Monthly Archives: October 2008
Gone Hunting
Out hunting with friends, back in several days. So far, have been tracking everything BUT deer and moose…more details soon.
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To do list
I should call this my ‘bucket list’ because nearly every one of these chores requires a bucket. Also, with farming, you hope you manage to get the ‘to do’ list all done before you kick the bucket! Re-org freezer Re-organize … Continue reading
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Notice: More details added to turkey butchering post.
I’ve added some more photos and more detailed description about certain parts of the procedure that I thought were missing from yesterday’s post on butchering turkeys. These additions should be helpful to those ‘not in the know’. Butchering Turkeys, a … Continue reading
Filed under Animal issues, Chickens, Food Security, How to..., Preserving the harvest, Turkeys
Butchering day: turkeys (graphic photo documentary)
Warning: If you are not seriously interested in learning about turkey butchering, seeing the process documented in photos, then I suggest you do not read or look any further. I have, up until today, learned most of what I know … Continue reading
Filed under Animal issues, Chickens, Ducks, Educational, Ethical farming, How to..., personal food sovereignty, Turkeys
Grow your own bread
Because of my poor wheat harvest this year I realized I was going to have to buy in flour if we were going to enjoy bread, muffins, and pancakes this winter. I just couldn’t see ourselves going without bread products … Continue reading
Filed under Bread making, Food Security, How to..., Learning to Farm, Sustainable Farming
High-tech yogurt
I am lucky enough to have access to local milk, but if you don’t, store-bought will work just fine for this recipe. Ingredients: One gallon of milk 1/2 cup live yogurt culture 1 cup skim milk powder (optional) ‘High-tech’ equipment … Continue reading
Raw milk pasteurizing
Once a week I pay $6 (the equivalent of 18 eggs or an equal amount in a variety of my fresh produce) as my ‘share’ for access to a cow from whom I get 1 gallon of milk. When I … Continue reading
Jumping mouse, lethal chicken
Babycakes makes her first kill I just witnessed my little ‘Babycakes’ kill, and begin to devour, a mouse. As she was scratching at some leaf mould in the garden, a mouse suddenly jumped out from under a leaf; she grabbed … Continue reading
Filed under Animal issues, Chickens, Sustainable Farming
A time to kill
I shot my first live animal yesterday, and I was not on a hunt. I caught a young red fox trying to dig his way in to my turkey pen. This was the same little fellow that had been prowling … Continue reading
Filed under Animal issues, Food Security, Politicking with predators, Turkeys
