Tag Archives: homestead
Getting Ready for spring egg laying.
I know it seems like its right in the hard part of winter and I know from talking to my family and friends that they are either into hunker down mode or they are hitting the slopes, the trails and … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Critters
Tagged Breeding ducks, Chickens, Eggs, expecting sheep, geese, guard geese, Hatching, hatching chicks, homestead, Nest Setups, sheep
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Photo Friday.. This and That around the farm..
It was a cold but sunny day, the solar heating in the house was lovely! Pom is looking mighty fine in full winter feather up.. Harry is looking mighty fine, I just love my clean-up ram, he is sweet, easy … Continue reading
Posted in Critters, draft horse, photography, sheep
Tagged Duck Photography, Farm photos, Geese Photography, homestead, horse photography, photography, Sheep Photography
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Keeping it real on the farm 2016
This was our lovely New Years Day Dinner, the works.. turkey, stuffing, mashed, green beans and gravy.. it was so good.. it was also a reminder that I only got 1 turkey baby on the farm.. one.. that’s it.. It … Continue reading
Posted in food, Food Storage, Garden harvest, gardening, homestead
Tagged garden harvests, Heritage sqaush, homestead, keeping it real on the farm, permaculture, soft fruit
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Long Weekend Reflections
Well, I keep looking at my note-book, I need to transfer all the data on the last two weeks from the challenge, do all the math to prove out what I already know, if we had to buy what we … Continue reading
Venison Stew with Baking Powder Biscuits Recipe
Slow Roasted Venison Stew with Baking Powder Biscuits 3.4 pound Shoulder Roast with a bit of bone in 2 med onions 6 cloves of garlic 4 large potato’s 4 large carrots half a smaller turnip 8 whole mushrooms Salt, pepper … Continue reading
Sept Harvest Challenge- Pig
There are going to be lots of coming pig posts as I do some fun things now that the butcher is done and I have roasts, chops, ribs, organs bacon an so much more, curing an canning, grinding and processing … Continue reading
Sept Harvest Challenge 2016- Mullein Flowers
I have dried a good amount of Mullein Leaves for future use, I have some lovely first year leaves from mullein to make leaf Mullein Oil for Pain use.. BUT for today, we were picking the flowers buds, like so … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
Tagged Healing Muffein oil, homestead, Mullein, Mullein componds, Mullein Leaf, Mullien Flowers
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Bean Canning Recipe
I have made this recipe a few times now, its still yummy! I wanted to can up a batch of white beans in tomato sauce for the pantry use, so this is a large batch, as I canned most of … Continue reading
Keeping it real on the farm- Grapes in the food forest
These are not wild grapes, they are eating and jelly grape vines that were carefully selected for our area but they were allowed to run wild, they were planted into the food forest and they were allowed to climb a … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 