Getting the Farm Ready for Winter
Getting the Farm Ready for Winter Winter is coming…. It’s Kentucky. This means that today it’s summer and tomorrow it will be …
Month: November 2016
How to Grow Sweet Potatoes
How to Grow Sweet Potatoes I know, I know….. No one is gardening right now. Weeeeeeeeeeeeell, my sweet potato patch turned out …
Why We use a Butcher (sometimes)
I am a homesteader. I do wierd things like mill wheat berries, pluck ducks and tap maple trees. I often write about …
Cast Iron Apple Pie Recipe
Cast Iron Apple Pie I have to say, of all the desserts I have made “sugar free” this one wins. You would …
4 Reasons to Breed Your Cow Back after She Calves & 1 Reason Not to
You Should Breed Your Cow Back After She Calves. Oh boy, for some reason, I like to learn everything the hard way. …
Why Would Someone Want to Kill Their Own Meat?
Seriously, Why would someone want to kill their own meat? There are perfectly edible animals at the supermarket that are already dead. …
Pickled Green Tomatoes – Recipe
Green Pickled Tomatoes are a fabulous way to use up all those last, remaining, green tomatoes from the garden. They are a …
Green Tomato Salsa Recipe
Green Salsa. Oh, the deliciousness. For step-by-step instructions with pictures go here. Sign up to receive weekly updates, country tid-bits and homesteading fun …
Venison Burger Recipe
Venison is deer meat. Here in Kentucky we all love the hormone-free, organic, non-gmo, FREE food that comes from our land. Grinding, …
When It’s Time to Go To Market – Eating Your Porker
I really don’t know where to start. I have so much to tell you! Let’s begin with, please don’t yell at me …