Suzette Thib

r ranson wrote:The recycled plastic reusable bags they sell for a dollar here last about 8 years, although we do cycle through about half a dozen at a time.  Cotton ones need mending after 4 or 5 years.  But cotton with mending and upkeep can last 25 years or more.  

It took about 3 years from banishing plastic bags for the supermarkets to figure out which bags to sell.  The original reusable ones broke down in under 6 months which sucks worse as they were about 12 dollars.  The one and two dollar ones last way longer.

But when possible, I ask for a box.  Most smaller grocery stores are happy as they don't have to pay to have them recycled and I'm happy because they are easier to carry and hold more stuff.

This has been the best for us. My husband shops and brings home the bacon, so to speak and the cardboard is for permaculture awesomeness in the yard! It's a great set-up!

My best warning with kittens is owls and rats. We had terrible luck with kittens surviving that duo at one of our locations. I don't know what the barn is like at your place. Our momma cat had three or four litters before any kittens survived, and at that point the momma cat had wandered over to another property and an entire shed wall had to be taken apart to get the kittens out. Sure made trouble with the neighbors! As long as we have our cats put outside, they always take to hunting pretty well, even if they do like to hang out in the house sometimes.

What about putting in shiitake spawn in some of that oak? We have found that to be a good use for oak. You have a nice huge haul of it, congrats!

Almond Thompson wrote:Cy: how did your Rouge Vif D' Etampes cook up? I tried one and was not partial to it at all

I really loved our Rouge Vif D'Etampes! But the Jarrahdale were so terrible, like cardboard. Maybe it just depends on how they were grown? We got the pumpkins after Halloween and they were all $1.99 each - less than a packet of seeds! And we still have some pumpkin in the freezer, seven months later. Yum!

We are hoping to get one of these. Maybe not a hose solution but can it be connected to a hose?

James Bridger wrote:I use a flip phone.  I had a smart phone for a couple years and found myself spending 2-3 hours a day on it wasting time. I realized one day......imagine what I could get done with 2-3 extra hours a day. I love it and never want to go back. Except music. I miss having good music whenever I want it.

Could be my post. I agree. The music and audiobooks!

There are some areas of our yard that were so neglected and overrun with poison oak and ivy. As we clear it out, I'm going to try putting in comfrey, thanks to this thread!

A challenge I have here is that the local edibles are harder to identify, probably, mostly because they don't come in seed packs (usually) and I find that they occupy more space and time, as well as needing more coddling, before becoming productive. What do yall think? Am I missing a piece in understanding this?

Know what it is that you are looking for.
Urban, suburban, suburban neighborhood set rural (why does this exist here in the South? its so weird) or truly rural?
What's you your budget?
Your state you want to land in?
Yes the small talk is a thing.
Our list was very short and specific albeit vague about land: fruit trees and fireplace. What can I say, we are simple people.
My husband is a realtor but we are in Louisiana, not SC, but he would be happy to guide you or to help in any way. You can purple moosage if you want.
Bon chance!

elle sagenev wrote:Before I am roasted for the nail job just know I had 3 kids fighting over it with 3 hammers and in just lucky we are all alive.

LOL - this is all too familiar to me!

It looks like such a great place to grow though, and maybe no mosquitoes during garden work, which would be amazing. But do mosquitoes plague the desert?