How to Cook Maple Syrup

I should say this is ONE way to cook maple sap into maple syrup. We are probably doing it wrong but it totally worked! So we were really exc...

Goat Due Dates, a new Goats Page, and Questions?

Yesterday I finally sat down and figured out exactly when all of these goats are due. You'll remember our breeding plan didn't reall...

Home Hog Harvest - Yes you can! Interview with Harmonious Homestead

It may be just 20* out there but I just know that spring is coming and we'll all be ramping up our farming activities. Hopefully you...

Cooking the "M"

A bunch of us over on ' the facebook ' had a pretty good laugh this weekend about a recent news story. As I was tromping thru the ho...

On the fence

I found some old pictures.... I love this one. It's from several years ago, fall, at the old farm. On the fence. Happy Friday! Any body ...

Winter Pigz. Sucks.

The winter pigz are just about done...... Would you just look at the bacon on these bad boys? TBM for scale. We were talking on 'the fac...

It was a chicken-tastic day!

We've been working our way thru the winter meat chickens so this week has been about parting up heaps of meat. I had a complete and to...

Doesn't Matter - Got the Mole

She got it alright...... Kai and Zander spent about an hour digging a mole out of this spot the other day. It's a big hole....for a smal...

What's the word, Nibs?

Hey Nibbles! What's the word - how's that attitude of yours? There you have it.  Lookin' good, Nibs...  You can't tell from ...

We Made Maple Syrup!

I'm not prepared to call it a raging success... but hey! Look what we did! The fruit of our labor. That's a half pint jar, folks. Ta...