Raising lambs for meat
Raising your own lambs for meat can be a very fulfilling enterprise.  Not only do you get the fun part of managing your livestock and watching the lambs grow, but home produced meat is a lot cheaper (and I believe TASTIER!!) than what you buy in the supermarket. There is a lot to consider, however […]
I'm starting to do some planning for 2018, but before I get too far into it, I made a list of tasks I want, or need (!) to get done before the end of the year.  I can't remember now where I saw it but last year someone did a list of 17 things they […]
We have 22 fruit trees in our orchard.  And they are all espaliered onto wires.  The main reason we did this is so that the fruit is easy to access, and we can control how tall the trees get.  It is also a great way to ensure lots of light gets into the tree, as […]
After my vegie garden update, I had a number of questions regarding my recipe for Green Tomato Pickles, so I thought I would do a post about it today. I had actually never tried Green Tomato Pickles before, but we always have a jar in the fridge – that I buy – because Cam loves it on […]