April 2017 – Renaissance Farmstead

Accomplishments of my Long Weekend

My final list is as follows:
– Homemade ketchup cooked, canned & frozen

– Started the process of making read more

On April 26, we added three new breeds of chickens to our homestead. We obtained four silkies, two silver laced wyandottes, read more

…and we are BUSY here on the little farmstead.

I just returned from a nearly 3 week jaunt, out of town for work. read more

This blog post was prompted by a conversation with my mother about how much she had to pay for a head of cauliflower at read more

Well…it’s happened, and of course I’m out of town.

Our quail finally laid an egg!!

We have kept quail read more

I travel for my job, a LOT. My heavy travel schedule often prevents me from cooking and eating how I prefer. More often read more

Today I found myself reminiscing on my veg experiment. About a year ago, I had finished reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma, read more

For as long as I can remember, my parents and grandparents have kept a compost pile/bin/hole. We would throw in anything read more