Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

We are in the 30 coldest days of the year..

Brrrrr, and I can tell it, its bitter bone chilling cold out there, its the wind and the damp that makes the cold seem so much more, I was raised in cold country but it was a dry cold, with … Continue reading

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Oil pulling for your mouth/teeth health

http://www.oilpulling.org/oil-pulling/ Please note that I am not recommending this, I just read about it, and wanted to give it a try, and I was asked for a little more info on what it is.. but I can’t see any reason … Continue reading

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Wild Salmon in Whole Form

They had whole wild B.C. Salmon on sale, well, mostly whole, it was de-headed and cleaned, (which is to bad, the head has a surprising amount of meat on it, and the hounds adore the guts if they can get … Continue reading

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Baby Oxen Update

Well, the main update is that Girl is doing well, but she is really missing her outside time and while I have had time to do her tie ups and brush downs, with a bit of body touching, overall the … Continue reading

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Ever wonder how you thaw ground for a pipeline in winter?

So my Dad is working a winter camp job up in the northern Mountains, he can run all kinds of different peices of equipement and has worked in more places then I can think of, he gets to see some … Continue reading

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Weigh In Week 2/11

             This was taken by N Roy on our Girls trip by my Dad’s farm in the badlands. Its a new day, Its a new day.. And I am down another pd this week, for a total of 44 pds … Continue reading

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It sure is quiet at this time of the year..

Interesting little follow up in regards to the annual bird count was on the local radio, they said that we are having a low bird count year, now I could have told you that this was the case on the farm, … Continue reading

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Rabbit Tenderloins -DD’s Meal # 5

Well, I am thrilled to say that we are getting just a little bit more light daily now, but its is still very much Dark Days in terms of how it feels with the cold and snow. Here is the menu … Continue reading

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Corn Bread for someone who won’t eat Corn Bread

DH has a thing about textures in his food and compared to when Farm Gal (that’s me) meet him, his taste buds have grown by leaps and bounds but some texture’s are still tricky, and Corn meal with that wonderful … Continue reading

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An Appple A Day

Here are just a few of the apples we grow on our little farm, we currently have four kinds of apples, plus crabapples. We also wild pick Apples and Crabapples locally, but we get most of our apples still from … Continue reading

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