small apple tree out of the front yard to an area where my other three apple trees are. The front yard looks nice and clean. My husband is debating putting another bush up there, but I said "leave it alone." It just looks nice and big...

My grandmother had gooseberry jelly on her table to eat with bread and butter at dinner time. I loved it and helped her pick the gooseberries when I visited at the right time. Now I know that she must have used tons of sugar to make that jelly sweet. My grandma and those gooseberries have been...

@Chicken girl 15 That sounds delicious!

@Chicken girl 15 Sounds like a plan...

There is a fellow gardener on BYC that makes "seed tape" for her carrot seeds out of toilet paper strips. The "glue" to hold them on was a paste made of flour and water, I think. I was going to try it last year but got in a hurry. I too have had mixed results with carrots because of the " to...

@Raech Chickens, yet? We re-purposed a large,old wooden cupboard left on the property as a chicken coop. It was supposed to be temporary, but we have used it for going on three years now. We built them a run out of chicken wire and just put them in the coop at night for safekeeping. We have...

Hmmm...that's a new idea for pallets and a pretty good one too. Maybe it will help keep the weeds down also.

@rancher hicks Now I'm intrigued. I'll have to look it up. What makes it stink? And is it really effective?

Hmmmm.....B.? Whatever it was, I've never heard of it, so, did it work? Or did something similar come out later under a better name?

Years ago, when we lived in Germany we visited a friend's home. Their barn WAS attached to the house. You stepped out of the house into a small room where the muck boots and coats were kept and then out a door on the other side directly into the barn! Not once did we step outside! I was totally...

Well, I planted potatoes in five gallon buckets, adding dirt as they grew this year. I ended up with enough small potatoes for two dinners. They were very good, but I was very disappointed with the yields. However, when I researched the idea more, the general consensus was to use red or yellow...

It must be an epidemic. The deer have gotten some of mine too. Of course it is always the biggest, healthiest tomatoes. And always one big bit out of each one. The chickens were happy the other night. Me? Not so much. These deer WILL eventually be in my freezer!

I have had to stop wearing sandals around the chickens. It can be painful when they view painted toenails as food!

Thank you for posting this Raech. I'll be trying it later this year too if I get the tomato harvest I'm hoping for!

Temperatures here have been in the 60's the last two days. Hard to believe that overnight it's supposed to drop and turn to ice and snow! Then it will continue to drop.... Brrrr..... Right now it's raining steadily.

My attitude has always been if it's going to snow let it be enough to close everything down so no one has to go to work. Let there be enough to keep all of us home safe and warm. Of course, this only works if you are prepared for it and you still have to take care of your animals..... But if the...

Looks like more of the same today, but at least we don't have the bitter cold to go with it!

I have some of those spirited boys and I wouldn't trade them for anything! We have five children - ranging in ages from 19 down to 7. Our oldest is a daughter, then we have a 17 year old son, a 10 year old son, a 9 year old son, and a 7 year old son! And our boys are ALL BOY! My 17 year old just...

I feel your pain, hopefully she gets better quickly and stays better. My whole house is sick with a cold/flu mix, my oldest is coughing like he ate the neighbor's dog, and the baby is trying to puke up mucus and running a temp, hubby is starting to get better and I just want to chop my...