Ben Polley wrote:I raise black soldier flies in an insulated grow-tent in my garage. My climate is too cold to raise them outside, even in the summer (Alaska).
Do you have photos or video of your insulated grow tent? I'd love to see the set up!
Scout Thornapple wrote:Hey y'all, please forgive me if this is posted in the wrong area. I received the devastating news today that my landlord wants us out of our home by the end of march so he can sell our house. He wants to sell it for $500,000 which is of course an insane asking price, and I can't afford to buy it from him. I am going to lose a garden I've worked on for years, as well as four ducks, three hens, a rooster, and a goat to this because of the insane rent in Nashville and my seeming inability to go anywhere that will rent to me with the animals. I would love to buy a home, and I'm doing everything I can, but I'm currently a gig worker and it's really difficult to apply for mortgage loans. I'm still trying though, and in the meantime I am PRAYING that someone in this area or nearby can offer a rental or a rent to own that would be understanding of me bringing my ducks, chickens, and goat with me. I don't want to lose them, I raised them from babies. This is breaking my heart. If anyone has any leads please let me know. I currently pay $1000/month and can continue doing that.
Hey Scout. I'm in Cookeville. Where are you located?
I also asked for help from two other friends, one helped me to shore up the perimeter fence, and the other helped me actually implement this double hotwire idea.
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Joshua Myrvaagnes wrote:
I wrapped it around the regular posts from the poly fencing and twisted it off, I think it’s a half-hitch maybe? since the poly posts were already frozen into the ground in place. I just took the poly mesh off. I’d tried to put the metal wire on with the mesh still there but the mesh might move a little and contact it and then diffuse the current.
1. Would you be able to share a diagram or example of how yall did the double hotwire?
2. It must be my migraine cause I'm struggling to visualize this. Would you mind sharing a drawing of this also?
Honestly, if you'd send video I'd REALLY appreciate it so much!
I don't know your comfort level but look for someone who is nursing. Ask them if they'd nurse your baby too. I've wet nursed many kiddos back in the day. Also, ask any older women around you. I've noticed there seems to be something with women in their 60s who still lactate. It's very little but it is there and with a pump/nursing infant it could come back.
Make sure mom is not using drugs or alcohol or eats anything you/your babe is allergic to.
Also, there is a protcol with a shot and a nausea med that can be given to a mother to get her nursing again. Trans women have been able to nurse their surrogate or adopted babies with the protocol.
https://www.them.us/story/trans-women-breastfeed
It is easier on those who have given birth as the body has more prolactin or recognizes it and is more readily pushed into milk production.
Goat's milk has been a common milk alternative throughout history. It is actually very close in composition to human breast milk. I was told you'll want to give the kiddo b vitamins on top of goat milk as it lacks or has less of a certain one infants need more of.
C Lundquist wrote:I have the white and snowflake blue patterns. (The snowflake ones are one of the original patterns and were only made 1970-1976)
I tested the snowflake pattern when I had my first kid (because I went around the house and tested EVERYTHING, especially things made before 1978, when lead paint was outlawed in the US). All the Corelle ware I have is lead free.
We tried different lead testing kits. The 3M lead tests worked well. Other brands we tried did not pick up lead from known leaded paint from our 1950 house. :S I only buy and trust the 3M ones now. They are more expensive, but I stretch them by testing a few things at once, rubbing only a corner of the swab on each item. The red is pretty bright and distinctive.
I am so glad I'm not the only one that tests things.
Something I learned from a pottery making person (the kind like the Ghost scene) back when I was pregnant with my 2nd was that depending on how pottery is fired can make it hard to use the liquid lead test kits. She said if I have to use something I"m unsure of to make sure I never put tomatoes/anything that was acidic as it can leach the lead and concerning stoneware it all had traces of lead as clay naturally contains lead. She also recommended I not use some Mexican stonewares I had as clay deposits in Central America had higher lead contents.
Jay Angler wrote:
Be aware that if you test "A" for lead - and it tests positive - that still may not be the source of your poisoning. Based on the link above - make sure you haven't just identified a "potential small source" rather than the "big important source" - like the water you drink and the food you eat! Lead pipes and copper pipes that were soldered poorly with lead-based solders are more likely to give you lead poisoning symptoms than white plates with some colour on the rim.
THIS!!! This is SOO important. So many folks have no clue how much lead is in their drinking water.
I have old books I've been collecting for a long time. 2 years ago I discovered old books have lead. The info in these books are....not affordably obtained and I'm working to convert the info into a safer use for us. I removed them from the house and if I need to use them I take them outside and try to put the wind at my back, blowing away from folks.
I've used galvanized fencing for a LONG time. It's my only affordable option. I don't grow food in, on or around it and I work to keep the grass and weeds trimmed around it so animals don't graze around it to lesson their accumulation and as such our accumulation. I'd prefer to have lovely safe wood fencing but...yeah. Affordability, accessibility and the county sue-ability is all an issue. lol.
I don't use galvanized metal containers for food or water. I'm currently still using the thick black animal bowls though as I haven't been able to find a safe, affordable and doesn't become broken by pigs, animals or human oops alternative yet and would love any tips or advice if anyone has any.
Also, just a tip...if you check paint on dishes and it isn't showing up on the testers it doesn't necessarily mean it's lead free. If you're displaying and not using I dont' see much worry, but when they're used and things start wearing...test again as you can't see it is wearing. Also, wash your hands after handling display pieces as you can spread the lead dust and if you have a sensitive person that eats or drinks or breathes that in they could have issues.
I wish we could get pyrex and corelle to bring back all those cute old patterns minus the lead. I'd love to have those mushrooms.
Alder Burns wrote:In climates amenable to it, bamboo comes to mind as another excellent material for such a fence. It grows in large invasive patches in much of the South and other warm moist climates and is often to be had for the asking.....
This is what I'm wanting to do and started collecting bamboo I can obtain but keep finding alternative uses for it...and folks love trading bamboo trellis for seed.
We discovered it while watching Liziqi. Her videos are peaceful and inspiring and kids and I have watched them all a few times now over the years. This is her video over bamboo fencing.
Jen Fulkerson wrote:Choosing to be a stay at home mom, my husband injuring his neck rendering him unable to work, added to the fact I'm just lousy with money. We have had to do a lot of corner cutting along the way. The thrift store was my friend. I got some amazing deals for sometimes even new stuff. One day they had boxes of Corelle dishes. They were complete, and I don't remember what I paid, but it is a great deal. I loved it, tough, thin so it didn't take up a lot of space. It started a collection, I now have lots of colors and styles, and I love it. I discovered, recently some are even worth money. Because of this, I thought it has been harder to find. The other day I got 4 of the small plates, 4 saucers, and 4 bowels for 5.00. For for I looked up the pattern, to see if I got a deal. I did it was the first pattern made. Then I see an article about Corelle containing lead. Not just one article, but many, even Corelle saying to use anything made before 2009 as decorative. I'm so bummed, I love these plates. We own an old house, so my kids were tested for lead, and it was negative. But we have been using it for many years. Now I have to buy new plates, and figure out what to do with the old ones. Plus I can't seem to figure out if it's ok to use the bowels and cups. The lead is in the color and patterns. The bowls and cups don't have color or pattern on the inside. I'm sad I have to buy new plates, have to get rid of my happy collection, and mad this information isn't more available. If anyone knows about the bowels and cups, please let me know. Thanks
Hey Jen, I'm going to throw in my .02 and my experience as a fellow broke momma that's all about thrifting. ;)
Lead is a real thing. Especially with old stuff. My husband and I use to take these lead checking strips and would smear it on paint WAAAAY back in the day before ripping reclaimed wood and cabinets out of old houses to put into out own. We would use dust masks if there was a lot of paint peeling but didn't if things seemed good. We also didn't check other things like...brass, copper pipes, etc. I'm just glad we weren't poisoned and if we were...I'm too dumb to see a difference. ;)
I'd still get reclaimed materials but I'd insist on us wearing more than a 'dust mask' or bandana and I definitely wouldn't be doing it while nursing or with kids there. There'd also be some major safe clean up and such of the wood before using it. Honestly, I don't know if it'd be worth it at all as I don't have super fancy clean up tools and lead needs special stuff now to protect children, adults and the elderly.
I know there is a whole scare factor but that's often something that comes with new things. Look at cars. Folks said there was no reason to put seat belts in cars or babies in pumpkin seats and often teased at folks and made claims about they would die in a wreck as they couldn't release the seat belt. We know better though and we put our babies in carseats that meet the highest safety standards we can afford and we value safety testing. No one is putting kiddos in pumpkin seats nor does anyone think it's safe to drive the highway holding an infant or child in arms.
The problem with lead is no one knows how much of it is going to harm a kid. How much makes one loose a few IQ points vs needing home care, home aids, living a life less than their DNA would have granted them if they hadn't been poisoned. The other thing is based on what I know and my budget there is no real treatment for lead poisoning.
I'm also of the mind that if it hurts my kid I don't want it around them. When I learned about the risks of teflon and aluminum cookware and the damage it does to the mind and the associations it had with early onset dementia I stopped cooking in my skillets and only used the oven or the microwave. I no longer have a microwave and now only use cast iron cookware, certain stone ware that has been shown to be lead free and glass baking dishes. If I were to find out my plates and bowls had lead/cadmium I'd use paper plates. They can be composted or used as firestarters.
I actually got rid of all mine (aluminum and teflon cookware) and I had been building a set with mushrooms on it which turned out to have lead. I love mushrooms. But, having a cute dish set wasn't worth the risk to the kids or our health. I grow food to be as nutrient rich to nourish their bodies so they can grow strong and healthy. For me with all the cancer risks that run on my and my husband's family I just couldn't add one more (real or imagined) health strike against the kids.
I'm assuming you're talking about Tamara of Lead Safe Momma who shares about lead and where it often is like in dishes, toys, and books. I actually know Tamara. She has had a lot of education over testing and such with the....shoot forget what the tester is called but... She has a vested interest in spreading the word about lead poisoning as her children were severely poisoned and all of them suffer the effects. It's a horrible disability for the kids and the family. Tamar wants to make sure no child ever has to suffer the way her kids have. It has been her life's work outside of her family.
As to Corelle they actually sent her an email one day talking about no one should use dishes before 2005 due to the lead. There is a copy of it on her site where it comes straight from the horses mouth. There are patterns and years and such that has tested and all the information on her blog shares it. Not to sound as if I'm tucking my tin foil hat down tight over my ears but...get you a tin foil hat while I spill this tea. She is legit and has been sued multiple times by old paint companies, various folks in various ....lead based places. She's keeps fighting and coming out on top. She helped in Detroit trying to get all the lead based pipes out, she's helped in various schools, homes, etc.
Everyone does the best they can. I don't like plastic. I keep it out of my home as much as I can. I hate toxins be they man or natural made and work to keep them out of our home. I try to create enough of my own compost, mycorrhiza, nutrients to feed and nourish and grow the soil so my kids and animals are healthy and strong but I bought some fertilizer when I ran out of fish emulsion and nothing else was available during covid. I knew it wasn't the best but starving was worse. I nursed the kids cause I believe an individualized formula created on the spot, in my body and for the kiddo I was breastfeeding was better than anything mass produced. However, if I was struggling and needed medication to make me an attentive and loving mom that interacted with said kiddo but it was labeled as dangerous to kiddos you better believe that I'd have been buying some mass produced formula and loving feeding it to my kiddo while holding them in my arms. An involved, loving, and attentive mom is better than a nursing mom that does horrible things a few months later due to depression. There is a place for everything in this world.
My .02 is weed through and research and educate yourself and make an informed decision based on your comfort, beliefs, wallet and health. No matter the decision we each make we each are the only ones that will deal with the outcomes of it. <3
Gina Capri wrote:I haven’t ever cooked with honey beans, but if you type in “honey beans recipe” in Google, you get some delicious looking beans and fried plantains as the first suggestion, and there are others too! Also they look like black eyed peas, so I am guessing you could cook them and eat with rice and a nice West African sauce (tomato based with or without beef/lamb/goat). You also cook beans with potassium, per my sister-in-law’s advice, so they give you less gas.
For a nice West African sauce you would start with chopped onions which you would sauté in canola or olive oil (or whatever oil.. peanut or palm oil could be fine too). Then add minced garlic, curry powder, paprika and once that’s cooked (~1min), add chopped fresh tomatoes and your meat. Usually for black eyed peas and rice (benga) we use beef, but goat might be fine, or maybe lamb. Then you would add water (not a ton, it’s going to be a sauce, not a soup) and tomato paste. Flavor with bouillon or salt and your other favorite seasonings. Cook until the meat is tender, adding water as needed if it evaporates. It’s soooo good with the rice and beans that I tend to overeat when we make it.
I need to eat dinner before reading this stuff. It was like reading food porn. My mouth is watering now.
Debbie Ang wrote:Hello, Honey. Several different beans, including adzuki and mung, are commonly used in Asian desserts, either as a paste used to stuff steamed buns/mochi/glutinous rice, or whole in sweet soups or over shaved ice. Try searching "Asian bean desserts" for ideas. Have you tried black bean brownies? They are flourless and have a rich, fudgy texture. Chickpea peanut butter cookies? Many recipes available on the internet. Great way to get extra protein and fiber!
We are BIG aduzki fans here! I buy them in 50lb bags. My college roommates were Japanese and Chinese and I got sooo many yums that year. Never thought dry squid would be delicious but...dude...delicious!
I plant mung beans and the kids and i will just eat the pods. We don't get any to last to dry but they're sooo sweet. We just pick them walking through the yard. We prefer mung beans fresh and in the pod over cooking with them due to the sweet flavor.
I have not make chickpea pb cookies but until a few years ago we were vegan. I'd been vegetarian for 22 years, vegan for 12 and then back to vegetarian for a few years while switching to a more traditional diet that helped our son who is highly functioning autistic. But, I added beans, pumpkin and sweet potato to anything and everything to get additional nutrients into the kids. I added a can of pumpkin or sweet tater to everything from sauce to soups and stews and the beans were either whirled, blended or smooshed. I used northern beans though so I'd love your black bean and chickpea recipes if you are willing to share. I did use black beans mixed with carob and would mix it into double chocolate chocolate chip cookies when the kids were little. We just do simple cakes more now and less cookies as it seems so expensive for the chips and carob anymore.
I would love a few recipes! Love savory and love using beans to extend meats. <3
Ellendra Nauriel wrote:I use Beefy Resilient beans for everything beany these days. It has a flavor that's 100% umami. In savory recipes, it really does taste like beef. In sweet recipes, it gives the dish a depth and richness, without altering the topnote flavors. Similar to what you'd get with adding whey or almond milk.
I'm working on developing a strain that can be machine harvested so it can be grown on a larger scale, but as far as I know, right now the only way they're sold is as garden seed.
Another reason I prefer this variety is that it's easier to digest. It's the only bean I know of that doesn't cause gas!
If either of you can break/wear out/bend any of the grub hoes or other tools at easydigging.com without completely abusing them I would be shocked. I have the grub hoe, the fork hoe, and the pointed hoe from them and they are all top notch and very heavy duty. You can break anything if you completely misuse it, but you would have to really try to break their tools. I highly recommend them.
My oldest has sensory issues and is highly functioning autistic. He carries 100lb bags of feed like it's 5lbs, has stepped on and dragged a 16ft reclaimed board through a field that had 2 nails in the end through his foot and didn't notice. ..at 9/10yo With our current clay soil and his hulk unawareness...things get broke. We remind him often kids like him from yesteryear are where super hero stories came from.
Mk Neal wrote:Honey beans, honey! If there is a west African community where you live you can find these. I have to say I do not find them “sweet,” so much as just mild-flavored. In our supermarkets they sell bags of honey bean flour. You can use it for a fritter batter, or replace some portion of the wheat flour in other baked goods with the bean flour.
For the name alone I must order some! Thank you as I've never heard of them!
Do you know if they will grow from the beans you receive? Fav recipe you can recommend with them?
Thomas Dean wrote: Does this mean that the sucker is not going to bend or pull out of the handle all the time? If so, that's what I need!!! I hoe pretty hard, ruin about 1 hoe a summer. Makes my wife frustrated.
Oh my gosh...I thought my kiddo was the only one that could break rakes, hoes and shovels in a season! Have you found any that actually stands up to heavy/hard use?
Not complaining as I love having a hard working kids that help but...buying tools each season is expensive.
Hi, I have some questions I'd love you to choose from.
1. What are your thoughts on mixing multiple varieties to create a landrace variety?
2. Which bean besides adzuki/red bean would be the best to use in desserts?
3. Which bean has the most protein and/or yield so as to grow the most amount of calories and nutrition in as small of a space as possible.
4. Is there a heritage bean besides soy that is a complete protein?
5. I don't know if this is up your alley, but I would love to learn more about inoculating beans. Is there a way to grow my own? Is it better to coat the seed or sprinkle the seed bed? Is there a benefit to using purchased vs what is in native soils?
Hi, I received a message today from the permies staff. I wanted to respond I am a real person and offer some proof if need be. They don't believe my name is proper but I've been a member for a loooong time and a real person for even longer. :) I hope this is a good spot to try to get ahold of someone at.
Mike Haasl wrote:Please note, one requirement was changed to match Food Prep:
- as in the Food Prep and Preservation aspect, no aluminum or teflon/coated cookware, microwave ovens or plastic touching the food (including bowls and utensils) is allowed
Does food prep include home grown meat we vac packed or shrink wrapped or dry beans that come in plastic bag from the store can not be used for this badge?
Gray Henon wrote:With very little data available, I've decided to build a small, deep bedded pen in the middle of my grove as an experiment.
I would love to see pics and hear how ot goes. Ive been thinking of planting bamboo to give them another food source. Figure if I did a strip and fenced them out O could feed them and let them through every now and then to fertilize and stimulate new growth.
