I raise my rabbits ultimately for meat production. Some of the byproducts are manure, hides, some occasional cash, and therapy from handling them. But the main reason I raise them is for meat. So whenever I would have a small litter born, say 4 or 5 kits (the term for a baby rabbit), I would […]
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Smoked Rabbit as a Grab n Go snack
I work on the road, and have some tricky diet requirements. I eat “Paleo”, meaning that I consume zero grains, legume,s or refined sugars. Try finding fast food that doesn’t have any of that. So I tend to carry things along to get me through the day. Nuts, fruits, sliced cucumbers, or rabbit jerky have […]
animals, cooking, equipment, food preservation, how-to, meat, Paleo, projects, rabbits, recipes, self sufficiency, skills
Rabbit Jerky
I love my rabbits. They offer me therapy, handling them and working with them each day is soothing to me. They offer me some of the best manure I can find for my gardens, allowing me to make my great soil in my raised beds even better. And of course, they provide wholesome meat for […]
The Value of Properly Handled Foods
(There are two pages today, a new thing for me here. Please be sure to read both pages) I was digging through my chest freezer a few days ago, and ran across a package of venison, simply labelled “bs”. Now if you’ve read ANY of my other posts, you must be thinking that this is […]
Jalapeno Spam
Ironically, this article about Spam will be short. We make, buy, stock and eat quite a bit of canned meats. From canned mullet and to Yoders bacon to canned rabbit, I’ve probably tried making it, or at least tasting it. And of course, I’ve eaten my share of Spam. Not as much as the average […]
Harvesting a meat rabbit
Since I’ve made it known that I eat them, the question of “How do you process them?” has come up many times. I recently timed myself and wrote out the entire process when the question of how long it takes me per animal came up on a live chat session with some of the folks […]
Canning Meat
As I sit here typing this out, I can hear the pressure canner merrily rattling along every twenty seconds or so. Pork butts and chicken thighs were on sale this week, and I took the opportunity to put some up the old-fashioned way, pressure canning it. I will go over the general process, but I […]
Backyard Egg Options
A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. “Eggses!” I have a fairly wide selection of eggs in my refrigerator, considering I raise them myself on little over a quarter acre in town. Here are the results from
I Will Survive
I ran across a link from a friend on Facebook today. As soon as I read the title, I changed my mind as to what today’s article would be about. Thanks Katie! “Bunnies implicated in the demise of Neanderthals“
animals, chickens, equipment, gardening, meat, Muscovy ducks, plants, Quail, rabbits, self sufficiency
Farm Update Feb 2013
I called this “Farm update” because “Backyard Update” just doesn’t have a nice ring to it. Plus it doesn’t look like a back yard…it looks like, well, a farm…a tiny, narrow, crowded farm. This has been a fairly busy week for me, and I just wanted to