Recent content by farmertrish

Anyone else make gingerbread house? I have only made 2 in my life. I'm going to have the grandkids over Thanksgiving weekend and thought that decorating a gingerbread house would be fun. I'd like to make 4 small houses, one for each child, then let them decorate themselves. Just thinking that's...

LOL, ah Disney stereotype. Bambi was a buck, why are there strippers named Bambi?

A nuisance permit just allows a land owner to hunt or allow others to hunt out of season, to control the herd to minimize crop damage. Each hunter still has to follow the state regulations. Where our farm is a hunter is allowed to take 4 deer. If DNR (Department of Natural Resouces) determines...

I would love to get a nuisance permit for our land. Start thinning the herd in September. Right now hubby wants to keep hunting just for family. I understand, but 2 years ago, when I went into my field at the crack of dawn to pick corn for market, and I jumped 7 deer, 3 bucks in velvet and 2...

Bambi burgers are the best. I have a question for you Mr. S&P. Hubby brought home his first steelhead of the season today. How do you fillet it? Hubby usually fillets it with the skin on. A lot of times it's very boney. I don't enjoy eating something that I have to pick through.

Been doing my homework on this one before I thaw the ham out. First thing, lol, Whisk, I'm not that busy at all right now. It's just an illusion. Potatoes are just sitting in storage. Grafting is a hobby in the spring. We do have a working farm, and at certain times of the year I'm running my...

Lol, I use a GPS to "mark" the exact LOCATION of the trees I want to graft. I will try to be more clear in the future. Hoot, that tree may have been a cultivar unique to your area. A lot of these trees are not "wild" but cultivated trees. Selected by local farmers for specific reason and...

That is so sweet! When we were first married and I wanted kitchen utensils, people told my hubby, "Don't do it!" He realized that I loved to cook and anything that would make it easier for me was a win/win situation. Keep up the good work!

I have a whole ham, bone in. I plan to de-bone it and lay it flat to brine. It should take less time for the brine to penetrate the meat. Should I roll it back up and tie it to smoke? Any/all suggestions will be appreciated. I would prefer to leave out sodium nitrate if possible. My daughter and...

I just realized that the title was a bit ambiguous, and I cracked myself up. I don't urinate on trees, lol. Sorry about that. Chief, if it's a mature tree with large limbs, you're out of luck. The general rule of thumb is grafting a branch about the size of your thumb. They do sell grafted...

Thank you for posting this! I had a base recipe for cream soup years ago and lost it. This one seems a lot like it.

Hubby and I have "marked" 3 trees for grafting. We scout the hill sides for "indigenous" fruit trees. Mostly old apple/pear/plum trees that were on old farmsteads. They have been bought out by the forestry service. These old trees produce some amazing fruits! We plan on taking "graftings" from...

Thanks guys, I think I may have to cook up a batch a blue chips. I just assumed that nutritionists promote eating foods of all colors would include potatoes. [I have never seen of a blue potato! What does one do of these? With love, ~Cat] A lot depends on the starch content...

Yeah I can use them, but I would prefer to sell them. What is so scarey about blue potatoes? They are lovely, purplish blue on the outside, blue on the inside. They are fantastic fried, not just "french fries" but also pan fried, oven roasted and grilled. People who have bought them rave about...