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Winter Arrived

Well, I go through my farm calendar to see the events that have occurred since my last blog post and I was dismayed to see how long it had been since I posted. Apologies. The saying is, that if you are saying “yes” to something, you are saying “no” to something else. Definitely true in […]

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Bone Broth/Stock

Thecia Ellis There is a difference between bone broth and bone stock, and I don’t remember which is which. I just call what I make bone broth.  I find that it is a very satisfying and nutritious liquid, whatever you choose to call it. There are many uses for bone broth besides a base for

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Battling Rain

Tom took a week of vacation during muzzle loading season to get some deer hunting done and ended up getting some work done around the property too. It was very nice to have some help around here, though I believe he was ready to get back to his job so he didn’t have to work

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Staying Tough

The summer heat is on. We have had a few days of milder weather, but generally, the temperatures have been in the the mid to upper nineties with a heat index as high as 124 degrees. I try to get the chores done in the morning before the heat sets in for the day. Evening

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Kind of a Sad Week

The past couple of days have actually been nice, weather wise and I am grateful. The sweltering heat and humidity gave way to a nice rain storm and several days of high temperatures in the eighties with a little more rain forecasted later this weekend. On Monday, Tom and I loaded up Yoda onto a

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Summer Celebrations

Between days of extreme temperatures of 100 degrees with a heat index of 125, we have also had some intense bouts of rain. Welcome to Oklahoma. A few days after my Cornish cross chicks arrived, a huge storm blew through, blowing four inches of rain sideways into the chicken tractor in the early morning hours.

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