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Pig Butchering Results
The results are in and so is the meat! This week we picked up our pork from the processor. We got a fairly good spread for the size of our pig, and all-in-all we are very pleased. He was on the … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Animals, General
Tagged butchering, carcass, country, country life, country living, country skills, family, farm, farm animal, farm animals, hanging weight, hog, hog butchering, homestead, lard, lard rendering, live weight, market weight, mini-farm, on the hoof, pig, pig butchering, pig processing, pig weight, render
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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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Family Christmas at Silver Dollar City – Part 2
Emma and Olivia really enjoy riding PowderKeg at Silver Dollar City. PowderKeg is a roller coaster that shoots you off at 60 miles an hour and it makes several twists and turns at high speeds before returning to the shed. … Continue reading
Posted in Family
Tagged christmas vacation, family, family christmas, family christmas fun, family fun, silver dollar ctiy, vacation
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Family Christmas at Silver Dollar City
Okay, I admit it, I am a Christmas Freak!! I love the music, the food and gift-giving, the decorations and most of all the REAL REASON for the SEASON—the birth of our Lord and Savior. Where inAmericacan you find all … Continue reading
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Tagged Branson, christmas, christmas tree, country, country living, family, family christmas, family christmas fun, family fun, silver dollar city
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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
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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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Thanksgiving and Thriftiness
Well this week starts a lot of baking, shopping and yes, spending lots of cash on groceries. We all have those favorite desserts we want at Thanksgiving or maybe that extra bottle of Welch’s sparkling white grape juice—my 8 year … Continue reading
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Tagged family, frugle, mom, money, moneysavingmom, saving, saving money, Thanksgiving, thrifiness
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