Hello friends! It is the deepest, coldest part of winter but spring is just around the corner and farmers/gardeners (including myself) are already starting seeds and planning the arrival of the first chicks. This is also a good time to really hammer out the details of the year to come, and to share …
Processing Muscovy Ducks
In Oregon, it is legal to process poultry outdoors on the farm where they were raised and then sell them direct to consumers. We process all our chickens for sale and home freezer and also do our own ducks. Ducks are much more difficult to pluck and eviscerate than chickens, thus the higher price …
BBQ Grilled Rabbit
Hands down my all time favorite way to cook rabbit is to throw it on the BBQ. This 'recipe' is SO easy to make and is the perfect dish to cook for folks who may be on the fence about cooking or eating rabbit. If you can BBQ chicken thighs, you've got rabbit down. So grab your favorite BBQ sauce, …
Zucchini Fritters
It's zucchini season, y'all! Which means it's the time of year where you rack your brain, search google and ask all your friends for their favorite recipes that will help you use up your zucchini bounty. I, personally, love zucchini best of all the veggies i grow. It's delicious raw, delicious …
Storing your garlic
Garlic is a wonderful crop for those of us looking to stock up on our homegrown produce and to spice up our menu without relying on expensive (and none-too-fresh) packaged spices. With the proper care, garlic can be stored for up to a year. Here are some of my favorite ways for storing my garlic …
How to braid garlic: Illustrated
You carefully planted your garlic last fall. You cared for it all spring: watching its water, fertilizing a few times, weeding the patch well. Sometime around July you harvested a bundle of gorgeous bulbs and dutifully hung or laid them somewhere to cure before long term storage... Wait, you did do …
Sale Rabbits June 2018
Update: These animals are all sold. Please send me a message to be added to my list for upcoming litters available soon. I have some gorgeous juniors right now, including compatible pairs. Add blue to your New Zealand flock and meet me at the show table in October. Buck DBZ is compatible …
Low-tech mowing
Some of you already know that Miranda is a scythe enthusiast... but did you know she also employs tiny little munching mowers? Inside this rolling 'tractor' live the "Three Little Pigs" (a trio of rescue cavy, aka guinea pig sows). They are pretty efficient little workers! No blade of grass …
Moving Day
Our Freedom Ranger chickens are 3.5 weeks old and ready to move outside! They're brooder has had the lights off for around 3 nights and the manure was steadily building up despite fresh pine shavings scooped in daily.... they're happy to be on fresh grass and out of the stinky barn! We handle …
Pasture Raised Chicken: Part 2
In part one of this blog series we discussed some of the reasons we raise our own meat, how much it costs, bringing home your new chicks and setting up their brooder. Part two will discuss keeping the birds on pasture in a tractor, briefly touching on some improvements and part three will discuss …