by Cathy
November 30, 2012 in Cool Things in General, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient by Cathy
This fall I saw my first Swedish Candle! Beautiful!!! It received A LOT of attention that day. Simple, beautiful and useful. I asked the fellow that was using it how he made it. This is what he told me. – First get a DRY log. – Use the kind of wood that you would [...]
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October 11, 2012 in Chickens, Gardening For Food, Home Made, Main Courses, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Recipes, Self Sufficiency, slide show recipes, slide show self sufficient, Vegetable Gardening by Cathy
I was was very happy to realize that my home made chicken stock this year was COMPLETELY home GROWN!! Onions from my Garden…..check! Carrots from my garden….check! Garlic from my garden….check! Summer Savory dried from my garden….check! Oregano dried from my garden….check!!! Water from my well…..check! My home grown chickens – the bones, legs and [...]
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October 1, 2012 in Chickens, Just Talking, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient by Cathy
I debated on wether or not to post about this. It is not the most pleasant thing to talk about, however, if you want to be more self reliant it is a fact of life. I have been very proud of how we raise our meat. They have access to the great outdoors and are [...]
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August 31, 2012 in Gardening For Food, Self Sufficiency, Vegetable Gardening by Cathy
I love growing different, funny or cool things!!! Last year I grew Purple Star Peppers. You can imagine my surprise when I went to cut them…. I found this inside!!!!! A FACE! Complete with eyes, eye brows, nose, mouth, hair, beard AND horns. Tee hee heeeee! 
Almost every pepper had a goofy face [...]
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August 25, 2012 in Canning, Canning, Just Talking, Recipes, Self Sufficiency, slide show recipes, slide show self sufficient by Cathy
I love this recipe because I can use any kind of veggie!! Just cold pack the cold veggies into sterilized jars. You can sterilize the empty jars by placing them in a hot water bath for 10 minutes before packing. Today I am making 2 different kinds. One is a mixed veggie pickle made with [...]
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August 23, 2012 in Gardening For Food, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient, Vegetable Gardening by Cathy
Last year I was so excited to discover that I could freeze tomatoes straight from the vine!! When the harvest comes in sometimes we don’t have time to deal with the mountain of tomatoes at that exact moment AND sometimes they don’t ripen all at the same time. Here is a fast and easy way [...]
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August 22, 2012 in Appetizers, Drying, Gardening For Food, Home Made, Just Talking, Recipes, Self Sufficiency, slide show recipes, slide show self sufficient, Vegetable Gardening by Cathy
I just discovered what I can do with all of my TONS of cherry tomatoes! DRY THEM! Yes it’s true. I just discovered a new favourite snack. They are delicious!!! They are really good just out of the oven and my mother and I just sat there stuffing our faces and giggling like we just [...]
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August 18, 2012 in Gardening For Food, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient, Vegetable Gardening by Cathy
Saving Tomato Seeds is easy peasy tomato SQUEEZY!! Tomato seeds are so easy to save! MOST tomato plants don’t cross pollinate so you are sure to get a plant that is exactly as the parent plant. Just remember that you don’t want to use seeds from the tomatoes you buy at grocery stores as these [...]
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July 17, 2012 in Cathy's Videos, Chickens and Duck Videos, Ducks, Farm and Garden Videos, Just Talking, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency, slide show videos, Videos by Cathy
Yesterday I thought I heard something under the bush that Bean was nesting in. I ignored it and went shopping. When I returned I bent down to have a look and this is what I saw!! At first I thought she only had one and THEN……… HOLY DUCK!!!!!!! The last time I counted there where [...]
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July 11, 2012 in Chickens, Just Talking, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency by Cathy
Okay how can I EAT these little cute fluff balls of love? This year’s meat birds arrived and I wasn’t expecting them to be quite so adorable!! Thank goodness they will turn into ugly blobby beasts because I wouldn’t be able to go through with “it” otherwise. Last year we decided to grow heritage birds [...]
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July 9, 2012 in Chickens, Ducks, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency by Cathy
Cleaning Eggs To clean or not to clean…. THAT is the question! Well folks…. I clean them. I have read many articles telling me that it is best not to clean your eggs. Instead you are supposed to take the eggs straight from the coop and stick them in your fridge. THEY say that by [...]
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May 24, 2012 in Gardening For Food, Just Talking, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient, Vegetable Gardening by Cathy
Growing potatoes is a very FUN, EASY and REWARDING crop to grow! If you have never grown anything before, potatoes are the best place to start! They require little care, multiply like crazy and they provide a wonderful treasure hunt come Autumn. Don’t worry about manure or fertilizers. In fact, adding manure can have negative [...]
