elle sagenev wrote:If you really need your spouse to look at it just bring it up. "Hey what does this chord go to? Do we even have that anymore? So I can get rid of it?"
Great point, getting rid of other peoples stuff ...
Lenora said, So here’s what I’m curious about especially from folks who remember pre-industrial scale homesteads:
If you’ve got acreage, water, hedgerows, and rotation is year-round feeding a modern habit, not a necessity?
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To me, chicken feed helps add vitamins and nutrients that chickens might not get if they only forage, especially in winter.
I am not sure there are many pre-industrial folks still living.
I feel this article is more of a detox from phone apps. I don't use phone apps though I do pick a few productive things each week to keep my mind active.
This is a good plan for folks addicted to phone apps.
This 30-day dopamine detox reset my brain and changed my life
- First, each Sunday I would pick out a few productive things for the week that I would use to replace my mindless scrolling and track it (ex: reading, steps walked, calls made to family, etc). Then the next Sunday I could review what I accomplished with that time and revamp the plan (was very motivating and eye opening).
one of the biggest changes was I feel like I have more "space" in my day to day life. I don't feel like I'm in a constant state of elevated anxiety... I don't think I realized how much the phone time was contributing.
I definitely have more energy (part of that is also because it helps me sleep better when I'm not so wired up)
And I'm getting more done in a focused and productive way than before
Usually there are properties with houses that are less desirable though real estate agents do not offer those as the commission is less as the asking price is less.
If my goal was like your of starting a food forest I would want an orchard even if the trees were olives.
My suggestion would be to compare the price per acre for raw land vs an olive orchard. Which is the best deal per acre vs what amenities are available? Amenities would be water, electric, sewer plus out buildings, fences, etc.
Kathleen Nelson wrote:So question for everyone if you own a tractor/ other farm/ earth moving machinery, would you answer a few questions for me? What brand and horsepower do you own? What are it’s primary features that you use the most? What do you love about it /or wish it had? If you had it to do over what would you get?
To me. brand is not as important as equipment. Horse power might be important based on need.
In my opinion, the front end loader in the photo John posted is the most valuable for a building a basic homestead.
What will be constructed? Roads? Site preparation? A house? Out buildings? A garden?
Out of curiosity, just how does one grow a more-or-less traditional garden in caliche? My grandmother retired from Minnesota to Arizona and had a nice house with no vegetation. I tried to dig a hole to plant a tree, but I couldn’t do any more than break off a few flecks of dirt.
When I got done, I thought it would be easier to dig in pure rock than caliche. Rock shatters, but caliche, despite being extremely hard somehow gives way *JUST* enough that it won’t break up.
Sorry to be so late with a reply.
We did raised beds with a mix of clay we found on our property, leaf mold we found on the property under oak trees, and purchased bags of soil and well aged manure.
There is so much limestone rock that it is impossible to dig a hole.
craig howard wrote: I'm having a hard time getting my money from etsy.
I have over $94 in etsy from light toys I've sold.
I have a verified account and deposit schedule is daily but the money just sits in there and doesn't go into my account.
What am I doing wrong or need to do to get them to deposit my money into my account?
I am just starting to go back to selling products so I am looking at Etsy, Amazon and Ebay.
I know all about selling on eBay since I used to be a seller.
So reading about how to sell on Etsy, it says that the funds from your sales are deposited directly to your bank account in your currency, no matter how or from where the buyer pays.
Have you set you account up with your bank info?
If you have then I would contact Etsy to see what the problem is.
Arthur said, Maybe the bone broth remnants are ok because they have been cooked for so long and gotten to be so soft that the splintering in no longer a danger?
I have read that some folks give bones to their dogs so it depends on what kind of bones. Usually it is chicken or poultry bones that are not okay to give to dogs.
Cooking will soften the bones somewhat though some bones are still not okay to give to dogs as they will still splinter.
It is better to use the bones for biochar or bone meal.
