Author Archives: Just another day on the farm
Deep Fried Mushoom..
Used a basic light batter, don’t like it as much as my old fashioned breaded batter.. but it was still good.
Goslings and their Foster Parents Honk/Hiss
Well, my goslings have arrived and as I had a newly hatched and ready to adopt duck hen, I put them with her till they got settled in but it was time to introduce the two oldest female goslings, they … Continue reading
Give a warm welcome to “Goon”
Well, we had one ewe that had not lambed, and we figured she didn’t get caught as she would have needed to breed in dec to be due now, so we thought.. ah, the lambing is done.. So where we … Continue reading
The first Cut of the Ditch hay is cut..
Pretty much ever since we have moved to the farm, we have taken advantage of the fact that our county does not spray and instead three times a year cuts the ditch, we got out and rake it up and … Continue reading
Posted in Famiy Mik Cow
Tagged Family cow, Frugal on the farm, Girl, Glenda the calf
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Glenda is Two Weeks Old Today!
She is huge and she drinks far more milk in a day then I was feeding either of the calf’s we raised on the bucket, makes wonder what the difference in growth rates will be etc. You see that little … Continue reading
Time for a little Rabbit Update..
So there will be photos coming of the kits, they are coming five weeks and are looking great! Very healthy and growing at excellent rates.. Their mother did a great job as a first time younger doe, the only thing … Continue reading
Posted in Critters
Tagged frugal feeding habits for rabbits, New rabbit kits, rabbit babies, Rabbits
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Baby Beets, Beet Greens and Bacon mix.
This is one of those amazingly simple but if the food is fresh truly awesome side dishes, (ok so this was in fact my breakfast but I think for most folks it would be a side dish) A huge bunch … Continue reading
whimper, o my poor nettle patch..
You see we have a problem, we have had really heavy rains, and we have a full green house.. While the bigger potato patch is up and going.. The newly planted red seed potato’s is underwater.. if it does not … Continue reading
The Squash Bed.. Part one
So times you need to be creative and see what can be, not just what is.. So to the one side you have a food hedge row with five layers of different things aka a guild system, and then on the … Continue reading
Posted in gardens
Tagged Food Forest, Food forest systems, open strawbale growing system, Squash hills, squash plants
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Just another Day on the Farm 