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Squash Bee’s Overview- Part 1
Good Day Folks, it is finally warming up above freezing One foot in front of the other and steady as she goes 🙂 I have been off for a few days but its been so worth it, we have new … Continue reading
Rice Water Rince – Overview
So while I tried to keep up on the blog during the storms, I ran out of time and the farm and the critters always need to come first, plus I lost the computer for a week and bit only … Continue reading
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Purple Pea Pod Jelly Recipe
Purple Pea Pod Jelly 4 C pea hull infusion (see below) 5 C sugar 1 package Sure Jell (or other powdered pectin)… 2 T lemon juice For pea hull infusion: I got 4 cups of liquid from a pound of pea … Continue reading
Lamb Hide Followup
So from yesterdays post, the brown curly hide is the hair sheep and the fluffy white one is the wool lamb hide. Here it is green washed and wet, ready to be scraped and salted.. Here it is dried, stretched … Continue reading
Lamb Pelts
So, this is a fast little post but I will put out a little challenge for you.. Both of these are washed, cured by me stillborn lamb hides.. One is a full hair sheep lamb and one is a wool … Continue reading
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No Buy Feb 2016 – Overview an final update
What can I say, this month has been filled with snow, rain, freezing rain, and the flu and yet another storm is coming down the pipes towards us as we speak-read. Its been a crazy winter month that’s for sure.. we … Continue reading
Lambing- Jugging
When it comes to lambing, there are a number of things that are important, starting with flushing the ewes, boosters, feet trimming, weight checks and so forth, and then there is lamb birthing kits, milking the mother for the important … Continue reading
Raising Baby Quail without Game Feed Ration
Now I know why my girlfriends never sell me the baby quail until after they are three weeks of age.. Fragile little wee tikes they are .. Between Snow, Cooler house temps and power outages, they have struggled with their … Continue reading
The Weekend Part 2
What a day, in some ways it was great, the folks who put it together did a great job, the hotel did a wonderful job and the folks I shared the day with were fab folks.. BUT! the paid seminar … Continue reading
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The Weekend :) Part one -Saturday
I will go back and answer all the comment posts, I love my comments 🙂 What a weekend.. Some of the things will get a broken down posts including a great review of Eco-Farm Days, which once again was a … Continue reading
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Just another Day on the Farm 