Q and A: dishwashing soap, sewing machine cabinet, seminar, and carrot seeds

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Dishwashing soap, Good turkey breed, and housing ducks Do you have a recipe for homemade hand dishwashing soap? I use my soap scrapes to make laundry soap, but haven't had any luck for dishes. In...

Q and A: saving pumpkin seeds, burning garden debris, and runny egg whites

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Saving pumpkin seeds I would like to save seeds from Amish Pie Pumpkins we plan to grow this summer. I bought a packet this year (at a big box hardware store) and it has...

Q and A: bulging lids and black speck disease on tomatoes

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Bulging lids I'm noticing that many of my canning lids are bulging this year whether I'm canning in a water bath or pressure cooker. They seal just fine. What is causing them to bulge? Geryl...

Quarantining chickens, PVC hoop house, and Building codes

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Quarantining chickens  We're home from our first showing at the county fair. My children brought 6 chickens to show for 4-H. I see you quarantine your chickens for 3 weeks after fair. What do you...

Q and A: onions and chicken tractor

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Onions I let some of my onions go to seed two years ago, and last year planted those seeds. I don't know what type of onions the seeds grew from. Some, not all, of those...