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I thought the wobbly, lethargic squirrel on my porch might be rabid.... turns out he had just dug up and eaten all the prickly poppy seeds I planted yesterday!!!!

I understand wanting simple. It isn't always so simple, though, as you are finding. I would start with purging items. You still need to do that and not allow anything absolutely necessary into your h…

I would take a vacation to Europe, travel to all 50 states, move to the country and live my best farm life. I would also learn a form of martial arts lol. Granted all of these are goals I currently h…

I got two more hens. Lehman brown classic. They are molting, so I got them for free. My two other hens Amrock wanted more company. Now they have two more friends. Much bigger ones. our hens are allow…

I grew up part time in the mountains of NC and at the coast... about half and half. So, whether a snow/ice storm or a hurricane, we were often without power for weeks, unable to drive... etc. I also …

This is part of the reason we moved to our new home. Every year I felt less safe and less self-sufficient. Plus we were very near the main street of town and surrounded by houses and people. I/we nee…

Sorry, I accidentally clicked on the `Post comment` area again, and now I can`t figure out how to delete this comment. I already made my comment above. But rather than leaving this blank, I will writ…

@jowitt.europe asked me to write about my experiences gardening in cardboard boxes, so here goes....😁 So, I have only been gardening since 2020. I don`t want to use plastic containers, but anything e…

The first thing I learned to bake was bread and since Thanksgiving I returned to my roots and started baking bread, below is the picture of bread I baked last night using Melissa Norris' Master Dough…

I believe that I am. I cook mostly from scratch, and like the traditional foods that I grew up with. I try to limit salt these days, but I'm all about healthy fats and butter, cream, and even limited…