Alina Green

I hate the acronyms.  If I don't understand it, I usually skip past it, rather than taking the time to look it up.

Also, since all of the alphabet agencies and NGOs these days are let's just say...off-puting...why not just be more direct?

To play off a previous idea, how about:
From dirt to food?

Or,
From Dirt to Food...Cheap.

Dump and splash:  bucket of water, pot to ladle it over your body, standing amidst the plants.

What is that...shower?

All the casters I've taken off office chairs have been like the one in the photo.  Just pull it out.

Umm...I probably should not have read this just as I sat down to dinner...sigh!

Hah, I was just talking to a friend last night about guinea pig...because she said she cannot see me raising sheep or goats or cattle on a homestead.

I said it would likely be small animals, like rabbit, chickens...and we thought of guinea pigs.

She said she had some in Peru.  "Tasted like chicken," she said.

What do you think it tasted like, or why did you have an aversion?  I'm interested, especially since I've gone back to eating flesh foods again after being a vegetarian for decades.

In my experience, they will get off the nest eventually, if the eggs don't hatch.  But it takes quite a while.

Probably because they seem to end up with mites, so they get too itchy to stand being there...

A dusting of diatomaceous earth will kill the mites quickly (do not breathe the dust), but the chickens regularly dust bathe, probably for that very reason.

If you try to take the eggs, protect your arms and hands, as hens will usually try to peck you or whatever you get near them, with a vengeance.

Once you remove the eggs, the hens generally abandon the nest within 24 hours.

Those pickles sound good.

I've started sowing seeds all over the property, from both plants, since they are such strong and useful "weeds."

I found this article about dogs used to re-seed areas.  
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/saddled-with-backpacks-of-seeds-local-pooches-enlisted-to-help-rewild-urban-nature-reserve/

Anybody done anything like this with their dogs?

Seems perfect for adding cover crops and biodiversity to large fields.  Load them up and let them run around and play.

This video seems helpful.  He says pretty much any tree that makes a fruit or nut will work.  Green or recently felled, not old.

Anne Miller wrote:

Alina Green wrote:

Anne Miller wrote:Irish spring is a brand name.

I found out by accident, if I lather up but don't wash the soap off, I get zero bug bits.

Do you slip and slide around when you sweat?!

Duh? A thin layer of soap foam dries and no one knows it is there.

I have never put it under my arms.

A thin layer around ankles and wrist is about all I need to keep the critters away.

I've lathered soap/water on dry hands and let them dry before painting.  Makes them easy to wash later.

Interesting the way you use it for bugs!  I'm wondering what the predominant scent equivalents would be in the plant world...and guess that something made from infusions or essential oils would work too...

Just ankles and wrists, huh?  Not on your neck or face?  Do they not bite you there?