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Food in Jars Challange 2017- Salt perserving- Salmon with Nettle
In week two of my months long Food in Jars Challenge 2017 – Salt preserving Two lovely cuts of salmon were bought, thawed out and a bowl of salt-sugar at 50-50 in percent and a full cup of dried nettle greens … Continue reading
Posted in Charcuterie, Food in jars
Tagged Cured Salmon Spring rolls, Cured Salmon with hot mustard and sprouts on sour dough bread, Food in Jars Challange -Salt Curing, Food in jars challange 2017, Gravlox, Homemade dipping sauce for rice rolls, Homemade spring rolls with cured salmon in them, Homesteading, Horseradish, Nettles, Salt cured salmon
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Upside Down Plum Cake
I took out a bag that holds six cups of Ontario grown yellow plums that I cut into quarters and pitted in the height of summer, put a touch of sugar on them and froze for winter use Upside Down … Continue reading
Posted in Baking
Tagged baking recipes, homestead, ontario yellow plums, upside down plum cake
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Sheep Feeder Follow up
Hi Gang, a lovely reader commented and is interested in doing their own version of the hay feeder, I want to give a shout out to the book that inspired our’s (we did modify it as it, as we were … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
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Week One in Grow Something Feb 2017
One week into the grow something for feb and I have some successes and some hmm I have to own up that I have already snacking on the sprouts in the trays, but I have been good enough that I … Continue reading
Posted in Garden
Tagged Grow something feb, Loose Leaf lettuce greens, Micro-greens, sprouts, sprouts in winter
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Squash Storage- unknown
I like squash that will hold for the full season, ideally one whole year for the best, but normally as the next squash crop is growing, I will use up the last of the squash that I have in holding.. … Continue reading
Five ways to use Fowl Livers and a soup recipe
Sometimes the day after a butcher, you want to really show off those wonderful fresh organ meats, and some days you don’t.. you still need to use them and they are so good for you.. but sometimes its nice to … Continue reading
Posted in Soups and Stews
Tagged 5 ways to use fowl livers, Fowl Livers, liver and onions, Potato based soups, soup
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Reuse and Recyle- Sheep Feeder
This pen normally has hay net feeder and or a single corner hay feeder.. neither of which worked for the ewe sheep that are using my big back corner stall as the nursery pen at the count down to lambing.. A little extra … Continue reading
Posted in sheep
Tagged lambing, Reuse and recyle on the farm, sheep, sheep baby bellies, Sheep checking bags, Sheep feeder, Wall sheep feeder
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Homestead Pantry Log 2017
This post is going to ramble a bit LOL. I was enjoying doing some pinning on Salted Egg Yolks, seeing if there was anything new and funky looking at it from a world wide point of view.. which lapsed me … Continue reading
Saturday Flash Back- Chili Recipe and Ways to use it
When its a busy day on the farm, (like today is) its a lovely thing to put a chili into the crock pot and just let it cook away so that your house smells awesome when you come back in … Continue reading
Pansy Shortbread Cookies
Originally posted on Baking Gifts from the Oven:
Source: http://www.stonegableblog.com/ StoneGable offers some of the best ideas I’ve ever seen… Don’t you love having creative friends? At a recent bridal shower at StoneGable the mother-of-the-bride brought?a plate of?fabulous pansy cookies…
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Just another Day on the Farm 