WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

[KYTinpusher]

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Just yesterday I was wondering what is considered a good amount of feathers for a swap, and what kind of feathers folks are looking for. My feather containers are overflowing at the moment. If those freeloaders won't give me eggs yet, at least I get the feathers!

I have mostly Barred Rock, but also Black Copper Marans and Swedish Flower Hen. I don't have too many of the large feathers, but I do collect some of the really tiny ones too. I will try to post some pictures when we get home from church and if you're interested, I'll add them to my swap page.

 

[Cindilou]

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What do you do with the Chinese Long Beans? I think they look interesting, but don't know what to do with them.

Stir fry, boil, bake. They are pretty versatile. I even make the traditional green bean casserole with them occasionally. I've made this recipe a number of times and my 7 year old really likes it http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/aaron-mccargo-jr/glazed-chinese-long-beans-recipe/index.html

Smaller ones are less chewy while letting them grow really long gives a more chewy texture. They freeze well. We pick them and stick them right in the freezer in a plastic bag.

Hope that helps.
There are other good recipes out there if you Google Chinese long bean recipes to check it out.

 

[crossgirl]

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Have you done anything with the purple hyacinth or the moringa?? I'm intrigued!

 

[dmccann]

I have a neat knife set,i bought it 15 years ago at an estate sale ,never used ,st seel blade,made in Japen on blade.this would be a double swap,what have u?

 

[kimisfishing]

Love the table runner.......
what are you looking for? I would love the knife for my son

 

[dmccann]

i do not know, there r 4 knives,unique. I have too much stuff! gift cards.......wines in beautiful bottles...........sweet wines.I make bottle lights out of the bottles,i wish i lived in Va they have at Farm fresh lots of different ones,i can not wait to go back there.............. thx

 

[Cindilou]

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Have you done anything with the purple hyacinth or the moringa?? I'm intrigued!

Right now I grow the purple hyacinth up at the elementary school garden so that the kids get interested in purple bean pods. We are in saving seed mode with those right now but we have boiled seeds and added them to stir fry in the past. Pods that are not fully ripe can be used like snow pea pods and cooked as well. Even if you are not a bean eater the plant is just beautiful with its vines and purple flowers and pods.

The moringa is amazing. It can be dried out easily in the sun or oven and then put through the coffee grinder to add to anything for added vitamins. My friend (due this month with baby #1) adds about a tablespoon full to her oatmeal every morning-it makes it green but you can't taste a difference. It grows so fast that we hack some down and turn them into bushes instead of trees. I think less than 6 months and it was maybe 12 feet tall here and that is without babying it at all. Chickens like it, apparently, goats really love it. I don't have any goats so that is just coming down the pipe from other sources. On it's own, some people of European ancestry do not like the taste while persons of Asian/Indian ancestry enjoy the flavor raw. I just dump some in to soups and stews and no one is the wiser here. It is being grown to help alleviate malnutrition in parts of the world: http://www.echonet.org/content/100underutilized/760
We originally got our seeds from the Echo organization.

Hope that helps. I love talking about plants and chickens!

 

[sonew123]

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Have you done anything with the purple hyacinth or the moringa?? I'm intrigued!

Right now I grow the purple hyacinth up at the elementary school garden so that the kids get interested in purple bean pods. We are in saving seed mode with those right now but we have boiled seeds and added them to stir fry in the past. Pods that are not fully ripe can be used like snow pea pods and cooked as well. Even if you are not a bean eater the plant is just beautiful with its vines and purple flowers and pods.

The moringa is amazing. It can be dried out easily in the sun or oven and then put through the coffee grinder to add to anything for added vitamins. My friend (due this month with baby #1) adds about a tablespoon full to her oatmeal every morning-it makes it green but you can't taste a difference. It grows so fast that we hack some down and turn them into bushes instead of trees. I think less than 6 months and it was maybe 12 feet tall here and that is without babying it at all. Chickens like it, apparently, goats really love it. I don't have any goats so that is just coming down the pipe from other sources. On it's own, some people of European ancestry do not like the taste while persons of Asian/Indian ancestry enjoy the flavor raw. I just dump some in to soups and stews and no one is the wiser here. It is being grown to help alleviate malnutrition in parts of the world: http://www.echonet.org/content/100underutilized/760
We originally got our seeds from the Echo organization.

Hope that helps. I love talking about plants and chickens!

Id it possible for you to post pictures of what is on your swap page? It looks very intersting!

 

[kimisfishing]

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would you want some blue wine bottles for lites? do you have a wawa store near you I have 10.00 for them but I live on other side of world LOL
I am tinkong on some original stuff that you might like to, we have swapped befor so I have a clue as to what you like???? kinda

 

[Cindilou]

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Right now I grow the purple hyacinth up at the elementary school garden so that the kids get interested in purple bean pods. We are in saving seed mode with those right now but we have boiled seeds and added them to stir fry in the past. Pods that are not fully ripe can be used like snow pea pods and cooked as well. Even if you are not a bean eater the plant is just beautiful with its vines and purple flowers and pods.

The moringa is amazing. It can be dried out easily in the sun or oven and then put through the coffee grinder to add to anything for added vitamins. My friend (due this month with baby #1) adds about a tablespoon full to her oatmeal every morning-it makes it green but you can't taste a difference. It grows so fast that we hack some down and turn them into bushes instead of trees. I think less than 6 months and it was maybe 12 feet tall here and that is without babying it at all. Chickens like it, apparently, goats really love it. I don't have any goats so that is just coming down the pipe from other sources. On it's own, some people of European ancestry do not like the taste while persons of Asian/Indian ancestry enjoy the flavor raw. I just dump some in to soups and stews and no one is the wiser here. It is being grown to help alleviate malnutrition in parts of the world: http://www.echonet.org/content/100underutilized/760
We originally got our seeds from the Echo organization.

Hope that helps. I love talking about plants and chickens!

Id it possible for you to post pictures of what is on your swap page? It looks very intersting!

I'm going to try to take pictures of what we have here but I have some plans this afternoon. Will get some up soon!