A new journey into homesteading "pic heavy"

[Chic Rustler]

Canned pears with cinnamon and pickled okra!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

 

[lcertuche]

Chic that sure is a lot of good eats.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

It surely is! Ya'll have done GREAT for your beginning year! You're hooked now, lol!

 

[Chic Rustler]

My corn cobs are a little small. Am I picking too early or did I miss doing something right earlier?

 

[Chic Rustler]

Lost a couple birds today. My black australorp was taken in the night. Nothing left but a pile of feathers and my naked neck cockeral disappeared today. Also had to put down an old sick hen.

 

[Mini Horses]

Sorry about the birds. You produce looks nice and the wife is doing well with canning! Nice job done by you both.

Bay, I have a strainer like that. came with pot & pan set and it actually a "potato ricer". Instead of mashing potatoes you put them in there and press thru. Cute for kids to eat but, otherwise I like mashed potatoes and regular rice. Both loaded with butter.

 

[baymule]

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My corn cobs are a little small. Am I picking too early or did I miss doing something right earlier?

A few look like you might have picked a little early. Sometimes it's hard to tell. Are you putting up the corn too? As corn on the cob or cream corn? A dish that I like is; fry some bacon in an iron skillet. Take the bacon out, slice fresh mushrooms and saute in the bacon grease, add cream corn, crumble the bacon in and stir it all together. Bake in the oven until the edges brown. Yummy!

 

[Chic Rustler]

so far this week we have lost 5 chickens to a predator. Maybe a bobcat maybe a coyote. today I built a door for the coop and tonight I'm looking the dogs in the chicken run. when he comes back for the Buffet hes gonna get a surprise

 

[frustratedearthmother]

OH nooooo - hope ya get him. Or at least hope he gets the beejebus scared out of him and never comes back!