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We enjoy working as a family on our small hobby farm in Southern Idaho. We raise a small herd of Dexter cows for milking and beef, bees for fresh honey, chickens for fresh eggs, and a garden for fresh produce. We love exploring ways to better use our resources and become more self reliant, and we want to share our discoveries with you! Join us as we attempt to capture the beauty of the country lifestyle - from working with your tractor to swinging your kids on the backyard tire swing. Subscribe to our channel to receive updates on our latest tips, tricks, and videos of life on our small hobby farm.
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I use new for meat and expensive stuff. The garden produce that I have a lot of are recycled lids.. Opening is important, I got one of those Y shaped openers and it rarely damages the lids. it is worth the price.
Hi watching from Turkey. Our cows have warts on their teats. We did vaccinate them but unfortunately never helped. İs there anything you can recommend. Im a bit worried for my girls.
Magic eraser (wet slightly with water) will remove permanent marker from canning lids.
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Will it be REALLY hot if it sits 10 minutes?
I'm glad you shared your thoughts on this controversial topic. Can I share my re-use journey w/ you and your viewers? I am an avid thrift store shopper. Over the years I've collected enough "new in box" lids (including Tattler) that when scarcities arose, I had enough lids in my stockpile that I wasn’t affected. I had never heard of or considered reused lids as an option. In 2020, I experienced a perfect storm. I lost my job. With extra time on my hands, I increased my vegetable garden space. With more produce than ever before I looked for new recipes & techniques to preserve what I had grown. I discovered that KZread had many channels dedicated to food preservation. I was introduced to the idea of reusing canning lids. I was skeptical. I agreed that it could be a necessary practice. I gave it a try and documented my results. My philosophy was if the seal fails on my home-grown produce I'm not risking much. I limited my experiment to foods I had no money other than the price of a seed packet invested in. For anything purchased I used new lids. After a year's time I had put up hundreds of jars of food. I did have seals that failed. The most common problem I came across was jars that simply didn’t seal. In such cases there was no loss, I just ate that food in the next couple of days. Occasionally I discovered a jar in my pantry that had come unsealed while in storage. The result of my experiment, 3% failure rate. Again, this was only in foods I have very little money invested in, i.e. food grown in my yard or foraged. I concluded that 3% is a small price to pay but I can still obtain new-in-box lids second hand for $2 or less a dozen so, currently I use new lids and save the undamaged used lids for future use should I ever run out of new lids.
How many Dexter's do you have?
What primer did you use?
Amazing
Great information. Thank you for sharing, I am sharing... Special these times some one may need ideas
Did yall stop giving them fodder? Why did yall stop?
So when soaking to germinate have you tried certain tempertures for better results?
Lids that are beyond saving. We drill a hole in and use them as plant markers in our flower beds our veggie garden.
this is amazing! Thank you so much!! I have cows, chickens, pigs, goats and sheep. I plan to give this a go and see what happens! Fun to think how much prices have changed since you made this video! The wash bins at Dollar Tree were $5. lol. Not a dollar anymore! I am curious how much per head you feed for your cattle and are your dexters meat, milk or dual?
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Did you use a primer if so what kind, acrylic, enamel, or oil? Also did you use porch and floor paint was it acrylic, enamel, or oil? I'm ready to paint my floors but i don't know what kind of paint to use. Any help you could give me will be very much appreciated! Thank you!
Have you had your fodder tested for its nutritional value? It is not worth it in my humble opinion, the seed used its own stored energy to germinate, therefore the Dry Matter content or Energy reduces considerably in order for the plant to germinate. Prove me wrong!!
Question: as the grains sprout, doesn't the rinse water necessarily also contain a "soup" 9f flushed vitamins and nutrients? If so, why would you NOT feed the rinse water along with the solid product? If you recycle the rinse water, then could you not even spread the water in the pasture to add those nutrients to the soil? Or even add to a compost pile rather than just wasting the nutrients contained in the water? It seems similar to preparing a pot of stew, which contains nutrients from the meat and all veggies and spices - and then pouring the broth down the drain and only eat the solid material. Your thoughts? Has anybody compared the daily nutrient value 9f the liquid? Thanks so much for your objective videos! Susan
Could you "cut it" with sour cream if you wanted?
We have a 460 haybine like that, one of the first new holland ever built
I had 8 quarts of soup new ball lids and jars 2 seals popped/ broke on the brand new lids and jars the new lids are junk.
Why did you use vanilla to clean the mixer after the horseradish
Can you reuse a jar that has a label on the jar? Does the sticker have to come off before you sterilize them?
I don't can a lot of produce like you. But I do make my own picante sauce, sweet cucumber relish and a few other tomato based sauces. I make these sauces in batches of 2 to 12 jars, 10 to12 ounces each in size. Not once have I ever used an actual canning jar with canning lids. I reuse jars that I had previously bought with jam, pickles, relish, olives or some other kind of sauce. These jars have pop tops. I've been reusing such jars for over 40 years. Each year I probably can about 25 such jars of something. I've reused the jars more times than I can count, maybe 25 times or more. I reuse the same lids repeatedly also, but maybe 10 to 15 times each until they develop rust spots or paint chips on the underside. No more than three times per year do I get one that doesn't seal. And that one goes into the refrigerator to be used next.
YES! DO NOT start cutting right from the edge of the dough - give yourself a flap to grab onto! Also - lay the rolling pin 'with' the slits - not across them to spread them! I've had his tool a long time and the first time I tried this - it made a mess! That you for this great demonstration video!
I could lay the floor in tile and grout it before she got one tile done. Time is money, this is not for me
I’ve found one of those but a lot bigger it’s actually a rare orange garden spider
That’s cruel
Video and floor is great! Just what i was looking for w good info for my projects. Thanks!
Guess what I found a VERY small orange spider I WAS terrified
If i wanted to sell barley fodder what is a good price
Years ago I watched a crew of people on a TV set create patterns on a concrete floor to imitate a variegated carpet. They used a paint roller on the end of a pole. But they randomly tied string tightly around the roller to make it irregularly bulge in some areas. When they rolled the paint onto the floor with it, it created a pattern of course, which they let dry. They then used another shade of the same color and rolled it over the same floor, but in the opposite direction, and let that dry. A third coat of another shade of the same color was applied on a diagonal. When it was done, it was amazing. I'm surprised a roller on a pole wasn't used here because you could stand and apply the paint much faster instead of being on your knees, using your hands.
How do you clean it mob it etc from dirt spills etc
we have a mop that used minimal water. I would not use a steam mop or a super wet mop on it. .
This is awesome. Thank you!! How many does it feed roughly per jar?
We use it as a supplement to the feed we already give. It gives them extra nutrients. So I am not sure how many it would feed as a sole feed source.
This looks amazing! I think you need some more electrical outlets. Haha.
How do you clean it ? Do you use soap on the wood part ?
Yes, we just hand wash it.
You're so right if you love it you love it
Hey there Thanks for the video. I'm in France where horseradish is not that widely available so a year or so ago I brought some seeds and planted. The original area died off due to excessive heat and lack of water as I was away alone of the time. Went for a walk over to local winery, about 2m. And wow its horseradishville in and around the ditches. So going to harvest and process. My question is what makes the horseradish hot? Or how do you control this in the process? Thanks again.
As we mentioned in the description, if you wait until after a hard frost to harvest it, it will be hotter. Also wait for 3 minutes after you blend the horseradish to add the vinegar. The vinegar stops the enzymatic action and stabilizes the degree of hotness. Good luck!
Never-dirty grout! Amazing :D
Right?!
After several years, I am curious as to how the paint has held up to all the foot traffic?
This is in the top of our shop, not a really high traffic area. It has held up great though. We did this same thing in the entry of our home years ago and it held up for years until we finally put in hardwood.
Do you still do fodder? Any tips or changes you've made?
We are not growing fodder currently. One day we might do it again though. I think there are a lot of different systems, and the important part is finding a routine that works for you and your space. It really made a difference the first year we did it when the supply of hay was low. It allowed us to grow a nutrient dense feed for our cows in the winter on a budget.
@@TractorsandTireSwings Thank you for answering. I am currently doing it on a small scale for 4 chickens and one rabbit. I am getting 25 more chickens this spring so I will be ramping it up. Having a little difficulty with mold. I find if I rinse it well twice a day it helps a lot. Anyway, they seem to be enjoying the greens.
@@eldenl1 I am sorry you have had trouble with mold. I hope you are able to find a system that works for you!
I watched your video about 100 times to make sure I got it right. Now I have down to a science. Thanks so much for sharing.
Glad it helped!
One of the best videos on fodder system(s) I have seen. Thanks so much.
Glad it was helpful!
This is a very nice video. I have been trying to use gaskets but it is harder to use. I keep getting fails when I experiement with plain water. I suppose they have to be carefully placed on the jar lid first? Not sure. I put them on dry, fails. I put them on heated, less fails. Not sure what to do. If they fail with water they can possibly be costly trying them for my foods.
I prefer re-using lids to the gasket systems. I have used them successfully, but I do think they are a bit trickier. There are different brands and quality out there. Did you use a reputable brand?
@@TractorsandTireSwings I got them from a young lady's YT channel.
Did it work? How does it stop horns growing?
It kills the cells that form the horn, stopping it from growing.
@@TractorsandTireSwings ahh, I see. Thank you.
Beautiful 😍 🤩 👌 😘
Thanks 🤗
What is to be the age of calf at the time of dehorning
This should be done in the first 2 weeks after birth. Good luck!
I heard there’s some kind of shot I watched another video of but I couldn’t understand the language but they had a cow that was so covered in words that she actually couldn’t see and she had huge patches all over her body they gave her injections a couple times and they literally went away
I think there is a newer injection that is helpful. Ours have never been that bad.
Please help me know the drugs kindly,my calf has the same problem
I put te lid in ring and tighten down tight tho fix edges