Alicia Hilton

Katie Turner wrote:Just curious, does keeping chickens actually save you money? Or do you just break even? I've heard someone make the argument that you are actually losing money,because it will always be cheaper to buy eggs in store,and the money it costs to keep them fed and such is more than the money you're saving on raising your own meat and eggs.

I really dont know bc I dont break even.When in the most and not much sunlight in winter.Most of time you do not make much.

Eric Wilson wrote:Welcome Bob!
I have started to look around for a used Ford Ranger.  Considering changing the engine from gasoline over to BioDiesel / ethanol.
Really tired of the Canadian gas tax and corporate greed as displayed on the digital sign every time I gas my current Ranger.  (Ford should be ashamed of the poor fuel economy and lack of Diesel option)
Anyway, I have been considering making ethanol with a backyard still.  BioDiesel I know little about.  So, I am looking forward to winning a copy of your book!
Eric

.My late husband did make his own biodesel he purchased a used merecedez sedan ran on diesel as well as his Ford F250 heavy duty truck. WE DID IT FOR 4 YEARS.henusedused frying oil,kerosence,and some other things.But the fuel filters and fuel injectors were clogging up.On the Mercedes I was shown how to change the fuel filter and carried a spare.But we abandon it bc his truck after 4 years did not have the same power.I can't ask him because he is in heaven now.

I am interested in establishing off grid eco christian co op I am trying to navigate my way do I form A LLC and/ or Non Profit to establish this I have 20 plus area farm with apple orchards, fruiting plants and nut trees.I a newie.I like to build a christian commynity?.How do I establish this?

Timothy Norton wrote:Do you have a standard size of cardboard you are using as feedstock or just an assortment of sizes?

I wonder if the extra effort to cut the cardboard into uniform strips might be useful to reduce the amount of stuck ashy embers if you didn't have a bundle of twigs handy in similar supply to the cardboard.

We do that too.but sometimes it makes creosote.

Rus Williams wrote:I can't really answer your question but it seems quite similar to what my wife and I found when we looked at eco villages in europe. Most of them were a bit too heavy on the community aspect, for us at least.

Basically my ideal of an eco village would be for several families to buy adjoining farms, and then decide where to put up fences, where to take them down, where to help each other and where to focus on our own work and ideas I would like to start one.Im glad I found Preamies.How do I go about it.Do you have non-profit status or LLC

Bob Gigliotti wrote:Hi, I'm from Pittsburgh, PA. I'm in the process of purchasing 14 acres of farm land south of Pittsburgh, and have been devouring Permaculture books for 6 months, when I discovered it. Anybody from this area?[/] I m near Titusville Pa I'm Alicia

Do you still do this community.