Tag Archives: Farm Life

A even dozen- new little peeping ducklings

Our first clutch of ducklings have arrived, three more are being currently sat on, Dh has informed me that our first little peepers have safely hatched out, they are currently spending their first couple days in one of our big … Continue reading

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The rain or lack of is already having long term effects for 2011

Couple days ago farmer R stopped by and dropped off close to 1000 pds of straw for bedding use on the farm and he asked/told me that he still has four more of these big bales available for me, and … 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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Hugelbeet-Round 2

So we are now working on our second big full sun Hugelbeet, we measured them today as DH and I were not in agreement on the size of them, so the first smaller one is 14 feet by 8 feet … Continue reading

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The sap is running now..

I know compared to lots of folks, that we are later, but this week looks like it will be a great run, and I am so looking forward to those full buckets of sweet Maple water. Question for all those … Continue reading

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Natural Cleaning in the Kitchen

Yesterday as I was doing my prep work to get the next rounds of Corn Beef, an then planning on the next step making Pastrami, As well as corning Tongue, and today I will do the prep work required to … Continue reading

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March 17th-Organ and Variety Meats

                                                                  I adore my homemade rabbit pate. By which I mean the edible internal parts, like Liver, Kidneys as well as head, tail and feet.. Here are few basics when working with different parts. Liver: This is one of … Continue reading

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Whimper, snarl and slips and slides…

Snow, Sleet, Freezing Rain and now a Rain fall warning in effect with flooding already showing, my wet land area is flooded with water over ice, anything that is a bit of a lull in the land is filled with water, … Continue reading

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Breaking Trail

As anyone who lives in a area with snow knows that there is a reason that we have snowshoes and snow ski’s because both of these allow us to stay on top of the snow, instead of needing to break or … Continue reading

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Farms, Gardening and Composting..

This past weekend, we hauled about 30 pds of straw and sheep/cow manure out of the barn and up into a spot in the garden and it got added to the coming year’s compost pile (which just happens to be … Continue reading

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