Tag Archives: Frugal

Fowl or Gallino Rennet -Part 1

By now you have most likely figured out that I like to try things in book and see if they work, I also am huge on finding and learning ways to use everything that the farm produces and to reduce … Continue reading

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Weight Goals- Nov 10/11

Wow, a whole week has come and gone, and I dreaded getting on the scale, I feel all ahh and bloated this morning (and I am pretty sure I know why), sure enough I got on the scale and was … Continue reading

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Food Storage Friday- Unprocessed real food Wrap up.-Week 5

Well  the challange for unprocessed real food month with its daily updates on idea’s and thoughts on how to use whole food in your diet finished up on Oct 31st.  I really enjoyed their daily post and idea’s, while I did feel that … Continue reading

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Chicken Feed-Protein from thin Air..sort of..

So a couple weeks back one of the blogs that I like to read recommended a new chicken book, The small Scale Poultry Flock by Harvey Ussery, now she did a glowing write up to the point that I had to … Continue reading

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Butchering out a leg of lamb

Now when you buy a whole or half a lamb, the odds are good that you will get tradional cuts done by the butcher unless you ask for something different, and they just love to give you a whole leg … Continue reading

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Waste Food.. What’s your average percent?

As I sit here sniffing with a mug of hot herbal tea from local raw honey along with a bowlful of dried apple slices, I know just how lucky I am, Not just eating food that will provide enough calories … Continue reading

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Food Storage Friday Roundup- Week 3

Joining in the ranks of Canadian Doomer and others like Chile Chews,  and Backyard Farm along with unprocessed real food month with its daily updates on idea’s and thoughts on how to use whole food in your diet, we are eating out … Continue reading

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Making Sour Dough Dried Yeast for home use.

I have been trying out a number of different ideaès in my Preserving Food without Freezing or canning, the one that I am currently working on is how to preserve your sour dough starter, now they are giving the example … Continue reading

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Food Storage Friday Roundup

Joining in the ranks of Canadian Doomer and others like Chile Chews,  and Backyard Farm along with unprocessed real food month with its daily updates on idea’s and thoughts on how to use whole food in your diet, we are eating out … Continue reading

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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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