amelia Feierabend

have you or anyone ever tried a straw bale shredder for shredding newsprint?

Cécile Stelzer Johnson wrote:

Alder Burns wrote:I have made granola out of sweet potatoes!  ...So....scrub and peel out bad or rough spots, but otherwise leave most of the peel on, grate them raw....using a food processor if there are a lot.  Take the gratings and dry them out.....however.  Store the grated pieces like this in jars or sealed containers, no need to refrigerate.  When I want a "batch", take some out and drizzle with some kind of oil or grease or lard or whatever, and then toast quickly in the oven or solar cooker till they are a bit browned.  This is then the starchy base of the granola, replacing the oats.  The oil and browning helps them not soak up milk too quickly so they stay crunchy.  Add whatever else, fruit, nuts, etc. and enjoy

This sounds yummy and I just might try. do you have a trick to prevent them from turning brown? I use Asian sweet potatoes and my main objections is that they oxidize in a minute or less unless I dip them in lemon juice or vinegar.

i dehydrate standard red potatoes shredded and would think that a 4-5 min blanching would solve the darkening problem... if i here in mn find a cheap price on these im gonna try that granola idea!!!

what im seeing here is other practical ways that i can use this magnifier - im imagining all the free heat i can get off it on a mn winter... and to think- i had one and got rid of it! 😳

wonderful! this is how we learn- when children sit at the feet of their elders and hear their experiences!!! old people should never underestimate their value just because they lose physical ability!!!


outside of termites..... how would this be built in Minnesota? rain while building....rodents? this would be so interesting to do! in our area people fo this on a smaller scale by wrapping their houses and trailerhouses in a row or 2 of bales every year for winter... but remove them because of rodents.....

how is this possible - today i have received not one but 2 emails from bot takeovers!!! (and the day has just begun!)  how is this little gir bot and autobot (below) related to the midiocre bot from meh.com? is this national bot take over day? wait! its april fools!! 😳 i better prepare myself!

so i always fought with my garden.... still do where i havent been diligent- but where i have had time to implement it, this video on youtube- back to eden gardening has been very helpful!!!

https://youtu.be/6rPPUmStKQ4

Jami McBride wrote:Want to conserve on TP - then why not washable rags?  Cheep washcloths can be found at discount stores and garage sales, cut up into one-use sizes and washed/reused.

These can be misted with a spray bottle for a wet-wipe functionality.

The wash water can then be applied to ones compost or trees if proper natural soap is used.

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My response:

we started using cloth about 2 years ago- in conjunction with tp and our composting toilet- big savings- people think we are nuts too- but we just bought 3 -10 packs of colored washcloths at walmart 5$/pk cheapest tp we ever bought - 1 small load a week and they double as feminine pads as needed- if we got more still would be same 1 load maybe every 2 weeks- YES has saved us

-i think i would like to be a wolf- because i like rare venison- esp out of season - and protected-
-what i prob would end up being is a cow or goat -just cause.
- what i would never want to be is a chicken- ouch!

Like it!!!