It’s hard to sit still when my April garden chore list is long and growing longer, and the snow is deep (for April) and going to get deeper. Yes, that’s right, it’s the second week of April and we still have snow. There’s more coming. I could make “plow snow…
Regular pancakes made with highly processed white flour are delicious. They are. There’s no denying that. They leave you feeling full but then, like Chinese food done American style, you get hungry not long after leaving the table. These Whole Wheat pancakes will leave you feeling full and they’ll stay…
Sprinter arrived. It’s the end of March, our typically snowiest month of the year, but not in 2019. It was an odd winter with more than average rain that kept the snow pack down. We haven’t had more than two feet of snow on the ground for more than a…
Rabbit sausage, or in my case, snowshoe hare sausage, is a versatile sausage that can be used in a lot of recipes. We don’t have wild rabbits in this part of Maine. There are so few cottontails that they are considered endangered in Maine. I’ve talked before about the need…
Hard Worker’s Cornbread will inspire you to chop firewood, plow a field, or run an extra mile. You’ll need to work hard to make up for a single piece of this wholesome, hearty cornbread. My basic, simple recipe for cornbread has been enhanced by Taylor with bacon, cheddar cheese and…
Basic bread pudding. Isn’t it wonderful? It’s one of my comfort foods. This is my basic recipe for Bread Pudding. Start here. There are ideas for additions and exchanges you might want to use to change it up a little. What do you have handy? Try that. Bread pudding is…
I enjoy watching and feeding the Bald eagles more than ice fishing. Oh I like ice fishing well enough, but watching the eagles is the best. He was nearby when we arrived, circled over head, and then landed in a tree to wait. Apparently quite hungry, he landed on the…
Another of my big dreams and plans for the homestead. When I was market farming, selling at farmers markets and to restaurants, I needed 2,500 square feet of growing space. Today, I use the tall tunnel for food production. The long tunnel is the firewood and vine tunnel. The small…
You’re going to need your imagination for this project. It’s March 4. We’ll have eight inches of fresh snow by night fall. Spring is a month or more away. Imagine a 60 foot long high tunnel that’s somewhere around seven feet tall. This is what we have to work with.…
Sunday afternoon. A warm day, 25°F, sunny when we left the house but cloudy when we got back. We went out for a little exercise, to get an idea of where predators are traveling, and thoroughly enjoy the outdoors. Steve brought a hatchet with him to do a little clearing.…
