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Though it pains me to admit it, the AI did a really good job writing this post. I don't imagine I will use it often, however it is interesting to see what it wrote. Butchering a sow can be a rewarding yet challenging process. After a recent butchering session, I ended up with 112 pounds of cuts, 30 pounds of grind scraps, and 40 pounds of fat. This experience opened my eyes to the importance of using every part of the animal efficiently. This post explores how to maximize th

Processing a pig is a rewarding challenge. Those of you raising pigs for meat sales, you must send your animal to USDA certified Slaughter and butcher houses. You are gonna pay around $5.00 per pound for them to do their thing. The only legal way to slaughter and butcher yourself and sell the meat is to have the customer take part. Ultimately, the customer is buying the live animal and you then assist them in the slaughter and butchering process. The theory is that as an

A few interesting details: Farm Life Farm is not just a farm. We have a mission to share knowledge with our neighbors and clients. We are an educational farm. If you are searching the internet considering raising any sort of livestock, we can teach you how. We can also help determine if this is right for you. So many people that are squeamish or nervous, develop the ability to feed themselves after just a few hours with us. As I typed away on the chicken day post, I tho

Raising livestock is an enjoyable task. Knowing that our family will have a self-sustaining food source is a powerful feeling. Knowing that the food they eat is nutritious and natural brings a great degree of accomplishment and pride to my soul. Part of raising your own food is transforming a living creature into food. This is a process that takes a lot of preparation and a touch of skill. Of course the goal is to cull the animal as quickly as possible. None of us want

There are a few little leaks and one big one. Our biggest issue is the easiest to fix. Neither of us paid any attention to the overall slope of the building. The center skylight (ridgecap) has a long length overlapping a short piece. We need to move the short piece above the long and that leak will be fixed. As I had mentioned in the previous post, I was fairly certain that the trusses I made would leak and they both do a little bit I will get up there with a tube of cau

Our last project update included the first three quarters of the shed build. I was wrong about the roof panels all being present. I was also wrong about donning the roof being easy. The 11 roof panels were all present, but the ridgeline parts were not all there. What it should Look like As you can see above, the roof is made up of about 3 foot square sections and then a series of ridgeline sections. Below I have outlined the bottom square sections in red, one ridgeline p

Sill plate and Rim Joist Insulating: RIM JOIST INSULATION WITH FOAM BOARD AND SPRAY FOAM Last winter, our children were cold. Picture this...a raised ranch. The basement level has our bedroom and the Wood Stove on the far left (the D side for the Firefighters in the group. ) The Kids rooms are at the opposite side of the house on the main floor. (A/B & B/C sides) Nana stays in the living room right above the wood stove. She is always hot and keeps the oil baseboard heate

Today, we have good news everybody! Projects are getting done! Our Horse shed is complete. With the exception of that one triangle missing from the overhang. The right side of the shed now has a small corral for catching our ruminants when we rotate our livestock or separate moms from babies. Back to our Horse barn. We had a slightly larger version of this pallet barn down at the old family farm. Recently we were asked to get all our stuff off the aunt's property. Luck

I feel pretty good today and want to ruin that. I figure, the best way to ruin my mood is to list all the projects that we have not...

Upcycled Pallet Bench A friend of mine has a dream of a usable back yard suited to entertaining. She also has a desire to make things...

Sarah Receives her Neckerchief and Wood Badge Certificate A proud day at Farm Life Farm. For those of you that are ignorant to the ways...

Sauce is not a simple matter for some of us. There are so many versions to be explored. Bolognese, gravy, marinara, meat, etc. There...

Native Live edge Gate Three years ago, we had whipped up a few gates out of some birch trees that fell in a storm. Like most property...

Kuni Kuni- Berkshire crosses resting with mom and aunt Farm Life Farm has successfully cross bred a kuni kuni sow with a berkshire Boar. ...

I still need to get better at photos and video. Many things need improving here at Farm Life Farm. A quick list of upcoming and ongoing...

Soffritto Napoletano over homemade pappardelle What is Soffritto? Traditional, that is what it is. As a proud member of a first-world...

Dissection Day At the Simsbury Ambulance EMT class Heart and Lungs are hard to get. If you wish to procure them from a Slaughter house,...

We haven't created a post recently for good reason. In November 2024, I fell blowing leaves and tore his rotator cuff. It is only now...

Late after work, I found myself replacing the battery in our 2008 Toyota Sequoia. There was a problem... The above picture shows the...

When you live on a farm in the country surrounded by 1000's of acres of natural preserve and private land, predators will be a concern. ...