Let me count the ways. For those of you who haven’t ever played around with a freeze dryer before, let me tell you. It’s addictive. I’ve tried to freeze dry almost everything my local HEB sells and it has been a hoot. The rule of thumb here is, if it’s too fatty or oily, it’sContinue reading “Freeze Dryer, How Do I Love Thee?”
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Back in 2022, I wrote a post that mentioned we would be building a fence to surround our 12 acres in east Texas. A year later, when we got down to the brass tax and added up the hours it would take, the machinery we would have to rent, and multiplied the toughness that havingContinue reading “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”
Moving to the Country (Gonna Eat a Lot of Peaches)
That is, if we can find tasty peaches that thrive in zone 8b. (They typically do best in 6-7.) Back in 2020, the hubs and I decided that we wanted to pull up our stakes, pack the vehicles and get the heck out of the suburbs. Easier said than done. First off, Dan currently hasContinue reading “Moving to the Country (Gonna Eat a Lot of Peaches)”
What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
For us, it was neither. We started our homestead with a pregnant TAMUK rabbit, Phoebe, in the summer of 2022. As it is with rabbits, that single pregnant doe quickly turned into 10 rabbits, then 30 rabbits. On our journey of raising meat pen rabbits, we found many like-minded individuals who were on their ownContinue reading “What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?”