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Beestings Farmers Cheese

This recipe was dead easy and worked amazingly well, take 2 pints of the 3rd day milking of colustrum (the first milkings are even richer and darker in color), gently heat till just under a simmer, and remove from heat … Continue reading

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Rabbit Hide Part Two..

So, I have worked the hide a couple times more, scraping, salting and allowing it to cure while also working it over the bending board.. then it got a light sanding and has now been egg-yolked down, once that step … Continue reading

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Our first Pork Chops..topped with Mango/Red onion..with a side of mashed..

Well, I could not resist hold back a package of chops for dinner last night (and I had more for breakfast this morning as well), well the first thing that hit me was a mild but there boar smell when … Continue reading

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Baked Cheese-Finnish Cheese with jam on top..

I didn’t have cloudberry which is the tradional jam, so we went with apricot, which I think would be fairly close, I have had cloudberry jam and its was the most close I could find in my own cellar. I … Continue reading

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Pippen’s owners came for him this morning..

There are some very excited grandchildren, he has a little white mini mare to keep him company and they were kind enough to give us a upkeep/feed reward on finding him. Brandy had a complete meltdown when they took him … Continue reading

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Elvis??

Well, I am 99.9 percent sure that Pippin’s aka Elvis owners have been found, and if all goes as planned he will be heading back to them tomorrow. It appears that he is not in fact a mini horse, but … Continue reading

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Eggless, Eggy Pie Recipe

LOL, what Can I say, I love eggy pie, typically this is made with beated eggs, milk, a bit of nutmeg, or pumpkin pie spice, a touch of suger, a tbsp of flour and beat together and its a make … Continue reading

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Return on Angelo..

Basic Breakdown on costs and returns on Angelo over the time we had him.. Costs: 200  hundred to buy him 20 in gas 375 in feed costs Shipping cost- 10 dollars Butcher Costs including tax 212.44 Returns Eight Large Black Piglets … Continue reading

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Lamb for Sale-Rockland/Ottawa area.

Hi Folks.. We first and formost raise our lambs for ourselves, but when our ewes have a few to many lambs in a year we sometimes find ourselves with a few extra that we are willing to do farm gate … Continue reading

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You can see and feel the difference in the milk..

A funny but true story, a friend of mine had goats, and little ones, one day we were out talking and I said, how come you don’t milk at all.. and he said.. well a goat had her baby, and … Continue reading

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