I have a canning question! I basically taught myself how to can making jam for the first time last summer, so I am very new to this... I know that acid content in the recipe of what you're canning is an issue and I'm not sure why, but I want to can some homemade BBQ sauce and Spaghetti sauce...
Praying mantis' are awesome. Michael catches them whenever he can... you can hand feed them pesty bugs and they're violent eaters... fun to watch. I have never seen an egg casing but I know you can buy them at the teacher store up the street from our house and hatch them, but if they can't get...
People are only surprised if they know I live right smack dab in the middle of town. I was at the supermarket one day and I mentioned to the cashier that I had chickens and he replied, "Me too! What kind do you have? I have a silkie and...." I always go to that cashier now. :) lol. And...
A good friend of ours had a beautiful coop on her 40 acre farm East of us. Night before last her coop caught fire and burned to the ground killing her chickens and her male goats. It also took a storage shed with family memories. We are thankful it didn't spread to the barn or house and that...
Ok, I only looked through the pics on the first page and I'm so freakin' impressed. Quilts are so awesome! I'm going to stop by a store today and inquire about classes (if they're expensive they may have to be put on the list and wait.) Beautiful work you guys! Keep it up! I LOVE looking at...
Thought it might be fun to post things we like about having chickens... or things we've learned from having chickens, and see how many DIFFERENT ones we can come up with. I like that having chickens means my husband and I get out of bed earlier... even on weekends (to open the coop.)
Crustless Quiche (more like an "egg casserole") Easy...
10 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
1 pound shredded cheddar cheese
16 oz. small curd cottage cheese
1/2 c. melted butter
1/2 c. unsifted flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 small onion, chopped
1 can diced green chilies
1 1/2 - 2 c. cubed ham, chicken or...
Ok, I just learned how to make strawberry jam this summer and can it. I can't read 622 pages of this thread so forgive me if this post is redundant... but I really want to be able to can my husbands homemeade bbq sauce and my spaghetti sauce but I know that there is something that needs to be...
I live at high altitude and we have to add about a half cup of salt to the water when boiling them. Right after you are done boiling them, drain and submerse in ice water. People always say add salt... but they don't remember to tell you how much. I suggest adding A LOT! Let me know how it...
Chicken obsessed... we do have a lot of fun... or rather he does. I run around trying to teach him a lesson but it seldom does anything but frustrates me! Like when he taught me about "man counting." A couple = 9 and 5 inches really means 7 and 2 chickens really means 4. Man shopping, man...