"I used trays ... like seeding flats in a rack over a bathtub surrounded with clear vinyl to keep humidity up. Went like this: Day one soak 1 cup of seed in 1 gallon pail covered w'cheesecloth (I just had a mess of that size pail). Day 2 dump…"
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Hank Will commented on Andrew Odom's blog post 'Growing my own little sprouts'"Drew, I used a modified version of your technique to sprout a couple hundred pounds of alfalfa and raddish sprouts a week to sell to local groceries and eateries when I was in graduate school ... thanks for reminding me of how easy and…"
Hank Will replied to David Branagin's discussion 'What's your favorite book available on canning (or food preservation in general)?' in the group Food Preservation"Ball Blue Book is updated regularly and is available at your local (usually) extension office. Here's a link to the Main extension site and they sell the 2009 edition for short money. Since practices sometimes change it's useful to take a…"
Hank Will commented on Cornelia's video
From Easy Rider: Campfire discussion about being truly free
"The message never changes, only some of the issues. Sameness and conformity are comfortable -- raw milk and grassfed meat make some folks really skeert. Nothing worse than freedom, when it comes to making choices that fly in the face of huge…"
Hank Will replied to Cornelia's discussion 'If you could pick ONE gardening book as your authoritative source, which would it be?'"Booker T. Whatley's How to make $100,000 farming 25 acres along with Carla Emery's The Encyclopedia of Country Living contain all you need to know about growing what you need -- and marketing excess bounty if you want to."
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- What kind of HOMEGROWN are you?
- 100% Homegrown
- A bit about me:
- I'm a firm believer in the value of good old fashioned animal husbandry -- it's good for the creatures, good for us and good for the land. My best vacation days are those that leave me on my 120 acre Osage County Kansas farm, walking, listening, smelling, thinking and doing. A day without chores is like a day without supper. I adore old International Harvester (binder) pickup trucks. I like to eat what I grow and grow what I eat. I've written a few books on agricultural machinery, plenty of articles on everything from anther smuts to electric riding mowers. I spend my days editing GRIT Magazine and looking after nice herds of Mulefoot hogs and Highland cattle, and flocks of chickens and Katahdin sheep. I really enjoy spending quality time in the kitchen with Karen Keb.
- Latest greatest meal cooked at home:
- Smoked Mulefoot spareribs -- dry rub, Memphis style and Asian-style garlicky Mulefoot pork chops grilled slow.
- Currently reading:
- Currently Reading: Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw's Adventures in Moonshine
- My latest DIY project:
- Tilled up part of the acre-sized chicken pen, fenced it off and planted corn corn, squash and melons in the lovely soil.
- Web site I recommend:
- http://www.grit.com
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Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 3:36pm on February 25, 2010,
Bryan Welch said… - Yeah, cool network.
- At 6:13pm on February 22, 2010,
Karen Keb said… - Your eye for detail is utterly inspiring, my love.
Very cool site, indeed!
- At 6:03pm on February 22, 2010, Karen Keb said…
- HOW DID YOU KNOW??
- At 5:01pm on February 22, 2010, Hank Will said…
- Is your's a '64 120o 4-wheel-drive?
- At 5:00pm on February 22, 2010, Karen Keb said…
- Yeah, your binder looks strangely similar to mine! :)
- At 4:45pm on February 22, 2010,
Cornelia said… - :)
- At 4:37pm on February 22, 2010, Hank Will said…
- OK, cool. Thanks. I got the RSS feed going and I will try to be a good citizen going forward.
- At 4:27pm on February 22, 2010, Cornelia said…
- Hi Hank - by all means link to your blog! You can also feed your content onto your page using RSS (If I'm speaking Greek to you right now, let me know, I can help). Or you can just copy and paste an excerpt from Grit blogs into a member blog post. We want to create a place where you can share what you do - any way that works. Let me know if I can help out in any way and welcome again!
- At 4:08pm on February 22, 2010, Cornelia said…
- Hi Hank - welcome to HOMEGROWN! We love to see coop-de-villes, portable coops and anything having to do with chickens - do you have any pictures you'd want to share?
Thanks so much for joining the site.
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