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Put the canner to work

by: Kelli

Last year we bought a pressure canner and really put it to good use.  Given the weather this year and the issues we had with our tomatoes, the canner didn’t get as much of a workout but we still managed to stock some of our shelves.

Canning our veggies and some fruits makes great use [...]

Filling the freezer

by: Kelli

Around our farm Andy plays a key role in selecting the varieties of fruits and veggies we’ll grow and getting seedlings started early in the spring.   We both share the not so fun task of weeding during the summer but when harvest time comes, I play the main role in figuring out what to [...]

The Huffington (Cluckington) Post!?

Who knew – HuffPo was really in the loop back in late August of this year.  They ran a photo feature story of the growing trend of “At Home” chicken processing…  That’s pretty main stream coverage of the concept of food processing close to the origin of the food.  Which is a rather obvious, good [...]

Mid-October Update

This is the time of year where it gets harder and harder to update the blog since there is really less and less “farm” related activities going on.  The days have grown rather short and there’s not much left to do outside.  Well - maybe that’s not true, but the nature of what’s left to do doesn’t make for [...]