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Melting

Tangle Tree Ranch   -   Apr 07, 2011 - By Marte Holen

Well, it is sure melting around us, but not fast enough. Right now we can not drive up to our house, so that is no fun. We do this for 3 to 4 days on normal years, but I do think it will be more like a week to 10 days this year.  There is a lot of snow...

Aloha Garli-Garli Chicken

Christopher Ranch   -   Apr 06, 2011 - By Justin_1

When toying with the idea of taking a hula class (why, you ask – why not, I say!) a slip of the touch on my iPad brought me to a recipe that had nothing to do with dancing but everything to do with Hawaii – Huli-Huli Chicken. Legend has it that this Hawaiian...

Smoking Local Durok Pork Shoulders in our New Smok...

Specialty Meats and Gourmet   -   Apr 06, 2011 - By The Meat Detective

Smoked Boneless Pork Butt/Shoulder (remember the Pork Butt or Boston Butt as it is refered to comes from the shoulder and not the leg.  The leg of a pig is refered to as the ham.  Today is the first day working with our newest addition to our...

Our kids had a few friends coming over on Saturday. I told them dinner was on me. My special beef enchiladas. The kids and their buddies always love them. Off to the store I went. I digress a moment. We always buy a side of beef from a friend who happens...

11 things you should buy organic

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Apr 06, 2011 - By Poly

By Sara Reistad-Long http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/11-things-you-should-buy-organic-2467411/ By now, we all know there’s a benefit to buying some stuff organic. But these days you’re faced with the option of getting everything organic—from...

Make your own plow!

At Home in Nature   -   Apr 06, 2011 - By Mary_5

Tillage without machine operated or animal-operated tools can be difficult.These tools can be very expensive, and the machines and draft animals that are used with them can be more so.Yet with some home-made tools, a farmer or gardener can quickly break...

Spring flowers coming soon!

At Home in Nature   -   Apr 06, 2011 - By Mary_5

Today I saw some daffodils had finally emerged from their long sleep and were in full bloom.The tulips and hyacinth, it appears, are not far behind.Spring flowers are such a wonderful end to a cold winter!Every year I decide I’ve not planted enough spring...

Raising good father birds

At Home in Nature   -   Apr 06, 2011 - By Mary_5

Shelving can be made into a convenient brooder by lining the outside of the shelving with chicken wire, and, using cardboard (which can be replaced periodically in good hygienic practices), lining the bottom of the shelves so that wood chips or shavings may...

Pasture rotation improves production

At Home in Nature   -   Apr 06, 2011 - By Mary_5

Pasture rotation is key to the success of your animals.Animals will selectively graze, eating their favorite foods and leaving what they don’t like.This is how good pastureland turns into good yucca plantations!The cattle eat everything but the yucca, and the...

Another Frost!!

Cedar Breeze Farm   -   Apr 06, 2011 - By Rick & Linda

We are getting ready for yet another frost here on the farm!!  It is sheets on the trees that are small enough and cardboard on the raised beds. Sure will be glad when it gets warm.  Does any one else have this problem? Because I didn't watch the...