Preserving, Canning,Cheesemaking and Green Living Australia

Looking into this now myself, as I have given up work and we are trying to diversify the farm into lots of little income earners to support, have a local guy up our way is making hive boxes. Haven't contacted him yet.

OK, so I had a thought, they have to start plant breeding with something , that something being open sourced/heirloom seeds, where the patent is not owned by anyone... myabe the world should get together and 'patent' every single bloomin seed that monsanto don't own... and then charge the b****rds f...

Vicki, I am with you, I detest them also. If you understand that weeds flourish for a reason, and that they do have a job to do, you can work towards minimising them by adjusting their environment so that they do not do so well. THis is what we are working towards....Already in bringing up the PH, w...

another one, about to buy some from them shortly.


http://www.cornucopiaseeds.com.au/

I didn't add any this time - but I have the 'sets too much' issue. I'll try and go for the temp probe approach nect time I think, or just trust that it will set and jar it up even though its runnyish

thanks for that, will try it next time!

(I like this forum!)

Hi Kathleen, I agree with Vicki, write in!
I missed that segment, but agree with what you are saying, especially baout people failing and then not wanting to try again.
Miltons would be fine I would think for sterilising, but like you said, hot jam in cold jars? Hmmm.

How does your cherry jam go Kathleen? This is one jam I seem to have trouble with. I made another batch this year. Last years turned to toffee in the blink of an eye. This years did not, but I kept testing for set, and it kept on seeming like it would not set. Then the consistency changed and it sta...

Hi BJ, welcome back.

Oh dear, that's no good at all.

Sounds goods Vicki. Hope your freezer is big

What did the 13 mo bull carcass weight come in at?

We just bought another side for the freezer, a small one, to get us through to this time next year when we will have our own for the first time.

YEah, it has to be the charcoal! Will try it again next year as well. I'll have to keep the fertiliser/teas up to the corn patch now I think, with four plants in the space for one! Planted 32 seeds have at least double that in plants, probably more. Funny weather at the moment, we're forecast for ha...

Planted my sweet corn about a month back. I'd read somewhere once that a piece of charcoal from the fireplace under each seed makes for multiple heads of corn without fail. Thought I'd try it this year. Except I took the charcoal with me, and planted all the seeds, forgetting it, so I just pushed so...

Just made a double batch of this... still have heaps of beetroot left over so might make another!
Its very very good.

Cracker of a story, damn foxes. Oooh, Silver laced 'dotties' were one of my favourite breeds back when we had a few hundred 'exhibition' poultry - my Dad's hobby. They were so nice and quiet. Not so many eggs from them from memory. I had one that use to be happily picked up and carried around, and w...

Well the instant clearjel I tested on some apples when I was making apple sauce (before the sauce stage) and that works fine. Now the other stuff, I have NO idea what it is, and I can't find the thing on their website now! I'm certain its not a clearjel type product! Beetroot relish is bubbling away...

Ooh another dun! I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of our first calf and hoping for heifer to keep :) Yeah this is exactly the reason I feel I need somewhere to restrain them, for when stuff like that happens! I also think if I get to work and make somewhere, then nothing will happen, but if I leave ...

Mum called me yesterday and she couldn't get her strawberry jam to set either...

Strawberry and rhubarb sounds good.

Well I had a failed batch of mustard pickles. Way overdone, went watery and mushy. Bin and start again! Can't win them all.

I also got my two trial jars as requested, one of something like clearjel as they rang me and told me they don't stock that here, and another of something I can't even remember right now. It did take AGES, maybe six weeks or more, I had forgotten all about it by the time they came. Yes, the new grow...

OK. Been a bit busy of late so haven't been around, but that's another post :) SO we have a small set of yards that consists of 2 yards and a loading ramp, no race. I am concerned about not having anywhere to restrict the cows like a crush, if we need to get a vet out for any reason, like when the n...