Tag Archives: Farm Life
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
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
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
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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Tagged Farm Life, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden
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Farm Sales Stories
Auctions and Farm Sales are a time honored way to spend a saturday with farmers in your neck of the woods. I can remember as a small child always wanting to hear the story of the wash board.. it seems … Continue reading
Chores, New Lamb and Sheep Milk
Its been a busy morning so far.. first my ear does not have blisters, or white spots, and while its tender, it’s doing well today, just needs to be treated gently while it heals. I am craving rubarb, which means that … Continue reading
Book Review:101 Uses for Stinging Nettles by Peirs Warren
This is a little softcover book, but its worth its weight in Gold (well maybe not with the cost of gold these days, but Silver for sure). I started out using Stringing Nettles in the spring as one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mile food challange, Farm Life, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Homesteader Books
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Bitter Cold
ahhhh, frost bite warming on exposed skin within ten min, and they say that in our closest city that its min 30 c with wind chill min 38, but the outside farm says that its min 36 c without the … Continue reading
Got it figured out! -Sheep Milk/Lamb Update
So we got a pattern now and there might just be enough extra for a little bit of fresh sheep yogurt to appear soon.. We are milking twice a day, Puff getting a nice big meal by nursing off the … Continue reading
Sneaky Hay Baby Lamb
So went out last night to milk an there was very little to have, see I had a ewe (carmel that looked like she was likely to start labour in the next while so I moved FF in with spot … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 