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Rain Garden – Stage one
Ok, so this is a example of a small rain garden for a house in the city or town.. Mine is a massive rain or storm garden to be.. It will collect the water off my roof, as well as … Continue reading
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Lamb Veggie Soup Recipe for the canner
Good Morning Folks I tracked my amounts this past weekend when I was canning a couple different recipes. The perk of this recipe is that you can switch that lamb burger with beef or any other kind of dark meat … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, Lamb Veggie Soup recipe for canning, pantry put up, pressure canning
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Pears.. Pears and more Pears :)
Well local pears finally went on sale.. In the end, I put up 40 pints of pears, five pints of pear juice and feed out a good amount of cooked trimmings to the both the chicken flock and the pig.. … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, canning pears, costs of canning fall fruit, local fresh fruit, putting up by winter
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Snakes on the homestead
There was a lovely garden snake that was heading towards my chicken yard this morning and as the chickens would have been hunting it hard and fast. It seemed like a good idea to catch this pretty babe and move … Continue reading
Preparing for the what will come.
It used to be what we could honestly say.. Preparing for what might never happen.. But I am not sure where you can be living right now that you are not being effected at SOME point in the year by … Continue reading
Early Frost -Weather/Food Productions
Well, this spring, we had a very late hard frost at the end of may, Thankfully I had kept all my really tenders in till the first week of june. Having said that, it cut the garden season short by … Continue reading
Farmgal Canning Tips
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Just a few of my shelves with canning in my cellar, I have currently have eight sets of four shelves, each shelf can hold 200 pds evenly, each shelve fits four…
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Introducing Henry
Henry is a seven year old fixed male farm raised barn boy kitty that was looking for a new home. He is used to other kitties, lived with two farm dogs, chickens and goats. He is one of those lovely … Continue reading
Grape Jelly
Got the last of the Grape Juice Canned and then made the years supply of Grape Jelly, it will be use a bit as jelly but mainly it will be used in sauces with meats or glazes. Well, and in … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, Grape Jelly, Grapes on the homestead, homemade grape jelly
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Striving for Victory – Be Prepared!
via Striving for Victory – Be Prepared! Loved this post from Hip roof Barn, I totally understand her talking about the different things the weather and the such threw at our farms this year. I am looking forward to her … Continue reading
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