Josh Hoffman

Yeah, wow, these books are selling at outrageous prices! Of course, they are not in the local library.

We have not used a dryer since May of '21. My wife has some black clothes and the kids have some. We wash things all together. Sometimes we use a bucket and plunger, sometimes a washing machine.

We hang the clothes outside to dry and inside if it is going to rain. We use a "spin dryer" which just spins the clothes at a high rate of speed and does not have a heating element. 3 mins in there and they are hung and dry quickly depending on sun/wind/relative humidity.

We do not have issues with lint. I don't think the spin dryer has anything to do with that. We also do not have pets.

If you have an older washer, it will have a lint trap and that could be the issue. Monthly cleaning is the recommendation from most user manuals. The newer "high efficiency" ones do not have a lint trap. But, the impeller that moves the water out could get junked up with hair and other stuff and need cleared out. The faster the water is sucked out of the drum, the fewer opportunities the lint has to hang around on you clothes.

Does the cat hair hang around on your clothes after washing or just lint?

Joseph Lofthouse wrote: Sorta a non-event, especially when  compared to the Great Core-Bonanza of 2021-04-01.

That sounds like an interesting day.

I would say that, in my opinion, I don't think we can compartmentalize ourselves and answer questions objectively, even about plants. My worldview or philosophical/moral foundation or whatever you want to call it informs everything I do/think/say.

Evidence of this could be the reason for the myriad of answers you get when you ask a question, sometimes. I think there is a level of like-mindedness here and that helps.

Preferably, I have someone local to answer my questions, that I know personally. If not, I try to get a local referral or someone to call. If not, I ask here or comment here. It is in that order because it would start with folks that I have a good idea about their worldview.

Reading the cider press and interacting with it and also reading anyone's books or any post that has a few personal details helps inform me of from what basis they are working. In my opinion, I don't think you can ever be 100% sure about anyone but yourself (maybe not even that), but you can get a good idea from what basis others are coming from. This in turn helps me to understand why they may answer a question a certain way or comment a certain way.

I say all that to say, my view would be that I like to understand who you all are as whole people, as much as possible in an online format. I use your posts (even the CP) and the books to help me with that. This was also the reason for my original post here. I may have been mistaken about the deletion but I was not offended, in any way, by any comments made in the thread. I also did not understand the nature of the CP and while I am still a little confused about it, I am glad it is part of the forum, and I understand it a little more than I did.

Carla Burke wrote:They (2nd degree, anyway) need to be allowed ventilation, and to weep, because the damage is deeper than just the surface of the injury. I actually did try the healing ointment on this burn (it was a nasty, 1.5"×1" rectangle, 2nd degree burn from contacting the door on the woodstove, as I was loading it,  that ruptured within minutes of blistering). I left it alone, but for cold water, for the first few hours, but as soon as I put on the ointment, the pain was intensified and lasted. When I switched, a week later, to the mānuka honey, the pain only intensified with the dressing change, then eased almost completely, even with the contact of the bandage. It also began healing much faster, and the color improved dramatically, within the first several hours.

There was an old wives tale, that one ought to immediately treat a burn with butter or lard, which has since been proven to exacerbate the damage, essentially the 'proof' claims that the oil seals in the heat, in the deeper tissues. I don't know the veracity of that, but I know what I've experienced, this month.

Thank you for explaining! Very helpful.

Carla Burke wrote:Honey is good, too - but if you have the option, go with mānuka honey. The stuff is amazing, and it's perfect in situations like burns, where an oil/ wax based product is ill-advised. In fact, I'm using it on a burn, right now.

Carla, I did not know that the oil/wax products were not good for burns. I tried google to see why, no success. Can you elaborate on why for me please?

I would like to know why and share that info when it comes up.

r ranson wrote:Long winded way of saying, cider press is a tricky place.  And posts on permies that don't meed publishing standards tend to vanish.

Okay. I was under the impression that the cider press would be less tricky as far as being able to share a little more of our thoughts about more sensitive topics. Noted.

I was responding to a post here:
https://permies.com/t/269492/positive-outcomes-USA-presidential-election

I think Chris Week said something along the lines of "if you are for no regulation then you can't be for less regulation".

I said that I wish it were so simple but the alternative would be that if I was for more regulation then I should be for absolute regulation.

I reviewed this thread and this interaction has completely disappeared. Where did it go? Why can I not find it in my search of the thread?

Samantha Lewis wrote:I have been buying eggs this winter.  About $10 per dozen here for organic free range eggs.   I feel ok about it though.  I am glad that folks who are making this a business are getting paid.
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Samantha, I appreciate this. Having some local farms who share similar values in quality of food is very helpful.

We would eventually like to add some additional animals and garden crops but since we have some local supply of quality foods, it is a win win to patronize them and wait. We are able to spend our dollars here and support other folks and this "buys" us time to understand and do a really good job with what we have.

We can grow slowly and confidently and support the local economy while doing so.

Great perspective, thanks for bringing that up!

Cujo Liva wrote:

I don't use ice water.  I just use cold tap water.  Works well.

I will try this, thank you for clarifying! I had only seen the 5,5,5 with an ice bath.

You are very close to the "perfect hard boiled eggs" recipe (5-5-5 method) that I use.
  1- Use older eggs as noted above.  Very fresh eggs may not peel well.
  2- Use instant pot to pressure cook on the "egg" setting for five minutes.
  3- Allow it to natural release for five minutes.
  4- Move the eggs to a container of cold water for five minutes.
The eggs will peel well and won't have the dark ring around the yolk that you can easily run into.

We did this for some time but we do not have an ice maker so we would make it in trays. I did not like having to use the ice bath.

I discovered that you can let the eggs cool enough to carton up after natural release, place in fridge and peel after a few days. I usually wait 3-5 days. They peel very easily and I do not need to worry about the ice.

Not a good solution if you are in a hurry. Ice bath is a must in those circumstances.