Sprouts for my pets.
Ok, with winter coming and hay not being that great (don't worry I have enough hay in but I am sure it doesn't have the same nutrient levels that it did last year) I am going to make some sprouts.

I seen a post about sprouting things on one of my groups (it made me think of two issues back of Farm Show where someone was sharing how he grew sprouts for his chickens when he was younger. I dogie eared that in farm show but haven't had time to go back to it just yet. Now, I am going to.)

I looked around the house to see what seeds I have on hand. I had pumpkin of course (which I will use the pumpkin more as a soak then a sprout) and some sun flowers. I figured what the heck I'll just do it as soaked seeds this time (some of you may already know but for those of you whom don't pumpkin seeds have been said to help remove worms which for farm animals is a very good thing.)

I grabbed a mason jar and one of those tops that I made for them (click here to find how to make it.) I took the coffee filter off of it and put the seeds inside of it (because pumpkin seeds and sun flower both) are so big there was no way they were going to come out. Then I rinsed them out. To see how well the lid worked just watch the video below.
Then I started some sun flower seeds in the same method used above. The only thing different is that after washing them I just let them soak in the water for a few hours (pumpkin I let go for like 4 hours and fed them as soaks to the animals. The sun flowers I did over night on accident. I just forgot them with everything going on here.) Then I drained them and washed them again and let it sit on its side to drain some more. I'll keep doing this for a few days until I see some sprouts. Once I see that I'll take them out and feed them to some of the animals (and of course make more. I am going to get a bag of Alfalfa seeds to sprout for them once I get a chance to get the store.)

**Here is a good article on sprouting for your livestock (chickens on this one.)

Off, to work I go. I'll be back posting in a few days.

Hello everyone,

It's going to be a few days before my next post (sorry.) As most of you know I own Bricore MFG. well one of the companies I have worked with for years sent in an fall order. Then on top of that I should be on the road a lot the next few weeks.

I will TRY to get on my computer if I can but I may not get the chance much. Once we get things settled I will have a lot of new projects to share with you (because when we are on the road that's all I plan on doing while my husband drives.)

**Camera problems- I am not sure why but my picture colors are a little off. I need to take some time and look at my camera and see what's going on.

Kefir and Eggs-

The kids and I were playing with Kefir again. So, we boiled some eggs up, took the shells off, cut them in half, gutted them. Then we mixed the yokes with about 2 tablespoons of the cheese curds that we get from our Kefir each morning, two tablespoons of Mayo, a dash of vinegar, and a smaller dash of salt. Then we put that back on the eggs and sprinkled some paprika on that. It turned out alright. Brianna had 2 of them and so did I. Corey only had one.

Bunnies-

We only have this week and one more before we start to take them away from their mother. I am not sure how many we are keeping at this point. I know the brown one for sure and I believe just one more but we will see (looks like me playing with my software I just figured out something. I am not sure what but these pictures look better then the ones above.)