Funny Pets

07/24/2024

Partially buried above ground pool, with someone small living their best life. 🥰

07/24/2024

This is for anyone wondering how the productivity of a small homestead is. It's hard to be 100% self sufficient, but there's a lot you can stop buying if you put in the hard work. This is only some of what we've put back from under 2 acres for gardens, this doesn't include what's already been canned or ate, also this is just one of our freezers. Most of what you see here will be canned or cooked pretty soon, and then the freezer will be unplugged again. We are still picking beans, peas, tomatoes, blueberries, okra, bell peppers, and jalapeños, with grapes, pumpkins, and watermelon still growing.
With the fruits, vegetables, fish, venison, eggs and pork we are raising, it covers a large percentage of what we consume. Every year we add new things or try to trade for things that we don't grow. Like I said it's not 100% but that's a lot of food not having to be shipped around the world. With the way we grow everything naturally we know there's no harmful chemicals in or on our food. So to anyone think about it go for it just do your research and be prepared to work.

07/24/2024

No. These are not pickled eggs. These are homegrown, unwashed eggs stored in lime water. The lime water fills in all the pores of the egg and encases them in a shell of "glass". Water glassed eggs can last stored at room temperature like this for up to 2 years. This method of preserving raw eggs has been used since the 1800s and was common even into the 1940s and 50s. When refrigerators became a standard kitchen appliance, water glassing almost became a lost art.
You cannot use commercial eggs for this because they have all had the protective coating (bloom) washed off the shell and will quickly go bad. I recently scrambled up 18 eggs that had been stored in lime water for 7 months on an unrefrigerated cupboard shelf and they tasted perfectly fresh (although the yoke seemed a bit thinner than fresh eggs).
Anyhow, if you have an abundance of fresh, unwashed eggs, you might want to try putting some away for later. The ratio is one ounce (by weight) of lime (calcium hydroxide) to one quart of water. Calcium hydroxide is a completely natural, organic ingredient and harmless, although the powder is very fine and may irritate your lungs if you breathe it in. The lime water also quickly dried out the skin on my hands and I had to apply lotion to get them back to normal. When you do use the eggs, be sure to rinse them thoroughly before you crack them or they will taste like lime.
FYI: a gallon size container will store about 40 eggs. Lime is also known as calcium hydroxide. You can buy it in 50 pound bags in the masonry section of the hardware store, or in 1 pound bags in the canning section of the grocery store....often labeled as "pickling lime”. Thank you Jess Jassop NOTE: This is not my post, was worth sharing.

07/24/2024

My father in law built this,
I feel like this is Better Homes & Garden material!

07/24/2024

My lunch break finds at TJ maxx 💕💕

07/19/2024

Welcome to our back patio. Our favorite place for a rest, relaxation and recharge 🙌🏿🙌🏿

07/19/2024

07/19/2024

I was left unsupervised!!!

07/19/2024

This is my beautiful monster Coleus! When I purchased it was really small!

07/18/2024

My white princess philodendron finally threw out a pink leaf

07/18/2024

I really love how my pollinator bed turned out this year. It all started from dumping a bag of wildflower seeds.

07/18/2024

The power of Daffodils.

07/18/2024

A simple good way to store the raindrop

07/18/2024

"Guys please don't criticize me, I made a patchwork curtain for my kitchen, people think it's tacky but I liked it, it helped me a lot"
SOURCE: ELEN JOICE

07/15/2024

This is what happens when you dump a bag of wildflower seeds around an old tree stump. I think it's kinda cool.

07/15/2024

Why does this tree look like it's sneaking out of the woods...🤣

07/15/2024

Savvy move!! 🤣

07/15/2024

This is called ‘rainscaping'. What do you think? 🌱