Archive for June, 2008
Posted: June 28th, 2008 by
Lisa
We eat our own pork chops all the time, and man oh man are they ever tasty. Pastured pork is so different from factory farmed pork that I can hardly call it the same thing at all. I like to cook it on the grill with just a little salt and pepper, nothing else,
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Posted: June 26th, 2008 by
Lisa
It often happens this way on the farm — someone dies and someone is born, both on the same day. Sadly, Misty died today from a ruptured spleen, delivered by a kick from our new male llama. We had let them get to know each other, and didn’t leave them alone until there was
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Posted under Death, Lambs, Llama.
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Posted: June 22nd, 2008 by
Frank
Last Saturday I brought home our two nucs from Charlie Andros over at Linden Apiaries. I plunked them down and proceeded to check the rest of the hives as well. One of the two packages from Black Cat was doing fine, and I gave it a second hive body. By the way, it seemed
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Posted: June 21st, 2008 by
Lisa
I made brunch on Saturday extra special this week, trying to incorporate as much stuff from the farm as I could. Frank’s working down in Cambridge during the week, poor guy, so I try to make his weekends as special as I can. I picked spinach from the garden, got eggs just laid
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Posted: June 15th, 2008 by
Lisa
We had three meals all sourced right here on my farm today. Our morning omelet was our eggs and homemade mozzarella cheese with homemade bread that we ate before I remembered to photograph. It was yummy, though! For lunch, I trimmed up some of my basil plants, made some whole wheat pizza dough with
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Posted: June 7th, 2008 by
Lisa
The Small and Beginning Farmers Association of New Hampshire (SBFNH) owns bird processing equipment that once you’ve been trained on it, you can reserve it when you need it and bring it to your own place to process your own birds. We’d been looking at building our own plucker in particular, because the stuff
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Posted under Chickens.
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Posted: June 4th, 2008 by
Lisa
In hindsight it seems fitting That with Valentine’s Day near Minerva met the world In vibrant pink from hoof to ear. Known to friends as “Minnie,” She’s renowned at Mack Hill Farm For her bottle-fed beginnings And pervasive porcine charm. Her every move is followed By the barnyard sows and hogs Who grant her
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Posted: June 3rd, 2008 by
Lisa
I had a surprise this morning. I thought I was done with lambing, and that none of Spike’s girls caught. I figured his troubles with parasites all last summer stunted his maturity, but I’d give him another year to see if he catches up. But I woke up this morning to a beautiful
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Posted under Icelandic, Lambs.
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Posted: June 1st, 2008 by
Lisa
The One Local Summer challenge begins today. They challenge you to eat one complete meal from your local foodshed, usually defined as within 100 miles of your house, each week. I did it last summer, and am glad that it’s happening again this year. I challenged people in my area to try it as well.
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