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    Butchering some chickens and found somthing odd

    Today I went over to a coworkers house to pick up some chickens for me to butcher for her because she had to many roosters, but when I started plucking what looked like worms or something coming out of the skin. I have cleaned birds one other time and never came across these before. One other...
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    Buckwheat as a cover crop.....not germinating!!!

    Does anyone have any experience using buckwheat as a cover crop.I am having trouble germinating my buckwheat seeds only a few will germinate out of a hand full.  if anyone has advice please help thank you
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    whole hog roast for my birth day!!!!

      It's finally here I have been waiting so many years for this but it finally happen I'm so excited I will just jump in to the pics and I will talk about it in the post later
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    Why is my compost not turning black

    I have been composting for a couple of years now and my compost never looks like black gold that every ones talking about. So if any one has a comment as to why it's not turning black please send my one.
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    Where to buy pork bellies?

    I would like to know where to buy whole pork bellies.Where I live bacon is getting too expensive were paying $4.25 a pound that is craze.I would like to start prepossessing my own bacon,pules it would give me a excuse to build a small smoke house.
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    Our annual October family camping trip

      Me and my family took our annual October camping trip.We wanted to go to the mountains for our trip but with the hole government shut down we had to go somewhere local.Since we camped local we were able to spend more on food,needles to say we ate great!!! All in all we had a great time,we...
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    composted horse manure

    I have learned a lot since my last thread on this subject.I added a second compost bin but that also means a lot more work. It takes me about an hour to turn  just one of those bins, but it will be worth it come next year. I am really excited about this years compost.Last year nothing happened...
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    First attempt at making sausage with sausage view

    I need a little help at making my first sausage.I need to know how much meat to fat ratio,from what I read using a pork butt has the correct meat to fat ratio is this true.I don't have an exact recipe I'm going to use but I'm open for suggestions
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    Getting a meat grinder and sausage stuffer for my birthday

    I'm so excited this will give a reason to build a smoke house
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    Smoking a turkey for the first time TODAY!!!!!

    I'm smoking a turkey for the first time,and if anyone has advice and or does or don'ts
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    BBQ pit masters

    I just finished watching BBQ pit masters It put me in the mode for some ribs but its raining out side
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    Home made BBQ sauce,why use ketchup?

    why does every BBQ sauce I find, the main ingredient is ketchup.Can a BBQ sauce be made with out using ketchup,if so does anyone have a recipe that they would like to share
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    I have questions about raising pigs for meat

    recently it read a magazine called hobby farms.They had an article on raising pigs for your table.I have been wanting to raise a pig for some time.A question I have is it wroth it, does it cost a lot,and does the meat taste way different from the meat in the stores.they say you can ask...
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    Grilled and smoked chicken halves

    my chicken when on at 6:00.I took some pics on how to halve a whole chicken,for those of use that may not know how start by cutting down between the breasts,once you have the breasts separated.place the tip of your knife into the back bone give it a couple of taps and continue your way down...
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    New BBQ beans recipe

    yesterday day I had asked our friends here at SMF for a recipe for BBQ beans.I was able to find a recipe on the Internet.From what I can see,I think it will turn out great.one of the ingredients calls for barbeque sauce.I've been experimenting making my own barbeque sauce and I like what I've...
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    In need of a recipe for BBQ beans

    I planing to have BBQ chicken for dinner tonight.I would like to have some BBQ beans on the side.If anyone has a good recipe they wold like to share with me I would appreciate it  THANK YOU
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    horse manure compost, need advice

    I'm looking to expand my garden next year and I will need a lot of manure for that,so i'm looking to make my own manure and I need a little advice
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    Compost/Manure tea Vs chemical fertilizer

    This is my second year of gardening.The first year went really bad we didn't even get to harvest any of the vegetables that we planted.this year I did a lot of recherche on the Internet through this wed site and through You Tube. I come to realize what we did wrong, we didn't amend the soil.Our...
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    compost teas

    I would like to know,does any one out there heard of this.I don't know if this is new or has the idea been out there for sometime.If you are using compost tea does it cut out the use of a chemical fertilizer and if so what is the N.P.K value
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    advice on how to cook a hog under ground

    need a little advice on how to cook a hod under ground
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