Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

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Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

Note: I have updated this recipe with my new favorite, which really is the right way. J Kenji Alt Lopez has been travelling around the Seattle area and visiting many...Read More
Alumi-Coop, Pastured Poultry

Raising Chickens in Western Washington

Have you wondered whether YOU too can raise chickens in and around the Seattle area? Turns out you can. Each municipality has its own rules and ordinances so we made...Read More
LJF Livestock Program, Pastured Poultry

Pastured Poultry mid 2024 Check In

We did it folks. We took the past 3+ years to raise broilers for our own freezer and have had varying amounts of success. Like a lot of things on...Read More
Alumi-Coop, Pastured Poultry

Lake Joy Farmstead is an Alumi-Coop Dealer!

We are excited to be a dealer for the Alumi-Coops, made by Superior Poultry Products in LaGrange, IN. Our territory covers the Seattle area north to the Canadian border and...Read More
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Chicken Perloo

Another one from my guy Rodney Scott. This recipe will literally transport you to South Carolina's low country. Chock full of that smoked chicken you made over the weekend, Carolina...Read More
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Smoked Chicken

We are now in year 4 of raising our own chickens. We started with layers only as the wife grabbed any 'dent and ding' bird that was around and with...Read More
The Farm Table Podcast

Podcast Episode #14 with Lulu Redder of Feral Woman Farm

Show Highlights How did you get into small scale farming? do you describe yourself as a farmer, homesteader, something else? Why are small scale farms important? I know you work...Read More
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Game Day Chicken Wings – 4 Ways

I have probably been making semi decent wings for almost 20 years so I figure since I have made them enough, I can probably write about them. Maybe I passed...Read More
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Chicken Tetrazini

I have made this dish too many times I figure it is OK to call it my own. This is the go to dish when we need to feed a...Read More
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Cast Iron Skillet Dinner – Chicken, Sausage, and Veg

When you are feeding a crew that ranges from 2-12 depending on a typical weeknight, the idea of a one pot dinner (or skillet, or crock, or dutch oven) has...Read More
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BBQ Chicken Sandwiches

There are so many reasons to make or buy a whole, quality chicken. The ones they sell under the hot lamps near the check-out at your local supermarket are crap....Read More
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How to Roast a Chicken Paralysis-Free

Roasting a whole chicken is one of life's great pleasures that seems to slipping into a lost art as grocers scurry to keep roasted/rotisserie chickens under their warmers for quick...Read More