Dr. Mercola Interviews Joel Salatin at Polyface Farm
Around the eatlocalgrown offices you'll find lots of praise and many quotes from Dr. Joseph Mercola and Joel Salatin. These guys are two of our heroes. They provide tremendous encouragement! Whenever we're feeling beat up or we start to worry that our determination is fading, we turn to our heroes for inspiration. We were especially excited when we learned that they decided to get together for a series of interviews and Polyface Farm provided the perfect setting! Here's a little background on each of them... Joel Salatin Joel Salatin, 56, is a full-time farmer in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The farm services more than 5,000 families, 10 retail outlets, and 50 restaurants through on-farm sales and metropolitan buying clubs with salad bar beef, pastured poultry, eggmobile eggs, pigaerator pork, forage-based rabbits, pastured turkey and forestry products using relationship marketing. Dr. Dr. "When you eat, that is a decision that affects the landscape our children will inherit," Dr.
Easy Cheesy Beer Bread
This practically effortless bread recipe doesn’t need yeast — the beer has it all. Photo by Stephanie Staton Ingredients 3 cups all-purpose flour1/4 cup sugar1 tablespoon baking powder1 teaspoon salt1 ½ cups homebrewed beer (most types of beer will work well)1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese Preparation Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients. Pour mixture into pan, and bake for 45 minutes. Makes 1 loaf. Give us your opinion on Easy Cheesy Beer Bread. Submit Comment »
How to Freeze Eggs
Step one, get a chicken. Or forty. Be sure you have complete control of them. Good luck with that. You’ll need a big garden rake…. ….to drag the eggs out from the very back-back-darkest-back of the dog house. They’ll change to a new hiding place soon, so good luck with that, too. Just be glad they’re laying. To make the most of your own fresh eggs, freezing eggs is an alternative to eating omelets for breakfast, quiche for lunch, and custard for dinner every day of the week when they’re laying heavily. By the way, that’s one big honkin’ egg there, isn’t it? This is what it looked like inside–two yolks. Printer-FriendlyHow to Freeze Eggs: Whole Eggs Break eggs into a bowl then pour into a strainer and through to a second bowl. This allows the whites and yolks to mix gently without adding air. Yolks Only Break yolks into a bowl. Whites Only Break whites into a bowl. Easy! The chickens love that. I mean, you know what tightwads they are with their eggs!!! See All My Recipes Printer-Friendly
Grain-Free Banana Bread - Rethink Simple
This banana bread is not only gluten-free, but it’s grain-free! Made with coconut flour and honey as a sweetener, this is without a doubt a ‘real food’ version of this favorite baked good. It is surprisingly moist and doesn’t carry a heavy coconut flavor. Ingredients: dry ingredients -1/2 cup coconut flour - 1 tsp baking soda - 1 tsp cinnamon - a dash or two of sea salt wet ingredients - 4 pastured eggs - 1/3 cup coconut oil (I use this brand) - 1 tsp vanilla extract - 4 medium bananas (ripe) - 1/4 cup raw honey Directions: 1. DISCLAIMER: By using this site, you signify your assent to these Terms and Conditions.
Common Sense Homesteading
Nesting Box Herbs - Chicken Aromatherapy
Presumably you have been following my blog and have already decided to grow the chickens their own herb garden in order to brew herbal tea for them. Well, here's another way to put the herbs and flowers to good use - in your nesting boxes and coop. Culinary herbs and edible flowers have amazing health and well-being benefits...and also provide a bit of aromatherapy for your chickens. My coop never smelled so good until I started adding an herbal blend that at different times of the year includes mint, basil, lemon balm, thyme, oregano, bee balm, lavender, marigold and rose petals. Fresh or dried herbs in your nesting boxes not only work as insecticides, but also have anti-bacterial properties, and can act as natural wormers, anti-parasitics,rodent control, stress relievers and laying stimulants. They will help a laying hen feel safe and relaxed while she is sitting, and calm a broody hen, as well as repel rodents, flies and other parasites. The herbs and rose petals look so pretty !
The Holistic Homestead - Annie's Homestead/The Holistic Homestead
How To Get Started on the Path to Providing for Your Family
If you’re used to buying your groceries at the supermarkets, and/or have never raised animals or had a garden, trying to get started can certainly feel overwhelming. Why not get started, but just start small? Trying to do too much too quickly can be a recipe for burnout and frustration. Starting small will not only get you on the path to providing for your family, but it will teach you a lot. What kind of vegetable seems to on your family’s plates the most often? Other veggies we eat a lot of include green beans (so 2 double rows get planted), beets (3 or 4 rows) peas (so plant these up the fence that runs around the garden perimeter. If you don’t have much experience with veggie gardening, it will take a few years before you can closely figure out how much to plant, in order to put enough by so there is food for your family over the winter. Looking to add animals into the mix? EVERY time you have an extra dozen, (after you have put a couple dozen away for your family) sell the eggs.
Canning Water for Emergency Preparedness The Nerdy Farm Wife
We are in the midst of a power outage, here in Virginia; and it will likely be a week before electricity is restored. (Update: we were without power for 11 days!) For us, no power means no water. Couple that with 100 degree weather and you can see where that could quickly become a problem for those who are unprepared. In these types of emergency situation times, people tend to feel a bit panicky and there’s always a mad rush for bottled waters. While I do use them sometimes, I’m not much of a fan of plastic water bottles. Today, I thought I’d share my method of canning water for emergency situations. All you need to do, is every time you can something, whether it is green beans, soup, potatoes, or what-have-you; fill a jar with water and process with the other items per their recommended times. I often will can a small batch of something and have leftover room in the pressure cooker. I hope everyone is staying cool in this heat!
Surviving the Middle Class Crash
