Yesterday I used my pressure canner from Lehman's (gosh, I love that thing!) to canned some deer my hubby's co-worker gave him. Here's what we did: James trimmed the meat and cut it into large stew-sized chunks. We stuffed wide mouth quart jars tightly and added 1 tsp of salt in the top. Don't...
Today I dropped of Isabella at Grandma's so I could get some stuff outside done. Today is about 62 degrees, so neither too hot nor too cold... but I still worked up a sweat and had to take off my coat. We are really late doing so, but we planted our pasture with rye. Hopefully we still have...
Once. We had a Shetland Pony, so the fall wasn't that far, but that didn't stop it from hurting. She as rather lazy and my sister and I would push her to do things she didn't want to do. I had her in a good trot (as fast as she would go) and was going to get her to jump a ditch. She didn't, but...
Pictures of some of our critters
Trolley, 3 year old Great Pyrenees we purchased from a farming family outside of Pigeon Forge, TN:
Piper, 2 year old Great Pyrenees from a local farm. She's due to whelp in about a week in this picture:
Piper is much better with young goats than Trolley...
First 10 Questions:
1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like?
We live in SE NC, about a hour from the coast. We generally have a mild climate, but there are some really hot summer days and cold winter days still. Very rarely do we get a significant amount of...
After reading an article in Mother Earth News magazine, I'm interested in raising some rabbits for meat. The article recommended Californias for beginners, but would like some more opinions. What would you recommend for a beginner rabbit? I've had rabbits in the past, but they were just pets...
When I was taking microbiology and cell biology in college, I put my camera lens right up to the eye lens of the microscope and took a picture to help me study. This may work for you, too!
My Grandpa bales his own round bales and has a huge amount of extra bales this year. He feeds it to his cows, we feed it to our goats, but we still have a lot extra! He's asking $25/bale. We are located near Elizabethtown in SE NC. Let me know if you are interested!