This post is old and over. thanks

I picked off four from my peppers, then decided to keep a fifth in my kids' butterfly enclosure as a little science lesson. It was doing fine for three days, then on day four I noticed the white egg-shaped sacs that signify it had been parasitized! I had to explain the ugly truth about dear "Muncher" to the kids, then we put him out in the garden again so the parasitic wasps could hatch and keep doing their creepy-yet-helpful thing.

Like dcarch, any scraps that the chickens don't want go into my garden, but the chickens really like the fat. Since they live in an unheated coop in Michigan, I think the fat is extra energy to help keep them warm, even though they are Rhode Island Reds and are extremely cold tolerant. Heck, they go outside and scratch in the snow and sun themselves sitting on top of snowbanks, so I like to help them out with extra nutrition if I can. Annie

I have seen this flying around the internet, but I don't know who developed it. While I would like to give credit where credit is due, I can't. However, this is a useful bit of information. What a Fat Quarter will yeild: One Fat Quarter may be cut into: 99 2" squares 56 2 1/2" squares 42 3" squares 30 3 1/2" squares 20 4" squares 16 4 1/2" squares 12 5" squares 9 6" squares. Michigoose