Pastured Poultry mid 2024 Check In

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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
Farm Life

The Barn Quilt

One of the recent projects we put together was working through a barn quilt maker in the Midwest to turn our little farm logo into a barn quilt. When I...Read More
Farm Life

What is a CSA?

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a model of food production and distribution that connects consumers directly with local farmers. The CSA model is based on the principle of community members...Read More
Farmhouse Recipes, Preserving at Home

Pickling – The Basics

Pickling can be daunting. Our goal is take the fear out of it, so YOU TOO can pickle! Following is a comprehensive pickling recipe that is good for cucumbers, carrots, asparagus,...Read More
Family Dinner

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
Blacksmith Trading Co.

Bitters History

Bitters and Some Definition Originally serving as the cure-all (claims of healing indigestion, headaches, stomach cramps and constipation), you could say it was the original “snake oil.” I am not...Read More
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Guess what? Yup, we got pigs!

A little farm life update. We got pigs! We decided to get them for a couple of reasons. Food, of course (since we rarely follow 100% kosher except our salt)....Read More