CrabGrassAcres

Mother, did you do continuous weave on the rectangular loom?

I'm thinking of making a large square for blankets, though I might do some with the tri-loom and chain them together like in the video Christy posted.

How to build and use a tri-loom Arby, I've been following the instructions here to build it. I haven't used one before. I used an 8' and a 10' piece of 1x4 pine for the frame and I'm using panel nails for the pegs, alternating white and brown. I cut three pieces of lauan plywood from a scrap to screw across the joints to hold them together and that is working well. Under $10 for the whole thing. Should be able to make a lot of shawls with it. I think I could sew two shawls together for a lap throw and maybe 4 would make a blanket with thick yarn.

Making progress on the tri-loom. Only 350 or so more holes to drill! LOL

I want to make a tri-loom and do some shawls. Can't knit or crochet anymore, it makes my hands hurt too much.

Lots and lots of yellow summer squash. I'm using the big cabinet incubator to dry stuff and it works really well. Have the temp set at 104.

Butterbeans are large shelled Limas that have not been dried. They are cooked fresh or frozen. Best cooked with some fat back or bacon and served with fresh hot cornbread, sliced tomatoes on the side and a big glass of sweet tea.

I cut a strip of thin plywood to the width of the window plus a couple inches on each side, so width plus 4 inches and the height is about 3 inches. Make a little pocket on the back of the quilt to slip the wood strip in and screw the strip to the window on each side. Use screws long enough to go thru the sheet rock into the wood framing (not the thin molding). When you take them down you can put a dab of white toothpaste in the hole and a little bit of paint. Try not to mar the molding though. Make the width of the pocket a few inches shorter than the width of the quilt so you can cover the end of the wood with the quilt. This holds the quilt firmly against the frame and stops air circulating behind the quilt. You can pull the quilt to one side or to the middle and tie it if you like during the day.

Fleece makes a good batting and sometimes you can get it cheaper than regular quilt batting. It works well for window quilts that you don't want to have to quilt or tie. The ones I'm making have a white backing, a white fleece fabric fill and a pretty print fabric towards the inside of the room. If I manage to get them done in a reasonable amount of time I'll post pix. My machine needs some maintenance and that is slowing me down.

Praying.

Fresh yellow squash from the garden (first of the season!) fried with potatoes and onions. Glass of sweet tea to go with and that's enough for me.

I was just looking out the window and watching all FOURTEEN goats mowing the lawn! LOL I only wanted one for milk. How'd I end up with FOURTEEN? Then there are the hens showing the chicks how to find bugs and the clucky ducks setting on their nests and the geese busy trying to hatch more goslings. Is it any wonder I'd rather be outside than in?

WOW, Pigzilla! That's a lot!

 

I'm rendering fat for lard today. It'll go in canning jars, but then in the freezer.

7 more qts of chicken! It sure seems I should be seeing a dent in the rooster population by now, as hard as I've been going at this, but I'd swear there are more down there now than when I started. LOL

7 qts of dark chicken meat on the bone. 26 1/2pts of boneless skinless breast meat.

Torch won't get hot enough. I used to put mine in the wood stove to burn them off.

 

To season, use animal fat, not veggie oil. The oil can make a sticky residue.

It isn't a dumb question at all.

I had to go back and look at my post, and it was a bit ambiguous.

I meant to use a pressure cooker on a regular stove if you are conserving fuel or to cook with a regular pot in a solar cooker. I can't see that it would be easy to keep a pressure cooker regulated in a solar oven. I always treated the solar oven like a slow cooker.

 

 

Is it advisable to solar cook in a pressure cooker? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

Wanted to add, don't put new ductwork in. You lose a lot of heat thru it and it is vulnerable to damage.

 

Don't use standard mobile home skirting. It is pretty for the showroom, but doesn't last.

Guess I'm an "expert" on mobile home living! LOL, I've had new ones used ones, and near about falling apart ones. 7 in all!

 

My advice is to get the cheaper 16X80. Get it up to your place and pull out the vents and ductwork since wildlife of all sorts love it. Pull out the insulation underneath for the same reason. It is usually shot pretty fast anyhow. Go thru and put new plywood subfloor over the old. Take out carpet first, linoleum can stay and be covered. Pull all the tubs/showers/ sink cupboards etc. so you can cover ALL the holes. When they build mobiles they leave huge gaping holes around the plumbing.

 

Pull all the plumbing out. It is not expensive to replace with PVC and will be much more satisfactory.

 

Now go under and spray foam insulation over the entire underside of the floor, being sure to cover all the pipes. Give it two or three layers if possible.

 

If the inside is paneled, you can cover it with sheet foam insulation and Sheetrock. The foam is twice the insulation value of batt insulation.

 

Put down sheet vinyl or tile or wood laminate. I have sheet vinyl.

All this is what was just done to my tin mansion. It is MUCH nicer now than a new one. It sounds like a lot, but if you have two mobiles, camp in one and repair the other then move into the repaired one and do the second. It took 2 1/2 months 3-4 days a week with half a dozen people working most days to do mine and paint inside and out, plus repair and paint and reroof my barn and build decks, ramp and steps.

 

Mice and snakes and other critters like possums and raccoons no longer have access to my home!

 

For heat, if you have electricity, put in baseboard heaters for backup and/or normal use. If you want a wood heater, be sure to put the appropriate shielding behind and under it and run the pipe out the wall, not thru the roof.

When nothing in the freezer "counts" towards supplies until it is canned or dried.

I have one! When there is an ad on CL for a free horse and you check to see how much meat is on it. LOL Rather eat a horse than a weiner dog.

I've done this before. It is really a good way to keep the tomatoes going. I've had tomatoes all thru the winter (in Colorado even) and plants ready to go in spring.

 

If you have a couple of plants in 5 gal containers all winter, you will have more than enough to take cuttings for your entire garden.

The ear lobe is the fleshy area around the ear canal. Most white egg layers have white deposits over the red flesh. Most brown egg layers will have red flesh around the ear, similar to the comb and wattles. Brown egger. The white is a tuft of feathers which is not the ear lobe.

 

White egger.

 

There are exceptions, but I'm too sleepy to think of them right now.

LOL, you're gonna need LOTS of help with that one.

 

Probably about as bad as "Bell".

Do you crack the bones first? How? Some recipes call for cracking them. Do I hit them with a hammer? LOL Is it worth the extra work?

 

Do you boil the chicken feet in your broth?

Good!More the merrier!

 

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