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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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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 [...]
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February 20, 2012 in Cathy's Videos, Chickens, Chickens and Duck Videos, Ducks, Farm and Garden Videos, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient, Videos by Cathy
Learn what “The Deep Litter Method” means when freshening up the chicken coop and how it helps to keep your poultry warm during the winter months. 
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January 17, 2012 in Just Talking, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient, Turkeys by Cathy
Well we finally decided that this spring we are going to try our hand at raising domestic turkeys for the Thanksgiving and Christmas table. Now this has me a bit on edge as they are much larger (and stronger) than the meat chickens I’m used to. I have to say I’m excited about it in [...]
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January 10, 2012 in Just Talking, Self Sufficiency, Videos by Cathy
Do you have a You Tube Channel or you just wanna be a Super Star? We would love for you to submit your cooking, baking, hunting, gathering, preserving or livestock videos! As a big thank you, we will link the video’s back to your site, if you have one, and promote you on Facebook and [...]
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January 7, 2012 in Home Made, Making Yogurt, Recipes, Self Sufficiency by Cathy
Homemade Vanilla Yogurt is EASY!!! Best part is…..it will save you tons of money at the grocery store…..now that’s what I call locally produced!! OKAY let’s get started! Get 8 Cups of Milk (Any kind will do…I use 2%) and put in a pot Add: 1/3 Cup Powdered Milk (optional…but makes it richer) Stir Well [...]
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January 7, 2012 in Gardening For Food, Just Talking, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient, Vegetable Gardening by Cathy
I have been a fan of Jamie Oliver for some time now. Aside from his obvious talent as a down to earth chef and tv personality he has inspired millions to pay attention to the nutritional abuse that is happening in schools across Europe and North America. I am in awe of his determination, his humanity, his [...]
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January 7, 2012 in Chickens, Ducks, Funny Farm, Just Talking, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency by Cathy
I’m very lucky…My husband is quite the handy fellow…AND…he really does ALOT for me (even when he doesn’t want to). It can’t be easy living with me…. I get bored very easily and I’m always dreaming up something. For example: Me: “Hon, I think we should get another dog” Buddley (his nickname since high school) : “No” [...]
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January 7, 2012 in Chickens, Just Talking, Poultry, Raising Livestock, Self Sufficiency, slide show self sufficient by Cathy
Okay so here’s the deal… This year we slaughtered our meatbirds ourselves. I was a little nervous I must say. I had meatbirds when I was a wee lass growing up on my parents hobby farm back in the 70′s (am I showing my age?..eek). If you lived in the country back then you probably [...]
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April 3, 2011 in Gardening For Food, Self Sufficiency, Vegetable Gardening by Cathy
We decided to build ourselves a homemade composter. Since this year we are growing a market garden we needed a BIG composter. One that can handle the tractor. We have lots of chickens and lots of poop around here so the composter has to be as wide as the tractor bucket. We started off by pounding 6 – 2×4′s [...]
