Geeky permaculture with an urban & homesteading twist. Be warned, we do get political.🖖😉
🐰 Since its not insanely hot out, I got a chance to dress 12 more today. Tomorrow I'll process them and maybe get a chance to dehydrate the hides and ears. I think I'll put up a few more jars and grind some.
I like big processing days only because I've made it clear I'm not cooking or cleaning afterwards. So we get take out. 🖖😉
Honestly, considering this.
🌿 Dream Factory update. This one is a month behind the Maui Wowie and the others. She's trying her best to catch up. I'll give her a few days then give her a little haircut.
🐝 Hive mind question time!
Background.
As some of you know I try and learn a new skill each winter. This is how I've learned to bake, crochet, knit, ferment, can food, garden, dehydrate... etcetera.
This year was to be either sewing or freeze drying. Freeze dryers are still insanely expensive and I question the maintenance requirements still. Maybe next winter.
Anywho, that leaves sewing. I keep putting it off because this is a true skill with lots of nuance but imho I need to learn. I want to be able to do more than the basic hand darning I do now. I'd like to make simple clothes and alter things as needed. Eventually, I'd like to make quilts.
So who knows how to sew? What words of wisdom can you impart upon a newbie? Can you suggest an on line class or YouTube to watch? Any FB groups that are okay with questions? Do you have a sewing machine that's not crazy expensive you'd recommend? I'd like to stay around $200 for that. I have one in mind I've added below.
Well 💩 This is sometimes the problem with reusing jars over and over, eventually they do something like this. 😕
Oh well, it broke cleanly so I was able to put the lost food in with the chickens.
My son bought himself a refurbished PS VR1 and I just played VR Skyrim. It was amazing but my head is kinda swimming. 😅
Apparently that's called cyber sickness. 😂
😐😶🫣😂
🐔 Today I'm making my condensed chicken soup. All I have to do is plop this into a pot and add stock (or water) and possibly noodles or rice and we've got a great cold weather meal ready to go.
I'll put my recipe in the comments for anyone who wants it. ❤️😋
Don't forget that I've got my homemade and homemaking album under photos on my page. You should be able to see the link on this post at the top. I've been trying to add recipes to each photo recently. *trying* 🖖😅
🐺 Merlin was prancing around showing off his rabbit hide treat this morning. He likes to show the chickens that he gots treats, and they didn't. 🖖😂
Silly doggo. ❤️
🌿 Maui Wowie update. 🌿 The plan was to keep them smaller this year. 😅 It's grown like 3 foot in the last 20 days and all I've done is water her with plain water. Being planted in basically straight rabbit p**p is no joke. 🖖❤️
If you are in Canning Rebels you may wanna check this post out. It seems MANY people actually believe this. 😂
🔥 This should be a postcard for Oregon Fire Season. 🔥
Scrolling through garden groups and ran across this.
Iykyk and believe me, you probably don't want to know. 😂
We had some bacon in the frig that needed to be used but its been so hot we haven't really wanted bacon. So I made some loaded potato soup to can up. For anyone who wants it, I'll add my recipe to the comments. 🖖😋
This is your once in a while reminder not to forget to oil your wooden cutting boards and wooden kitchen utensils.
I used to use mineral oil but am using castor oil with a little lemon juice this time. Mineral oil, even food grade is not natural and can leave some impurities. I'm not entirely convinced food grade mineral oil is bad but I have castor oil so why not just use that instead. I'm considering making a polish with bees wax and castor oil or jojoba, at some point... when I get some time. 😅
Tell me, what is your favorite kind of food preservation? Canning, freezing, dehydration, fermentation, pickling, freeze drying, salt curing? Am I forgetting anything?
Well that's it folks, Biden is out and
Kamala Harris
is running for
President.
You can keep George Clooney... I'll keep Mark Hammil...
13 pints of great northern beans done yesterday. Lost one to a hairline cracked jar, and one to a bad seal. We will eat the bad seal one tonight with dinner. 🤷♀️
While I have no problem with water bath canning just about everything the time and topping off of the wb is a pita so I ordered a 2ed Nescco/Carey electric canner. Should be here soon and that will make PC canning much slimpler for me. 🖖
Tobad, it's a rerun. 🤷♀️
Poll. Biden should step down from the election.
👍 = yes
😢 = no
Elaborate in the comments.
What's is on your to do list that the heat is not letting you get done?
Personally, I have two ducks ready for processing and 2 more broody on nests that are just making me nervous for more chicks. 😅 I also have 10-15 rabbits ready for processing. This heat needs to go away so I can get to it!
Oh look, we are basically surrounded. 😅
🐓 Show me your chicken coops and tell me a little about it. 🐔
This is ours. It's an a-frame we built, and it probably took us about 8 months to finish. 😅
Looking for new uses for extra eggs? 🤣
I got you covered!
I'm getting a lot of different answers on this in canning groups...
Can/do you stack jars? If so, how high & do you need anything between the layers?
"A type of tropical cactus native to the Florida Keys has become the first species in U.S. history to become extinct due to rising sea levels, researchers said."
Link in comments
Haha thanks for sending this my way, Shelley! 😆
I gotta know... I'd think it would make them come after you more but wtf do I know. 🤔🤷♀️ can anyone confirm this or is it a horribly mean joke???
🧄😋 First batch of garlic is prepped and now I need to vacuum. 😅 I'll be pulling the largest bulbs from this to plant this fall.
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Summer vs. Winter #garden #foodforest #gardening #permaculture #urbanfarmingrevolution
💧 Update on front yard pond... includes a new waterfall and filter. I have a question, though. 🐟
1 day old rabbit kits. Litter of 9 #babyanimals #rabbit #meatrabbits #rabbitcolony #urbanhomestead
Grandma hobbies for the win. 👵 #rabbitcolony #urbanfarming #fedup #babyanimals #rabbit
You all get POOP! 💩
Help? Cockerel or pullet? 😅 #chickens #backyardchickens #urbanfarming
Please do not do this to your trees! Do not cover the root flair and avoid weed cloth. 🖖 #garden #trees #dontdothis
Popcorn bunnies 🐰 #rabbitcolony #urbanfarming #babyanimals #rabbit
Topped #cannabisedu #urbanfarming #cannabisismedicine #Oregon
Sitting and watching them is just so relaxing. #rabbitcolony #rabbit #permaculture #urbanfarming
Really fast video of the oddball chick. Not a Barnevelder, like it was supposed to be. Probably Lavender Ameraucana...? I'm taking them out to the garden in the A-frame during the day, when it's warm enough out. They still live indoors at night.
Singing with the sirens #greatpyrenees
Sound on. Merlin only howls at (with?) sirens.
New litter Dec 4th #rabbitcolony #ethicalomnivore #rabbit
bit cold today #rabbitcolony #permaculture #homesteading #urbanfarming #rabbitfarming #rabbit
Soo this is what I found first thing on this brisk Sunday morning. 🦃 #random #urbanfarming #poultry
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