March 29, 2017
Last week we were able to pick up our pork from the butcher. We had them grind the pork but leave it in bulk so we could make some sausages ourselves. I’ll add some photos. I have to say they turned out marvelous! I’m happy with all of the recipes except for the first batch of bratwurst. I made Italian, Sicilian, Kielbasa, Country, Breakfast, and more. Plain amazing.
This past weekend we attended an auction and picked up a couple more chicken runs. This will help with our abundance of birds that I keep bringing home. The latest was a few more turkeys and two geese. I’ve never had geese… let’s see how this one goes. LOL… We ran into some friends too who asked if we were plowing yet. I said no but had planned on playing with the boys when I got home. His answer was “It’s spring time. There’s no time to play anymore, you need to get busy”. So we hooked up the plow to the homesteader that evening. While the boys were wonderful again my plow, however, had other ideas. As it skimmed on top of the ground I realized it wasn’t going to work and I needed some more instruction on it. Searching the internet we found several videos of people using the homesteader, but nothing about how to really use it or adjust it when problems arise.
I ended up calling Pioneer this week and they gave me some pointers and a contact of someone who actually teaches this sort of farming. Ahhh, yes! Finally, I found someone. Problem is he’s in Ohio which means traveling for either myself or him. Guess I’ll be making a trip north! In the mean-time I’ll try the tips Pioneer gave me and update you all next week.
