Why don’t you sell off your farm?

It’s not a simple decision. There are several reasons I prefer to not sell off the farm. First of all, it’s not only the farm, it’s also my home. Sorry, but I’m not real eager to have strangers coming to my home. As simple as my home is, it’s our castle. We are a very small farm, under 4 acres, and we don’t have the big red barns and huge pastures to loose yourself in. I do not have a retail space here. Keeping up with my farm and daily life is a handful. By selling at the market, it allows me to focus my attention on you, not what my barking dogs are doing or where the turkeys are wandering off to now, or who the geese are hissing at, or even the occasional goat escapee that has to be put back in its field before it eats something…

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What’s the holdup?

What’s the holdup? Why don’t I have chicken, eggs and goat available like I usually do? Well, things have been a bit unusual, wouldn’t you say? Covid-19 has changed the…

How I am using a whole chicken

With this cooler weather, I’m feeling soup coming on. And I have a hankering for Chicken Tortilla Soup. Yeah, maybe it’s been all the peppers I’ve been trying to use…

Deep Fried Turkey

You know what that is? It’s deep fried deliciousness, that’s what! We deep fried one of our turkeys in July and man oh man was it good. Crispy crunchy on…

Hybrid or GMO? Whats the difference?

Is it GMO? Is it Hybrid? Aren’t they the same thing? NO! They are not. Often, I have people ask about the chicken I raise. I raise Cornish Cross. “Well,…

Duck Eggs

I set duck eggs today. My hatching rates are very inconsistent. Sometimes things go well. Sometimes they don’t. Fingers crossed. In 28 days we should have baby ducks.

Here’s to a Healthy New Year

Well, it’s a New Year and I’m going to try and do better about blogging. Looking back at last year, it was pretty scarce, as in didn’t really happen! Well…