Tag Archives: Farm Fresh Eggs

Chicken Power in the garden

Chicken Cruiser, Mobile Chicken Coop, Chicken Tractor, or Chicken Ark in our neck of the woods, the names all mean the samething in general, a moveable pen where your chickens get to be both confined(aka Safe) and yet have a fresh … Continue reading

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One Pumpkin-Four Recipes…

Well Good Morning, Its a perfect Fall day and I am starting in on my pumpkins, thought I would share what I am working from my first pumpkin, it weight in as 22.2 pds whole. So first I washed it, then … Continue reading

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Oct is a eat out of your pantry month for me..

I had already decided that this coming month of Oct was going to be a eat out of the garden, pantry, farm month for me, I’m looking forward to it, I have been very busy in Sept and have no … Continue reading

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Raising Chicks 101

As I write this, I am listening to the peep-peep for the chicks and the whistle-whistle of the turkey day olds, you can tell by their sounds that they are content, its a soft sound, I had my hatching numbers for … Continue reading

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Sign of the times..

With late summer and early fall wild crabapple, apple, plum and berry foraging all taking place, it means that I am driving down some roads that I typically only go down twice a year, once in the spring to confirm … Continue reading

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Gardening for your critters

I know that most folks are seeing food prices going up, the size of the box’s going down, and everyone scrambling to figure out ways to cut down their food shopping bills, while still trying to feed themselves and their … Continue reading

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August Lamb Challange Recipe-Apricot Stuffed Shoulder of Lamb

Ah, the lamb shoulder, its a odd roast, it tastes fine but its not a very appealing cut to bring to the table as is, with bone in, you can use this cut for extra hamburger or minced meat and … Continue reading

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Lets Make Mayo!

I have plans for some lovely salads in the next few days to I wanted to make fresh mayo this morning, so simple, takes no time at all, and I did it by hand to show just how easy this … Continue reading

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Rising Costs of Meat-Are you feeling the effect yet?

Last weekend, my Step-dad was in the “big city” for work and we did a meet up for a visit, lunch and then to give him a ride to the airport, one of our stops from his downtown hotel was the big … Continue reading

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Drying Eggs for future use

So DH brought in 53 eggs the other day, and lets face it no matter how much I love my fresh eggs, when you start getting close to 60 eggs in a single day, you had better start working on … Continue reading

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