April 2009

Hay and Straw: What’s the Difference?

Barnyard

On the left you have straw. On the right you have hay. Can you see it? Hay is greenish, dried grass. Straw is what’s left over once grain is harvested. One has plenty of nutrients, one doesn’t. There in lies the lesson. If you are FEEDING an animal, get hay. If you are mulching, making [...]

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Turnip Greens Tips and Grapefruit Salad

Recipes

In my post on Fake fake broccoli, I wrote about how I have been using the bolted tips of my turnip greens like broccoli raab. I made it into a salad the other day and it was very refreshing.This is another guideline-style recipe. Size yours up or down according to your needs. Wash and coarsely [...]

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Make a Cheap, Quick Chick Fence

Barnyard

Building a chicken fence seemed like a really big deal until I did it. Here’s the recipe: -Enough 4 or 5 foot “T” or “U” posts at Depot or Lowes to space them about five feet apart. (This is the pricey item.)-ton of long zip ties-50 or 100 foot roll of 4ft chicken wire, depending [...]

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Cilantro Pesto

Flavorings & Condiments

The cilantro is going great guns and the best way I know to use a lot of it at once is pesto. And wow, if you are a cilantro fan and have never tasted cilantro pesto you are in for a treat. I use pecans because I have a lot of those, too, but you [...]

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Doeling Bonnet

Crafts

I’ve never been one to stitch for my chicks, but my baby goat’s horn removal wounds looked like they could use a little cushioning. So, here’s the most ridiculous pattern I’ve ever written: Ivory’s Little Goat Bonnet Lilly worsted weight, G needle Bonnet: Ch 10 and join in a circle with sl st. Ch 20 [...]

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