Fugly Farm

[igorsMistress]

Freezers are done and I can start making ice blocks as soon as the weather warrants.

I found a pork roast that has been in there a couple months that I’m going to can at the same time I do some chicken breasts and use the raw pack method I think. Maybe Saturday.

 

[Shadrach]

Freezers are done and I can start making ice blocks as soon as the weather warrants.

I found a pork roast that has been in there a couple months that I’m going to can at the same time I do some chicken breasts and use the raw pack method I think. Maybe Saturday.

I think you need to turn that freezer upside down and give it a shake. Who knows what may fall out.

 

[igorsMistress]

The chickens are knocking on the sliding glass door They want snacks, poor little starving dears. I have some lettuce and peas to take out in a few minutes.

I feel like I got some things accomplished this morning. We put up about 50 gallons of water and then I moved the portable options into storage. Still have to do about 30 more gallons but I’ll get that done tomorrow. Daughter left her chicken breasts in the fridge because she didn’t feel like cooking; I decided to can them. I need one more quart of beef bone broth and then I’ll do some French onion soup, then the pork roast. I now have room to freeze all the veggie scraps and chicken carcasses for broth. We really don’t use beef broth for much so I’m not sure it’s worth the expense to get beef bones from the butcher. I may have Igor check on cost when he goes for marrow bones for the dogs next month.

Pressure cooker is done and the peas are defrosted, time to go out and give the crew their snack.

 

[N F C]

The chickens are knocking on the sliding glass door They want snacks, poor little starving dears. I have some lettuce and peas to take out in a few minutes.

I feel like I got some things accomplished this morning. We put up about 50 gallons of water and then I moved the portable options into storage. Still have to do about 30 more gallons but I’ll get that done tomorrow. Daughter left her chicken breasts in the fridge because she didn’t feel like cooking; I decided to can them. I need one more quart of beef bone broth and then I’ll do some French onion soup, then the pork roast. I now have room to freeze all the veggie scraps and chicken carcasses for broth. We really don’t use beef broth for much so I’m not sure it’s worth the expense to get beef bones from the butcher. I may have Igor check on cost when he goes for marrow bones for the dogs next month.

Pressure cooker is done and the peas are defrosted, time to go out and give the crew their snack.

You got a lot done IM!

 

[igorsMistress]

Our daughter went shopping for a few things this morning and looked at eggs while she was out; still $6 a dozen for store brand. I heard that we may expect additional price increases and some people Igor knows are having trouble getting chicks so they can get back into chickens. I put 1.5 dozen eggs in my dehydrator today to use for baking. May try them scrambled in a pinch. Got my new mixing bowl, it’s wide and shallow and I love it. Our son came over and wanted to see our shade setup for the garden (he is going to copy it). While we were out there I found broccoli flowers on four plants and ten or eleven corn sprouts now. Woo hoo. I’m going to experiment with canning water so I can try two different methods for the lids and see what works. I had three failures today when I canned chicken. At least I can still freeze it and it’s cooked already. I ordered reusable seals from Tattler, got a few tomatoes into the freezer to save for sauce and started a bag of veggies for broth.

 

[cavemanrich]

I put 1.5 dozen eggs in my dehydrator today to use for baking.

Are you familiar with water glassing to store eggs longer term??

 

[igorsMistress]

Are you familiar with water glassing to store eggs longer term??

I am. I don’t have the space for something like that right now and dehydrated eggs are safe provided they are fully dry before storing. Also, I am strict about first in, first out and managing that with water glassing seems like a pain in the butt.

 

[igorsMistress]

I think I figured out my sealing problem with my lids. Either the water I soaked in wasn’t hot enough to soften the seals, or I didn’t soak long enough. Some people say they don’t bother warming the lids, but I did two that were soaked in nearly boiling water and one that I didn’t soak at all when I canned water earlier this morning. The two I warmed up sealed, the not warm lid didn’t. Lesson learned.

Doggies went to the park this morning, so naps are happening on the cool tile in the hall.

 

[N F C]

I think I figured out my sealing problem with my lids. Either the water I soaked in wasn’t hot enough to soften the seals, or I didn’t soak long enough. Some people say they don’t bother warming the lids, but I did two that were soaked in nearly boiling water and one that I didn’t soak at all when I canned water earlier this morning. The two I warmed up sealed, the not warm lid didn’t. Lesson learned.

Doggies went to the park this morning, so naps are happening on the cool tile in the hall.

Glad you figured it out IM!

 

[igorsMistress]

Glad you figured it out IM!

Me too! Thanks