December 31, 2011 kitchen pigs Happy New Year! With bacon.. of course Happy New Year everyone! Behold.... the bacon.... Technically this is a smoked pancetta... such as it is. Last nite I smoked the bacon tha...
December 29, 2011 farm life Winners and Losers As we close down 2011 I've been thinking about the projects that worked....and the things that didn't. It helps me do better planni...
December 28, 2011 dogs Dog sloth Our number one dog, Titan, has been hanging out in the living room. He's had enough of the puppy shenanigans so he got a reverse time o...
December 27, 2011 kitchen Oh my sweet buns! *OFG rethinks punctuation....* I mean......Oh my! Sweet buns! Would you get a load of these sweet rolls? Are you licking your screen? Yeah....
December 24, 2011 garden notes The accessability of bacon: An Interview with The Gastronomic Gardener Happy Christmas everyone! I was trying to think what I could give everyone for Christmas, what would be the best present?... And then, of co...
December 22, 2011 farm life Part Four. The Battle The scene: On the high hill overlooking the valley Light snow fell on a brilliant morning. OFG's battle line stretched wide on the hig...
December 19, 2011 kitchen pigs Bacon's here.... I'm sorry but I can't talk to any of you right now.... the bacon is here. I'm sitting in my kitchen surrounded by 90 pounds of b...
December 18, 2011 farm life Part Three: The Eve of Battle The scene: The Great Hall in OFG's lands, just after dusk the eve before battle The full moon rose against a pale sky casting great sha...
December 16, 2011 kitchen pigs The cure for bacon Of course there is no cure for love of bacon... so you just gotta give into the bacon obsession and make your own. Make your own bacon? Sure...
December 15, 2011 kitchen pigs Finishing up - lard and leavings Oh Lard...lard lard lard. Lard and more lard. So much lard.... The leaf lard we got was extraordinary. This entire kettle was full of leaf ...
December 14, 2011 kitchen pigs Grinding Day We're sloggin' thru the Meat-a-palooza 2011....Day Four grinds on... Actually Tuesday really was grinding day. We lost our cold weat...
December 13, 2011 kitchen pigs Even MORE meat! All meat! All the time! Monday is wasting away and here I am. Meat drunk. I love meat. I spent all day Monday doing the rest of the cutting. Of course I had my hand...
December 12, 2011 kitchen pigs Meat, meat, meat, and more meat! Meat! Glorious meat! What a day....here are some quick pix from Sunday. The sides of the pork were huge... Technically this is just the cent...
December 11, 2011 pigs Turning pigz into pork Did everyone hear the great 'huzzah' yesterday when the evil pigz were slain? Whoot! Here is the before.... and the after. By the wa...
December 7, 2011 farm life Part Two: The arrival Part Two: The scene: Just inside the mighty gate at the border of OFG's lands The caravan was just coming into sight. A mighty carria...
December 5, 2011 dogs Taking one for the team No one on this earth loves to play fetch more than Dog#1. He's mad for the game and could play all day. Here's mud in your eye.... S...
December 4, 2011 farm life Part One: At first light The scene: A pale sun rose on two figures high on a hill overlooking the enemy's encampment. The first red rays of dawn streaked across...
December 3, 2011 chickens farm life geese Comings and goings Actually its mostly "goings." We've had a few losses - some of the old guard. Penny is the beautiful grey Toulouse shown here...
December 2, 2011 rant So I got one of those Facebook thingys..... Hey, look at me! I'm keeping up with technology and finally got one of them Facebook thingys. You can find me as Ohio Farmgirl there . A...