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Wow, the price of feed is getting to the point where it is almost not worth it anymore. Feed prices came down a little bit in the last few months, but I expect it go up again. It was $15.99 for 16% layer last fall, not it is down to $13.99. We have been fermenting our feed to help make it go...

Well, its that time of year again. Easter is just around the corner, so that means it's time to make sausage! Made 32 pounds Monday, smoked it yesterday. Taste as good as it looks!

Lord knows I have plenty. last year, we grew over 100 heads of 2-3 pound cabbages. To save on space, I decided to grow only a few dozen of some larger varieties this year. I've grown the OS cross before, but I'm always amazed to see cabbages this big. Not to mention, I enjoy everyone stopping by...

Well, we sat out to grow a years supply of potatoes. I think we did well. Now, the real work begins. With a hand injury, I won't be planting a 2nd crop or a fall garden like we normally do. Over 170 pounds harvested.

Well, last year I grew some big (to me) pumpkins and wanted to branch out. This year I decided on a few melons. These colossal cantaloupe are huge! The excessive rain this week causes some to start to crack, so I needed to pick them early. I have a few more still growing. We also grow giant...

Normally I pull my honey the last week of May or the 1st of June. However, this year I was unable to for several reasons. I was glad to get into my hives last week and pull over 110 pounds. Seems like the honeysuckle and clover are perpetually in bloom here so, I'm hoping to harvest at least 1...

With all the doom and gloom going on in the world, I figured it would be best to focus on this coming weekends Easter gatherings. In preparation of having my wife's family down for Easter, I made 35 lbs of sausage. Kielbasa wedzona, Kielbasa Biala Surowa, and rabbit sausage. I smoked the...

Well, we always plant a cover crop/fall & winter forage for our chickens and rabbits. It typically includes a mixture of winter wheat or rye, turnips, beets, rape, kale, sometimes clover and more. We alternate what/where we plant in the garden, and often have thick lush green mats the animals...

Good meat breed and the added bonus of nice fur too. I processed several this week and will be doing another dozen or so Monday morning. I have a local buyer picking up pelts Monday afternoon. Buyer stated they wanted to tan and make pillow and possibly a blanket. Black Otter Blue Otter...

Every year in December, we always make sausage. Since I got with my Polish wife, I've veered more towards traditional Polish Kielbasa. We made 48# of sausage a couple days before Christmas, 16lbs of breakfast sausage and 32lb of kielbasa. Here is a picture of the finished kielbasa. I made over...

Its been a busy season for us, between work, side job, farming, garden, etc. Just seems like I don't have enough hours in the day. I finally made time to process around 30 rabbits. We typically process at 12 weeks or 5 lb live weight. However, I decided to let these 2 batches go to 16 weeks to...

So, the summer garden is just about spent, and we have transitioned to our fall garden. Lots of turnips, kale, beets, and cabbage planted and looking good. In the mean time, we have been enjoying the fruits of our labor! Still harvesting peppers, tomatoes, watermelons, and several hundred...

Pork is the only meat we buy. On our homestead, we hunt or raise the majority of our meat. My best friend raises beef, so we trade chicken/eggs, honey, produce, etc for beef when we need it. So, about a week ago, pork shoulder was on sale for $0.99/lb (cheapest I've seen in over 2 years). I...

So, we have been blessed with a bountiful harvest so far. My wife and I have been canning and preserving nearly 3-4 days a week since May. We have already put up many cases of apple butter, blueberry jam, mulberry jam, peach jam, pickles, and tomatoes. Thursday, we dug a bushel of Yukon gold and...

So glad I finally went ahead and built a greenhouse. The greenhouse has been a huge success for us this year. Does anyone have a DIY Hydroponic system they built, they would be willing to share? I was thinking of some vertical system for growing lettuce/greens, while not taking up room on my...

Processing some extra roosters we hatched out. Nothing goes to waste here on our farm. We hatch hundreds of eggs each year, and raise our replacement layers. The extra roosters go to the freezer. Farm fresh, free range barred rock and road island reds. Doesn't get much better than that. I've had...

Hey Yall, I've been gone for a while, thought I'd check in and ask a question. Does anyone have any experience with "Chicago Hardy" Figs? I've been looking at adding some different fruit to my farm. I currently have apples, pears, peaches, plums, thornless blackberries, raspberries...

So, I've been gone a while, first vacation, covid, holidays, etc. Anyway, I sat some eggs in the incubator trying to hatch some duck after a yote killed my last drake. We sat 11 eggs total. Well, 3 weeks later, I was in the living room watching the fireplace enjoying a cup of tea when I hear the...

Finished a batch. - Trapperman Forums Well, I still have to bottle my Blackberry wine, but I'm mostly finished with my summer batches. I think when I start my vacation I'll start a batch of blackberry/elderberry too. Elderberry wine has a unique flavor. This was...

I've been super busy with work and farming, so I haven't had a chance to get out yet. I took the lil one with me yesterday afternoon (Oct. 16), and told the wife to go hunting since the front was moving in. She didn't have to wait long before this doe walked by. She was hunting from the ground...