Does anyone forage? Wild food favorites
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Comments (21)Helgal, orchid 126 is correct. Though I am not a chemist, I have taken a few chemistry classes for my botany degree, and I can say that the fertilizers we use are salts, which do not evaporate or dissipate when left to sit in the water. If the water evaporates, the solution actually becomes stronger in concentration. The salts are too dense to evaporate. The primary salts we use are potassium, nitrogen, and phosphorous, all of which are elements, and will not simply go away by sitting in a water mix for any extended period. As for the other things in the mix, I can't say, because they differ from mix to mix. As long as you're keeping the stuff in the drum, nothing should change in as little as three or four weeks. Even in three or four years, you would probably see some change, but most, if not all of the original substance should still be present....See MoreWild food supplies for this year
Comments (21)No, this doesn't have to do with safety. The trees that they're cutting down are FAR from the road --so there's no chance of them falling down on passing cars. Also, there aren't any power lines on the sides of highways. And no, there're not specifically cutting down invasives, although a few also get "trimmed". What I'm talking about is cutting the lower branches of pines, oaks, etc., that are WAY away from the road. Sometimes they cut ALL of the branches on the side that faces the road. (A good example is Route 140, from New Bedford to Taunton.) It's a money-maker for whoever got the contract, that's for sure. Money waster is more like it. If they were to spend the money we're spending on this abomination, we'd have put a serious dent in the bittersweet that's strangling so many trees around here, and the miles of multiflora rose, autumn olive, and Japanese knotweed that's everywhere. If you're from MA, just take a moment to look to the side of the highway this summer. You'll see this monstrosity of a machine, just tearing up the trees. Makes no sense. We need all the trees we can get: They sequester CO2 from the air, (reducing greenhouse gases), produce the oxygen we breathe, keep water in our area, make and preserve the topsoil, keep our houses cooler in the summer, increase the value of our homes, are beautiful to look at, bring in the tourists in the fall... These were just off the top of my head. I could probably go on if I took some time to think about it. I wish we could be more like the Lake Tahoe area. In an effort to keep the lake clean, (If you don't have grass lawns, you won't have run-off of pesticides and synthetic fertilizer) and keep the tourists coming (Many come from the city, and would like to get away from the concrete jungle they live in) they have a law that you can only cut down enough trees to build your home. Or North Carolina. My daughter lived there, and she said you had to have a permit to cut down a tree in your yard if it was of a certain size. (She also said it was one of the most beautiful states she's ever lived in, and she's lived in many states.) Again, I digress. But, that's pleasant wishful thinking, Terrene....See Morefavorite winter bird food recipes
Comments (7)I use two packages of lard, which I melt down in a large pot on the stove. Once that is melted the heat is shut off, and I add two cups of chunky peanut butter, and stir until melted. Then I add two cups of shelled sunflower seeds which have been ground up in my food processor. Then I add four cups of corn meal, a tablespoon of bone meal, one third of a cup of sugar, and as much flour as needed to get it to the right consistency. I pour some into pans to cool and cut into pieces so they will fit the suet feeder. Some goes into covered containers to be crumbled into the Bluebird's feeder dish. Below is a picture of the suet cage I now use. The squirrels and chipmunks would take all of it if I didn't cage in my suet holder. The birds go right in through the wire (1 1/2 inch), but the squirrels cannot access it. There is a clip on the left side that I use to open and close the cage surrounding the suet holder....See MoreDoes anyone pt their food in drawers?
Comments (24)sjerin, we don't find bread goes bad any faster in the drawer. Mind you bread never lasts more than 3 or 4 days around here so we may not be the best use case. prickly, yes he's a GSD (his left ear doesn't quite come up due to a bite he got when playing with another dog as a pup, but he's full-on Shepherd). LOL on your foodie girl! I know what that's like. Our previous GSD wouldn't touch a morsel either, but we rehomed a Weim and man oh man everything changed, talk about a food-driven dog. One of the first nights we had him we'd cooked a big pork roast for dinner. Took it out of the oven and were just letting it rest for 10 mins and we were in the other room and our GSD at the time came in and was acting all weird, whining and yawning, etc. Needless to say we go back into the kitchen a few minutes later and the Weim had eaten the entire pork roast. We realized afterwards that our poor old GSD was trying to 'tattle' on him. LOL, we laughed hard that he was so concerned about being the 'good dog' that he didn't even stay to share the spoils! I always thought it was a GSD thing not to steal food, but I see we just got lucky. My husband is talking about getting another Weim now too ... yipes, now I'm getting worried. shelayne, LOL on your Frito-Lay loves-ing kitties! And little orange paw prints, ha ha. Thank goodness for soft-closing door tugs....See Moreamylou321
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