{"id":3537,"date":"2013-09-29T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=3537"},"modified":"2013-09-29T03:00:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T07:00:34","slug":"q-and-a-salve-for-goats-bush-scallop-squash-and-freezing-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2013\/09\/29\/q-and-a-salve-for-goats-bush-scallop-squash-and-freezing-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: salve for goats, bush scallop squash, and freezing weather"},"content":{"rendered":"

Salve for goats<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am making this salve. Is there anything in it that would hurt my goats? <\/em>
\n1\/2 cup coconut oil<\/em>
\n1\/2 cup extra virgin olive oil<\/em>
\n1\/4 cup dried comfrey<\/em>
\n1\/4 cup dried calendula<\/em>
\n2 oz beeswax (equals out to two of the 1-oz bars or 4 tablespoons)<\/em>
\n2 tablespoons of honey (optional)<\/em>
\n10 drops lavender essential oil (optional)<\/em><\/p>\n

Ann Hazelett<\/em>
\nLitchfield Park, Arizona<\/em><\/p>\n

Nope. Your salve won’t hurt your goats a bit. It sounds great. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Bush scallop squash<\/strong><\/p>\n

I planted some white bush scallop squash this year for the first time. I assumed they were winter squash when I planted them but now I’m reading that we should have been harvesting them as summer squash for a better flavor. Now that we have waited and have so many of them, will they store like our butternut squash will? Should we cure them? We have quite a few and hate for them to go to waste. We enjoy your columns and your Q&A’s. Thanks for sharing your experience!<\/em><\/p>\n

Amy Blattner<\/em>
\nFulton, Missouri<\/em><\/p>\n

Even though scallop squash are considered a summer squash, I’ve found that they will store well over winter. Not as well as many winter squash, but good enough. You only have to pick them following a frost then store in a warm, dry location until you use them. They’re fine to eat. Not as good as my Hopi Pale Greys, but pretty good and as you said, you sure hate to waste food! — Jackie<\/p>\n

Freezing weather<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been watching the weather in Angora and see that it is down in the 30 degree range at night. How has this impacted your canning, harvesting, etc.? Any recent pics of the homestead? Did you get the corn and tomatoes canned? All the best and happy harvest.<\/em><\/p>\n

Deborah Motylinski<\/em>
\nCadiz, Ohio<\/em><\/p>\n

Yep, we got a hard freeze! We covered everything we could but it froze under the plastic anyway. Luckily the food (tomatoes, peppers, etc.) is okay. So I’m canning, canning and canning! I’ve been doing corn every day for two weeks now and guess what I’m doing today? Canning more corn. The tomatoes are late this year, so we’ll be picking them as they ripen then picking the whole bunch (a truckload!) if a freeze threatens. We’ve never had a better garden and we’re so thankful. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Salve for goats I am making this salve. Is there anything in it that would hurt my goats? 1\/2 cup coconut oil 1\/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1\/4 cup dried comfrey 1\/4 cup dried calendula 2 oz beeswax (equals out to two of the 1-oz bars or 4 tablespoons) 2 tablespoons of honey (optional) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,13,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3537"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}