Author Archives: Just another day on the farm
Readers Question
Any idea as to why the beef prices have gone up so high? Feed problems? Mad cow? What is going on with the price of food?!! http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/16/steak-bacon-get-more-expensive-cattle-hogs “When you to go the meat counter and say, ‘Wow, that steak’s only … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
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Duck Breeding Program
I am not raising a beef calf at the moment, I went to get a calf this spring, I did, I am picky on what I get and where I get it from, I get my week old calf*s from … Continue reading
Posted in Critters
Tagged Breeding ducks, Duck Breeding Program 2015, Raising ducks for meat
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The Freeloader.. Critter wise that is..
I have been watching and reading a number of old and new blogs, and I have joined a number of local homesteading and livestock groups, and I am struck over and over at how many new and older hobby -homsteaders … Continue reading
Working on the Horse Training Obstacles
We got different ones laid out and now comes the hugely labour work of filling them in.. slow but steady will win that race.. got one of the 2nd biggest done so I can start working on it. three more … Continue reading
My Sweet Little Freeloader..
Miss Puddin is without a doubt one of the few freeloaders on the farm, she earns her keep by being cute, sweet and purring when I pet her. That is a lead in and a connect to a coming post. … Continue reading
Wild Mustard Greens with Pasta
This is a lovely patch of self-seeded mustard greens, and its a big one, we snipped of 3 cups of fresh baby mustard greens, they are on their second or third set of true leaves. I cooked up some pasta, … Continue reading
Posted in gardens
Tagged Baby Mustard Greens, Self-seeding plants, Using Greens with Pasta, Wild Mustard
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Horse Training.. coming in for mounting
While I have had lots of practise teaching caleb to move in for me to dismount, we have a bad habit of bringing the mounting block to the horse and so we are working on training him to come to … Continue reading
White Sweet Potato Bone Broth Soup
We all know that drinking bone broth is all the rage, I mean I swear I have read that it will make you lose weight, have your hair glow and so forth.. All joking to the side, the proven health … Continue reading
Fried Plantain with Dippy Egg and Violet Flowers
The plantain are just hitting the ground now, tons of fresh tender and sweet new leaves coming on each plant.. the joy of these leaves is that they hold up even when cooked, they are not a melting green. This … Continue reading
Posted in wild foods
Tagged Eating plantain greens, free food, Fried dippy egg wtih plantain greens, plantain, Wild Forage
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Just another Day on the Farm 