Monthly Archives: March 2013

Rabbit Goulash Recipe

I baked off Rabbit legs with onion and garlic cloves till fall off the bone tender, one is going to make a lovely Rabbit Pot Pie and the other went to make this lovely four person Rabbit Goulash Dish 1 … Continue reading

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Mealworm Update..

Well, my mealworms are coming right along, i have had dozens of them now hatch into beetles and I have everything from just hatched white ones to black ones now in the bedding, I think i am surprised at how … Continue reading

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Growing up, and good chow! The piglets are gilts now!

So little Kermit says , I really enjoyed my chow, its very interesting, its got white bits and orange bits and it tastes so good.. (that would be chopped hard boiled farm fresh egg and raw whole sheep milk), he … Continue reading

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Kermit the hog came home today..

The alarm went off this morning and I was up and rolling though chores and milking as I needed to be in town at the local tims for a nine oclock meet to pick up Kermit, now normally I would … Continue reading

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The local Book Reading and Signing!

What a great event, so proud of my dear hubby!! And here is the event in pictures, the books sold out, and by the time of the book readings, it was standing room only, and as we both got dressed … Continue reading

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Raising Meat birds on the cheap!

http://lifeatmennageriefarm.blogspot.ca/2013/03/basic-broiler-challenge-week.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+LifeAtMennagerieFarm+(Life+at+Mennagerie+Farm)&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail wow that is one long link but so be it.. Ok, so the basic idea of this is that she took two groups of birds, of the same age and breed and raised one on a tradional bought feed … Continue reading

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Confiting Meat in Fat.

Confiting Meat is very popular french way of preserving. The meat is salted, then cooked and then fully covered in Rendered fat, it was used very much for duck and goose ( I think in part because both of these … Continue reading

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Introducing Miss Sally

Yesterday saw me load up and head out for a visit, I had agreed to help a fellow homesteader on her next adventure in regards to raising rabbits.. She has these very pretty french dargent rabbits, born dark and a solid … Continue reading

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Sweet and Salty Pork Stew

This is a lovely and its as easy as can be..  I had a pork roast, you can use freshly done or chopped leftovers with the juice.. I roasted a pork roast, and in a different pan, I did turnips in … Continue reading

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A little Honk the Gander Love..

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