Comments on: Jerky for the DEHYDRATOR, Canned ground chuck, potatoes

By: Jill Holbert

Jill Holbert — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:53:47 +0000

Wow!! I found this website through the Canadian Free Press website on your canning butter article. What a great website, I can’t wait to sit down and go through the contents of it. I had done mostly freezer jam for “canning” but my husband and I moved to Washington state in an area where we are an hour from a grocery store. So I began buying meat in bulk and pressure canning it. Also have done stew. I was interested in your method of canning the ground chuck by putting it in the oven instead of the pressure canner. Interesting and always looking for new methods(well, new to me!)
My question is this: for my liquid on the burger I used a beef broth reconstituted from a mix. It gives the beef a taste like Dinty Moore Stew(no slam against DM we have eaten a lot over our 50+years) but was trying more for a “fresh” beef taste. What do you use for the liquid on your hamburger? I can’t wait to try canning butter. Thanks for the great website.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:21:09 +0000

You’re welcome Sandy, and I’m sure everyone else has been glad to help you out! The world is still full of GOOD people, it just seems today you have to look around a little to find them! Thank you for being so involved! We look forward to hearing from you every time! So once again, thanks everybody! We sure appreciate you guys!!

D&D

By: admin

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:17:23 +0000

Sandy…listen up! I have been on the phone, on the computer researching, and mixing up batches of my own ,”chicken manure tea, ” and HAVE found out some vital info for you in regards to this! Pay attention, as there’s two very important rules in doing this! From what I’m hearing, this will work other ways, but NOT NEARLY AS GOOD if you’ll do it this way.

First, when gathering up the chicken manure…you have to be barefooted! I don’t know why, but for some reason it’s a must.

Secondly, you won’t be able to store it in pantyhose…you MUST fish around in it with un-gloved hands as well! These two things are a must, if you want to reap the full benefits of, “chicken manure tea.”

Now, as far as burning the plants, I haven’t gotten that far along in the research to answer that question, but will be back in touch on that. Still it won’t hurt to be getting steps one and two completed! Get back with us after getting this done!

Thanks Sandy!!

D&D

By: admin

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:53:04 +0000

Thank you Orion 777, and it sounds as if this has been working out really well for you! How often do you give your garden a drink of this? Like Sandra, I don’t believe there’s anyway this could be a problem from being too hot. Could you use it everytime your plants needed a drink?

Also Sandy, asked the question of doing this with chicken manure? Would this be too hot?

Give us a shout back, and thanks again!!

D&D

By: admin

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:47:48 +0000

Our very own “Mississippi”…a vast wealth of information ready to be shared by all!! Thanks so much for sharing this with us. I’m sure many will be trying this, including us! I see though, you suggest using pantyhose to keep the cow manure in. Have you priced those things lately? I really don’t see Deb’s “fishin around in melted cow poop,” as being any real problem from my standpoint, though Deb might just see it differently. I guess we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it! LOL!

Thank you again, and we look forward to hearing back from you!

D&D

By: Sandy Grant

Sandy Grant — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:41:54 +0000

Forgot to say THANK YOU DEB AND DUB……….You were wonderful to answer my questions. gonna try the ground venison today.
THANKS FOR EVERYONE’S INPUT……….(and I thought I was too old to learn).

By: Sandy Grant

Sandy Grant — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:38:38 +0000

What about chicken manure? I have been told by several people that it will burn your plants up but if you use a tea, do you think it would work?

By: C

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:18:43 +0000

This works very well with horse manure and the yields are amazing… ; )

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:32:04 +0000

Reading this it is very informative as I am an old gardner. I notice you do not mention a compost heap. Can’t live without one myself. Simple and easy to do, give great nutrients to plants and soil. Also, mulching. Heavy mulching is required in our deep south due to the high summer temps that leach to soil of moisture. Dub and Deb, for fertilizer, since you have cows, you might want to make cow tea. Cow tea is famous in the south. For large gardens it is not practicle. For trophy plants, vegetable (think Tomato) and ornamentals it is almost a must. Ferns really love it.
1 huge container. (non toxic 55 gal. drum
or (a big lug bucket plastic
old panty hose (does any one wear those anymore
dried cow pies ( our immigrant ancestors used them for fuel
Water
Methodology:
Place the container for easy access. Fill container with water. Fill your panty hose with serveral dried cow pies and put it in the water. It is just like tea, when the water turns brown it’s ready to use. It does not burn, nutrient is about 1-1-1. As the water level lowers add more water. As the color of tea lightens add more cow pies. If you decide to refresh you cow tea and remove you panty hose to start again, hang your hose up to dry and then cut open and top off potted plants or trophy plants in the garden. To start over just fill more hose with some pies put in tub or barrel and fill with more water. Potted ferns submerged in this liquid overnight grow bigger and have to be watered less. If you are curious about the panty hose. It’s like this, your pie will melt in the water and make a big fat mess and who wants to fish around in melted cow poop. My other suggestion is put your lug container near roof edges to catch rain water. Free water. There will be times when deluges of rainfall will over flow your container, don’t worry all of the overflow will feed whatever it touches.
Have a bucketful of cow tea it’s good for your garden!
Next time I will tell you about planting soybeans in your garden.
And the next I will tell you abou the Melons wearing panty hose.
Sandra “Hi Sandy”