WanderLore
Veteran Member
That's true about the Amish. However they all have lots of different birds in the yard. Chickens turkeys guineas geese ducks etc plus the dogs. So hopefully that takes care of that problem somewhat
Awww... I'm blushing! I thank you... I know I've been blessed with a very interesting life that has taught me many varied things... I'm happy to be able to share the knowledge. I've always said my main strength is a good memory, so I only make mistakes once!Summerthyme you are not weird, you are just a rare woman. And I mean that in the most positive way. You have helped many people with the wealth of knowledge that you have.
Ouch... I hope he stays bored enough to keep up with the weeds! Planting is the easy part!Well, I knew Cary was outside doing something with his big tiller. I thought he was going to till up the back garden spot to sow turnip seed, so I didn't think too much about it. He just came in the house and wanted me to come see. OMG! He's done tilled up the whole back side of our property and sowed late purple hull peas, and part of the area in turnips! He said he was bored!!!!!
Ouch... I hope he stays bored enough to keep up with the weeds! Planting is the easy part!
Summerthyme
It does get rancid fairly quickly.I've been rethinking our breakfast storage foods. I don't have any grits or oatmeal stored. I'd like to do some of that. Can I just store it in glass canning jars, or will it need to be vacuum sealed with O2 absorbers to keep it fresh? I've got plenty of canning jars, but no O2 absorbers.
I had a large glass jar of oatmeal in the cabinet. I got it out to use some and it was nasty with something. So from that time I vacuum seal my oats and grits.I've been rethinking our breakfast storage foods. I don't have any grits or oatmeal stored. I'd like to do some of that. Can I just store it in glass canning jars, or will it need to be vacuum sealed with O2 absorbers to keep it fresh? I've got plenty of canning jars, but no O2 absorbers.
I just vacuum sealed some of mine in jars, no 02 absorbers. In the past I have just sealed them in food saver bags.I've been rethinking our breakfast storage foods. I don't have any grits or oatmeal stored. I'd like to do some of that. Can I just store it in glass canning jars, or will it need to be vacuum sealed with O2 absorbers to keep it fresh? I've got plenty of canning jars, but no O2 absorbers.
Freeze them for a few days. They can get pantry moths. I had a container in my kitchen that got crawly bugs and webs in it. Ever since, I freeze them the same as flour.I had a large glass jar of oatmeal in the cabinet. I got it out to use some and it was nasty with something. So from that time I vacuum seal my oats and grits.
I keep meaning to do entries for the fair, but I just get too busy. Today I canned the last of the potatoes we dug, blanched corn to freeze dry, and tried to clean up for campers and get the cobwebs out of the portapotty. I still need to pick broccoli and sort apples.
Hike. 1 mile hike in. Bushy forest. Everyone packed up.
Made our camp on waters edge. Fire, cooking, boys made lean to twig shelter with floor. Used machete to clear camp area. Discussed trees and bushes and noxious stuff. All kinds of fun.
Everyone filthy exhausted and hungry when we hiked out. Best part is they LOVE it.
This could be a possibility for you also. Screenshot from a cancer treatment group. I've heard of using capsicum for migraines, same principle, depleting substance P.Well, went out to check on my garden after the hail storm last night......the cantaloupe vines look really beaten down. Don't know if they will perk back up??
They have a total of 12 melons after I picked the one which was big. It is still slightly green, but will, I'm sure, be much better than store bought.
It was not only hail last night, but a drenching down pour of rain......nothing can be done in the garden until it dries up some.
Man!! My neuropathy in my feet from my back being so messed up is KILLING ME TODAY!!! FEELS like someone is sticking red hot BIG NEEDLES in my toes and in between them!! Sometimes it is all I can do to get back to the RV from tje garden.....about 100 yards.
Today I have done NOTHING, but check the garden and feed the animals and it is REALLY HURTING!!!
Could use some prayer if you could spare a minute.
Sorry to be a wimp and complain.......
i didn't eat grits for years and years because I do not/did not consider them healthy. I am however eating them now from time to time. I have both the instant in packets and quick grits.I have grits that are past the date about a year that i just used and they were fine. The instant and 5 minute grits keep better than the long cooking ones. I empty them into glass jars and they keep well. I do freeze them 3 days before I put them up.
This may very well work!!This could be a possibility for you also. Screenshot from a cancer treatment group. I've heard of using capsicum for migraines, same principle, depleting substance P.
For longer storage, I keep them in the freezer in zipper freezer bags.
AWESOME!!Been taking the boys out in the deep woods since they were 2 and 3. They are 10 and 8 now.
I started the hike group "Genesis 1", two years ago when they moved out here, to give them a little social circle with other homeschoolers. We have a green shirt and tag and get patches etc plus little work book my sister made for all the kids. Haversacks she made too.
This is different from the 4-H group. I'd rather do the hike group any day.
Boys are proficient at fire, cooking, various fire starting with flint and steel and at least 3 other ways. Safety is biggie. But if they can't go out in the woods and be a savage, they won't become fearless.
We do a lot of everything in the woods. Through all 4 seasons. Just whatever you can think of.
I teach Creation NOT evolution. Hence the group name and everyone knows the first verse in the bible!