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Author Archives: Larry Braley
Homemade Orange Julius
One of my favorite drinks when I was younger was the Orange Julius. This weekend my parents gave us a whole basket of fresh oranges for Christmas and we decide to make homemade Orange Julius with them. It was a … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged country, country living, family, family fun, fresh juiced oranges, juicing, orange julius, recipe, treat
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Hog Wrestling (a.k.a. Delivering Pig to Butcher)
This week we took the pig to the local processor to get butchered. What an ordeal it was. First some background: “Stripe” the pig was born in April, we bought him as a feeder pig in June and we’re butchering … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Animals
Tagged butchering, country, country life, country living, country skills, equipment, family, farm, farm animal, farm animals, hog, hog butchering, homestead, homesteading, mini-farm, pig
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Remembering Past Chicken Butchering Days
It has been quiet on the mini-farm this week. We’re getting ready to gather the annual Christmas tree and preparing the pig for going to the butcher next week. In the quiet of winter coming on, I’ve been reminiscing on … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged chicken butchering, chicken butchering eqiupment, chicken butchering table, chicken killing cone, chicken scalder, country, country life, country living, country skills, farm, farm animals, fresh butcherd chicken, homemade, homestead, homesteading, mini-farm, on-farm butchering, pastured poultry, whizbang chicken plucker
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Tillage Radish Cover Crop Update Four
Here’s update number four in my Tillage Radish experiment this year. The pictures below were taken last week. We’ve had many nights in the low 30’s, high 20’s but still some fairly warm days and nights for this time of … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bed, country life, country living, cover crop, food, garden, gardening, homestead, mini-farm, nitrogen, permaculture, plant, soil, soil improvement, tillage radish, weeds
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Extending Fall Lettuce Harvest With Floating Row Covers and Other Tips
Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends in the U.S.! We’ve enjoyed another great Thanksgiving as a family and we pray you had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well. There is much for us to be thankful for, and one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged country, country life, country living, country skills, eliot coleman, fall gardening, fall harvest, farm, floating row cover, food, garden, gardening, greens, growing, homestead, lettuce, mini-farm, planting, row cover, season extender, wide row
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Winter Firewood Cutting
It’s that time of the year again when the family works together to gather the firewood for the winter. Cutting our own firewood can be a lot of work, but we all enjoy being in the woods in the fall … Continue reading
Posted in Wood Heating
Tagged bucking, country, country skills, family, famly work, farm, farmall, farmall M, firewood, hardy, hardy wood furnace, homestead, homesteading, husky, husky wood splitter, land, log skidding, mini-farm, wood cutting
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