Samantha Lewis

Deane Adams wrote: All the herbs were cut for drying well before frost most years, the basil, I would take cuttings to root indoors and overwinter in a sunny window.  

Peace

Hello Deane!

I am trying this this year!

I stripped all the leaves off the basil twigs and they are rooting well in a glass of water in the kitchen.  I am so excited to have little basil house plants!


Thanks!

I am careful to pick my green tomatoes before frost.    I put them in a box in a dark place and they will ripen over the next few months.   Every few days I can pick through the box and get a couple ripe tomatoes.   One year, I had so many we were still eating red tomatoes at Christmas!



I will also get all the remaining chili and sweet peppers.  Mellons, squash and cucumber will have to be picked and protected from frost.

We have a lot of basil this year.  It has to be harvested and hung indoors.  


Carrots, turnips, beets, parsnips, kale, arugula can all sit there a while longer.    They will get sweeter with the frost.

The broccoli and cauliflower will keep growing through the autumn.

We will be harvesting kale and spinach even in the snow!

We had turnip greens with eggs, onions and jalapeños.  Grapes for dessert.  All from the garden.  This is such a fun time of year!

 
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Healthy, organic food can be inexpensive, simple and quick to prepare.

Here are some ways to get great food for less money:



Buy your pantry staples in bulk when they are on sale.

At harvest time get connected with local growers and preserve the foods you like to eat.  Canning, drying, freezing and pickling are easy ways to put fresh food in your pantry to make it last all winter.  

Pay attention to what you eat a lot of and grow those plants in your garden or local pea patch next year.  

I know some people have no land around their house but I have seen folks get pretty creative with containers and trellises.  Even if you are pressed for space, you might be surprised how much a handful of fresh herbs or a garnish of sprouts can brighten up your plate!  



Links to help you find good food:


Azure Standard has great deals on bulk organic food.   They deliver fresh, frozen and dried food all year.  
Check out their Azure Market Organics brand for everyday low prices.  

https://www.azurestandard.com/


Wildly Organic has good deals on many pantry-staple ingredients.  

https://wildlyorganic.com/


If you are looking for top quality affordable raw organic almonds, this is a good site to know about.

https://organicalmondsraw.com/

Hello Sheldon!

Welcome to permies!

I used to have roosters like that.  They would scream at me every time I went out to the garden.   It was terrible.   I was able to train them a bit by spraying them with the hose.

You might be able to set up a sprinkler so they get sprayed but do not see that you are doing it.


Since winter is coming, you might be able to put up some sound deadening walls around your run.  You can stuff pallets with wool or mud and straw.  That will help contain the sound in the run area.

I used this technique around my geese when they were nesting.  They get pretty loud and it helps a lot.


Good luck!

Hello Ryan!  

I think using raw milk is great.  I much prefer raw milk to pasteurized.  


You might need to bring it up to a temperature to kill off unwanted bacteria.  

Hello Ryan!

I would make sure your milk is clean.  If you are using raw milk you might try making a clabber and see how that turns out.   If the clabber smells rotten you probably have bacteria in your milk.  




Also be sure you are not using metal.  Kefir is sensitive to metallic spoons and strainers.  

Are you fermenting anything else in the house?  Some ferments do not play nicely with other ferments.  Specifically kombucha and sourdough cannot hang out together.  


How to make clabber:

Hello Taz!

Welcome to permies!

Wheaton Labs is a beautiful community near Missoula Montana.  
https://wheaton-labs.com


We have a program called the bootcamp.  You can live here, eat all organic food and do fun projects Monday - Friday.  You have your evenings and weekends free and after a month of being here you can pick out an acre where you can practice your artistry in seed and soil.  Build a little house, create a garden, raise some livestock.  

We only ask that you commit to one week.  Here is the link to sign up:

https://permies.com/wiki/bootcamp


There is a $100 fee to get started.  After that you can stay here for free as long as you want while participating in the program of about 40 hours per week doing permaculture and homesteading projects to support yourself and future bootcampers.


Another option, if you are looking for a place of your own, is the Skills to Inherit Property (S.K.I.P) program.

You really can skip the rat race!




The S.K.I.P program is completely free. It makes owning a farm possible for anyone who is willing to put in the work and do the protects to get verified.

You can have a beautiful farm of your own.

Here is another link with more information:
https://permies.com/wiki/skip-pep-bb

Maybe the best I can do right now is buy another round of the original cards!



Which are really great.

Here is the link:
https://gardener-gift.com/

It looks like I gave all the thumbs up I can already!   I gave you some apples!  

I would donate money to this project to help get you all to the next step.