Want to preserve some garlic and dare I say… make it better? Well, you can! Confit: noun French Cookery.duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved. So the word confit has been co-opted and turned into things cooked in fat and preserved. Linguistics aside, slow cooking garlic in oil is pure magic. With just a few simple ingredients…
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Yes. It’s true! I want to share a ridiculously easy recipe with you. I mean make it with your adorable grandkid easy! I stumbled on this TWO ingredient pizza dough recipe years ago and haul it out whenever I want to hear my granddaughter squeal with delight. When she stays with Gigi and I over night we throw out all…
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I Love Weeds… said no one ever. Ok, there are some like dandelions, clover and plantain that we love to have around. But, I’m talking WEEDS! I have my share of horror stories. How about our Horse Nettle or our Kudzu? These particular weeds are out of control on our farm and the only solves we have for them are…
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Ya know, the more I get to meet and speak with other homesteaders the more I believe we are a cool bunch. Cool as cucumbers… I mean we grow our own stuff, make our own stuff, have livestock, like to can and preserve. We tend to do things our way which isn’t always the easy way and all these activities…
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It has been guinea hatching season here on the farm. As of today we have had 40 guinea keets hatch! Yup FOUR- OH! Seventeen of them were born “in the wild” and the rest were incubated and hatched over at Gigi’s house. She’s been quite the trooper allowing her laundry room and spare room to become our hatchery. The group…
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