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Monthly Archives for November, 2011
The Case of the Screaming Mimis
Kitchen Gadgets You Need to Have!
A huge part of what we do here is gardening and raising livestock. But with that comes a lot of cooking and baking to prepare the foods we harvest. And let's not forget that while going a year without groceries we have to process all of our food so anything that saves time and makes our life easier is going to be in our … Continue reading the story "Kitchen Gadgets You Need to Have!"
Monday’s Guests – Experimenting with Hugelkultur
Today's post comes from Brad from Highly Uncivilized. Seriously, he comes up with some of the best experiments, from making water from the atmosphere and making compost tea. I think this post really resonates with me because I'm interested in dry farming. I'd just have to find a large source of cheap wood. Maybe I'll contact the tree guy that gives … Continue reading the story "Monday’s Guests – Experimenting with Hugelkultur"
Green Tomato Lemon Marmalade
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| Cook down halved or quartered tomatoes |
Making the Most of a Long Weekend
Having a long weekend with few distractions has allowed us to take advantage of some time at home. We've been so busy lately that it's nice to just be home and get stuff done. It was extra nice to spend most of Thursday relaxing and not doing much.Friday, … Continue reading the story "Making the Most of a Long Weekend"
Happy Thanksgiving!
We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Cutting Costs and Increasing Production
This is something I've been thinking about a lot. See, Tom and I have a plan to have everything but our house paid off in 3 years. And right now we're pretty much on track, however, it would be nice to speed that up a bit by cutting … Continue reading the story "Cutting Costs and Increasing Production"
The Meat Bird Conclusion
Well, our meat bird raising experiment has concluded. We learned some things on the way and figured out what we're going to do in the future.
The biggest difference with raising these little meat monsters compared … Continue reading the story "The Meat Bird Conclusion"
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Pizza Sauce
I have to apologize for not posting much this past week. We've been crazy busy and I just haven't had time to write. Hopefully this coming week will be a bit calmer.
If we can save time … Continue reading the story "Pizza Sauce"
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| Halved tomatoes |
Monday’s Guests – Rabbit Liver Pate
Today's post comes from Kitty over at Havenscourt Homestead. She graciously gave us some of this delicious pate this weekend to try out. I'm a fan of liver in general sauteed up with some garlic - yum! But if you don't like eating liver you may still like pate.
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