Bruce
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Poor thing! She needs a friend even though there are many friends to be had.
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Mike CHS
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We were expecting (and got rain) starting around 10 this morning so we used the time before it got here to run a couple of strands of hot wire on both sides of the ram pen down low to keep the sheep off the fence. Ringo tested it first thing but hasn't touched it since then.
Since it was raining we went to Etheridge to see if any of the Amish farms had any tomatoes left. The farms that we frequent didn't have any so we went to the auction that started at 1:00. We only spent $50 dollars but brought home a bushel of small cucumbers to make some more pickles, two bags of bell peppers (for $5 each) to both freeze for kitchen use and we will make a bunch of stuffed peppers to freeze for later meals. We also picked up 60 pounds of tomatoes that came in 20 pound boxes for $9 each box.
On a side note, Teresa was cooking a pasta dish for the youth meeting at the church and made a batch for us also. This stuff is awesome and tastes like lasagna but uses spaghetti noodles. When she was telling me the ingredients this morning I was skeptical that it would be edible and used ground beef and pasta sauce and cottage cheese, cream cheese and I'm not sure of anything else. Good comfort food.
All items at this auction are picked the day of the sale and here are the peppers.
Since it was raining we went to Etheridge to see if any of the Amish farms had any tomatoes left. The farms that we frequent didn't have any so we went to the auction that started at 1:00. We only spent $50 dollars but brought home a bushel of small cucumbers to make some more pickles, two bags of bell peppers (for $5 each) to both freeze for kitchen use and we will make a bunch of stuffed peppers to freeze for later meals. We also picked up 60 pounds of tomatoes that came in 20 pound boxes for $9 each box.
On a side note, Teresa was cooking a pasta dish for the youth meeting at the church and made a batch for us also. This stuff is awesome and tastes like lasagna but uses spaghetti noodles. When she was telling me the ingredients this morning I was skeptical that it would be edible and used ground beef and pasta sauce and cottage cheese, cream cheese and I'm not sure of anything else. Good comfort food.
All items at this auction are picked the day of the sale and here are the peppers.
Baymule
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Wow! I wish we had produce auctions like that! But I just can't see growing a big bag of bell peppers like those and selling them for a measly $5!!
CntryBoy777
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I can't see planting, tending, growing, and picking them if I can get them for $5 either.
We use cottage cheese in our spaghetti sauce and lasana
we just prefer the taste over ricotta and it is cheaper too. I've never tried using the cream cheese in it, but may have to try adding some....especially in stuffed shells. Once again ya are the envy of many here Mike....
We use cottage cheese in our spaghetti sauce and lasana
we just prefer the taste over ricotta and it is cheaper too. I've never tried using the cream cheese in it, but may have to try adding some....especially in stuffed shells. Once again ya are the envy of many here Mike....- Thread starter
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Mike CHS
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Baymule- there is a large Amish community not far from us. Most of them sell off their farms but take the majority of their produce to the auction. It's ran by English as they call us but all of the sales items and workers are all Amish. You can drive down the road and all the farms have signs out by the road with what they currently have.
Fred - this auction is why we are going to change our garden planning. We will still do be vine crops and a few tomato and pepper plants for daily eating but all of our canning produce will be bought at auction. With seed packets pushing $4 I can eliminate the labor and still put up for the winter at our garden value.
The last time we went to one of the farms we picked up 120 ears of Peaches & Cream sweet corn for $8 because it was picked the day before.
Fred - this auction is why we are going to change our garden planning. We will still do be vine crops and a few tomato and pepper plants for daily eating but all of our canning produce will be bought at auction. With seed packets pushing $4 I can eliminate the labor and still put up for the winter at our garden value.
The last time we went to one of the farms we picked up 120 ears of Peaches & Cream sweet corn for $8 because it was picked the day before.
Bruce
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Gee, I got 3 orange peppers from the 2 plants I bought. Would have been cheaper to buy them at the store. Similar situation last year. Clearly growing peppers isn't one of my strong points.
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Mike CHS
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Bruce - we normally get enough peppers out of our garden to last all winter but with everything else going on we decided to buy since the prices are so low. We see quite a few people at the auction that we also see at Farmers Markets so Local Grown has a double meaning.
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Mike CHS
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We put up a bunch of pickles today and only used up 1/3 of what we bought so we should finish them tomorrow. We made a big patch of stuffed bell peppers for later meals and also for dinner tonight.
The pictures are of stacked corn in one of the Amish farm fields that we went to yesterday. I thought they turned out cool and want to share.
The pictures are of stacked corn in one of the Amish farm fields that we went to yesterday. I thought they turned out cool and want to share.
goatgurl
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while I was catching up on your thread mike I saw where you had tried meat from a ram and found it good. a few years ago I butchered a 2 1/2 year old ram and honestly I couldn't tell it from the wethers we had butchered before. no strong taste, not tough. the only difference is that the chops, ect were bigger, lol. things sure look good at your house. and along with the others I'm having auction envy. would be nice to get good veggies that reasonably.
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Mike CHS
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Thanks GG. We won't be processing any more lamb for ourselves unless it is one that is having problems and do appreciate the larger cuts of meat. The only time we could tell a difference was with the ribs that seemed a wee bit stronger but that was probably due to a larger layer of fat.
