carrie watson

I try to support the $15 category but when I click on it, it boosts the amount up to $30, which I can't afford. What am I doing wrong?

My partner and his brother have laying hens. A common weasel that lives in the wood shed, took two of the chickens out today. There has to be better uses for these chicken carcasses than to throw them in the bush, which, although a natural thing, to me it feels like such a waste of materials, but is exactly what they'll do. I suggested to turn it into cat food. Would love to read other permies' suggestions for what to do with dead chickens.

I like this cover a lot. Even more than the green.

Hi Kristina
Just wondering if you've read "Mortgage Free" by Rob Roy? It's been my mantra since reading it in 2005 and I've been on my path to self-sufficient freedom ever since. Best of luck!

Christmas season around here is as exciting as watching the cobwebs form. But after reading everyone's ideas I got the spark in my pants. Time to take a break free from the old routine. I'm spending a lot of time at my "permie-friendly" family's farmhouse, cooking, and enjoying fresh eggs while dreaming about being on the Picanoc River on my 6 acres of recently acquired bush. I call it heaven - where I plan to live out the rest of my days, self-sufficiently and off grid. I won't be getting back there to do much building now that the snow is here or until my partner's back heals from a fall on a chunk of ice. Poor guy. Buts when I'm here, I want to be there. On one hand it's good to keep myself preoccupied with preparation for all of the things that I want to do once I live at my own place. That's all good, however, doing so fails to allow me to live in the moment. Time to break out and do something fun. For my 12 days of Christmas I will teach myself to knit a toque and try making cheese.
Thank you. Permies just made my day!
P.S. This is my "Toilet Mushroom". I've tried growing mushrooms. Never with any luck. I'd never have bet this was possible. A wild mushroom decided to make our bathroom home this summer.

If you're still wondering, in one of his books, Rob Roy says the dark colour on the aspen or poplar, doesn't affect the outcome. Once the wall is complete the black can be sanded down to the fresh wood and the black will not return.