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Tomato Harvest: Thunder-and-Lightening recipe
It’s been a struggle keeping the garden alive in this drought this year. But if there is one thing we do, as my wife says, we must get the tomatoes! We’ve been watering the tomatoes once a week and they … Continue reading
Garden Update
It’s been a rough year for gardening this year in eastern Missouri. Like much of the Midwest, we’ve had very little ran and extreme heat, although this last week the temperatures have come down. The last time we had rain … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bush beans, cantaloupe, country, cucumber, cucumber trellis, drought, farm, garden plant, garden watering, gardening, graden, homestead, melon, tomato, tomato cage, tomato plants, tomato support, watering
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Fruit Fly Trap: Homemade, Simple and Low Cost
As the summer harvest of fruits and berries begins to come in, the onslaught of that dreaded nemesis the fruit fly swarms as well. These little creatures seem to multiply exponentially overnight, and they especially love the kitchen. I hate … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged country, farm, fruit flies, fruit fly, fruit fly trap, homemade, homestead devices, low cost, simple, trap, vinegar
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Cayuga Ducks
Emma began raising five Cayuga ducks these last several days that we got from our friends the Traynor’s. She had been looking to raise some pets after we gave our pet guinea pig “Rosie” to some friends. Ducks were her … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Animals
Tagged cayuga ducks, country, duck brooder, ducklings, farm, farm animal, farm animals, homestead, kids pet, permaculture, pet, raising ducks, tick eater, ticks
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Wild Blackberry Cobbler
The Blackberries are here!!!!! Our family has been enjoying this year’s crop of blackberries. Our back fence line is covered with lots of bushes and the children have been gathering berries every few days. Here is one of our cobbler … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged berry cobbler, blackberries, blackberry, blackberry cobbler, blackberry patch, cobbler, country, dessert, dessert recipes, farm, farm fresh, fresh berries, garden, homestead, paula deen, recipe, wild blackberry
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Pigs In The Garden
This year we’ve decide to feed out our own pigs for butcher. Last week we purchased two feeder pigs from our friends the Traynor’s. Feeder pigs are young pigs weighing around 30 to 45 pounds and are fed out … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Animals, Gardening
Tagged country, farm, farm animal, farmer, farming, feeder pig, gardener, gardening, gardne, homestead, mini-farm, permaculture, pig pen, pig tractor, pigs, pork, raising pigs
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