Making our own bacon…here’s a video about how we cure and smoke our own bacon. The taste is far superior to “store-bought”. Watch for our classes starting in Spring 2021: “Simply Self-Sufficiency: Raising & Growing Your Own Food.”
Happy homesteading,
T.
When you’re living on a small-scale homestead and raising pastured livestock for food, and when you’re getting along in years and have less energy than you used to (only a little less energy, mind…), but when that’s the situation, you may find it difficult to keep up with pasture rotation for the animals.
Awhile back we did a piece on “pasture-making”. That was for larger fields that weren’t seeded as yet. But at the same time we were seeding and scratching the larger plots, the grass in the orchards was going to waste…well, except for the geese, but they are very slow grazers. Can’t really count on the geese to keep your pasture mowed.
Long story short…we have added another pasture by fencing in each of the fruit trees individually in the front orchard. Now we can easily move the electric fence around each day to section off pasture plots for the goats, without worrying about the fruit trees. As long as you get the animals off the plot before they rip the grass roots out (that’s 1-2 days at the most) the grass will re-grow at the first rain.
As my Great-Aunt Mattie used to say…”You live and learn.” Isn’t that the truth.
Happy Homesteading,
T.
Fresh or frozen broiler chickens. These are pasture-raised Cornish Cross birds. Their diets are supplemented with fermented feeds, organic layer pellets, and calcium. They weigh in after processing at 4.5-6 lbs.
Under 5 lbs $12.00
5lbs and up $15.00
Our next batch of processed birds is available for pick up . Bent Pine Farm Please order ahead. (727) 481-2012
Visit the Whimsical Chicken Poultry & Eggs Emporium @ Bent Pine Farm
Happy Homesteading,
T.
