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Nappies contain SAPs (super absorbing polymers) even the ones that are biodegradable for a big part. These polymers are "plastics" that turn into a gel when they absorb water. This makes composting them a bit difficult. I have 4 month old twins and have thought about nappy processing a lot...

That could work. I would advise you to put in a waterlock as a flame arrester, if there is enough oxygen in the gas mixture it wil explode if you light it. If it's just a floating plastic barrel exploding in the yard it's a nice story to tell in the pub. If the explosion happens in your septic tank ...

Freshly cut grass had a "gas potential" of more then 300 litre per kg.. If you have enough it would even be possible( with a little tinkering) to heat the house and/or run a fridge or freezer on the gas :) A friend of mine converted his car to run on woodgas, he has enough trees to provide...

I wouldn't dry human waste to burn in a stove. It's asking to get sick. To convert human or animal waste into fuel you can build a "digester". In this digester bacteria turn the waste into methane. This methane can be used as a fuel. Two humans produce enough waste to convert into gas to m...

Trying to be a little self sufficient in the kitchen usually means cooking home grown food on a wood stove. We did this for a while but I found some downsides tot cooking on a wood stove, it takes more time to cook on a wood stove, the kitchen heats up beyond a comfortable temperature in the warmer ...

A runaway chicken isn't a big problem. A runaway turkey has to be dealt with immediately.(there not easily caught and run as fast as an olympic sprinter, shooting may then be the only way of preventing him/her of destroying the neighbours vedgetable plot) Other chicken shootings do involve a blindfo...

picked one from internet and translated it (it's a Belgian recipe) : for 12 glasses of advocaat: ■1 liter cream (10 tot 20% fat) ■1/2 liter whole milk ■150 gram sugar ■10 egg yokes ■180 ml whisky or bourbon ■180 ml cognac or brandy how to make advocaat: nothing is simpler then making advocaat. know ...

Your neighbours don't eat meat ? Or just don't want to see where it comes from ? The modern "faceless"meat" that we buy in the supermarket makes people a bit blind. When they are introduced to the way things really work when it comes to meat they become all emotional :) I forgot to sa...

At our allotment, which is an association (the tenants are also the people responsible and in charge) we are allowed to keep everything to the size of a goat.(because we decided that if anything bigger than a goat got loose we would have a problem) (I'm the proud owner of a 1500m2 allotment) I have ...

The understanding of life itself. Where things come from and where they go. Shop food is anonimous and mostly tasteless it has no "soul". Homegrown healthy food and home made energy reminds me daily how much energy it takes and how complicated some things are that we usually take for grant...

french toast
or an alcoholic treet old Dutch and Belgian women drink/eat called advocaat. (actually pretty tasty with some wipped cream)
eggnog

What sort of quail do you have ? I have Japanese quail (coturnix coturnix i think they are called) they eat about the same scraps as chickens. They have a smaller and less powerfull beak though, therefore they are just not able to eat the tougher scraps. Quail have more need for protein though. Givi...

we fatten them up more or less the same way as odsox does. We feed them as many boiled seed patatoes, bread and "broken grains" as the will eat. Never leaving there feeding bowls empty. The bread i buy from the local bakery, its about two days old before we get it. But then it only costs 1...

A good replacement, if you like to grow your own "sweet stuff" is a plant known to us as "Stevia" ( official name is :Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.) Its a plant that has the sweetest leaves, the sweetness is more concentrated then regular sugar and it doesnt make you fat. I have onl...

Welcome to ISH :flower: If there is no self-sufficient group in the Netherlands, why not start one? I'm sure we have several Dutch members here. MW Time :) Taking time to start a movement is taking time away from my own "journey". And then, selfsufficiency and everything that's really &qu...