This weekend we slaughtered, skinned, and eviscerated our first steer.He was a 2 1/2 year old Irish Dexter and was born onto our homestead to our first family milk cow, Maybelle. We chose Dexters because they are dual-purpose, hardy, thrifty, and supposedly make a nice grass-fed beef. That way any calves born into our very…
my husbands all time favorite pie. It is a sweet potato pie with a praline topping.  It’s like a manly pumpkin pie!
This time of year, my gardening thoughts tend toward composting as seasonal clean-up commences and the pigs are in the freezer and no longer snacking on our kitchen scraps. Last year, a compost bin was on the to-do list (and we did put them up in the spring). I still had all of the dead…
This recipe is a compilation of several and the only one that worked well enough to get me a good traditional mozzarella cheese.
Just some quotes today… Geography is, to my mind, a subject of high educational value; the peculiar value of geography lies in its fitness to nourish the mind with ideas, and to furnish the imagination with pictures. Geography should be interesting-The child’s geography lesson should furnish just the sort of information which grown-up people care…
One Year Ago: ~Week 33~ One of the blessings we did get to experience our first week were the newly ripened blackberries on the length of brambles pictured above. I like that they’re thornless (I’m not sure what variety), seem very hardy compared to the raspberry vines also here, and while the chickens have found them…