Making Dog Treats Out of Old Chicken

     Have you ever read what is in the majority of the dog treats?  Why would they say it is not safe for human consumption?  Well if you read the ingredients you would definitely understand.  So we had some chicken breast from an older hen that had recently passed on.  An older chicken is good for stew meat due to they are so chewy and tough.  So while discussing what to do with the hen, our dog went over and sniffed her and then looked at us.  And wham there was an AHA moment!

    So we decided to make chicken jerky as dog treats.  We recently got an Elite Gourmet 5 Tier Food Dehydrator that we had not used yet and man it works like a charm.  (You can click the link to see where we purchased it on Amazon.)   We cut the chicken breast up into strips.  And then we marinated the strips in a marinade for 30 minutes.  After marinating the strips, we put them on the different racks of the food dehydrator.  We set the dehydrator to 140-158 degrees F and let it sit in there for 12 hours.  We would periodically check the strips and flip them over every 3 hours.  

    We put the strips on a rack and let them cool off for 15 minutes.  After that we decided to let our lab try the treats.  And drum roll...... She loved them! In fact our son's dog and mother in law's dog (who is very picky) couldn't get enough.  The treats were all natural from spices from our spice rack and chicken that we raised.  You could even use chicken from the store as well.  There were no GMO products used in these treats at all.  

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Worm Castings and Roses

     Over the Mother's Day Weekend, we bought and planted two rose plants in our flower garden.  We noticed three weeks ago that one of the rose bushes was on the struggle bus and needed help. 

 The leaves were turning yellow to brown and that the growth was stunted along with no new flower buds.  However, the other rose bush was blossoming and thriving.  Needless to say, we were perplexed.  

    The two rose bushes were about a foot to 2 feet away from each other.  They both were watered regularly and had been fertilized with Miracle Gro Rose Plant food.  So why was the one on the right not thriving but looked sad.  So we decided to try worm castings on the rose bush.  It wouldn't hurt right?  I mean it looked as if it was already on death's door step.  

    So three weeks later, this rose that was on the struggle bus and waiting on the Grim Reaper has now flourished.  We put the worm castings around the base of the plant and watered it really well.  And by the end of the week, we noticed how the rose bush had perked up and there was new growth.  And now three weeks later the bush towers over the other one and has had more blooms than the other one.  In fact the rose bush has grown 18 inches since adding the worm castings.  It blew our minds.  Of course, we have used worm casting on fruit and vegetable plants but we have never used it on flowering plants.  We were thoroughly impressed.  

    Disclaimer is that not all results will be what we had.  We recommend that you test your soil prior to planting a garden or flowers.  However, if you want to give this product a try. You can purchase it through this link on our Amazon Affiliates: Worm Castings.  

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