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<b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you all know..we do our absolute best to raise our own meat..and have shared on video how we harvest and prepare our meats for the coming year.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We have talked About the possible dangers and lack of long term studies on GMO food..and how we try to fight our way back from dependency on chemicals in our daily lives. Why is this even a topic? Because we have been slowly indoctrinated over the last few generations to look away..</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Turn our heads away from seeing what was happening to small family farms because industrial farming ( we were told) was the only way man could be fed. So we looked away and trained ourselves not to think about how the meat got to the store, not to think about HOW the produce in the store lasted longer and was bigger and prettier than we remembered as children. Now I know we have talked about it all...but what tonights topic is about..is this..RESPECT for LIFE</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What I am going to say may offend some but others may nod their heads in agreement. When we harvest an animal..be it from the wild or something we have raised. We give THANKS...Thanks to the creator and thanks to the animal for providing us with nourishment. WHY? Because for too long we have been removed from the process of WHERE our nourishment comes from. To many people grab meat from the counter and don't think twice, that it used to be an animal..living and breathing, breeding, feeding it's young. They just look at the price tag, pop it in their cart and move on. But when we Pray over an animal and thank it for it's life and thank God for allowing us to have it. WE are called barbarians. So how does killing an animal for food lead to my reverence and respect for life? Because When I raise it, feed it, love it, kill it and cook it..I have completed MY part in the circle of life! When you hear the words..the circle ( or cycle) of life..what does it mean to you? Have we as a society LOST the true meaning of life? Is this why there is so LITTLE respect for it on so MANY levels? Because if I am a barbarian because I CHOOSE to participate in the life and death of the food I eat...what does that make those who do not see beyond the price tag on the slab of cold meat on it's Styrofoam tray?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Honestly? I think That is where our society has begun to go seriously off the rails..because if you cannot participate in the life and death of your food without repugnance...do you deserve to eat it with relish?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Recently I watched a video sent to me by a friend..it was called Jamies great Italian escape..I LOVE Jamie Oliver..he works everyday to educate people in WHAT they are eating! In this episode, he was in LeMarche Italy and he was with a family who completely lived off the land..he was going to cook them lamb..and when handed the knife to cut it's throat..he said.." I don't know if I can do that man..no seriously..I don't know if I can kill a lamb" But he did..and he cooked it...and afterwards he said " To do that today, was pretty emotional and pretty hardcore..but you know..to be honest..as a chef that has cooked 2000 sheep I think it's only fair that you kill one..otherwise..you're just a fake"</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So to be honest..in society who's a fake and who is real? The people that FACE the reality of where their food comes from and do not flinch when the time comes to kill and cook it..(YES it IS OK to flinch) Or those who never think twice about the life that WAS..before it became the steak on their plate..because THOSE are the people that still think GMO is just a fancy hybrid...and that chemicals magically disappear once it washes into the soil with the rain. So if Wanting to be a PART of the life that sustains me, makes me a barbarian..then I say..Just Call Me MrsVolfie Cave Woman..my older son does..but when HE says it..it is with Pride!</span></i></b></div>
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TheMrsVolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714125895386558856noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603238151795510545.post-87011780451537829012013-01-11T12:24:00.001-05:002013-01-11T12:24:58.757-05:00My Half Acre Homestead: Preview "The Homestead Honey Hour! 01/10 by American Preppers Radio | Blog Talk Radio"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Enjoy Last Nights Homestead Honey Hour Radio Show</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Where we discuss the topic..</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>RESPECT FOR LIFE!</i></b></span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>1/2 Cup Helmans </i></b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Mayonnaise</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Set aside Bread Crumbs, half the Parmesan and the butter. Mix the rest of the ingredients and whip it..By Hand...whip it GOOD! </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Combine your bread crumbs, butter and other half of Parmesan cheese and mix either with fork or food processor..to a fine moist crumble.</i></b></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>This is an economic way to make a delicious dinner out of leftovers and pantry findings..but their taste buds will think you have created a Gourmet DELIGHT!</i></b></span></div>
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<b style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-large;"><i>A Taste Of Great Britain!</i></b></h2>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>These days..food..REAL food has taken a back seat to take out and instant prepackaged junk. YES JUNK!! Stuff so full of preservatives and chemicals, that it is a shadow of it's former self!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>You know what I mean? Meat pies partially cooked then frozen to be reheated in the oven in 15 minutes?</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I heard my father talk about Pork Pies all my life...but I have NEVER had one!!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>The closest I came was a bakery pie filled with hamburger and gravy. It was good...but Pork pies have HAUNTED me!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>So I looked them up..and much to my STUPIFICATION ...they are SO EASY a CHILD could make them!!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I feel mortified that I..(ME ..the woman who thinks prepackaged foods are an abomination)..did not </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>know just how simple and WONDERFUL these really are to make..and to EAT??</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>OH MY GOODNESS! Can you say party in your MOUTH??</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>So here it is folks..A little time consuming..but as simple as ordering fries! ( or almost)</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>You will need:</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>one pound of lean ground pork</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>one pound of bacon ( mine is home raised and cured so I recommend you use ham or pea-meal bacon)</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>1 cups bread crumb if store bought</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>(two if you just threw some bread in the food processor and made your own)</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>1 tsp ground black pepper</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>1 tsp ground garlic powder</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>2 cups jellied broth</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #783f04;">( </span><span style="color: red;">Don't panic</span><span style="color: #783f04;"> get your favorite meat stock and a package of plain gelatin and mix it up in advance.)</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Pastry:</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Easiest pastry you will EVER make..this is not for flaky recipes..this stuff is tough and NEEDS to be.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>5 or so cups of AP flour with 2 tsp salt</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>2 cups boiling water</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>1/2 pound of lard</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i> ( NOT SHORTENING that shit will kill you)</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>and one egg</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Got it? Good!! Lets do this!!!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>take your boiling water add the lard and let it melt to liquid.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Stir into your bowl of flour and salt.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>If it is too dry..add some hot water.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>mix it up and knead it into a ball..put it in the fridge to chill.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>This is called hot water pastry.</i></b></span></div>
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<b style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>( now that wasn't so bad was it?)</i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>The filling!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Throw you ground pork into a bowl.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>mince you bacon and add it.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Throw in the Garlic, Pepper and Bread Crumbs</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Get your hands in there and mix it REAL well!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>That's your filling!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Now Let's make our shells!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>remember..these are independent little suckers that need to stand on their own..so don't worry ..you can't over work this pastry..well not in 10 minutes you can't! ;D</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Flour your board and take a piece of pastry roughly the sized between a golf ball and a tennis ball. Shape it into a hockey puck shape.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Take a normal everyday drinking glass and press the bottom into the pastry about half way down.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i> Then Turn the glass over and begin to shape your pastry around the glass .</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>When you have a nice cup shape with no holes in it..roughly the same thickness all the way through..trim the edge with a sharp knife by turning the glass.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>And there it is!!!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>set on a cookie sheet with a piece of parchment paper laid on it and repeat..saving just enough pastry to make lids for you pies!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Chill and eat..or heat and eat..the choice is yours..but you may NEVER buy store bought meat pies again!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>potatoes..It is simple really. The only trick..is following instructions!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Small New Potatoes are best..But you can process bigger ones..just make sure they are new and fresh..</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>wash and dice to about 1-1& 1/2 inches..cutting off any spoiled or iffy spots.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Place in a large stock pot..this pot is holding 10 pounds of potatoes. Turn the burner on high. ALWAYS start with COLD water!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Bring to a boil and then turn down to a bubbling simmer for 10 FULL MINUTES!!!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Gently pack your hot potatoes into hot sterile canning jars to one inch from the top of the jar.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Ladle hot reserved potato water over your spuds to one inch from the top of jar.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>De-Bubble By running the handle of a spatula in and around the potatoes. This releases all the air bubbles.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #783f04;">Once the canner has vented..put the weight gauge on and wait for it to jiggle vigorously ..when this happens..SLOWLY turn down the heat a little at a time..</span><span style="color: #990000;">( If you turn it down to fast..you will lose pressure and have to start over)</span><span style="color: #783f04;">until it is a gentle rocking or spinning motion..</span></i></b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I love Canning!! Especially green beans! Maybe it is because Mom didn't have a lot of freezer space and we ate a lot of tinned veggies..whatever the reason..canned green beans are my favorite!</span></i></b></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">What if you don't have a lot of freezer space OR shelf space? Then Dehydrating is for you!</span></i></b></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">It is a fact that after and extended period of time, Frozen food lose flavour, nutrients and even edibility! And Canned foods..even home canned..lose a certain amount of nutrients in Processing ( Not to mention flavour)</span></i></b></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But Dehydrated food retain approx 80 plus percent of there nutrients and can be stored indefinitely if properly sealed! Also the take up Less shelf space..can be stored almost anywhere at any temperature and humidity levels! ( when Properly sealed) So this year I plan on making my dehydrator earn it's KEEP! Let's start with beans fresh from the garden shall we? </span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These are Burgundy and Yellow bush beans straight from my garden. ( heirloom organic) The first picking is always slim..so I decided it would be faster and easier to dehydrate them! </span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>While you are cutting up your beans, set to boiling, enough water to cover your beans in the pot..add a little salt. When water is boiling..drop the beans in and boil for 2 minutes. Effectively blanching them.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>The WONDERFUL thing about these burgundy beans..is that they turn GREEN once blanched..actually telling you when they are ready! After they are blanched drain and dump into cold water. When cool drain and pat dry.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>When all the beans are on the trays..close your dehydrator and set to 130 DF and run for 8-12 hours. You will know they are "done" when you break a bean in half and there is NO moisture content what so ever inside the bean!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>The don't LOOK appetizing but can be quickly plumped back up by dropping into a pot of boiling water. AND enough beans for 3-4 people will fit into a one cup Jelly jar!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>So Why let a lack of freezer or shelf space stop you from stocking up while fresh produce is in season?</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Today we built our raised strawberry bed!</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>The whole project cost under $20!!</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Here is how we did it!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Picking an unused spot in front of the porch,</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>We laid down a double layer of Biodegradable landscape fabric.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Using wood Volfie has recycled from a packing crate at work..</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>He simple nailed me together a box!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Once that was done ( and sorry I have no pictures because I was too busy spreading the compost with a rake) Volfie willed the bed with four wheel barrow loads of material from the compost heap. Mostly rotting straw mixed with goat and rabbit poop from last year. We then put a thin layer of soil on top and planted the 14 Strawberry plants!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>These came from my dear friend Barb who had extra plants in her strawberry bed. Even the nails used in this project came from Barbs Husband Bruce. He got a bucket full at a yard sale and was only to happy to share! As a thanks you I took them some of my home started organic</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>It is a blessing to have such wonderful friends to share life with!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>The only cost to us was the landscape fabric and 3 bags of soil.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Hopefully in no time at all these plants will spread to fill the whole bed. Years worth of strawberries to enjoy! Thanks Barb&Bruce!</i></b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Volfie and I went to a hunting and fishing show today..and in the gun building there were a lot of tables that we selling antique guns and such. Off in a corner at a small table a man was selling old knives and odds and ends...this is what I bought.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cjj8GRWY5R8/T4nwthlI2xI/AAAAAAAABM8/n5g1RMhYiUw/s1600/Flail+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cjj8GRWY5R8/T4nwthlI2xI/AAAAAAAABM8/n5g1RMhYiUw/s320/Flail+014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I am pretty sure it is an antique reproduction..VERY cool!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>The chain seems newer than the handle and ball.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Any Ideas?</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>If nothing else it's going to look cool on the wall!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ktSwM-n35C0/T4nxG-g-iHI/AAAAAAAABNE/fEh-KR-3dAs/s1600/Flail+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ktSwM-n35C0/T4nxG-g-iHI/AAAAAAAABNE/fEh-KR-3dAs/s320/Flail+005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>He Looks the Part Doesn't he?</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S1BuhESgkYc/T4nxeg3nEyI/AAAAAAAABNM/aPhkIso0xVE/s1600/Flail+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S1BuhESgkYc/T4nxeg3nEyI/AAAAAAAABNM/aPhkIso0xVE/s320/Flail+004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Last Spring we had to have a Very large tree removed.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>It was over 65 years old and over 70 feet tall. </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UDbd4VaS410/T3NhMSpY2yI/AAAAAAAABL8/bKCIYsbtExw/s1600/183343_10150100159228439_515473438_6315495_2447915_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UDbd4VaS410/T3NhMSpY2yI/AAAAAAAABL8/bKCIYsbtExw/s320/183343_10150100159228439_515473438_6315495_2447915_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #783f04;"> Our Problem was that is was a Spruce and WAY to close to the house. We had seen a local Ad for a company called </span><span style="color: #38761d;">perfectrees.com</span><span style="color: #783f04;"> So we gave them a call. They came out the next day and gave us an estimate. They explained that the tree would be professionally taken down..</span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n6lVkr1OcZY/T3Nh7lIexhI/AAAAAAAABME/9-wav0AS_w4/s1600/183343_10150100159238439_515473438_6315497_1552832_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n6lVkr1OcZY/T3Nh7lIexhI/AAAAAAAABME/9-wav0AS_w4/s320/183343_10150100159238439_515473438_6315497_1552832_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>that they were fully insured.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AcgMGnqiqPk/T3NiDZGivEI/AAAAAAAABMM/Q8h6QlTrO7A/s1600/181501_10150100164233439_515473438_6315548_3026329_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AcgMGnqiqPk/T3NiDZGivEI/AAAAAAAABMM/Q8h6QlTrO7A/s320/181501_10150100164233439_515473438_6315548_3026329_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i> Also, they would cut up the wood, remove it if need be and mulch the smaller branches. </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BE2Exhh8Tk8/T3Niibx9MiI/AAAAAAAABMU/SOfaEDeGB-w/s1600/181501_10150100164228439_515473438_6315547_6639057_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BE2Exhh8Tk8/T3Niibx9MiI/AAAAAAAABMU/SOfaEDeGB-w/s320/181501_10150100164228439_515473438_6315547_6639057_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>All for a VERY reasonable price.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>We were very fortunate.. because 4 months later we had a SEVER storm that took down several trees on our property and left us without power for three days. Had that tree been there..I am sure We would once again be replacing our roof!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>This past week, almost exactly one year later, We received a phone call.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Jean Lecasse</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YismckrtCbk/T3NmmG3fSmI/AAAAAAAABMs/kk5puUG3jlk/s1600/Jean.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YismckrtCbk/T3NmmG3fSmI/AAAAAAAABMs/kk5puUG3jlk/s1600/Jean.bmp" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Of</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>perfectrees.com </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Had taken down 3 large trees from a local client.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>But they did not want the wood. And Jean himself already had as much as he needed. As an alternative to it going in the landfill..we were asked.. "did we want the wood?"</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>It was already cut up..we just needed to haul it away and split it!!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>What A Blessing! When we arrived on the scene..it was to discover the wood was mostly hard wood..of Maple, Birch and some poplar!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wOENzBvumrI/T3NlCvB6jxI/AAAAAAAABMc/R8gVEz5fnyA/s1600/DSCF7432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wOENzBvumrI/T3NlCvB6jxI/AAAAAAAABMc/R8gVEz5fnyA/s320/DSCF7432.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Even with the truck and trailer it took 7 trips to get it all!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2jZ85sCyBrY/T3NmFFhnD-I/AAAAAAAABMk/5za7IDCGe4M/s1600/Howie+wood.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2jZ85sCyBrY/T3NmFFhnD-I/AAAAAAAABMk/5za7IDCGe4M/s1600/Howie+wood.bmp" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>What blessing! Now we just need to split it and pile it! When that is done..we should have fifteen cord of wood for next winter!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qKLNjR_9Tgo/T3Nn_T88xCI/AAAAAAAABM0/JgaHX9rqVCo/s1600/HOwie+wood+2.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qKLNjR_9Tgo/T3Nn_T88xCI/AAAAAAAABM0/JgaHX9rqVCo/s1600/HOwie+wood+2.bmp" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>So remember folks..if you burn wood for heat..Get to know you local tree removal company!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Even if you live in the city..they don't always have a ready source to dispose of the wood. It is one of those things where EVERYONE benefits!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Thanks to Howie, my husband, Briar, my son and Briars friend Alex. For spending all day Saturday loading, hauling and unloading wood!!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Again, a special Heartfelt thanks</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #783f04;">to </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Jean Lecasse</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Of</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>perfectrees.com</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>For next winters firewood! We appreciate it more than we can say!!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z4PL0YG7c8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z4PL0YG7c8</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Yes Folks! Spring has Arrived on Our half acre Homestead! With it came the spring sap run! We Don't get a lot of sap..enough to give us a litre or two of syrup. We tapped 14 trees this year..and would have got a lot more sap..However..the temps rose too fast for us to run the sap for long. But we'll get a taste! First though we drill a hole on the sunny side of the tree..</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>tap in a spigot and hang a bucket to collect the sap!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LoHegOtfo58/T2Y6GFbA_OI/AAAAAAAABKg/n7fDe3t3l4A/s1600/DSCF7321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LoHegOtfo58/T2Y6GFbA_OI/AAAAAAAABKg/n7fDe3t3l4A/s320/DSCF7321.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>It takes forty gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup...or there about.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Once we collected enough sap for a pot full..</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>We put it on to boil down.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jWb7M5ogpgY/T2Y7K5beHqI/AAAAAAAABKo/3CGfZ99uBV4/s1600/DSCF7324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jWb7M5ogpgY/T2Y7K5beHqI/AAAAAAAABKo/3CGfZ99uBV4/s320/DSCF7324.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Once it boils down to a rich dark colour..we will strain it through a clean pillow case into the stock pot for finishing in the house!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B7v9MPszsGw/T2Y71EivoaI/AAAAAAAABKw/nuxTAfnCXZ4/s1600/DSCF7339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B7v9MPszsGw/T2Y71EivoaI/AAAAAAAABKw/nuxTAfnCXZ4/s320/DSCF7339.JPG" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Our pot was not big enough to boil all the sap at once. What we do when this happens.. we boil down the first pot to a nice dark amber colour. We then pour it into a smaller pot and set aside. We refill the large pot with fresh sap and again..boil down to the same colour as the partially reduced sap that has been set aside. Once the second batch has reached the same colour..we combine the two batches back into the large pot..and continue to reduce.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Many people make the mistake..of adding fresh sap to the already partially reduced syrup. This dilutes the syrup and your sugar content and stability is compromised. It is useable syrup..BUT must be refrigerated once bottled.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Syrup that has been properly boiled down..does NOT need to be refrigerated. It is shelf stable!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>The next step is to get your bottles washed and rinsed thoroughly. My neighbors, when I was growing up used old whiskey bottles. But I save my store bought syrup bottles!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e2iXIXYTV8M/T2ZEkZbHtSI/AAAAAAAABK4/EwKFdfrSgRU/s1600/DSCF7361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e2iXIXYTV8M/T2ZEkZbHtSI/AAAAAAAABK4/EwKFdfrSgRU/s320/DSCF7361.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>When the sap has boiled down to the right colour and flavour. We strain it through a clean pillow case..and bring it in the house for finishing on the stove.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j-tK1vCsuuo/T2ZrUeD0xWI/AAAAAAAABLA/XSK93CuLU7M/s1600/DSCF7370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j-tK1vCsuuo/T2ZrUeD0xWI/AAAAAAAABLA/XSK93CuLU7M/s320/DSCF7370.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Once boiling on the stove...you take a 1/4 cup of milk and one fresh egg..</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>and you beat them together. (I did not get a picture of this as my hands were full at the time.) Once your egg milk mixture is beaten up..pour it into the nearly finished boiling syrup. The egg and milk mixture COOKS in the boiling syrup. This is then skimmed off..this removes the finer particles that the straining process could NOT get.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_UM3RLhMRBM/T2Zt7n4xTbI/AAAAAAAABLI/dxBzhZ2lfn4/s1600/DSCF7373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_UM3RLhMRBM/T2Zt7n4xTbI/AAAAAAAABLI/dxBzhZ2lfn4/s320/DSCF7373.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i> </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>This is how the scrambled egg looks when it has removed the fine silt from the syrup. </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qa51k-4dGXA/T2ZutTL-5_I/AAAAAAAABLQ/7LxOf3S-Rgc/s1600/DSCF7375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qa51k-4dGXA/T2ZutTL-5_I/AAAAAAAABLQ/7LxOf3S-Rgc/s320/DSCF7375.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Throw this out..or feed it to the pigs!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Once this is done it is now ready for the final straining through a fresh clean pillow case.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a5PHjG5Jpes/T2ZvI4_dmpI/AAAAAAAABLY/huxsqaLFvHM/s1600/DSCF7378.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a5PHjG5Jpes/T2ZvI4_dmpI/AAAAAAAABLY/huxsqaLFvHM/s320/DSCF7378.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Now it is ready to be ladled into clean bottles and be capped!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iLYPk3gW0EA/T2ZvcLX789I/AAAAAAAABLg/XJShMfGnKao/s1600/DSCF7383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iLYPk3gW0EA/T2ZvcLX789I/AAAAAAAABLg/XJShMfGnKao/s320/DSCF7383.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>The result is a lovely clear sweet product ready for your pancakes!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4BpKZEjcQF8/T2Zv0KVnPqI/AAAAAAAABLo/UKUYO9CcVTg/s1600/DSCF7387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4BpKZEjcQF8/T2Zv0KVnPqI/AAAAAAAABLo/UKUYO9CcVTg/s320/DSCF7387.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Nothing beats maple syrup you have made yourself!!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5UxmUBZqvx4/T2ZwJywcAHI/AAAAAAAABLw/bp0atAQi1ao/s1600/DSCF7384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5UxmUBZqvx4/T2ZwJywcAHI/AAAAAAAABLw/bp0atAQi1ao/s320/DSCF7384.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>YUMMY!!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>CHEERS!</i></b></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span>TheMrsVolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714125895386558856noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603238151795510545.post-52027498454516699342012-01-25T18:00:00.000-05:002012-01-25T18:00:33.637-05:00Soil Blocks for Seed Starting!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Do It Yourself Soil Blocks!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Today is Robbie Burns Day and and I am getting ready to start my early seeds for the Garden this year. Recently I had heard about something called "Soil Blocks" These are little compressed blocks of specialised potting mix that need no mesh or pots..in order for you to start your seeds!! Getting excited at the idea..I did a little research...these tools are NOT cheap!! ONE ..that is to make ONE 4 inch block maker..was on SALE for $26.95..ON SALE!!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>So you know me folks...I made my OWN! It cost me under $8 and I will be able to use it over and over for YEARS..now folks..if you run a commercial green house..you MAY want to invest in the proper tools to do this on a multiple level..but for me..this will do PERFECTLY!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mdXwDUBgZvU/TyB16eNyL7I/AAAAAAAABIA/3jH1Z4v_1Fo/s1600/Soil+Blocks+015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mdXwDUBgZvU/TyB16eNyL7I/AAAAAAAABIA/3jH1Z4v_1Fo/s320/Soil+Blocks+015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>What this is, is a 2 inch long piece of 2 inch PVC pipe..</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>A 4 inch long, 1/2 inch blot bolt with a ring end.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Two corresponding nuts and washers and a larger washer for stability..</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>and a 1&1/2 inch pipe cap!!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>On the pipe cap ( orange thing) there is a tiny pip the machine left when it cut off the cap..this is where I poked the hole for the bolt ( judging it to be centre)</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I then slipped on a washer..then slipped on the larger washer...spun on a nut to about an inch up the bolt...pushed the bolt in through the hole in the centre of the inside of the cap. </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>When the bolt was pushed out of the other side of the orange cap about 3/4 of an inch..I slip on the other washer..spun on the other bolt and tightened it all down. The bolt and nut sticking out the end allows for a dent in the soil block where you can drop a seed.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z7k5mktJWEI/TyB4PX1_N0I/AAAAAAAABII/mSf4yRFOuGE/s1600/Soil+Blocks+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z7k5mktJWEI/TyB4PX1_N0I/AAAAAAAABII/mSf4yRFOuGE/s320/Soil+Blocks+016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>As you can see..the "plunger" fits easily and snugly inside the </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>the 2" PVC pipe. You can also see the larger washer flush against the cap to give the more flimsy plastic stability.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>For soil mix..I did some research. Not all potting soils are equal..having said that I made up a mixture of..</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>6 cups premium organic potting soil=</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>( compost, peat-moss, vermiculite) </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Potting soil can be replaced by or combined with well rotted compost</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">.</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>6 cups peat moss</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>6 cups vermiculite</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Mix together and make sure there are no sticks or chunks..if you have a soil screen..go ahead and use that.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>1 cup ground eggshell </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>( these eggs shells were </i></b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>rinsed and toasted on a cookie sheet in a 200 DF oven for 15 minutes)</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>3/4 Cup Blood& Bone meal</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>6 Cups Water into which I mixed</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>one teaspoon generic plant food. </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Mix all together into a large container.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>The mix should be moist and spongy when you take a handful and squeeze..but not wet enough to drip.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Have you tray ready that you are going to start your seeds in. </i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Then..Tightly fill your piece of PVC pipe with potting mix..</i></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2j_f8QPCqjE/TyCCgKxoNvI/AAAAAAAABJY/YQgR_67mSgs/s1600/Soil+Blocks+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2j_f8QPCqjE/TyCCgKxoNvI/AAAAAAAABJY/YQgR_67mSgs/s320/Soil+Blocks+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><span id="goog_1170224941"></span><span id="goog_1170224942"></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Set on a flat surface and push "plunger" firmly down into the pipe. </i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Don't be afraid to lean into it!</i></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Et0YDDmdA4/TyCDHOqlkMI/AAAAAAAABJg/GY2ytZczAOg/s1600/Soil+Blocks+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Et0YDDmdA4/TyCDHOqlkMI/AAAAAAAABJg/GY2ytZczAOg/s320/Soil+Blocks+006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Then gently invert your block maker.</i></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h1aTSmhVls8/TyCEFQdtk5I/AAAAAAAABJo/d05ByxFTeOU/s1600/Soil+Blocks+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h1aTSmhVls8/TyCEFQdtk5I/AAAAAAAABJo/d05ByxFTeOU/s320/Soil+Blocks+007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Gently twist your bolt back and forth while pushing out your block.</i></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EsiUIzqEaiY/TyCFa3ippNI/AAAAAAAABJw/aC4AUYAw2xM/s1600/Soil+Blocks+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EsiUIzqEaiY/TyCFa3ippNI/AAAAAAAABJw/aC4AUYAw2xM/s320/Soil+Blocks+008.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Gently set your seed Block into the tray..it is now ready for dropping a seed in the hole and covering with a sprinkle of potting soil or vermiculite!</i></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LYaEvWs83v4/TyCGvFlYKfI/AAAAAAAABJ4/y3AqivYDPmA/s1600/Soil+Blocks+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LYaEvWs83v4/TyCGvFlYKfI/AAAAAAAABJ4/y3AqivYDPmA/s320/Soil+Blocks+009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pePcr9Lj_sk/TyCHG3MlQ6I/AAAAAAAABKA/VyZDBxNMGJs/s1600/Soil+Blocks+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pePcr9Lj_sk/TyCHG3MlQ6I/AAAAAAAABKA/VyZDBxNMGJs/s320/Soil+Blocks+012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Once you seeds are planted and covered with soil mix..cover the entire tray with a lid, plastic bag of even several thickness's of new paper until seeds sprout. until Sprouted..do NOT let soil block dry out! Once sprouted..water GENTLY when needed.</i></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Iw1hJrTQQu0/TyCIecgHhbI/AAAAAAAABKI/R3alSgNU9mQ/s1600/Soil+Blocks+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Iw1hJrTQQu0/TyCIecgHhbI/AAAAAAAABKI/R3alSgNU9mQ/s320/Soil+Blocks+011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>This is bloody butcher heirloom corn I used to test the blocks..this is the growth rate after only 5 days since planting!!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>As you can see the sprouts are toothpick sized!</i></b></span><br />
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</i></b></span></div>TheMrsVolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714125895386558856noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603238151795510545.post-39943424090241277462012-01-23T13:21:00.000-05:002012-01-23T13:21:28.600-05:00Piggies!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Meet Pork & Chop!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>After come careful consideration and planning,</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>(AND</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>After tasting our home made bacon!) We decided we could manage a couple of pigs...We won't be able to pasture them.. we really don't have the space. But We Can feed the healthy food and table scraps and grow them to a decent size.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>The benefits obviously being..home cured ham and bacon without nitrates..</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Meat raised on a diet WE choose and with Love we share.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Having said that..we don't want to forget WHY we have them..and so have named them Pork and Chop!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YHp42Uu9A5s/Tx2gAFCLTgI/AAAAAAAABHQ/C0VtH_WETR0/s1600/PIGGIES+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YHp42Uu9A5s/Tx2gAFCLTgI/AAAAAAAABHQ/C0VtH_WETR0/s320/PIGGIES+008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Here they are snuggled down in the back seat of the truck on the ride home!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>They are a lot bigger than I expected..but then that is do my advantage also!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>They are now settled into the old Chicken coop with a heat lamp and plenty of straw on the floor.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Stkx2S0dhI/Tx2hKF8jZHI/AAAAAAAABHY/aYIx1vbaZTo/s1600/PIGGIES+017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Stkx2S0dhI/Tx2hKF8jZHI/AAAAAAAABHY/aYIx1vbaZTo/s320/PIGGIES+017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>They are already Enjoying the deluxe accommodations and</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Luxury menu!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Right now they are being fed twice a day as their food bowl gets empty..We feed them Hog grower..I mix into this any table scraps which I have cooked and Pureed and I mix it all together with warm water into a thick oatmeal like consistency! Which they really seem to love!</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I will keep you posted as they grow!</i></b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vm1jPXLsbWw/Tx2j2arXHLI/AAAAAAAABHg/1xq1AEvc--g/s1600/PIGGIES+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vm1jPXLsbWw/Tx2j2arXHLI/AAAAAAAABHg/1xq1AEvc--g/s320/PIGGIES+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>CHEERS!!!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div>TheMrsVolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714125895386558856noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603238151795510545.post-67390203487974130782012-01-19T16:36:00.000-05:002012-01-19T16:36:53.444-05:00Newest and Best Yet Granola Recipe<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Made In the Dehydrator!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Hey There Folks!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Yesterday I made a new Batch of granola..this time I did it in the</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>dehydrator with more consistent results! The Ingredients are as follows...</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ir2qTiEFODo/TxhWg8hLUZI/AAAAAAAABG8/e18bKiIHNTo/s1600/Granola+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ir2qTiEFODo/TxhWg8hLUZI/AAAAAAAABG8/e18bKiIHNTo/s320/Granola+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>5 pounds steel cut or old fashioned rolled oats</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>2 cups honey</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>2 cups seeds and/or nuts of your choice</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>2 cups fruit</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>( if fruit is raw diced small..if it is dried</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>add AFTER your dehydrate or toast)</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>2 tsp cinnamon</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>1tsp salt</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Enough butter to grease your bowl.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Grease the biggest bowl you have or use a canning pot.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>mix oats and nuts ..then sprinkle cinnamon and salt on top.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>( this is so it doesn't stick to the buttered bowl sides)</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>drizzle the honey over top..be sure and get it all!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Toss mixture until evenly coated.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Line each dehydrator tray with Parchment if you don't have the proper screen size.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Parchment is washable..when finished just wash it with warm soapy water..rinse and hang to dry! So don't be afraid to use it!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Set you machine @ 135-150 and dehydrator for 8 hours..rotate tray if needed.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>If you are using your oven..use parchment on cookie sheets..set oven at 150-175 and make sure you stir and turn over your granola Frequently.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>If using fresh fruit..granola is done when the fruit is rubbery. If Using dried..add AFTER the granola come from the oven.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>When granola is cooled..place in Jars or bags.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>This recipe make two 1 gallon Jars!</i></b></span><br />
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</i></b></span>TheMrsVolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714125895386558856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603238151795510545.post-45088827482784394372012-01-17T12:29:00.001-05:002012-01-17T17:16:32.934-05:00Spring Approaches...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Homestead Plans for 2012</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>I started planning the Garden today..I hope I have room for it all!!</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>As Far as I KNOW I have ordered a LOT of seeds!! </b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Our Half acre ( which includes our house, barn and chicken coop...is set in the Gatineau hills with trees all around and a ravine in back..so laying everything out take some creativity! My First Garden here..I panted a three sisters garden in one 1/4 of my garden plot..but I planted to many pumpkin and squash..and it pulled down the beans and the corn and the squash took over half the garden before it was through!!!</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>So this past year I abandoned the 3 sisters and planted two rows of corn separated by the beans and things..and the squash I planted in planters..But I am ready to attempt it again...this year I am a little older and a very little wiser. The three sisters garden is an old native way of planting the staples of their yearly vegetables...</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Corn, Beans and squash..it is ingenious really..</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>You plant the corn in hills.. when the corn is 6 inches to 1 foot high..you then plant the pole beans among them..then at the base of every OTHER hill in Every OTHER row... </b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A8_agPuBxl0/TxWe2_SJfLI/AAAAAAAABGU/fWKqqXZxLpI/s1600/Garden+Plans+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A8_agPuBxl0/TxWe2_SJfLI/AAAAAAAABGU/fWKqqXZxLpI/s320/Garden+Plans+007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I know that 6 squash plants does not look like much..but it is almost too much!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>The Idea is..that the corn leeches the soil of nitrogen..and beans are a nitrogen producing plant..so they help each other..in return the corn acts like a pole for the beans to climb!! The Squash then snakes in and around the bases of the hills and shade the ground retarding weeds and the prickly stems keep four legged pests to a minimum! Tried and true..IF you do it correctly!!! ( laughing at my first attempt) But live and learn right?</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>This year I have selected Old Tried and true 3 sisters heritage plants..Indian Corn..which I will use in grinding flour and supplementing my stock feed!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>And Trail Of Tears Cherokee Beans..these are a good bean for drying for soups and stews..(It</i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: arial, san-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><b><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">memorialises the forced relocation of the Cherokee Indians in the mid-nineteenth century. They carried this bean throughout their infamous walk, which became the death march for thousands of Cherokees.)</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These beans are for drying and so is the corn..so I will allow them to just that. The beans will climb ( hopefully) around the corn supporting each other and I will leave them to dry that way until harvest. Essentially that whole section of garden , once established ..should remain untouched until harvest.</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Th rest of the garden( I hope)..I have planned to be as companionable as possible! I am hoping to fit in Cabbage, onion, Mangle beets ( for the goats rabbits and chickens) A half row of Swiss chard and the other half of Kale..A row of carrots..a few rows of snap beans for canning and a row of sweet peppers.</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Once Again I am going to plant my tomatoes in Hangers...I got a lot of blossom end rot last year when using the hangers..and I found out it is because the soil lacked calcium..SO..I have been saving my egg shells!! I rinse them and dry them in the oven at 200 for about 15 minutes (actually I rinse them and dry them in a cake pan inside my Dutch oven on top of the wood stove)..When dry I put them in a jar..where Later I grind them up in my old coffee/spice grinder.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>You Don't want the shells touching the roots..so once they are in the planters and the soil is in..I will top the soil with about 1/2 cup of ground eggshell in the planters..this way every time I water..they will get the nutrients. If you want to try this with your "in Garden" Tomatoes..just sprinkle some dried and crushed egg shells around the base of each plant..working it in a little..not touching the roots and leaving some on the surface ( slugs HATE sharp eggshells)</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Last Year I got some celery plants on sale at the end of planting season..And so I stuck them under the hanging tomato plants..as I heard they are "companion" plants for tomatoes..and also need lot of water..Being on a well ..It made sense to plant them under the tomatoes..that way..when the tomatoes get watered..and excess also waters the celery! It worked BEAUTIFULLY! So I have ordered some celery seed and will start them indoors and do the same set up again this year!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qxr26Vd0nx8/TxWli6CujrI/AAAAAAAABGk/utVy4XXy5Kk/s1600/Garden+stuff+028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qxr26Vd0nx8/TxWli6CujrI/AAAAAAAABGk/utVy4XXy5Kk/s320/Garden+stuff+028.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>This is a shot of the garden from last year..I have bought two more hangers...</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PwdFZy8BJrs/TxWondcvs9I/AAAAAAAABGs/vD5mlAKnW5U/s1600/Garden+Plans+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PwdFZy8BJrs/TxWondcvs9I/AAAAAAAABGs/vD5mlAKnW5U/s320/Garden+Plans+008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>This is a hanging planter for hot peppers..</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I plan on planting some cayenne peppers in these..originally I was going to plant strawberries in them..but I am going to ask my husband to build me a raised bed for Strawberries in front of the porch.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I am told you can't plant different kinds of peppers to close to each other..so hanging the Cayenne makes sense.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>My original garden plan about shows me planting sweet peppers next to the snap beans..BUT ..I am also going to grow POP corn this year ( It is my one weakness) and I am thinking since the snap beans are at the other end of the garden from the pole beans..why not put a row or two of popcorn in between the snap beans..with the same companion planting premise as the three sisters garden?</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>The Planters that i grew the squash in this past year..</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Have been given a liberal bucket full each of rabbit poop..and Is where I will Plant my sweet peppers! This just makes MUCH more sense to me!!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ajGr6u43LSs/TxWqiGxzrmI/AAAAAAAABG0/w1HnZPnN7qY/s1600/Garden+stuff+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ajGr6u43LSs/TxWqiGxzrmI/AAAAAAAABG0/w1HnZPnN7qY/s1600/Garden+stuff+010.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>This picture is from last year where I shelter the squash plants with frost blanket over inverted tomato cages.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Behind these planters is where I am hoping we can put a 12x4x 5 feet tall pig crate..</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>This will be raised off the ground several inches with a slatted floor..the urine will go down through the slats to the ground...The Water and feed troughs will be at one end..with a PVC pipe spout on the outside where I can pour feed and water into two separate troughs...the door will be at the other end and while they are eating I can reach in with a hoe and pull out and poops!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I would LOVE to pasture pigs..but with only a half acre..we have to work with what we have for now. The crate design I am planning I saw on a youtube video..and they had 3 pigs in there..now by the time they get crowded it will be time to butcher..but we plan on having only 2 at most.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>The Squash and pumpkin this year will be planted up closer to the road on a long hill we plan on making from last years compost..I wish I had realised how much compost the goats, chickens and rabbits would make..and I would have started it there last year..but live and learn!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>In front of those planters where I am going to plant the peppers...I Plan on planting potatoes in bags I will make out of landscape fabric..and we will be building a rabbit hutch out by the goat yard..we are also moving our Bees from behind the garden out toward where the rabbit hutch and squash plants will be...It is going to be another BUSY year..But I hope more organised!!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>But you can bet your boots I will be blogging the process!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Hey Everybody!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Sorry It has been so long since I posted..winding up the year was a LOT of work..and I am now just beginning to think about spring.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I deemed last year a success because I managed to fill my pantry..However I did make some mistakes and will learn by them for this year. Planting tomatoes in hanging planters requires more than just good soil and determinate tomato plants!! A lot of mine got blossom end rot..this was due to a lack of minerals in the soil..SO..THIS year I have been collecting my egg shells and will crush up a good 1/4 Cup to add to the soil in the planters and give them another shot!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NNMDvWHN4-Q/TxBS4ApHEKI/AAAAAAAABD8/SkfzLBpHepw/s1600/Garden+stuff+028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NNMDvWHN4-Q/TxBS4ApHEKI/AAAAAAAABD8/SkfzLBpHepw/s320/Garden+stuff+028.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-57XfuZf_J34/TxBTQzP3cuI/AAAAAAAABEE/t4p38p7-2X4/s1600/Garden%2521+023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-57XfuZf_J34/TxBTQzP3cuI/AAAAAAAABEE/t4p38p7-2X4/s1600/Garden%2521+023.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>The year before..I planted a three sisters garden..and I planted to many squash..they over ran the beans and the corn..</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>so I didn't attempt it this past year..I planted my Squash in containers.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fhl-cWEDjQ4/TxBUOX7CTmI/AAAAAAAABEM/Dv-PaBP_xgE/s1600/Garden+stuff+032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fhl-cWEDjQ4/TxBUOX7CTmI/AAAAAAAABEM/Dv-PaBP_xgE/s320/Garden+stuff+032.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>They did really well..but all of the of the plants </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I started from seed ended up being pumpkin..</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>which goes to show...you can't just harvest seed from ANY</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Plant..it has to be an heirloom plant.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BZOWJgwPzRw/TxBV5v1Uo4I/AAAAAAAABEU/oefC0gNYDDk/s1600/Goats+and+Bunnies+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BZOWJgwPzRw/TxBV5v1Uo4I/AAAAAAAABEU/oefC0gNYDDk/s320/Goats+and+Bunnies+006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Our Rabbits finally bred in the fall...AFTER I learned how to sex rabbits and found out my original 5 were ALL female..Once we added a male we were off and running!! We Ended up with 19 kittens from 3 does!!!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>The original breeding stalk I had were not fussy on any food other than the pellets unless I gave them and apple.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>The Offspring However..once they started eating pellets..I would add a slice of cleaned pumpkin or a half of a sweet potato or a sliced apple.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>It got so they really looked forward to the fresh veggies and fruit ever day!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>When it Came time to harvest them..We made the decision to harvest the adults and leave 4 of the female does for breeding..for two reasons..One..they were used to eating raw veggies and fruit WITH their pellets..and this allows me to save money on feed and to feed them a more balanced diet.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>And two..I was not sure how old the original mums were. We also kept 3 smaller males for fattening up.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>If you are breeding rabbits for meat...I recommend that you do NOT breed them past August 20th because near the end of their growth the weather is cold and they expend much of the feed consumption on keeping warm rather than bulking up meat.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N9Ulmo2BIdo/TxBXdthPjEI/AAAAAAAABEc/vKG7Rrri0x0/s1600/Rabbits+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N9Ulmo2BIdo/TxBXdthPjEI/AAAAAAAABEc/vKG7Rrri0x0/s320/Rabbits+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>We harvested 15 of them and I learned how to de-bone rabbit and we made some of the most DELICIOUS sausage!!!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTSGd7oPRUo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTSGd7oPRUo</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>We also harvested our Meat Chickens and put 40 or so in our freezer..</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c47KEbneRIk/TxBYFPc97UI/AAAAAAAABEk/qmkNNxb5Jdg/s1600/302203_10150294400438439_515473438_7953139_2478713_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c47KEbneRIk/TxBYFPc97UI/AAAAAAAABEk/qmkNNxb5Jdg/s320/302203_10150294400438439_515473438_7953139_2478713_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>And they are DELICIOUS ( the links I add are from my youtube and usually are films of us doing, or how to process)</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY2sqtLC0oI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY2sqtLC0oI</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>And I did a LOT of Canning!!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-flNghx9aYwY/TxBZSIl0P2I/AAAAAAAABEs/_FDWQ6eIxg0/s1600/canning+beans+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-flNghx9aYwY/TxBZSIl0P2I/AAAAAAAABEs/_FDWQ6eIxg0/s320/canning+beans+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>She Continues to give us almost a litre of milk a day..and we are planning on breeding her daughters Clover and Blossom this year!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3r23uhExxII/TxBbtTwln2I/AAAAAAAABFk/5RLvSSuz5j8/s1600/Cutestuff+033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3r23uhExxII/TxBbtTwln2I/AAAAAAAABFk/5RLvSSuz5j8/s320/Cutestuff+033.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DdlwalTf78g/TxBb7NuxcvI/AAAAAAAABFs/6y-96fuH0Kk/s1600/mail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DdlwalTf78g/TxBb7NuxcvI/AAAAAAAABFs/6y-96fuH0Kk/s1600/mail.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I Made my own soap this year..some from drippings and some from lard..but all turned out really well!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EqqPUDVBVzs/TxBcOT3W-ZI/AAAAAAAABF0/ji2skFXXn1c/s1600/Soap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EqqPUDVBVzs/TxBcOT3W-ZI/AAAAAAAABF0/ji2skFXXn1c/s320/Soap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIljW0imZA4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIljW0imZA4</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I made Butter from the separated goats cream...</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nsbp-jbBaSU/TxBcf-Yj3cI/AAAAAAAABF8/mA3I-bGarmg/s1600/Prepper+stuff+127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nsbp-jbBaSU/TxBcf-Yj3cI/AAAAAAAABF8/mA3I-bGarmg/s320/Prepper+stuff+127.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otZOMbffkZw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otZOMbffkZw</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DOG_2N6j3dA/TxBcvF3KWjI/AAAAAAAABGE/37gXVe2y1MY/s1600/Prepper+stuff+098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DOG_2N6j3dA/TxBcvF3KWjI/AAAAAAAABGE/37gXVe2y1MY/s320/Prepper+stuff+098.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>And Cheese as well..although I have some work to do before I get that just right!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>We Made our own Bacon without nitrates...</i></b></span><br />
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</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>All in All it was a successful Year! </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I learned a lot! So This year I hope we will be better organized..and will go from the learning stage to the "putting our lessons to use" stage!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I have already ordered some of my garden seeds from an AWESOME place called "Baker Creek Seeds"</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>They have all non GMO heirloom seeds...and as I am going to attempt ( again) to save my seeds this year..I learned my lesson and will go organic heirloom all the way!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>I AM going to attempt a 3 sisters plot (again..)</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>And I am moving my squash and pumpkin from containers to a hill we will build up between to road and the Goat paddock. </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Instead of sweet corn I am going to grow pop corn ( cuz I eat it almost everyday) and feed/flour corn for the stock and for grinding into corn meal.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Along with the regular snap beans..I am going to grow some beans for drying..that way I will have my own beans for baking and chili.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>It is going to be another busy year for sure! However a better organized one!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>It takes a couple of years when you first start out..you learn what works and what doesn't..what to plant for a more balanced pantry..and what to plant to subsidize you animal feed with fresh organic. So I have a lot of hope for this coming year!! I invite you to come along as the journey continues! And I WILL be a much more faithful blogger this year!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>This is Bev From My Half Acre Homestead saying...</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Life is what you make it..so enjoy the journey!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>This sweet treat is a simple dish that will wow any company, when set on the harvest table!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Simply Cut an acorn squash in half and hollow out.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Place in a baking dish.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Then dice sweet potatoes into the cavity.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Add a dab of butter..a dash each of salt and pepper..and a drizzle of molasses!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7fJrFZEbI9s/TrAu7NS5NoI/AAAAAAAABC4/VhgSAHmR0Do/s1600/Fall+Food+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7fJrFZEbI9s/TrAu7NS5NoI/AAAAAAAABC4/VhgSAHmR0Do/s320/Fall+Food+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Cover with Tinfoil and bake until tender!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Can be scooped out and mashed on the plate or in a bowl..or garnished with a sprig of parsley and served individually a half squash in a bowl to the side of the plate with a spoon!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>However you do it..it will be a hit!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>CHEERS!!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
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