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[Stumpfarmer]

Well, I definitely should not have left that lawn chair out by the sheep pen last night, but nothing else seems to have blown apart/over/down.

 

[Nikki99]

Quote:
Omg, congratulations!!! They are so cute!!!

Quote: Sweet PDZ is a horse stall refresher perfectly safe for chickens. It has no odor, but does help keep things fresher, longer than sand. It's white and comes in powder or granules, very much resembling clumping cat litter. Reber Ranch has it, along with Coastal Farm in Auburn. Next time I might mix it with sand just to make it last longer, but I've been using the same bag on the poop shelf for months and there's still a ton. I don't think I'll need to change it out for years??

Quote: They have a way of winning guys over, don't they?

My DH swore/swears he doesn't like them. But every time he's in the backyard, Laya, one of our Easter Eggers, is always following him around talking to him. When I watch closely, I can see he talks back to her. Then one day she followed him across the bridge, did yard work with him, jumped on his shoulder and gave him a big snuggle against his cheek! He put her down and finished his work and on the way back across the bridge he stopped and let her catch up, picked her up and snuggled her and carried her around the yard a while. Yeah...don't try to tell me you don't like her honey, that's nonsense

...and cute too. Silly DH's, actin like they don't looove our critters!! Hahaha, they aren't foolin anyone!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Also, looking for advice/recommendations. I need to buy a large-wheeled hand truck with a good-sized flat foot; I've got a small folding one, but the wheels are too small to navigate the shallow steps of my front walk. It also creaks alarmingly if the load exceeds 50 pounds. I've looked at HD and Harbor Freight and... the quality of the welds disturbs me.

Any wisdom to communicate?

 

[Slinglings]

Also, looking for advice/recommendations. I need to buy a large-wheeled hand truck with a good-sized flat foot; I've got a small folding one, but the wheels are too small to navigate the shallow steps of my front walk. It also creaks alarmingly if the load exceeds 50 pounds. I've looked at HD and Harbor Freight and... the quality of the welds disturbs me.

Any wisdom to communicate?

I want something like this but with a bigger foot:
http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail...d-Truck-With-Extra-Large-Nose-Plate-Pneumatic

I have this and it is completely useless for moving *anything*:
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/magna-cart-folding-hand-truck/prod7290002.ip?sprodId=prod7290002

and I have this:
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/super-...e-dual-purpose-hand-truck-blue/prod4400110.ip
It is nice, but I don't think it can really hold 900 lbs, not as a hand cart anyway. Maybe as a flat bed. I use it at work for moving boxes around mostly. I really want something at home with a big foot for moving rocks around the yard.

 

[Slinglings]

ooh:
http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-3193/Hand-Trucks/Dual-Gas-Cylinder-Hand-Truck

 

[RaZ]

It is nice, but I don't think it can really hold 900 lbs, not as a hand cart anyway. Maybe as a flat bed. I use it at work for moving boxes around mostly. I really want something at home with a big foot for moving rocks around the yard.

Maybe a tree ball cart would work for you. Try this site:
http://rayssupplycompany.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=92

 

[Slinglings]

Quote: ooh. Those look nice. But expensive

 

[Chickielady]

I'll have to call my mom and see if she did anything different with it. My step-dad got a moose once, so I know that was dinner for quite some time. If I know my mom well, my guess is she probably cooked it the same as beef though. Rainwolf - I'll get back to you and let you know.

We marinate back straps as they are so lean & tender.
Make a marinade of EVOO & spices such as Granulated or fresh chopped garlic, chives, fresh cracked rainbow pepper, crushed rosemary & salt to taste, in a plastic tub to fit, & roll the back strap in it, keep in fridge all day, turning every so often.
Then Sear on the barbie to the meat is rare inside, or at minimum, very medium rare.

 

[itsren]

Stumpfarmer - are you planning to use it for outdoor work?

We use a wheel barrow for everything - but I tend to overload it with rocks and flattened a few good tires so DH got smart and replaced it with a solid wheel style. I haven't ruined that tire... yet.

 

[Rainwolf]

BTW Thank you to whom ever posted the no knead bread!
I have now made 3 loaves and it is super easy and taste wonderful!
I made a experimental mix that turned out amazing!

Recipe
3 cups bread flour
1 1.4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dry yeast
1 1/3 cup of water

add flour/salt yeast to a bowl, mix in water for a sticky dough. really sticky
cover bowl and let sit at around 72F degrees for 12-18hrs until it doubles in size.
remove from bowl and fold into a round shape. not much folding just enough to shape.
put on linen towel dusted and let rise for 1-2 hrs
pre-heat oven to 475 with dutch oven pan in the oven empty.
flip dough into hot dutch oven pan, put lid on and put in oven for 30 mins.
take lid off and let brown for 15-30 mins depending... nice chestnut color crust but not burnt!
Pull from dutch oven and let cool on a rack. wait a hr... (so not happening here!) and eat!

For the experiment I added
1 1/2 cup of greek olives
1 cup of crumbled feta cheese
hand full of pine nuts
change yeast to 3/4 teaspoon (per recipe book version of olive bread)