Necie

Books I remember my mom reading to me (and my sisters): Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes Anderson's Fairy Tales and Grimm's Fairy Tales Aesop's Fables Little Golden Books (I loved the farm book ) The Little Red Hen The Tales of Peter Rabbit Favorite books that I read as a child: Litte House on the Prairie Books Little Women Helen Keller Misty of Chincoteague Are You There God? It's Me-Margaret Books I remember teachers reading: The Phoenix..5th grade The Last of the Mohicans..6th grade Rikki-Tikki-Tavi..High School There are sooooo many more....I have sets and sets and volumes and volumes. Most I still have, they are upstairs. If I can get up there in this cold, I will add more.

WESTY!?! THONG!?!

Originally Posted By: Anonymous For the rabbits we put glycerin in their water. You mix a teaspoon of glycerin in a gallon of water. It prevents the water from freezing. It is oderless, tasteless, natural and does not harm them in any way. Hill Is this right? Where do I get it? Is there a brand name or just 'Glycerin'? Liquid or powder? What IS this stuff?

Here's a new thread that I just started: Rabbits--Nesting and Kindling http://www.mrssurvival.com/forums/ubbthrea...ge=0#Post261421

DBF's Grandfather had an egg business. He had all white hens that would lay all white eggs. They were in a big chicken coop--40x110--in cages, with automatic waterers and automatic belt feeders. He had pullets shipped in and two year old hens shipped out. He made a living. Doesn't sound like it was fun. I like the fact that I have a Turken who insists on laying in one corner and a Silkie chick who insists on *guarding* that egg. And a Welsummer who insists on laying in the other, and burying her egg, so that every morning it's Easter and I'm digging through bedding trying to find it. I love it when I let them out in the morning and a big Black Giant runs over to a mudpuddle and stands in it--like her feet are hot and she's *soaking* them. And the rooster cackles and chirps letting the ladies know that he's found them a goodie to eat and then does his little *love dance* when they bend down to eat it. I love gathering my eggs and putting some in the incubator and hatching them new little fuzz balls. Letting a hen go broody and getting vicious mean guarding those eggs and then guarding the chicks. I love taking the carton outa the fridge and seeing a rainbow of colors and different sizes and knowing what's *in* those eggs. I sell my extra eggs, and at the best time of the year, they pay for their feed--the rest of the year, *I* do. I order extra chicks and hatch some of my own and sell some, helping to pay for my replacements. I put some in the freezer, so I don't have to *buy* chicken at the grocery. As far as having a small coop of laying hens, I don't think they will ever totally *pay* for themselves.....but they sure are FUN!!

I found this website: http://users.frii.com/dawog/Goats/DairyGoatFactBook.htm It also has some good links at the bottom of the page. ETA: OH MY!! If I had a printer, I'd be outa paper and ink!! http://members.toast.net/dawog/Goats/natio...at_handbook.pdf

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Originally Posted By: Trip Originally Posted By: Darlene I don't think 'adult' jokes have a place ANYwhere on this site. I just got done deleting quite a few. Could you please stop deleteing them until I get to read em???? I have a note from my mommy saying i can read adult jokes... Easy solution: Since Darlene doesn't want 'adult' jokes on the site, yet Trip wants to read them..... Anyone with a 'questionable' joke should just PM it to Trip.

Ok--so this explains the attack of the killer duck.....revenge for his roller bladed fallen brethren. Now, if she gets this turtle....it'll be attack of the fencing turtles.....(Trip asked for a Katana)

Hmmmmm....doctor's appt--usually not a fun thing and costs money OR...FREE salmon??? I think *I'd* reschedule the appt. Anywho...for future reference... Yes, I brine (soak in salt water) ALL fish when I clean them. Yes, you can throw them in the freezer and can them later. I canned 6 pts today of baked salmon that I had in the freezer. You can also boil it and freeze it or freeze it raw.

I can salmon just like the BBB says, except I skin mine. I also can some like it says for hot pack tuna. I bake it first, like I mentioned above, then follow the instructions in the BBB for tuna. Makes yummy salmon patties or salmon spread. My dad fished for king salmon for years on Lake Michigan. Like Skagit said-THOSE are prime salmon...poach, grill, bake, smoke. My boys river fish for salmon in the fall-those are spent salmon-they need some *help*...bake, can, mix with other ingredients. I baked and froze a bunch earlier this fall. Gonna can them up today. Wish I was there, too...we could do them together.

If you smoke 'em...(NO comments, please ) then ya still gotta refrigerate or freeze them. Get Sherman out and can those babies up! Use it for anything you'd use store bought canned salmon. Bake some in some lemon and butter with a bit of dill weed. YUM, YUM, GOOD!

http://www.canismajor.com/dog/livestck.html

waaaaa... How do I find those posts? I tried the search and typed in the number and-guess what?-the only post that it found was mom11's where she listed them. lol Is there another way to do it?

"I'm also going to do more of Darlene's marinara sauce and CAT's spaghetti sauce." Where are these recipes? Can't seem to find them. Working on basic tomato sauce and looking for ideas.

(sorry, broken image link. - Cat) Just fill with your favorite beverage.

Awwwww-let the poor boy have some soup. I love hearing that phhhu of a jar being opened AS MUCH as hearing the PING--means somebody is eating something GOOD and *I* get another empty jar to fill again. DS2 and his GF are moving into their first apartment this week-end and he called to see if I'd loan him some money for groceries. SURE! I also plan on packing up a few boxes of home canned goodies--with strict instructions to give me back the empty jars. The satisfaction is not in the canning, but in the joy of seeing the people you love being fed well.

*my name is Necie and I'm a canning-a-holic....* One early March day a couple years ago, this guy comes into the tavern and says - "The renter's are moving out of Mom's house (his mom had been deceased for about 15 yrs) and I want to clean it up before I rent it again. The basement is full of jars of stuff that Mom canned and I can't haul it out because of my knees (he'd had surgery on both). If you want to clean it out, you can have the jars." Me---> DBF---> So having two days off in the winter, the first day I go haul box after box of jars full of stuff at least 15 years old out of this basement--THREE truck loads! It was a chilly spring day, a little drizzly, but not bad when movin' around and workin'. I stack them all right plum in the middle of the garage as I'm figuring on dumping them all the next day. The next day--IT'S 20F AND SNOWING!! I get two 5-gal buckets and start opening and dumping jars. Get both buckets full and haul them to the garden and dump-COMPOST! Then...go in the house to thaw my fingers, then back to the garage to do it again. Loaded all the empty jars into the back of the truck AGAIN and as soon as it was closing time at the tavern where I work, I took them in and ran them through the commercial dishwasher. Only took two trips with empty jars. Had to put two boxes of jars that I couldn't get open out for garbage pick up. After all was done - I had increased my jar inventory by over 700 jars! DBF said-"I think you have ENOUGH jars now" I said- " .......Oh, you're serious? Ok, Honey, whatever you say."

Originally Posted By: Cat Quote: just remember.... in the end.. I will have the fabric to make jeans, shirts, dresses, underware, bras, panties, slips, and aprons. And I guess the rest of us will become nudists... OMG You DID NOT just say THAT!?! *necie wanders off mumblin': 'it's gotta be the full moon...gotta be...'*

Nana's "YKK Zipper Thread" is here: http://www.mrssurvival.com/forums/ubbthrea...=true#Post22238

Very clear. Thanx. Gonna try that. How do you take the candle out of the shampoo botttle?