Around the holidays, I had to buy some store bought eggs so that we had enough to do some Christmas baking. I buy “cage free” eggs when I have to buy them at the store. That doesn’t mean anything, though. Neither does “free range.” So what. They have a 1 foot by 1 foot space … Read more
{photo credit} Are you tired of zucchini right now? I’m not. 😉 If you’re stuck in a rut and you don’t know what to do with the last of the zucchini from your garden, maybe this will help you! Try some Zucchini Lasagna: Make some Zucchini Noodles. Serve them with Swedish Meatballs or beef … Read more
{photo credit} I’m not opposed to all factories, or even the overall concept of factories–they have their place. I believe that food, however, should not be a factory product. When industrialization and capitalism and food meet, the end result is not pretty. Because the problem is, industrialization and capitalism are also so closely connected to … Read more
I have been spending a lot of time in the garden. I got to thinking, really, who needs INSANITY when you’ve got one of these: Seriously? Yesterday I think I spent about 5 hours using something like this (mine isn’t this exact one, but close!). This kind of tool is AMAZING for getting out big clumps … Read more
We wanted to share with you the rough plans that my husband drew up in Visio to go with Joel Salatin’s Pastured Poultry Profits . The book describes how to build the chicken tractor in Chapter 10, The Pen, but in a paragraph form. My husband used that paragraph to draw up these plans.
Farm Boy 3 and I taped this video. Both Farm Boy 1 and 2 were holding cameras, and I went with the one that Farm Boy 1 had been holding, even though I had been looking at Farm Boy 2’s camera. Oops. Well, I’m not great on camera, but you can at least learn how to wash eggs from this! 🙂
Today I have lots of food on my brain! 🙂 Tomorrow I begin a new little “business” I’m starting. It’s the beginnings of us *someday* being able to grow, sell, and deliver farm fresh foods. But for now, since all we’ve grown & can sell are chickens, I am picking up foods from other … Read more
Note that all of the pictures from Day 2 of butchering were taken by Farm Boy 1, our hopeful (but not very experienced) 9 year old photographer. =) Another day of butchering!! The Farmer got up and turned on the scalder at 6:30 am (Brilliant!). We were ready to start processing birds by … Read more
Warning: this post contains actual images of chicken butchering. I wouldn’t recommend looking at this while eating if you have a sensitive tummy! This was the day–we were going to butcher all 105 chickens, plus a goose, a duck or two, and maybe the turkeys. It didn’t go exactly as planned, but it was … Read more
