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Today, I made my first batch of cheese this season with my cow Betsey's milk. . . Habanero Queso Blanco. Chop up your peppers and boil in 4 cups water for 10 minutes. Cool. 1 gallon milk brought up to 180 F for a few minutes add in 1/4 cup vinegar to separate the curds. Put in colander to drain, pour on peppers with its water. Drain. Add kosher or cheese salt to your tasting. . .I use 1 T kosher. Hang to drain for an hour then press for another 7 hours. I will be making cheddars, but waiting on a few supplies to show up first. This is just one of those easy farm cheeses that goes pretty fast (besides the waiting) really and very easy to do.

Ended up cutting up a bunch of peppers (habanero, pablano, ancho and banana) for the freezer and dehydrator today. I've canned up all I am going to this year except for making some more candied jalapenos. Also dehydrated some basil to crush up for seasonings. My hands are still burning. . . I'll learn to wear gloves one day
 
I have my granddaughter for the weekend and we have big plans. She's 8 and very precocious so first I took her grocery shopping this evening. I started talking to her about buying healthy foods but that's going to take a lot of work. When we got home, I showed her my vegetable wash and talked her through washing them for us. Children do things much slower, especially their first time, but we all learn easier by actually doing instead of just watching someone else.
So I taught her how to make baked zucchini (even though I just found out today that zucchini purchased from the grocery store is in the Dirty Dozen - no more zucchini until I grow my own.)
Then we created a marinade for the beef we got on sale. I sliced it thin and she put it in the marinade, sealed the baggie and shook it up. We let it sit for 1/2 hour, then she spread it out on a baking pan. It's in the oven dehydrating.
Tomorrow, we are going to pull out all of the pickling cucumber plants and pick off all the little cucumbers to make sweet Gherkins - a process that takes several days.
Then we're going to plant zucchini and yellow squash along the fence.
Slowly but surely, I will teach her how to be more self-sufficient.
 
I have my granddaughter for the weekend and we have big plans. She's 8 and very precocious so first I took her grocery shopping this evening. I started talking to her about buying healthy foods but that's going to take a lot of work. When we got home, I showed her my vegetable wash and talked her through washing them for us. Children do things much slower, especially their first time, but we all learn easier by actually doing instead of just watching someone else.
So I taught her how to make baked zucchini (even though I just found out today that zucchini purchased from the grocery store is in the Dirty Dozen - no more zucchini until I grow my own.)
Then we created a marinade for the beef we got on sale. I sliced it thin and she put it in the marinade, sealed the baggie and shook it up. We let it sit for 1/2 hour, then she spread it out on a baking pan. It's in the oven dehydrating.
Tomorrow, we are going to pull out all of the pickling cucumber plants and pick off all the little cucumbers to make sweet Gherkins - a process that takes several days.
Then we're going to plant zucchini and yellow squash along the fence.
Slowly but surely, I will teach her how to be more self-sufficient.
and that is how the seed is planted. . .
 
But I am sure if you cannot afford to then you can find a way to improvise (Rednecks and Southerners always do, I am a redneck).

Okay, no more twaddling............................................................................ Go figure...... a Southern redneck from Nebraska........ great first post dude , stop by Sunday for dinner ( after church , that is).
 
I've actually seen something similar, with the 55 gallon barrel on a platform and the platform is enclosed underneath as a shower. The black barrel will absorb heat from the sun, warming the water and there was a shower head and faucet attached to the barrel. A gravity fed solar shower.
All I know is a cold shower just plain ole sucks! I may not have this now, but if the power went out I'd have something within the first couple days.
 
What is the double doodie? I'm guessing septic helper for rv's?

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here's some seeds i just ordered.but yet,what im thinking of doing.is to just hang onto these ones for when they are needed no matter what..and order some more when i have the money for them..this way,i'll have these seeds as a back up plan..

Asparagus: Mary Washington Asparagus (1.5g, 70 seeds)
BLUELAKE_POLE-B Bean (Pole): Blue Lake Green Bean (2oz, 175 seeds)
RED_KIDNEY Bean: Dark Red Kidney Bean (1oz, 65 seeds)
GREAT_NORTHERN Bean: Great Northern Shell Bean (1oz, 100 seeds)
PINTO Bean: Pinto Bean (1oz, 85 seeds)
CAYENNE Pepper: Cayenne Long Red Thin Hot Pepper (500mg, 90 seeds)
JALAPENO Pepper: Jalapeno (500mg, 70 seeds)
06GLDAC Cabbage: Golden Acre (2g, 380 seeds)
 
i just ordered some calamus seeds
use the root to treat fever,stomach ailments,sores,burns,ulcers,..also known to destroy the taste for tobacco..
 
i just ordered some calamus seeds
use the root to treat fever,stomach ailments,sores,burns,ulcers,..also known to destroy the taste for tobacco..

Hey Jim, if you can get some Plantain, Yarrow and Dandelion seeds, all three grow wild all over here though they are easy to grow and offer a ton and ton of benefits
 
great idea..but yet..just like others here..i gotta take it one step at a time :) i figured i better stock up on some seeds while i can..and the calamus will be a big plus for me..on acount i goofed and started smoking again..so im hoping that'll the calamus will fix that issue..
 
great idea..but yet..just like others here..i gotta take it one step at a time :) i figured i better stock up on some seeds while i can..and the calamus will be a big plus for me..on acount i goofed and started smoking again..so im hoping that'll the calamus will fix that issue..

Here is link for your bookmark, these are seeds with slight explanation on the benefits; https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/catalog/home-goods/seeds
 
i like the spice jar with shaker top..but i've started saving the plastic spice jars with the same type lids
 
here's some seeds i just ordered.but yet,what im thinking of doing.is to just hang onto these ones for when they are needed no matter what..and order some more when i have the money for them..this way,i'll have these seeds as a back up plan..

Asparagus: Mary Washington Asparagus (1.5g, 70 seeds)
BLUELAKE_POLE-B Bean (Pole): Blue Lake Green Bean (2oz, 175 seeds)
RED_KIDNEY Bean: Dark Red Kidney Bean (1oz, 65 seeds)
GREAT_NORTHERN Bean: Great Northern Shell Bean (1oz, 100 seeds)
PINTO Bean: Pinto Bean (1oz, 85 seeds)
CAYENNE Pepper: Cayenne Long Red Thin Hot Pepper (500mg, 90 seeds)
JALAPENO Pepper: Jalapeno (500mg, 70 seeds)
06GLDAC Cabbage: Golden Acre (2g, 380 seeds)
Jim, keep in mind that if you plant asparagus seeds, it will be 3 years (or 2, I can't remember) before they will actually produce asparagus for you. I'd get them and plant them in a movable container if I were you. I bought asparagus roots at Tractor Supply in the spring that will produce for me next year and planted them in a container - a large container as they will also drop seeds, by the way - They are now nearly 3 feet tall, but nothing edible until next year.
 
guess i need to get my greenhouse rebuilt then..on account,thats the only place i'll have room for them,when it comes to indoors n all
 
guess i need to get my greenhouse rebuilt then..on account,thats the only place i'll have room for them,when it comes to indoors n all
Mine are outdoors, Jim. The container they are in has drainage holes in the bottom and it sits out beside the rest of my garden. My plants in containers are the only ones that are surviving the onslaught of rain here.
 

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