Recent content by Bladerunner

I was reading up on stevia today, figuring out how to use the bumper crop of leaves I have. I've never used it other than picking a few leaves off to chew on. I figured, I'm drying a bunch of other herbs today, I'll see what I can do with stevia leaves. I found this on wikipedia: Possible...

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I've been making my own the last few weeks. I mold it in little Tuppermaid containers that go in the fridge. I'll turn them out one at a time onto a small plate that I also keep in the fridge, uncovered. I've had bad luck with keeping butter on the counter, melting into weird shapes or being...

It's harder for critters to tunnel into the coop through wood floors. The wood also provides a little more insulation against water & cold.

Rooting for you from the west coast!

So awesome! I can't wait for the third installment!

I'm interested in hosting a mascot too. Do newbies get to play?

We don't have chickens just yet, but they're in the works! I've been getting into urban homesteading the last few years. Chickens/eggs seem like a natural extension: eggs, composting veg scraps, fertilizer, garden pest control. We aren't adamant about having only organic food in our lives -...

I've been checking around too (no chickens yet - just planning for them at the moment). I don't know for a fact that they'll take chickens, but here's the only avian vet clinic I found in the metro area through Google. http://www.avianmedicalcenter.net/ - Lake Oswego You might also try...

Some folks will stretch a length of pantyhose over the heads too - while the flower is still on the stalk, to let the seeds finish developing and not get eaten by birds & such out in the garden, and while the head is drying, so mice don't get into it and so you don't lose seeds when they dry and...

I ran across pictures of Cluckingham Palace and The Taj Mahen. I also rather liked the idea of decorating my coop like a motel, with a late-day chick-in time and an early morning chick-out time. Then I thought of doing the coop up like a bank. With a chicking account, and a savings account...

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We don't have layers yet, but I sometimes get all ahead of myself. As much of a fan of recycling where possible as I am, I'm a little concerned about germs building up when recycling paper pulp egg cartons. I was looking around online when it dawned on me - the hard plastic containers used for...