Planting Garlic

I've been planting garlic over the last week or so. I don't have any idea what I'm doing. This is not a "how to" but m...

Last Harvest Supper

We had another cold night and I think the news is going to call it "the end of the growing season" now. Its a good thing I brought...

Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!

Probably one of my favorite movie quotes ever - and all that I could think about when the post called me this morning.  Look what show up t...

Final Harvest

Yesterday I scampered around taking up as much of the harvest as I could. Good thing too because we had our first hard frost. The news says ...

I Got A Big Pear

Or at least that is what they say..... One big pair of pears Now I just gotta figure out how to get these big pears out of the tree. We didn...

Turnip of Doom

This is one of the fun things about growing turnips..... That is one big turnip. A turnip of DOOM!  Be afraid... be very afraid. Anybody els...

Making Pancetta

Since the bacons on our just butchered pig were not very big (as expected), I'm making pancetta from some of the better belly pieces. A...

Meat Day Results

Sometimes folks ask me "How much meat do you get from a home grown hog?"  The answer is... a lot. Pork chops... lots and lots of p...

Pigz Eat Farmer! (not me)

I couldn't pass up this headline - especially since a bunch of my pals sent it to me last nite. Consider yourselves warned! "70-yea...

The Real Battle... I mean.. Butcher Day

We had such a great weekend! Finally we found time to butcher the first of our four hogs. It was a great day and we learned alot about the g...