My father is doing poorly. I am in the city, and do not plan on being back at the homestead this weekend.
Please, if you can, keep my dad in your thoughts.
I will be back as soon as I am able.
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Friday, February 09, 2007
Another contest
Just an FYI to those of you that love cooking and sharing recipes. All Foods Natural is having another contest, this time it's all about the chocolate.
"This month Food Naturally line also wants to receive your best words about chocolate or cocoa. This month the book will go to the best recipe with chocolate or cocoa as ingredients. As we are talking condiments and seasonings, extra points are added for recipes just like that, where cocoa or chocolate add flavor more than being the main ingredient."
"Send your words by the last day of February 2007 using this form or by email to the postmaster@all-foods-natural.com, and good luck! Being chocolate is such a favorite with kids, a copy of the book Superfoods for Babies and Children is waiting for the best recipe. Finalists will feature in this newsletter and the web site. The winner will be notified by email, and we will request then the postal address to send the book. Have a look to what you can find in th book"
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"This month Food Naturally line also wants to receive your best words about chocolate or cocoa. This month the book will go to the best recipe with chocolate or cocoa as ingredients. As we are talking condiments and seasonings, extra points are added for recipes just like that, where cocoa or chocolate add flavor more than being the main ingredient."
"Send your words by the last day of February 2007 using this form or by email to the postmaster@all-foods-natural.com, and good luck! Being chocolate is such a favorite with kids, a copy of the book Superfoods for Babies and Children is waiting for the best recipe. Finalists will feature in this newsletter and the web site. The winner will be notified by email, and we will request then the postal address to send the book. Have a look to what you can find in th book"
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Housing Info
By popular demand {or the amount of people that come here looking for the info} I will condense the underground and dome home housing info I have looked at.
Living Underground;
Dome homes can also be sunk, just ask your sales rep. for details;
This is not an endorsement by the blog author, just helpful links for you to get started. What you do with this info is up to you.
If you have any dome or underground home links or have dealt with any of the above and wish to tell us about your experinces, please leave a reply or e-mail me.
I have talked to a rep of Info at Dome Kits. He was very helpful.
Living Underground;
Dome homes can also be sunk, just ask your sales rep. for details;
- Info at Dome Kits
- Geodesic Domes
- Spherical Design Engineers
- Spherical Steel Structures
- Spherical Building Services
- Spherical Prefab Structures
- Spherical Geodesic Structures
- Spherical Fiberglass Designs
This is not an endorsement by the blog author, just helpful links for you to get started. What you do with this info is up to you.
If you have any dome or underground home links or have dealt with any of the above and wish to tell us about your experinces, please leave a reply or e-mail me.
Steve at Spherical Structures emailed me, there is a
yahoo group for earth shelters
I have talked to a rep of Info at Dome Kits. He was very helpful.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Q&A Part II
Stephanie, author of 2 blogs I enjoy reading, wants to know more about our log house plans. It's very difficult to find a 4 bedroom, 1600 sq ft plans for a house. But we did find one we liked, unfortunately the company charged a little more than we wanted to spend. We are looking at Satterwhite, they use dead standing logs, which is more eco friendly and we are talking to Centennial about what they can do for us in a bermed style house. Things are sill up in the air as of now.
Caroline says, I'm surprised at the carrots; which variety? We go the way of the nantes. I have never had a problem growing carrots, they like the loamy soil and partial shade. This I found out the hard way. Everything I read said that carrots like full sun, but my carrots that got full sun did poorly and the ones that found themselves growing under a volunteer sunflower did wonderfully.
She also asks about my father. He was removed from the ICU for 24 hours and suddenly had an infection that caused him to go back into the ICU. After a 48 hour stay in there, he came down with pneumonia. He is still on the ICU floor, but no longer in a glass cage. Looks like he will be there at least through the weekend.
misstreeBc asks; Have you thought about raising sheep and spinning your own yarn or weaving your own textiles? (I could totally see you with a spinning wheel and/or a loom!) We do have our minds set on sheep, what kind, I am not sure yet. And just about everyone that has an opinion on the subject thinks I should spin. We shall see.
You do have goats, right? Do you raise them for the milk - or are they pets? Our goats are pets. They were my husband's birthday present, you can find the story here.
And would you ever think about raising a dairy cow or two? (Enough for your family.) We have decided on purchasing 2 cows. We are looking at getting Irish Dexters {the kind Monica over on Smallmeadow Farm has} They seem perfect for us. My brother-in-law happens to know a local breeder and we might have them this spring.
Turnip wants to know bout the garden "plan-o-gram" So living in the southeast, are there any good resources out there I can consult for one of these? I always suggest talking with your local extension office about what is good for your area. If you want to do some Companion gardening I recommend the book Carrots Love Tomatoes.
Caroline says, I'm surprised at the carrots; which variety? We go the way of the nantes. I have never had a problem growing carrots, they like the loamy soil and partial shade. This I found out the hard way. Everything I read said that carrots like full sun, but my carrots that got full sun did poorly and the ones that found themselves growing under a volunteer sunflower did wonderfully.
She also asks about my father. He was removed from the ICU for 24 hours and suddenly had an infection that caused him to go back into the ICU. After a 48 hour stay in there, he came down with pneumonia. He is still on the ICU floor, but no longer in a glass cage. Looks like he will be there at least through the weekend.
misstreeBc asks; Have you thought about raising sheep and spinning your own yarn or weaving your own textiles? (I could totally see you with a spinning wheel and/or a loom!) We do have our minds set on sheep, what kind, I am not sure yet. And just about everyone that has an opinion on the subject thinks I should spin. We shall see.
You do have goats, right? Do you raise them for the milk - or are they pets? Our goats are pets. They were my husband's birthday present, you can find the story here.
And would you ever think about raising a dairy cow or two? (Enough for your family.) We have decided on purchasing 2 cows. We are looking at getting Irish Dexters {the kind Monica over on Smallmeadow Farm has} They seem perfect for us. My brother-in-law happens to know a local breeder and we might have them this spring.
Turnip wants to know bout the garden "plan-o-gram" So living in the southeast, are there any good resources out there I can consult for one of these? I always suggest talking with your local extension office about what is good for your area. If you want to do some Companion gardening I recommend the book Carrots Love Tomatoes.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Q&A
Abbagirl74 asks; When are you starting your garden, the actual planting? Do you have a plan-o-gram done already? I would be interested to know what you are planting this year.
The actual planting happens in stages, as soon as the ground is workable {Usually in March} we plant our potatoes, lettuce, radishes, and cabbage species. The "Plan-o-gram" hasn't been finished yet, we have been slightly distracted, hopefully we can sit down this weekend and get one done. As for what we are planting this year, we have downsized the garden because of the building.
* Corn
* carrots
* potatoes
* tomatoes
* sweet peppers
* green beans
* peas
* variety of squash
* variety of melon
* cucumber
* radish
* lettuce
* broccoli
* brussel sprouts
* peanuts
* onion
Caroline asked which hatchery do I order from, I ordered from the McMurray Hatchery. I have never had a problem with them, and they have always been great at fixing their mistakes. I am not blaming them for the death of the chicks. The post office knew what they were, it says "Live Chicks" all over the package. This was just an unfortunate happenstance. I mainly order exotics from them, as there are no local breeders here. If NAIS doesn't get in the way, we thought about becoming exotic chicken breeders. We adore those bantams.
Lisa asks; So here's my question-any plans to start seed indoors under lights?
We did have plans, and are late on doing so. Usually we try to start tomatoes and peppers already. We haven't had a good success rate at doing this, but we try different methods every year. We will start our melons inside in a few weeks.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
The actual planting happens in stages, as soon as the ground is workable {Usually in March} we plant our potatoes, lettuce, radishes, and cabbage species. The "Plan-o-gram" hasn't been finished yet, we have been slightly distracted, hopefully we can sit down this weekend and get one done. As for what we are planting this year, we have downsized the garden because of the building.
* Corn
* carrots
* potatoes
* tomatoes
* sweet peppers
* green beans
* peas
* variety of squash
* variety of melon
* cucumber
* radish
* lettuce
* broccoli
* brussel sprouts
* peanuts
* onion
Caroline asked which hatchery do I order from, I ordered from the McMurray Hatchery. I have never had a problem with them, and they have always been great at fixing their mistakes. I am not blaming them for the death of the chicks. The post office knew what they were, it says "Live Chicks" all over the package. This was just an unfortunate happenstance. I mainly order exotics from them, as there are no local breeders here. If NAIS doesn't get in the way, we thought about becoming exotic chicken breeders. We adore those bantams.
Lisa asks; So here's my question-any plans to start seed indoors under lights?
We did have plans, and are late on doing so. Usually we try to start tomatoes and peppers already. We haven't had a good success rate at doing this, but we try different methods every year. We will start our melons inside in a few weeks.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Tuesday
Things are not going to well here on the homestead. Within an hour {yesterday} My husband was attending his uncle's funeral, I received 26 dead chicks and my father was moved back into the ICU.
Updating this blog has become a morning habit. I tell anyone that wants to read it, about my previous day, all while drinking a cup of coffee. I doubt that I will neglect this blog unless something else should happen. My days will be more mundane than usual, I plan on just doing the basic routine.
If you have anything to ask me, please, go ahead and ask. It might help me keep my mind off of things
Updating this blog has become a morning habit. I tell anyone that wants to read it, about my previous day, all while drinking a cup of coffee. I doubt that I will neglect this blog unless something else should happen. My days will be more mundane than usual, I plan on just doing the basic routine.
If you have anything to ask me, please, go ahead and ask. It might help me keep my mind off of things
Monday, February 05, 2007
Poll closed
I am impressed with the amount of people that voted in the "What should I make" Poll. Maybe I should change the theme of my blog to a choose your homesteader's adventure.
Looks like with a total of 49% of the votes, I will be making cheese sometime this week. What kind of cheese, no clue. I will have to do some reading on the subject. Of course if you know something I don't, feel free to tell me so {about cheese that is}.
Thank you for your thoughts about my father. I will let you know how things are going soon.
Looks like with a total of 49% of the votes, I will be making cheese sometime this week. What kind of cheese, no clue. I will have to do some reading on the subject. Of course if you know something I don't, feel free to tell me so {about cheese that is}.
Thank you for your thoughts about my father. I will let you know how things are going soon.
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