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- Where do you live and garden?
- Suffolk, Virginia
- How long have you been growing food?
- forever!
- Dream garden travel destination:
- My own gardens & orchards 5 years from now.
- Favorite foods:
- warm fruit straight out of the garden or orchard, anything seasoned with our own herbs, fresh baked bread, artisan cheese, glass of wine -- what more do you need?
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Hi, I'm starting to put together a few guidlines on using the discussion forum on here.
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They are organised in Contributor Order but I'm open to better suggestions!
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Recently there was an excellent discussion about composting. I’ve pulled together all the various comments here. You can also watch KGI's video on composting here.
KATE’S ADVICE
I used to have a tumbler that we made from a wine-barrel but
1 you have to fill it up all at once
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I will be shearing these guys again in June or July, and will have at least one white fleece that I'll be willing to sell a lb of... but that' it, and it won't go for 10 a lb, more like 25 as she's remarkably good quality. (and that's raw, so that should tell you how good it is - her first fleece was better than cashmere - if you close your eyes, you cannot feel a puff of it in your hand!). Normally alpaca fiber goes, after processing and cleaning $40 - $50 a lb, just to give you an idea. Should I take new pictures of all of them so you can choose what color you want if you choose to wait until this batch is sheared? Cuz that's easy to do.
Let me know how much you want to pay for it. And email me your address... I have to be honest, for a whole fleece, the price on the shipping is more expensive than the fleece itself on the average, because the boxes are inordinantly large. I try and suck as much air out of the bags as I can, but unless someone sends me one of those vaccuum storage bags, it's gonna be a lot more expensive than it needs to be. I have to find a way to buy those bags in bulk. So if you can send one of those bags, the shipping will be reduced incredibly. I literally had to charge my last customer three times the cost of the actual lbs of the fleece I was sending her for the shipping because of the size of the boxes. That's ridiculous. So if you can send me one of those bags, it will really help.
In the meantime, I need to look how to get those bags in bulk.... :)
My email is hummingbird@surfnetc.com.
34? That's a lot of litle chickies! Do you have a big coop, or nesting boxes and a larger penned in area? A word of warning (you may already know this) a nearby friend who has a small flock has frequently lamented how much the local racoons seem to like chicken.
Did it snow much for you all?
In answer to your question about comfrey: Yes it is still used in commercial salves. It has a long history as a medicinal, and until it was found to be a potential carcinogen a lot of people were drinking it in tea as well. (I suspect that a lot of people still are, for that matter.) Come to think of it, I have a lot of info about comfrey -- I'll put an item about it on my blog.
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