Jul 8, 2008
Look at this-a wonderful blog!
Just one more thing...I don't know how many of you get Backwoods Home magazine, but I really like the magazine. There is a column in there called "Ask Jackie Clay". Jackie is a fellow Minnesotan and has an amazing amount of knowledge when it comes to homesteading. So I'm plugging her blog- http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/JackieClay/ . You can ask her all of your questions-gardening, canning, goats, etc. So check it out.
The Dog, The Fox, The Scours
PTL! The dog (yesterday's entry) has found a home. Actually, we had two choices! A rescue about 50 miles from here said they would take her and then some people from the area pulled in, put her in the truck and left. Yes!!! This is wonderful for our daughter who has been praying without ceasing that this dog would have a home.
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The fox( yesterday's entry, also) hasn't come back, but we set a trap last night in hopes of catching it. And....I shot the 20 ga.! I don't think I can hit the broad side of a barn, but I didn't want my son, who is 11, to have to shoot whatever might have been in the trap and not dead. Your children can be real motivators.
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The calves that had the scours (few entries back) seem to be doing well. One has some type of infection and we need to give her a second dose of antibiotics today. The electrolytes must have kicked in for the scours. I was going through the vast amount of information in articles that I have collected over the years, we're talking a lot of years, and found an article that said that charcoal is good for treating scours. I know that you can get it at health food stores. Mix it with some water and make a paste. Put in a syringe (no needle) and inject into the calf's mouth. Just more options. Also found an article about deworming cattle using DE. I already use this to worm all of our critters, but it also said that Basic H is good for worming. I guess Schaklee doesn't recommend it for this, but 1 cup for every 100 gallons of water is supposed to help. FYI
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Got a lot of the garden weeded yesterday. Have a large area where the beans didn't come up and I think I'll replant with some cold weather crops. Too late for green beans up here.
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Haying is starting. We have the haybine working and will use the square baler until honey can finish rebuilding the big round baler.
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Off to water the garden. Have a good and Godly day.
Jul 7, 2008
Fox in the Hen House
Doing laundry this morning I heard the chickens start making quite a racket. It didn't sound like the usual "Hey look at me, I just laid the biggest egg." racket, so I ran out there. Scared up a fox coming out of the coop. As far as I can tell, he (she) didn't get anything. The hens are still on their nests. I haven't seen the chicks, though, I hope they're still out there. I think it's time I take a gun safety course. I have never shot a gun in my life and I really never wanted to. But if I need to defend my animals, I think I'll have to try. I let our "good for nothing" dog out of his kennel in hopes that he really is good for something. He likes to bum when he's free, but I explained the situation to him and what I expect. 
Also, last Thursday, a stray dog wandered into our yard. She's a young black lab who has been all around the neighborhood. Probably someone dropped her off. Our neighbor has been feeding her and evidently she wasn't getting enough, because she came over and got herself a chicken. We chained her up so that she couldn't do that anymore, and my honey said he'd have to shoot her. Dd started in and begged for a chance to find her a home. Honey caved and now this chicken killer is chained to our extra doghouse. (Probably in cahoots with the fox.) Well my daughter has really been trying hard to find this dog a home, even pushed her at our rummage sale, but no takers. She's a nice dog, if you don't have chickens. Young and friendly. Today is the deadline. No shelters will take her. Sheriff's dept. says to shoot her. We should have gotten rid of her on Thursday, now dd is attached and this will be hard. Anyone have any advice? Anyone want a dog?
Jul 5, 2008
Milk Cans and Coconut Oil
I have a couple of questions maybe someone could answer.
First-I have two old milk cans and I would like to use them somehow. I know I could paint them and then????? They work good as decor, but is there anything more practical I could do with them?
Second-I only use olive oil and coconut oil when I cook and bake. Well, I usually get my coconut oil from Wal-Mart and the price has jumped from $4.25 to $6. 98. Has this happened all over? Does anyone know of a place where I could order it for less and maybe get my wheat berries and other commodities? We don't have a food buying co-op around here and I'd have to put in a $400 order and go all the way to Duluth for pick up if I used the only one I've found.
Well that's it. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. We have a nice, hot day with thundershowers promised tonight. We're just wrapping up a rummage sale. It went pretty well. It would have been nice to get rid of everything, but anything at all is better than nothing.
From Glory Farm
Jul 2, 2008
Garden woes and treating scours
You know how everyone takes the before and after pictures? When they redo a room, loose weight, revamp some clothing-well I thought maybe I should do that with my garden. It would be "Where is it?" to "Voila!" The weeds have gotten the best of me and my life has been so full lately, I haven't been out there as much as I should. I did find the potatoes and onions. I'm working on the herb plants, but if I don't get to the corn and swiss chard soon, I may never see them again. I'm afraid to have the kids do too much, because it's so hard to find the plants.
Anyways....wild strawberries are done. I like to pick enough for at least one batch of jam. My tame ones are starting to get done, also.
We went to Duluth yesterday, our daughter has a heart murmur that requires a checkup every year. Thank the Lord, it isn't any worse and we're done until next year. Today, we're going back to Duluth, to take my brother to the airport. He flies home to Floriday today. It's so nice to have him here. My whole family is trying to talk him into moving back up here, but I don't think it's going to happen.
Question---Those of you with young critters, have you ever dealt with scours and how did you treat it? We have three calves that could use some help. We gave them plenty of electrolytes, but they still aren't well.
I hear the garden calling. God has given us a near perfect day and I'd best use it.
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Jul 8, 2008
Look at this-a wonderful blog!
Just one more thing...I don't know how many of you get Backwoods Home magazine, but I really like the magazine. There is a column in there called "Ask Jackie Clay". Jackie is a fellow Minnesotan and has an amazing amount of knowledge when it comes to homesteading. So I'm plugging her blog- http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/JackieClay/ . You can ask her all of your questions-gardening, canning, goats, etc. So check it out.
The Dog, The Fox, The Scours
PTL! The dog (yesterday's entry) has found a home. Actually, we had two choices! A rescue about 50 miles from here said they would take her and then some people from the area pulled in, put her in the truck and left. Yes!!! This is wonderful for our daughter who has been praying without ceasing that this dog would have a home.
*
The fox( yesterday's entry, also) hasn't come back, but we set a trap last night in hopes of catching it. And....I shot the 20 ga.! I don't think I can hit the broad side of a barn, but I didn't want my son, who is 11, to have to shoot whatever might have been in the trap and not dead. Your children can be real motivators.
*
The calves that had the scours (few entries back) seem to be doing well. One has some type of infection and we need to give her a second dose of antibiotics today. The electrolytes must have kicked in for the scours. I was going through the vast amount of information in articles that I have collected over the years, we're talking a lot of years, and found an article that said that charcoal is good for treating scours. I know that you can get it at health food stores. Mix it with some water and make a paste. Put in a syringe (no needle) and inject into the calf's mouth. Just more options. Also found an article about deworming cattle using DE. I already use this to worm all of our critters, but it also said that Basic H is good for worming. I guess Schaklee doesn't recommend it for this, but 1 cup for every 100 gallons of water is supposed to help. FYI
*
Got a lot of the garden weeded yesterday. Have a large area where the beans didn't come up and I think I'll replant with some cold weather crops. Too late for green beans up here.
*
Haying is starting. We have the haybine working and will use the square baler until honey can finish rebuilding the big round baler.
*
Off to water the garden. Have a good and Godly day.
Jul 7, 2008
Fox in the Hen House
Doing laundry this morning I heard the chickens start making quite a racket. It didn't sound like the usual "Hey look at me, I just laid the biggest egg." racket, so I ran out there. Scared up a fox coming out of the coop. As far as I can tell, he (she) didn't get anything. The hens are still on their nests. I haven't seen the chicks, though, I hope they're still out there. I think it's time I take a gun safety course. I have never shot a gun in my life and I really never wanted to. But if I need to defend my animals, I think I'll have to try. I let our "good for nothing" dog out of his kennel in hopes that he really is good for something. He likes to bum when he's free, but I explained the situation to him and what I expect.
Also, last Thursday, a stray dog wandered into our yard. She's a young black lab who has been all around the neighborhood. Probably someone dropped her off. Our neighbor has been feeding her and evidently she wasn't getting enough, because she came over and got herself a chicken. We chained her up so that she couldn't do that anymore, and my honey said he'd have to shoot her. Dd started in and begged for a chance to find her a home. Honey caved and now this chicken killer is chained to our extra doghouse. (Probably in cahoots with the fox.) Well my daughter has really been trying hard to find this dog a home, even pushed her at our rummage sale, but no takers. She's a nice dog, if you don't have chickens. Young and friendly. Today is the deadline. No shelters will take her. Sheriff's dept. says to shoot her. We should have gotten rid of her on Thursday, now dd is attached and this will be hard. Anyone have any advice? Anyone want a dog?
Jul 5, 2008
Milk Cans and Coconut Oil
I have a couple of questions maybe someone could answer.
First-I have two old milk cans and I would like to use them somehow. I know I could paint them and then????? They work good as decor, but is there anything more practical I could do with them?
Second-I only use olive oil and coconut oil when I cook and bake. Well, I usually get my coconut oil from Wal-Mart and the price has jumped from $4.25 to $6. 98. Has this happened all over? Does anyone know of a place where I could order it for less and maybe get my wheat berries and other commodities? We don't have a food buying co-op around here and I'd have to put in a $400 order and go all the way to Duluth for pick up if I used the only one I've found.
Well that's it. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. We have a nice, hot day with thundershowers promised tonight. We're just wrapping up a rummage sale. It went pretty well. It would have been nice to get rid of everything, but anything at all is better than nothing.
From Glory Farm
Jul 2, 2008
Garden woes and treating scours
You know how everyone takes the before and after pictures? When they redo a room, loose weight, revamp some clothing-well I thought maybe I should do that with my garden. It would be "Where is it?" to "Voila!" The weeds have gotten the best of me and my life has been so full lately, I haven't been out there as much as I should. I did find the potatoes and onions. I'm working on the herb plants, but if I don't get to the corn and swiss chard soon, I may never see them again. I'm afraid to have the kids do too much, because it's so hard to find the plants.
Anyways....wild strawberries are done. I like to pick enough for at least one batch of jam. My tame ones are starting to get done, also.
We went to Duluth yesterday, our daughter has a heart murmur that requires a checkup every year. Thank the Lord, it isn't any worse and we're done until next year. Today, we're going back to Duluth, to take my brother to the airport. He flies home to Floriday today. It's so nice to have him here. My whole family is trying to talk him into moving back up here, but I don't think it's going to happen.
Question---Those of you with young critters, have you ever dealt with scours and how did you treat it? We have three calves that could use some help. We gave them plenty of electrolytes, but they still aren't well.
I hear the garden calling. God has given us a near perfect day and I'd best use it.
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