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It is pretty. I'm going to dig some up and transplant it to my flower garden. I think it will do alright in a shady spot.

I like to dry red clover, lemon balm, and raspberry leaves and mix them up for tea. I gather them in the summer and have tea all winter. The red clover and raspberry leaves regulate female hormones. The lemon balm is actually good for your heart. Does anyone know what this is? It comes up in the...

We have a little dog that chases away the small critters. If it wasn't for her, there wouldn't be anything out there to pick. I ordered some vegetable seeds, and blueberry and elderberry bushes yesterday. I'm going to try to make my own elderberry syrup this year. It's so expensive at Walgreens...

I hung a bird feeder about 20 feet away from my kitchen window. I like to watch the birds while I'm doing the dishes. We have red fox squirrels around here, and they became a nuisance last year when I hung up the bird feeder. I'm hoping they don't find it for a while.

I wish it would snow here. All it does here is rain. It's a big muddy mess outside. If we have to have so much precipitation, snow would be pretty at least. I worked on my first raised bed today. I made it from stuff that was lying around here, so it cost me nothing to make. My goal is to build...

Thank you everybody. I will get some selenium supplement at Tractor Supply. Her feet are better now. It took about three days before she walked completely normal. She's running around with the rest of the calves now.

I have a newborn calf that can barely stand up because it's front feet are turned in towards it's body. I read on the internet that it usually resolves itself within a few days. Has anyone dealt with this issue? How long does it take for the calf to stand up normally? The calf has fed, so it has...

We are only partially off-grid. We still have to drive 3 hours a day to work and back. I'm really hoping now that we have internet to get a remote job and just work from out here. We live on 72 acres in the middle of nowhere with some cows and some dogs and its awesome!! There is a very small...

Well, as Hank William's Jr put it so eloquently "A country boy can survive..."

Thank you all for your warm welcome! I've been looking through these posts and there are a lot of responsive people here that are happy to share their knowledge. Looks like a great forum.

Hi Everyone, We finally got internet down in the holler and I'm looking forward to browsing these discussions. It looks like there is a lot of useful information here for living off-grid.