We now interrupt your regularly scheduled swine-programming for a trip to work calves with Grandpa and Aunt T. It was a fun day. We didn’t get to help as much as the kids wanted…
Browsing Tag
Farm
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Before getting all fancy yesterday for Winefest Des Moines’ “Iowa Lawn Party”, we did chores. Here are some pictures of all of the fun and some of the nonsense. We were totally…
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This recipe won the blue ribbon in the King Arthur Flour Yeast Rolls “Cloverleaf Rolls” class last year. It also took the 3rd place overall prize out of 10-12 classes, third to my…
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Sour Apple Pork Burger: A soft toasted Kings Hawaiian potato roll with apple butter, an apple and wine laced pork burger patty topped with Maytag White Cheddar Cheese, apple butter candied bacon,…
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Today was a big day of helping my Dad in the field, cleaning house and preparing to leave next week for the Sutter Home Winery’s Build A Better Burger competition. I’m so…
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Last night I had the opportunity to FINALLY fill my container garden we built last week. It has been miserable, cold and rainy here for days now and the sun is finally…
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Sometimes animals get out… the ones you least expect and at the most inopportune times of course. As if it wasn’t interesting enough when the bulls got loose, now this escape artist…
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With 2.5 hours of time and less than $60 we built a container for easy access, no bending, critter free gardening that will provide food for us all summer and it was fun! This past…
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Today I spent less than 30 minutes planting herb plants I purchased into containers I have on my deck. Our deck is located right off of our kitchen and over the past few…
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The last few weeks have been busy but we’ve still managed to clown-around quite a bit. Lots of our fun times have included the various animals in our lives and here are some…
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I will be the first to admit that cheesecake *wasn’t one of my favorite desserts before I created this recipe and wrote this post today. I studied a few recipes and noticed…
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I found myself going through some photos yesterday and I ran across quite a few from our commercial finishing barns that I had taken a few years ago. They are a flashback…
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This past weekend the weather finally warmed up and it felt like spring. I was so thankful and excited. I had a few pitching lessons to give at home and then we…
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What do you get when you wrap strips of pork loin in bacon and glaze them with Whiskey Pear BBQ Sauce? Pig Sticks. Thanks to my daughter for dubbing this recipe appropriately. …
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This past weekend we paid a visit to my sister and her husband at their place not far from where we live. The kids always like to go along when we can…
