tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20816266333366472562024-03-04T23:11:15.528-05:00Kornerstone FarmsKaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-75080484916327658792015-02-28T23:24:00.005-05:002015-02-28T23:29:44.964-05:00February on the Farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">February 3rd, Miriam who isn't even a year old yet, gave birth to a buckling! This was the first time wee missed the actual birth of any of our goats. Cait had walked out to the barn to get something and saw this!! Only missed it by moments! Meet Marley. He's a cutie with those floppy ears. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We decided to invest in a furnace to heat our home. It is also a boiler that will heat our water year round. No more high electric bills in the winter months for heat! And with 11 people using hot water for showers each day, and all the laundry that goes with 11 people, our electric bill will decrease significantly! An investment upfront, but well worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It has been a cold month. Being here 3 winters now we have experience February as the coldest month each year. This is the month it always snows. This was more of an ice cover. We have never seen anything like it! It was pretty in its own way, and even though there weren't snowballs to throw, the kids still managed to find a way to have fun with it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We purchased 5 new dairy goats!! Since learning of what to look for in a dairy goat and experiencing too many fails, we have been very patient and taken our time to add to our stock. Friends of ours who have been very wise in their own purchase of dairy goats, and who have built their herd thoughtfully decided to downsize. They've had a good kidding season and some needed to go. I am so grateful they called us!! We got a saanen buck and named him Rambo! A lamancha mama with 2 babies and named her Sage, the baby girl Chloe and still haven't named the buckling because we are not sure if we will keep him. And another lamancha yearling that we named Bella. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The mama in milk who we have named Sage came with her 2 babies. These friends remove the baby goats the moment they are born and bottle feed them…this allows them to have complete control over the goat's milk production. This has brought our care of and experience with baby goats to a whole new level…much more commitment!! We have always left our babies with their moms for several months and only milked once a day for our own consumption. Sage must be milked twice a day, and now milk must be bottled and fed by hand to the 2 kids. Everyone is taking turns and actually enjoying it. Having farm animals is definitely not something to take lightly. It is a commitment on so many levels and requires lots of time and care and work. Ben is feeding baby Chloe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And this is what we have waited so patiently for!! This is Sage's first freshening and she is giving us almost a whole gallon a day. I'm confident her second kidding season will give us over a gallon a day! And those udders…they are so easy to milk!! Finally feeling some success with our dairy goats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This was Jesse's second kidding and her milk production is way up from the first time. We still let her babies be with her during the day, but they sleep in a separate pen. First thing in the morning we milk her, and from that one milking in the morning she is giving us a half gallon. Her udders are smaller and bit harder to milk, but she is the same breed as Sage, a saanen, and the milk is supurb…no "goaty" taste at all from these gals!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> have wanted to have a farm sign up for when guests & customers come to visit. Just for fun really. I can't believe it has taken me over 2 years to get to making one, but Ellie and I finally did!! Ellie painted every piece black all by herself! I love spending quality time with my kids on projects!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On our journey to successful farming we have found the need for lots of freezer space. You can't advertise your farm to a storefront and then run out of bacon by the second delivery! Jason spent lots of time looking for a walk-in freezer and he found two!! They need a little fixing up and putting together, but this will be a much needed addition that will allow us to grow!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well this shot is not from Janurary, but it has become a favorite of mine so I had to share it! This was our Thanksgiving meal that we shared with a houseful of family and friends! This was the day we processed her, and Christian was the turkey wrangler! After defeathering and gutting she was 28 pounds! Not too shabby for our first time raising heritage turkeys!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This picture is not from January either, but I have not updated our blog since August and I feel the need to catch up I suppose! I think having 8 children is catching up with me…I am finding I cannot do the many things in one day that I used to be able to! But no complaints here…I love my kids and I love pouring into them…and we're expecting another baby in June! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is our orchard, or what will eventually be our orchard. Grapes, peaches, plums, cherries, apples, pears and blueberries!! Can't wait to harvest some of that goodness! After extensive research on Jason's part we decided to go with a company called Stark Bros. They guarantee their plants for a full year. All the trees came "bare root"…we had to soak them in water for a couple hours before planting, and they had to be planted right away…needless to say, since they arrived on an afternoon UPS truck we were digging holes and planting trees at 10 o'clock at night! And it was in the 20's. And I am pregnant. Yes, a night I will never forget. But those pink lady apples will taste good!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I think we will call this cutie Wilbur! We have a steady flow of pigs coming in to be raised for you! You can still buy a half or whole pig, or if that's not your cup of tea we are stocked with packaged sausages in several flavors, pork chops, bacon, ribs, bratwurst, ground pork, keilbasa and fatback!! All raised on pasture and in the woods, & GMO-free grain! Email or Facebook us for details.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">50 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">laying hens have been added to our flock of 70! We cannot keep eggs in stock, they are in such high demand. That's a good problem to have as farmers!! These ladies will start laying in the summer for us…can't wait! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The goats. We have really downsized…some things you have to learn by doing. We started too big too fast, and with milking goats that ending up not even being from good stock. What a disappointment. But now we know. We know how to "shop" for a milking goat. We have a couple of great farming friends who have been in the goat business for years, and they have given us all their wisdom. And from having several different goats over the last 2 years, and birthing them here on the farm, we have learned a lot. This is Jesse & Miriam. They are our only milking goats. Jesses was one of the first goats born on our farm in 2013. She is from decent stock. By that I mean, her mama who was a nubian mix was not a good milker. We would get less than a quart every day, and that's milking twice a day. But her papa was a Saanen, which we have learned from our friends and from experience, are incredible milkers!! Her first freshening last year when her little buck, Joseph, was born was great! A half gallon a day, milking only once in the morning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Both Jesse & Miriam are pregnant…this is a week ago. This will be Jesse's second kidding and Miriams first. Miriam's mother was one of our Alpines that ended up being a terrible milker…basically we got nothing from her. But Miriam's papa was a Saanen, actually Jesse's brother!! So he has the same milk line in him that Jesse has. So fingers crossed, Miriam will be a decent milker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Today, January 30th, was a big day for Jesse! She gave birth to twins, and we were there to see the whole thing!! The kids were intrigued! The miracle of watching birth never gets dull!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Meet Janie & Jonah!! Now here's the deal, and what we've learned…Janie will be a great milker because she is from good stock. Jesse has the Saanen bloodline, and by the way her milksack this time is a lot bigger than her first!!! Partly, I'm sure, due to having twins, but also because it's her second freshening. This time we are looking forward to getting a half gallon to a gallon a day, milking only once a day since we leave the babies with mama. The buck Jesse was bred to is from a superb milk line…his mama gave over a gallon a day, and that was her first freshening! This time next year when little Janie here is giving birth (hopefully) her baby will be an incredible milker if we get Janie bred to a buck from a solid milk line! Do you see? That's how it works. Good stock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is exciting for us…we LOVE garlic. We eat it raw every day on our dinner salad…mix a whole head of fresh minced garlic with some olive oil and apple cider vinegar and you have THE BEST dressing for a salad. We bought some garlic for planting back in August at a farmers market in Virginia. Ellie and I planted it in October. They are all sprouting! This is the first time we have grown food over winter! It survived!! We will harvest them all in May.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And this girl. What can I say?! She has my heart. Don't know what I'd do without her.</span></div>
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<br />Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-90620921663318544862014-08-07T15:34:00.001-04:002014-08-07T15:34:57.741-04:00Farming Around<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We are still harvesting plenty of tomatoes here at the farm! Have you ever wondered why farmers have rabbits? Not only for their meat, but for their droppings…we ammended our garden soil this year with a couple trailor fulls of rabbit droppings and this is the result!…large amounts of tomatoes! And everything else is producing just as well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ellie is just smitten with her kitten! Our cats have no lack of love and attention, that's for sure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There is always a need for more laying hens when you own a farm that sells its eggs. One big step we have taken towards being a more sustainable, self-sufficient farm is incubating our hen's eggs. It has enabled us to step away from the need of a hatchery. We currently have 11 chickens growing that we hatched from our incubator! A few are visibly roosters, but they are needed as well to continue our ability to hatch eggs :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have 3 more piggies growing in our woods! We have a couple different breeds this time, one being the heritage breed Tamworth. They originiated in England, and are a lean pig producing leaner pork! We have researched and have learned that they do take longer to grow, but they truly forrage and have no need for grain supplements which we are excited about. Again, another step towards being sustainable and self-sufficient! We are also investing in a mamma Tamworth that is pregnant with her 2nd litter. We visited the farm she lives on, and she is being raised the same way we raise ours…out in the woods forraging. Can't wait to make her part of the family! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our turkeys are plumping up. Their have grown in their beautiful feathers, and the males have already started puffing themselves up to show off around the females! Can't wait to hear the first "gobble, gobble"!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Jason purchased a tractor for our farm!! We have several projects it will be used for, but our oldest son, Nathan, has already put it to use a few times. We move the hens around our property so they have new places to scratch and we usually have to push/pull these "hens on wheels" to their new place…not anymore! Great job Nate!</span></div>
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<br />Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-16411557404566124722014-07-29T00:35:00.000-04:002014-07-29T00:47:00.441-04:00How to Rob Your Bees of Their Honey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I must begin with a disappointment. We lost one of our hives to moths…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"It happens to everyone," says our beekeeper mentor friend Mr. Dover, a local honey-selling, bee-keeping extraordinaire. He has over 70 hives on his property and he lost 30 this year to moths. "Once they get in, there's no getting them out." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We didn't even know we had moths until a few days ago when we went to rob the honey. Last I checked, the hive was great…I spotted the queen, and our supers were FULL of honey!! This was the one hive of our three that had 2 supers on it, both loaded with sweet honey. Our other 2 hives only have one super. This was our strong hive as well! I always was able to spot the queen, the bees were always plentiful, and there was always good larve production happening and the supers were well organized with honey production happening on all 9 racks. Here are some pictures of what those nasty moths did to 18 months of hard work from this colony.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, at least our hens had a heyday eating all those moths and their larve!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We were blessed to be able to rob the honey from one of our other hives! This was quite the first time experience, as everything has been with farming! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">We opened the hive and smoked the bees to calm them down. I removed the entire super box and took it with me to the barn. There were still some bees on it, but as I took each rack out I gave it a good bang on the side of the barn…that got rid of the bees! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">We recieved council from our friend, Mr. Dover, and he taught us how to build our own honey strainer for less than $30! No need to buy expensive extractors! Very simple method:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Method: put the bucket with all the holes drilled on the bottom on top of the other bucket and let it rest in the top that was cut out. Into the top bucket cut out the honey from the supers. Ben has taken an interest in the bees so he helped me with this. These perfectly cut pieces of wax and honey we saved to put in our jars. See all the white caps? That's how you know the honey is ready to be taken!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Put the top on the bucket and let it sit for 2-3 days to strain out of the wax. See the comb we kept in the jars? Yum!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">After a few days, fill your jars! We robbed 9 frames from one hive and ended up with 2 gallons!! Very thankful for every last drop of it! The wax remaining in the top bucket is going to be placed in a homemade glasstop box where the sun will melt it and all the impurities will be strained out. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is considered raw organic honey because we did not heat it to purify it. We didn't even filter it! The more wax bits and pollen the better!…more health benefits with all that! A bit of wisdom we have learned…honey cannot be labeled non-GMO because there is no way to guarantee the bees have not taken from GMO seeds. Bees have been recorded to travel up to 90 miles to get pollen! Their normal range to travel is 3-5 miles, but they will do whatever is necessary to survive! If you are in need of supplies to make this contraption visit <a href="http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/?gclid=CJruh8Xb6b8CFa_m7AodIG0ASw" target="_blank">www.brushymountainbeefarm.com</a></span></div>
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<br />Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-18845830652886936792014-05-27T22:29:00.003-04:002014-05-27T22:29:50.840-04:00Kornertone Eggs at Stomping Grounds Coffee House in Greer & a new buck named Charlie!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our eggs from our free ranging hens are in a storefront!! This is <a href="http://www.stompinggroundsgreer.com/2014/04/introducing-suburbansharecrop-mini.html?spref=fb" target="_blank">Stomping Grounds Coffee House</a>; a quaint coffee shop located in Greer, SC. We were approached by JP and Chad, co-owners of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SuburbanSharecrop" target="_blank">Suburban ShareCrop</a> in Greenville, back in March about offering our eggs in this coffee shop. JP is a barista there, and Lisa, the owner of Stomping Grounds, gave him the green light when he presented her the concept of a mini market in the coffee shop to help make local produce more available to the public. The idea has been a hit! Our goat milk soaps are there as well!! Next time you're in the Greer area, stop in Stomping Grounds for a fresh cup o' joe and some local produce and eggs!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He gathers, counts, washes, dries, weighs, grades, packages, dates and labels all our eggs! Whew!! That's quite a job for a 10 year old, but Ben does it with excellence. He takes his work around here very seriously! I took him along for our first delivery to Stomping Grounds so he could present the eggs to the owner. I also wanted him to be the one to experience selling them so he could see the fruit of all his labor. It was awesome, and he did great. I am once again so thankful for all the learning experiences farming is providing our family. Also, we are investing in 25 more laying hens so we can provide other storefronts with our farm fresh eggs! And for anyone interested, we will always have them available at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WoodruffFarmersMarket" target="_blank">Woodruff Farmer's Market</a> every Thursday 3-7pm right here in Woodruff!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is Jerry, our neighbor and friend. He is a goat lover! And I must say, he is very kindhearted…he is also the one who gave us our first buck, <a href="http://www.kornerstonefarms.blogspot.com/2013/04/meet-pongo.html" target="_blank">Pongo</a>. His beautiful doe gave birth to twins back in March. He generously offered us the buckling! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One thing we have learned when purchasing goats…always look at the momma's milk sack and teats! Well looky here!….all I can say is, I would be thrilled to milk an animal like this!! She is loaded and this is her first freshening! I'm sure that all sounds silly to most of you reading this, but for someone who milks goats every day, and relies on their milk for several things, this is super exciting!! Seeing this doe and knowing this is the milkline of the buck we've just been given is fantastic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Isn't he handsome?!? Jerry had named him Charlie so we are keeping that name. He is an Alpine crossed with a Nubian, which are both great breeds for milk volume, and Nubians are my personal favorite! He will make some pretty babies!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here he is being greeted by our girls before he's even in the pen. We are keeping Charlie in with the does for now because our 2 bucks are much older and bigger, and they have horns. Males like to dominate each other and we don't want to risk him getting hurt so we will wait a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now we have 2 bucks from excellent milklines, our other being a Saanen/Nubian mix whose mamma gives a gallon a day! Wow! Now to find some does from superb milklines….</span></div>
Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-66091984906648046552014-05-06T17:09:00.001-04:002014-05-06T17:14:14.174-04:00Farm Happenings...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our goat herd's kidding season turned out pretty well! First of all, we didn't even know if we had any goats pregnant. We had let the bucks in only once, but it turned out to be enough! We had 3 goats that gave birth…2 of our Alpines, and our baby from last year, Jesse! Here she is, her first time kidding, to a buck who we named Joseph. This was the first time we had to step in and help with the birth itself…I'm very grateful we were there and noticed what was going on. The kids watched it all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One of our bee colonies had 3 swarms within a week! The first swarm landed low in our grapevine, and we were able to capture it. We simply put a box under it, sprayed the swarm with sugar water, then gave the vine a really good shake that made the bees fall into the box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We have a barred rock laying hen who has gone broody…she is sitting on 18 eggs!! Hopefully they will hatch and our flock will grow!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Back in March we started some seeds inside. Everything has been transplanted into the ground now. This year we added rabbit droppings to the soil to boost plant growth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peas already grasping the trellis handmade by Megan and her friends, Taylor and Olivia! They put it together and planted the entire garden for us on a service day for school!…thanks girls! Now please come help me weed it all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Meet Cotton, one of 2 great pyranese livestock herding dogs we have now! Our other one is her daughter, Candy. We've lost several laying hens to foxes and coyotes…these dogs will put an end to that!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We currently have 2 batches of pastured broilers growing…first batch will be processed this month, and the next in June. We will continue to process once a month, each month, thru October. To place an order contact us through email or Facebook or give us a call!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our Alpine, Mary, gave birth on Sunday, February 16th, to two kids! One billy and one doe! Moses, the billy, looks just like mama, and Miriam, the doe, looks just like papa who happens to be Jack, our first billy born on our farm the same day of last year!! Isn't that neat?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We have been in need of a container for hay for our goats so Nate and Christian got busy with some free pallets! They simpy attached 2 pallets on opposite sides to a base pallet with L brackets, then nailed on 4 pieces of a disassembled pallet to the other parallel sides. Nate added a top with 2 hinges to keep the goats out of their hay becuase they love to lay in it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There you have it! A little planning and a few tools, and lots of free pallets equal a great addition to our farmstead :) </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Great job boys!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Breast is definitely best…but sometimes, as in Maddie's case, not enough. She is my eighth baby and this is the first time I have had a lack of breast milk. It started her first few weeks of life…I noticed scant diapers, no bowl movements, she seemed weary all the time. Even the coloring on her face didn't seem right. She was getting thinner, it seemed, every time I changed her diaper. At 3 weeks of age I finally listened to my mothering instincts and took her to our family doctor. I was right: she weighed 6.1 and at birth she was 7.13. That's almost a 2 pound loss!! At 3 weeks old babies should be back to their birth weight, plus some! I sought counsel from friends and a la leche leader. Some said I could have retained placenta, which is a hormonal issue not allowing milk to come in; too much stress; and as you can see in this picture Maddie has a bit of a tongue tie which some said could be the cause of less milk production (baby not sucking well decreases milk supply). Enter: Nourishing Traditions baby formula recipe to supplement. Great cookbook with a wealth of nutrition information…I highly recommend it. There is even a website, </span><a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">www.westonaprice.org</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> with loads of more nutrition information and sources for raw milk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can search Amazon for all the ingredients, but I personally found it easiest to order the ingredients as a "kit" from </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.radiantlifecatalog.com/product/nourishing-traditions-kit-homemade-baby-formula/baby-child-care" target="_blank">Radiant Life</a>. </span><span style="font-size: large;">They give you enough of each ingredient (minus the raw milk, cream & whey) to last 1 month, 3 months or 6 months, whichever you choose to buy. To me this made more sense. For example, the lactose you run out of quickly, but in the 3 month kit you get 6 bags of it. Made more sense to me so I wasn't scurrying for an ingredient I ran out of. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The process of making the formula seems very intimidating at first, but once you do it a few times it really is no big deal…it has become a part of my every day. (It is recommended in the book that you make a fresh batch daily) Thankfully here in SC raw milk is legal so I have easy access to it. If you don't where you live there is a meat-based formula recipe on the website </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/childrens-health/recipes-for-homemade-baby-formula?qh=YToxMDp7aTowO3M6NDoiYmFieSI7aToxO3M6NjoiYmFieSdzIjtpOjI7czo2OiJiYWJpZXMiO2k6MztzOjc6ImJhYmllcyciO2k6NDtzOjU6IidiYWJ5IjtpOjU7czo3OiJmb3JtdWxhIjtpOjY7czo4OiJmb3JtdWxhcyI7aTo3O3M6OToiZm9ybXVsYSdzIjtpOjg7czo4OiJmb3JtdWxhZSI7aTo5O3M6MTI6ImJhYnkgZm9ybXVsYSI7fQ%3D%3D#lbf" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I will eventually try this one as well since we have a freezer shelf full of chicken livers and homemade bone broth. The only step you need to think ahead on is the whey. Be sure to strain some out before your baby will need the formula. I do a quart at a time and store the whey in the fridge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can find the full recipe and instructions for the raw milk formula </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/childrens-health/recipes-for-homemade-baby-formula?qh=YToxMDp7aTowO3M6NDoiYmFieSI7aToxO3M6NjoiYmFieSdzIjtpOjI7czo2OiJiYWJpZXMiO2k6MztzOjc6ImJhYmllcyciO2k6NDtzOjU6IidiYWJ5IjtpOjU7czo3OiJmb3JtdWxhIjtpOjY7czo4OiJmb3JtdWxhcyI7aTo3O3M6OToiZm9ybXVsYSdzIjtpOjg7czo4OiJmb3JtdWxhZSI7aTo5O3M6MTI6ImJhYnkgZm9ybXVsYSI7fQ%3D%3D#rmbf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> In the pot I have half the water, the gelatin, lactose, coconut oil and cream warming up. I decided to freeze our cream for storage purposes, and its easiest to melt it in the pot instead of putting it frozen in the blender. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I store Maddie's in a half gallon glass jar (recommended) in the fridge, and each time I pull it out I give it a good shake to incorporate all the oils again. You can find the recipe for this nourishing baby's formula </span><a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/childrens-health/recipes-for-homemade-baby-formula?qh=YToxMDp7aTowO3M6NDoiYmFieSI7aToxO3M6NjoiYmFieSdzIjtpOjI7czo2OiJiYWJpZXMiO2k6MztzOjc6ImJhYmllcyciO2k6NDtzOjU6IidiYWJ5IjtpOjU7czo3OiJmb3JtdWxhIjtpOjY7czo4OiJmb3JtdWxhcyI7aTo3O3M6OToiZm9ybXVsYSdzIjtpOjg7czo4OiJmb3JtdWxhZSI7aTo5O3M6MTI6ImJhYnkgZm9ybXVsYSI7fQ%3D%3D#rmbf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">. Hope this is helpful to someone out there…I'm very thankful I already had the Nourishing Traditions cookbook and knew about this, but I know there are those who aren't aware of it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Maddison is one content baby now, getting plenty of nourishment! Thankfully, she is still nursing, but this addition has helped her tremendously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> We woke this morning to a couple inches of beautiful snow!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Time for some fun!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Jason took the kids down to the creek to sled down the hill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We have added to our flock of hens with guineas! 6 of them for now, and that may be it…they are extremely loud! That is one of the reasons we got them. They alert the rest of the flock of predators…well, anything that they think may be a threat…they squak at cars that drive by and they squak at us when we go to collect eggs or clean the egg mobile!! They will also provide us with eggs that are extremely rich in omega 3's due to the high volume of insects they eat, which is the other reason we added them to our farm…to help control the bugs, ticks especially. They will free roam with the hens, but I'm looking forward to keeping them in the garden this Spring & Summer. They don't scratch like chickens do, and they are always on the hunt for bugs so they will really help out in that area! They are an interesting looking bird…we serve a creative Maker!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Handsome fellow, isn't he? He's our cinnamon king!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our piggies are fattening up very quickly. Their feed intake has increased 150lbs every 2 weeks for the last month! And they are always rooting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is our 2 year old Alpine beauty, Esther. All the goat's thick coats grew in back in November, and they are bushy and beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ruthie was enjoying licking the snow off the fence!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">All the waterers had an inch thick of ice covering the top that had to be broken to allow the animals to drink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">All our cinnamon queen and barred rock hens have started laying and we are getting an average of 2 dozen eggs a day! Live nearby and want to feed your family fresh eggs from free roaming hens? Contact us on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/KornerstoneFarms" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> to get more information!</span></div>
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<br />Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-59271775737769910622013-12-19T10:44:00.000-05:002013-12-19T10:44:07.603-05:00Maddison Jane has arrived!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-62290550427109604082013-11-16T22:25:00.002-05:002013-11-16T22:32:52.599-05:00Farm Happenings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We have added to our goat herd…actually I should say we have replaced a buck. In the summer we were blessed to receive 7 female purebred Alpines. Alpines are a larger goat, and the 3 bucks we have are a smaller breed. The one we have replaced was a purebred dwarf Nigerian and the other two are our babies, born in February, that have dwarf Nigerian in them. The females have been in heat for the past month…Pongo (the one now gone) even broke through the fencing to get to them so he could "do his duty"…ahem. Well, after allowing all 3 bucks a chance to do their thing with the girls in heat we quickly realized after observing (yes, this is something you have to do when you own animals :) ) that none of them could mount the girls properly because the girls are all too big! Our neighbor, Mr. Jerry, who is a goat owner himself, suggested we get an Alpine buck to mate all the gals. He actually personally knows the owner of <a href="http://www.splitcreek.com/" target="_blank">Split Creek Goat Farm</a>. So after a phone call, we were on our way to pick up this handsome guy!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He wasted no time in becoming familiar with his new gals!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He's handsome, isn't he?! We will put the females in with him when we notice they are in heat. We are going to try and spread the mating out so we have a good supply of milk too. The addition of baby bucks to sell will be a good supply of income to our farm since we now have purebred females and a pure buck. Of course we will need to purchase another Alpine buck to mate any females that come from him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Graycie and Ellie's sunflowers have gone to seed! We have left them on the stems to dry, and now that they are wilting we are going to do a couple different things with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We cut all the heads off. We're going to keep several to continue to dry them and save the seed for next year. This year we only planted a handful in a box, but we have decided to plant them along the entire fenceline next year…it will be beautiful!! Can't wait!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We don't let anyting go to waste here! We pulled the stalks up and are giving them all to the goats!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">They loved it! I bet the stalks tasted sweet like the seeds!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This was actually really fun!…we rubbed the sunflower heads and let the seeds fall out everywhere. The hens were appreciative, as you can see!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I didn't even notice Ellie dipping hers in the waterer until I posted this picture…ha!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A bit time consuming, but a fun learning experience :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Big brother Ben telling Ellie how to do it…she did her best ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now that the kids have shared a treat with the hens it's time to collect eggs! Seeing so many hens in the pictures you would think we are getting a lot of eggs every day, but all the reddish hens, our cinnamon queens, are still considered pullets. They are not mature enough to lay eggs yet. We should start getting eggs from them in February. We have 35 laying hens total right now so when they do start giving eggs we will be getting quite a few!! And they will be for sale :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We checked our 2 bee hives today. One colony has loaded up with honey…15 frames were full! And it tastes sooo good! The weaker colony only had 7 frames of honey stored. We will be feeding them both over the winter with sugar water. Everything we have read has said to do so. Neither hive had a queen though! No brood! Not sure how we lost both queens AGAIN, but both colonies successfully replaced their leader last time, I'm sure they can do it again. We will be seeking advice on what to do about this dilema since it's winter and it could possibly take a greater toll on the colonies not having a queen to be laying brood. Here you can see all the honey capped off, stored for winter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So thankful for all we have here on our farmstead, and we LOVE sharing all we are up to with everyone :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The chicks are here!! 100 more broilers have arrived...they will be ready for you some time in January. You will be able to reserve your chickens, and we will have our discounts as well...all that coming soon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The piggies are here too!!! We have been anticipating this for awhile!! We went with an American Yorshire-Duroc cross. We're not too conerned about the breed really...raising them right is what we're after here on our farmstead! The big one is 12 weeks old, then we have 2 sisters that are 10 weeks old, and a little wee one that is 8 weeks old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We will keep one to breed with a friend's hog, and the other 3 will be butchered sometime in May-June. Can't wait for a freezer full of bacon and sausages!! Keep your eye out for our pre-order on pork.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Pigs being pigs...rooting!! They are in a holding pen for now for protection, but once they are big enough to fend for themselves we will move them around our acreage monthly to allow them to freely root and graze like pigs are created to do. This will be done using the Salatin model...with a simple line of electric fencing about 12 inches or so off the ground to keep predators out and pigs in. Understand, yes, a coyote or fox could jump the line of electric fence if it really wanted to get to the pigs, but the pigs will be large enough nothing will mess with them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Caitlin decided the eggmobile needed a facelift!! (it used to be white) I LOVE it red! And I love even more seeing Cait take the initiative to fix something up without being asked to! I'm sure the laying hens appreciate it as well :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And we've had our first injury to one of our goats...our baby Jesse. Cait noticed a big bloody gash right above her hoof. So we cleaned it up, gave it a good bandage and put her back in the pen. We will keep an eye on it for the next few weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">....Don't they look beautiful??!! I was afraid we planted them too late and weren't going to see their beauty, but here they are! Our honey bees are all over them constantly...we planted them right next to the hives.</span></div>
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Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-11822590830843348912013-10-21T11:56:00.000-04:002013-10-21T11:56:06.137-04:00Happy Birthday Ellie!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Happy Birthday to our Ellie Bellie!! 2 years has flown by! You are such a joy to us all!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, it's been a month since we added our Alpine goats to our farmstead....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We have kept our horned goats separate from the Alpines since they don't have any horns. Goats are like any other creature...when new ones are introduced there is a battle for who will be the dominant leader. We didn't want anything getting messy since one "leader" has horns and the other doesn't. They have now been around eachother long enough, and we believe they are used to eachother...even though it's only been through a fence. (Plus, I want my garden back!!) Time to make them one, big, happy family!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You can see here, Mocha, the horned leader, shying away from the Alpine leader (who we still haven't named!)...look at the hair raised on their backs!! I was sure Mocha would win and be the dominant one, but I was proved wrong! The Alpine must be older, or I'm guessing since she is a leader of 6 others she knows she is best fit for the position...she didn't back down once and by the end of the day, it was obvious who was in charge!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are working diligently on preparing for </span><a href="http://www.grainloft.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Grain Loft Store Anniversary Celebration</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">!! Very excited for our friends, Pat & Jacque, who run the store...it's already been a year since they opened their doors!! We have been invited to have a stand at the celebration, selling our pastured chickens and handmade goods. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sewing like a maniac! Lots of market totes, burlap buckets, cup cozies and a new item we just came up with...table place settings made from burlap to hold silverware!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">All our sewn items are made from materials we are repurposing...coffee bean burlap sacks, vintage sheets and wool & cotton sweaters!! Be sure to come visit </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">The Grain Loft's Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, October 19th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">!! See you then!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and we finally designed a logo and had a banner and shirts made. Thank you </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MonkeyDeez" target="_blank">MonkeyDeez</a>!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">All the boys headed to Virginia last night for a father-son retreat so the girls and I spent the first official day of Autumn yard saling and picking apples! It was quite overcast, but we still had a good time together. Hard to believe it's already this time of the year, but so thankful for it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ellie seemed to be the one to capture the camera today....I think it's the curls!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Going to make daddy and the boys an apple pie for their return home tomorrow :) Happy Fall y'all!!</span></div>
Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-3879863150041409542013-08-23T14:47:00.001-04:002013-08-23T14:47:37.475-04:00Fridays on the Farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We have started our fall seeds. The summer garden is done and we've actually got our 3 female goats in the garden space to clear it all out! We're going to try and grow peas, more beans, spaghetti squash, turnips, spinach, cabbage and a lettuce mix.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our farm is growing again! Meet our 7 French Alpine purebred goats...all females! Aren't they pretty?! 4 of them are over a year old, and 3 are babies. You can see in this picture who the Alpha is...she wouldn't let any of them near us until she checked everything out...good momma.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">They all came from the same homestead...a veterinarian who kept them for milk, but has decided he's too old to carry the workload anymore. They warmed up to us fairly quickly and are so gentle! I'm glad they are hornless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We separated our 3 goats because they have horns, and that could get messy when they're trying to prove who's in charge. You can see Mocha up on her shelter...she has been there all day, I think, to prove she's in charge. I hope they can all get along, and eventually we will have them all in one pen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">More animals, of course, means more labor for us, but we don't mind! We are SO BLESSED to have all that we have...the work that comes with it is a joy! Nate was busy building another feeder to put the hay in...he has become quite the carpenter! Pajamas and an axe...classic Christian!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">More time spent milking for Caitlin and me...but that's one of the benefits of having milking goats! We were going to let the goats get used to their new home and give them a few days before we milked them, but 2 of them looked engorged to me. They were having a hard time walking because they were so full! So we decided to at least relieve that for them. (As a nursing mom 7 times myself I know just how uncomfortable that is!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This first goat (we still have to name them all!) didn't even have to be held down. She was so cooperative...I think she was thankful we were getting all that milk out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">3 full cups from one goat!! Got the same from the next we milked, and we still have to milk our Mocha!! The milk is flowin'!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our beagle had puppies 3 weeks ago...6 of them. 2 girls and 4 boys and they are all adorable! I will take better pictures soon! They will be for sale in October if you're local and want one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yes, it's Saturday, I know...I'm a day behind! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We decided to let our goats into the garden area because it is so overrun with weeds. They are thrilled to be in there!! Here they're munching on our okra...good thing Graycie and I went in and picked all the okra off the plants before we let them in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our cinnomon queen laying hens are growing in their colored feathers!! Aren't they pretty? They are 7 weeks old now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The broilers are growing like weeds as well. Hard to believe we will be butchering these little guys in 5 weeks!! If you want to preorder, check out our Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KornerstoneFarms" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our bee colony on the Left in this picture is very strong...as you can see we have added another honey super! The second box down is FULL of honey, but that is for them to get through the winter. Now, anything made in the box on top we can take if we want :) We will give it time to allow the bees to fill it up and probably wait until the Spring to take any, just incase they need it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We are still working on fencing in our property. It is a lot of work, and slow going with all the rain we've been getting. But, we're making progress and that's what counts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We are still enjoying the fruits of our labor from the garden...you just have to hunt for the food amongst all the weeds!! We are now planning our Fall garden and getting ready to start those seeds :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Made some sourkraut with all our cabbage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Drying seeds from our tigger melons. It's an easy process once you read how to do it. We took a super ripe melon that had great taste and put all the seeds in a glass jar with water. Let it sit for a few days. Then shake it up, drain the water, add new water. Shake it up again, drain the water, add new water. The seeds that float are bad...discard them. The seeds that sink are good...put them on cardboard to dry for 12-15 days. That's it!! Now we have our tigger melon seeds for next year, and as you can see we have plenty! So if you live nearby, please, ask for some!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We have been busy making more products for our farmhouse market. More salves and a hard lotion scented with orange essential oil! And a new soap! Goat milk, olive oil and coconut oil, scented with lemongrass essential oil...it smells and looks so pretty everyone thinks its fudge!! Interested? Order <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kornerstonefarms" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thought it would be fun to share on Fridays some happenings on our homestead. Ellie loves to help make banana bread!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our laying hens have been put behind bars! Since we bought our farm in December, we have lost 21 hens and 2 roosters...21 of them to a sly fox, and 2 have been hit by cars. We are tired of losing precious eggs!! So portable, electric fencing is the fix. No fox problem anymore! The fencing is easily moved along with the eggmobile so the hens get fresh greens and bugs all the time :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our handsome billygoats are growing! Jack is on the left and Woody is on the right. We have separated them from the nannies because they are already old enough to mate, even though they're only 6 months! Jason and the boys built them a shelter, and Nate surprised us all one afternoon with a feeder for them made from free pallets and an old baby crib railing!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Shy Pongo is starting to warm up to us :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is Jill, our very first goat born on our farm. She is super soft and gentle with the kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">These are our new laying hens...25 of them! We needed to replace the ones that have been killed. We are trying a different breed this time to keep track of egg laying. Since our barred rocks are now over a year old, they will stop laying much sooner than these newbies. So going with a different breed will help us determine who has stopped laying when the time comes to turn them into roasting hens. These are called cinnamon queens. They will be red and they lay 350+ eggs EACH per year! They are already a month old and will start to lay eggs in January.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our fig trees are producing a lot of fruit for us, so much so that we're giving some to the chickens! We've had fun eating them different ways, and one is making preserves. Very easy...just cut the stems off, cut them in half, cook on low with some honey, lemon juice and cinnamon. Then give the jars a water bath for 10 minutes...that's it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Both of our bee colonies lost their queens! I have no idea how. But these creatures are AMAZING. See the peanut looking casing towards the middle bottom of the picture? That is a queen cell. The worker bees are raising up a new queen. This picture was a month ago. Last week when I checked both hives they had queens!! I even saw one of them, and both hives had larve all over the place!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And look at all that yummy honey!! But we won't take any for ourselves until next summer. This honey will sustain the colony through the winter months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ben actually killed this snake, right by the house. We've seen several of these in our yard...one even got in the house! Yes, I know, it's a snake we should keep around, but no thanks. Not where the babies play!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">An evening walk around the farm to check on all the animals before calling it a night has become one of my favorite things to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ellie loves her goats</span></div>
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<br />Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-24479896232467530082013-07-25T12:38:00.001-04:002013-07-25T12:40:43.317-04:00Tigger Melons!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Look what came out of our garden today! Aren't these babies beautiful?!! I have never seen anything like them! It's amazing the variety of foods there are to grow when you can choose for yourself what you want to grow! We are so used to what is sold in the stores, and even CSA's are fairly similar. I'm glad we tried these!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">They are called Tigger Melons and are heirlooms, which means we will be saving seed from one of them, drying the seeds out and storing them until next planting season! We will never have to buy seeds to grow these beautiful melons again! If you want to buy some seeds you can find them <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/tigger-melon/?F_Keyword=tigger%20melon" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">They are on the small side for a melon...about the size of a grapefruit or softball. They start out green, but you know they are ready to pick when they turn these bright red and yellow colors. Some are solid yellow as well. They are bursting with a sweet aroma and are mild in taste. We love them!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We are already planning on doing a much larger patch for these melons in our garden next year so we can sell them at the market along with our broilers and eggs. I think they will be a hit since most people have probably never seen them or tasted them :)</span></div>
Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-15215341618589499952013-07-16T10:52:00.000-04:002013-07-16T10:52:39.994-04:00Peach Picking with Grama & Taylor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Off we go, to Fisher's Orchard in Greer...we have paid them a visit the last 3 summers to pick peaches! In 2011 it was one of the very first family outings we did when we moved here to SC in June!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cousin Taylor picking ones up high!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Took home a whole bushel, and so far have made peach pie, peach jam, peaches and cream, and today we're going to make a peach cobbler and a peach-butterscotch preserve...yum!</span></div>
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<br />Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-45753612179850611742013-07-11T15:42:00.002-04:002013-07-15T16:58:35.504-04:00Handmade Nourishing Baby Wipes & Case<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Easy-peasy!! These wipes are much SAFER, HEALTHIER and CHEAPER than any store bought brand...and super EASY to make!! It took Ellie and I five whole minutes to make these. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I found it best to melt the coconut oil on low heat...it was much easier to mix with the baby wash and water. There is another neat way to use this homemade idea...instead of taking the time to rip each paper towel apart, cut the roll in half, put it in a cylinder type container (like the one you see in the picture with my coconut oil in it), pour the water mixture over and pull out the cardboard center!! We have it both ways, container for the house and the other for diaper bag. Which you can see Ellie and I made today!! A wipes holder! Just use a waterproof lining, velcro closure and your favorite fabric for the case!! Paper towels are all the same size so it's pretty easy to make correct measurements for this case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That's it!!! Pretty, functional, nourishing for your baby's bum and economical ...got to love it!</span></div>
Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-89739044966297946032013-06-21T16:41:00.000-04:002013-06-21T16:41:23.689-04:001st Day of Summer = Blueberry Picking!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My 4 girls and I took the early afternoon and spent it at a blueberry farm right down the road! All the fresh blueberries you can pick for $10 a gallon...pretty good!! Today was the first day of blueberry season in our area. It is also a beautiful first day of Summer...glad we spent it outside!</span></div>
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<br />Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-32013642232618923442013-06-14T18:35:00.000-04:002013-06-14T18:35:01.636-04:00NEW farm product! Goat Milk Soap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yay for free, raw goat milk...especially when you can use it to make nourishing soap!! I love our new soap! Made by the girls and I in our kitchen. The milk is fresh, not frozen. The coconut oil and shortening are organic. The herbs, calendula and chamomile, are organic and added for their soothing properties (and they smell sweet!). The essential oils of lemongrass, orange and lavender are added for scent. 3oz bars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy yourself some handcrafted goat milk soap </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.kornerstonefarms.etsy.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Nourishment for you, support for our farm :)</span></div>
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<br />Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-86080833144761422582013-06-12T13:28:00.002-04:002013-06-12T13:28:48.869-04:00The Good, the Bad & the Ugly ~ Garden Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Most everything has sprouted and is rapidly growing! We've already eaten several zucchini, green peppers and lots of green beans, and the snap peas never even make it to the house...we eat them up on the way in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">These babies were so exciting to see hiding under the vine's leaves...the kids were beside themselves when they picked them!! One weighed over 3 pounds!! The other 2lbs9oz</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lots and lots of green beans to be picked. So thankful to have diligent helpers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Does anyone know what kind of eggs these are?? We have found them all over our zucchini and yellow squash. I'm assuming they're bad bugs so we intently look for them and squash them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What is happening to our zucchini? As much success as we are having with them, we are having this happen! It's also happening to our yellow squash. Any thoughts? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What is rotting our green peppers? Some are healthy, vibrant and yummy and then we have these all over too. Is this a bug? A bacteria? Too much water? I have no idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We have a farm binder that I created when we moved here to keep track of all yields and all expenses to help track our gains and our losses (or investments). Everytime we bring something in from the garden we weigh it and record it. At the end of the season we will add the weights of each individual vegetable up to see how much of our own food we grew and save money on! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Everything on our homestead has a section in the binder...egg production, hen hatching/deaths, goat milk, bees, meat birds, rabbits, even dogs and cats. It's a bit tedious in the beginning, but once you get used to pulling out the binder every day, it's now become a habit. We also have kept ALL receipts for farm/garden/livestock related things to keep track of yearly expenses. It has been very helpful to see where money is being put, and maybe where we should step back a bit...the bees for instance, are a wonderful addition, and in our opinion a must-have with fruit trees and a garden needing pollinating, but they have been the most expensive addition to our farm yet! For those of you with homesteads that have several different things going on that need record keeping, I hope this inspires! It was very easy to create once I knew what information I wanted to record. I'd be happy to email my blank documents to any of you that want a copy for your own homestead!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOFclk7gflIha2QqkeUOxMt72wJ11-y5VLD_OOG9jg89WiB5Hftv98Ry-wbikThGyvYzbDf4Ufg0racSvnC-CtYrzD1hYPEQ4dTxQQZ1A2ANyTPJA0DcSjrf7JzO9puPFcGaf-R2dOKg/s1600/IMG_6821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOFclk7gflIha2QqkeUOxMt72wJ11-y5VLD_OOG9jg89WiB5Hftv98Ry-wbikThGyvYzbDf4Ufg0racSvnC-CtYrzD1hYPEQ4dTxQQZ1A2ANyTPJA0DcSjrf7JzO9puPFcGaf-R2dOKg/s640/IMG_6821.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I still can't get over the size of this thing!!!</span></div>
Kaiser Klanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491052018787937871noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081626633336647256.post-18263167750213895852013-06-11T11:19:00.000-04:002013-06-11T11:44:43.950-04:00Chicken Tortilla Soup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I am by no means an expert at posting recipes, but I keep getting questions on how to use a whole chicken! So here is an excellent soup that uses not only the meat from the bird, but the broth that was created when you cook the chicken! And I'll tell you how to recook the chicken bones to create nourishing stock!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">First, chop a whole large onion and a few peppers (we had green from our garden, but you can use any color pepper!). Add them to a large stock pot with a few tablespoons of olive oil. Along with the onion and peppers add a bunch of fresh garlic, chili powder, cumin and crushed hot red pepper. Turn stove to med-high and let cook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Add all your chicken meat to the pot of veggies and spices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Next, add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and a can of Rotel. Rotel is just chopped tomatoes and green chilies...you could use fresh if you have it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Then add 6 cups of your reserved chicken broth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To give the soup added protein, add some beans. We had black beans, but you could use any kind you like. Let it all simmer on low for 20-30 min to allow the flavors to blend. That's it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We like to top ours with shredded cheese, cilantro and corn tortillas cut into strips. Avocado and sour cream are other great toppings! YUM!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">All the leftover chicken bones can be cooked again to make nourishing stock. Here is how easy it is: Put them in a pot of cold water with a splash of apple cider vinegar (this helps draw the nutrients out of the bones). Add any veggies you have for nutrition and taste...onion, garlic, carrot, celery, etc. Simmer on low for a minimum of 24 hours. I like to let mine go for 48 hours. Remove all bones and veggies (feed the veg to your chickens if you have some!!) and strain the stock. Store in glass quart jars in the freezer for future soups! It's that easy and it's full of nourishing goodness!! And if you think about it, you're getting 2 meals out of one chicken!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1 large onion chopped</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2-3 green, red or orange peppers chopped</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1 tbspn chili powder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1 tsp cumin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">5-6 peices of fresh, crushed garlic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">pinch of red pepper flakes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">4-5 tbspns olive oil</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">meat from 1 chicken</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">6 cups chicken broth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1 can Rotel or 2 cups fresh diced tomatoes and green chilies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2 tbspns tomato paste</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">4 cups cooked beans</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This post linked to <a href="http://www.theprairiehomestead.com/2013/06/homestead-barn-hop-114.html" target="_blank">The Homestead Barn Hop #114</a></span></div>
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