Dun coloured Belted Galloway. A rare cattle breed originating from south western Scotland. Whimsical, is our new 4yr old cow and Bronwyn, the smaller heifer, is her last years calf. Whimsical is about 8 months pregnant and is expecting her 3 rd calf in about a month. Those of you who know our history with … More Our new Lady Cows
Old man winter Aren’t you old Aren’t you cold. I am. Time for spring So get your things Get going. Well. Foot high snow drifts and -25 night temps certainly don’t surprise me at this point. The end is near and I can still rejoice a little inside. In the warmth. 🙂 We are excitedly … More It ain’t over yet.
Another in my “I’ve heard you ask” series of blog posts. Goat meat: what do I make with that? One word. Curry. But before I get to that. Did you know goat meat accounts for approximately 63% of meat consumed worldwide? It’s huge in North Africa, south east Asia and the Caribbean. It is leaner … More What do you do with goat meat?
When we started farming, I learned that chickens could lay eggs in more colors than just white and brown. I was so excited. I went on a hunt to find all the most beautiful birds that would lay the whole rainbow of colours for me. It took me a few years. But I have been … More Hatching chicks
I had a number of customers ask me about jerky. I like jerky. Never made it before but thought I should give it a go. Well as you may have noticed from the fb page, it came out delicious. I’ve made 2 batches so far. The first one, I did almost everything wrong but the … More Jerky
Every farm needs cats. Cats for hunting vermin and cats for snuggling. Over the years we have learned a bunch about farms and cats. Two males fight. One will leave. Do not feed barn cats at the house. They belong in the barn. Otherwise. They may pee in your shoes. Do not tempt cats with … More Cats
It’s still a total deep freeze out there but I am thinking green! I am very excited because I finally had help to bring this into the house. It’s my Kijiji bought and husband rebuilt, grow table. And this spring it aims to grow lots if yummy yummy sprouts for you all. I also contacted … More Sprouts!
Well, hello all, thanks for dropping in. This week has been a cold one again. Too cold. We really don’t mind the cold and the snow but the extreme cold this year has been a little much for us all. Firstly, with the increase in propane costs, heating our leaky old farm house now costs … More Cold Feet
The piggies are going “to Market” March 23rd so we will have our pork again by the first week of April. The exciting news is that we have booked them with our usual fabulous mennonite processors, Alvin Brubacher at Brubacher Meats but we have also booked a few with Andrew at Earlidale meats. This is … More Pork, Greens, Eggs, n Cheese….. Breakfast anyone?
Well … not too much excitement on the farm this week. Its still cold; varying degrees from frozen pipe cold to play in the snow cold. Everybody is tucked in the barn but on nice sunny still days the goats, cows and horse get to go out. We finally have our special fall treat for … More Second week of January 2014
