I couldn't think of a better title than that but it's quite fitting after all the work we did yesterday, including some more Halloween DIY (scroll down for that). We only got half of the chickens processed and bagged up for the freezer, mostly because we ran out of space to store them! So, like …
Today is the day when we finally began processing the meat birds. It's not my favorite homesteady thing to do because despite loving all things Halloween, I am actually pretty squeamish. Of course I don't mind handling the meat once it's all over... It's just the hacking off their heads and putting them into the …
Aren't they the best? Just relaxing in the shade, sipping on a tall, cool drink, listening to the sound of the water splashing in the pond and the birds chirping, smelling the scent of pine mixed with wild flowers as you gaze out over the freshly mowed lawn to watch the squirrels scamper from tree …
Yesterday, just after the break of dawn, we had to go pick up this year's first batch of twenty cornish cross chicks who were waiting for us down at the post office... They filled one rack in our brooder and all look healthy, so we're happy. In eight to ten weeks we'll process them and …
Do you ever feel nostalgic for a time in which you never lived? Me too! Did you know there's a name for it? Anemoia is a word coined by The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which means: nostalgia for a time you've never known.anemoia.net So that makes us Anemoiacs (I presume). I feel especially nostalgic for …
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