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Week 44/10

My Christmas Cactus is in full bloom Well, I am pleased to be down from last week but it just puts me at the same weight losts as week 42 of so down 43 pds so far this year.. My … Continue reading

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Sour Dill Rye Bread Recipe

Ok, so this is a different bread recipe, but I challange you to give it a try, its so good and nothing! like you are going to find in a store. This recipe is based out of the one in … Continue reading

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Mung Bean Sprouts and Recipe..

Dried Mung Beans can be turned into wonderful home grown sprouts for use in a number of tasty dishes, I started sprouting about ten years ago as a way to be able to offer the hounds fresh ground greens once or twice … Continue reading

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Ice Ice Baby

They say the worst is yet to come..

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Someone likes her hay..

bet you thought it would be a sheep, cow or rabbit? Nope, its Miss Piggy.. Who likes her handful of green hay given daily, she gets very excited when she finds a good bit, she is growing well, and the … Continue reading

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How do you know its freezing Rain?

Check out that frosting on the back of the sheep, who have been out having their breakfast at the hay bales..Got to love that the hair sheep grow wool for the winter, if you dug your fingers into her coat, … Continue reading

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Milk Replacer for Calves

Girl coming along, I got her at three weeks of age and had her about 3 weeks at the time of this photo, she had filled out quite a bit by this photo, going from two milk feedings a day … Continue reading

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Butternut sqaush pasta recipe

One and half cup Flour, one fresh egg, 1/4 cup roasted butternut Squash, a pinch of Salt. Mix together and knead into a ball, let rest for at least 15 min and then put though your pasta machine or roll … Continue reading

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Salt Cured Leg of Lamb

 or a kind of “prosciutto d’agnello”. I took two legs of lamb with bone in about a eight pd approx, and made a brine of salt in gallon of water, I added salt till an egg would float, and then I … Continue reading

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Homemade Bread

At least once a week, I make bread for the farm, I don’t tend to make one loaf at a time. More like two to six depending on the recipe.. Its a never ending change on what will end up … Continue reading

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