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rachels.haven
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TSC carries oak hardwood pellets with no additives-just 100% ground oak probably waste from milling. Maybe try that. The bag says oak on it.
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SageHill
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I'll tell her! But
I don't mind her taking some deadwood away! Could be an experiment - which works better.- Thread starter
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rachels.haven
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You can also use soaked straw, but it's usually wheat straw by me so it's not an option for me (tried, reacted, unused bag is still in the garage). TSC also has it pre-chopped and pre-packaged.
Mini Horses
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With wood logs you can lay them in the woods and check back later 
. I have considered that
. I have considered that
SageHill
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Nah - not going that route - I'll let my DDIL grow them or I'll head over to the mushroom farm. I see lots of shrooms growing when I'm out grazing sheep - I don't know enough, but do know it could be not a good experienceWith wood logs you can lay them in the woods and check back later
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murphysranch
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I don't know, Bay, if its helping him. He mentioned that he forgets to take them. I need a much larger AM and PM pill dispenser for him soon.
HomeOnTheRange
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TSC states their pellets are hardwood on their site, but it depends on what is in the local area. We only get softwood pellets. I have to order my pellets by the one-ton bag along with my soy-hull pellets. If you want an A through Z on growing mushrooms, check out https://southwestmushrooms.com/ and his YouTube channel. Great guy!
I grow my mushrooms in 10x10 grow tents so I can control humidity and temp for each variety. It also allows me to keep the spore filled air out of my living area. You can grow most of the oyster mushrooms on just about anything, but when you get into the specialty mushrooms, they require the hardwood and more TLC.
I grow my mushrooms in 10x10 grow tents so I can control humidity and temp for each variety. It also allows me to keep the spore filled air out of my living area. You can grow most of the oyster mushrooms on just about anything, but when you get into the specialty mushrooms, they require the hardwood and more TLC.
Ridgetop
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Sounds like a lot of work to me to get started!
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rachels.haven
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COW HAS OffICIALLY LEFT THE FARM. He will be used as breeding buck in another lady's farm.
We are down to four bucklings on site. I'm keeping one of Summer's bucks for now. She's been stingy with the does and she's getting old so I want to keep something of her on hand that isn't Elsa (sired by a narrow buck). The other three bucks are future wethers and they will either be for our freezer or I can sell them quickly in the next few weeks before Easter.
The last three disbuddings for the year were done this morning.
Unfortunately Lily is still here. Dan thinks he loves her too. And also Elsa. Dan is going to drown me in misfits. He's having a hard time in school. They're trying to "improve" test scores by doing the tests and practice tests they usually only do annually every week and this is how he compensates for them trying to extinguish his soul (oddly enough, all the kids' test scores are not improving this way and are likely to get worse (morons.). Penalty for making the school look bad regardless of classroom grades is being held back-YAY. And Dan is a straight A student with 2 subjects up at 100% who they want to hold back-YAY! Even Aiden is dying inside. Rant over!).
Both does are on my "no breed to standard or possibly ever" list and I don't want to keep them. But the child has so little joy in life right now.
Here is my next round of mushroom fruiting blocks, forgotten about in the closet (not cut open, just colonizing the oak sawdust so the mushroom mycelium is trapped inside and not wandering around my house).
We are down to four bucklings on site. I'm keeping one of Summer's bucks for now. She's been stingy with the does and she's getting old so I want to keep something of her on hand that isn't Elsa (sired by a narrow buck). The other three bucks are future wethers and they will either be for our freezer or I can sell them quickly in the next few weeks before Easter.
The last three disbuddings for the year were done this morning.
Unfortunately Lily is still here. Dan thinks he loves her too. And also Elsa. Dan is going to drown me in misfits. He's having a hard time in school. They're trying to "improve" test scores by doing the tests and practice tests they usually only do annually every week and this is how he compensates for them trying to extinguish his soul (oddly enough, all the kids' test scores are not improving this way and are likely to get worse (morons.). Penalty for making the school look bad regardless of classroom grades is being held back-YAY. And Dan is a straight A student with 2 subjects up at 100% who they want to hold back-YAY! Even Aiden is dying inside. Rant over!).
Both does are on my "no breed to standard or possibly ever" list and I don't want to keep them. But the child has so little joy in life right now.
Here is my next round of mushroom fruiting blocks, forgotten about in the closet (not cut open, just colonizing the oak sawdust so the mushroom mycelium is trapped inside and not wandering around my house).
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purplequeenvt
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Is homeschooling or even online through the school an option for you?
My niece (7) loves school but she had such a hard time last year with in-person classes. The days were long and she was so frustrated by her classmates and how the teacher handled problems. She came home exhausted and in tears a lot of days. She’s doing online this year and she’s thriving. She has a morning check-in with her teacher and classmates and then everything else is worksheets that get turned in to the school. She can get all her work done early in the day and has the rest of the day to be a wild, feral child.
My niece (7) loves school but she had such a hard time last year with in-person classes. The days were long and she was so frustrated by her classmates and how the teacher handled problems. She came home exhausted and in tears a lot of days. She’s doing online this year and she’s thriving. She has a morning check-in with her teacher and classmates and then everything else is worksheets that get turned in to the school. She can get all her work done early in the day and has the rest of the day to be a wild, feral child.
