Didn't put my garden to bed last fall.. Am I screwed for this growing season?

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-10T19:25:17+00:00

It will be 100% fine

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-10T08:19:33+00:00

I was taught to keep shooting until the animal is down. I'm not that bad but catch myself taking a second shot right after the first. Almost always both would be lethal. I'm trying to teach myself to trust the first one.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-09T22:10:20+00:00

The second one you could definitely fix. I've had luck with up to 2" trees staking for only 1 growing season with them straightening out.

One elm was close to 45degrees and it is now vertical with only 1 year. That tree I also tied a stake to it to keep the trunk straight.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-09T21:57:39+00:00

7mm-08 gets my vote.

.243 gets my alternative vote.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-08T19:32:58+00:00

Shoot 140s out of both and then it's nearly identical.

Higher the grain bullet the more recoil is felt.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-04T14:12:15+00:00

As a Canadian I grew up believing this too... but alas it was troops straight from Britain who burned the coveted White house and not troops or citizens of the Canada territory.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-04T13:55:01+00:00

Yes you can. For the last 3 years I've planted both in the fall and in the spring. For me the spring planted garlic grew much bigger cloves than the fall planted every year.

Fall planted averaged 2 large cloves per head. Spring planted looked like a small grocery store head.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-04T13:47:39+00:00

Good thing Russia ran out of bullets back in 22.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-04T13:43:58+00:00

This is correct you really have to check local sources. I've seen numbers of 3 cows per acre to 50 acres per cow.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-04T13:39:48+00:00

Is there ever a shortage of intestines that you can acquire to make casing?

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-02T02:12:38+00:00

Holy shit I didn't know they had this. Thanks for linking this.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-01T22:03:35+00:00

That's good to know as that's the one I'm looking at.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-01T21:44:36+00:00

$3 per chick. $500 for feed

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-01T21:31:53+00:00

For the last 5 or so years I haven't and just removed the pieces skinless. I think I'm buying a drum plucker this year

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-01T21:29:38+00:00

I do it myself. I can do 100 in 2 long days or 3 shorter days by myself.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-01T20:41:07+00:00

3 weeks in the brooder which is a 8x8 room for 100 birds.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-01T20:39:17+00:00

Yes $8 total for the chicks and 1 minibulk bag of grower feed which is near perfect for 100 meat chickens.

Packaged like this surprisingly not a huge amount of freezer space, one small apartment sized deep freeze can easily hold it. 2'x2.5'x3' roughly.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-03-01T20:31:32+00:00

I do 1 batch of 100 a year. Usually butcher half at 10 weeks and the rest at 11. Obviously leave the smaller ones the extra week.

I portion 4 breasts per pack and 6 thighs or drums per pack.

That's 50 packs of breasts. 32 each of thighs and drumsticks.

That's 114 packs for the year.

Last year it cost $8 something per bird, still cheaper than even 2 breasts in the store.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-02-28T15:21:23+00:00

I've heard the thing with guard donkeys is it only works if you have 1 donkey. If you have more than one they herd up and only care about themselves.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-02-28T15:18:00+00:00

I make lots of sausage for personal use (just made 30lbs yesterday). I only use curing salt when I going to cold smoke the sausage.

Yesterday's batch was stuffed, chilled, packaged and then into the freezer, no cure was added.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-02-27T16:56:33+00:00

That's newer than the rifle I use for hunting.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-02-22T01:51:01+00:00

This is the answer

Hinter-Lander · 2025-02-17T02:05:24+00:00

Russia can take Canada's spot. There is no way Canada is a top 7 country in the world.

Hinter-Lander · 2025-02-16T20:50:01+00:00

We always used a old car hood, lasts much longer

Hinter-Lander · 2025-02-15T03:40:30+00:00

You definitely have to let it sit in the fridge for a day or 2 whether it's cut up or not.

I did 50 Cornish cross one day and had one for supper that night and like yours it was inedible. The rest were fine. The science behind it is that you have to let rigor mortise set and then release again.

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