by Shawn | Jan 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
I raise my own protein. I don’t trust anyone else to do it at my fanatic level. Fanatic to me means, happy animals, fed the best locally sourced food in a way that is good for them and the land they are raised on, without drugs or hormones and processed without...
by Shawn | Mar 5, 2021 | Artisanal Meat Processing, Uncategorized
How to cure bacon When you buy a pig from a small producer, you pay a fee to make bacon. The bacon you get is delicious, but you can do better at home with these simple instructions. It is fun and you can play with the flavor. 1 Boneless Pork Belly (skinless)1 Ziploc...
by Shawn | Apr 19, 2020 | Chickens, Homesteading, Incubation
We followed the process of settling our shipped or purchased eggs. We collected the eggs from your girls. Now you are ready to set the eggs. Of course, you set up the incubator at least a day ahead and you know the temperature near the top of the eggs is going to be...
by Shawn | Apr 17, 2020 | Chickens, Homesteading, Incubation
We are growing our second batch of “in-house” incubated eggs. As we have had rooster issues, aggressive Barred Rocks (tasty), to old Welsummer (tasty), and Leeroy (yes his name has two e’s) who is young, scared, but currently mating. We decided to...
by Shawn | Mar 30, 2020 | Cooking
I was pretty busy before I became a homesteader and tried to make sourdough from time to time. When my wife and I decided to take over our food situation, I committed myself to never eating the store bread again. So even though I now have less spare time (my boss is a...
