Author Archives: Kelli Miller

Pig chores

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Kelli Miller

Matt was busy picking up our newly-made cornstalk bales on Sunday, so he asked if I’d do pig chores. It was a beautiful fall day with the sound of combines humming in the fields around us. Naturally, the camera came … Continue reading →

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How to Cook : Freezer Chicken

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Kelli Miller

I mentioned on the Facebook page last week that I planned to grab some of our fresh-butchered chickens before they froze and put together some freezer meals. Here’s what I did: The cut up chickens come in a bag looking … Continue reading →

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How to Cook : Perfect Roast Chicken

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Kelli Miller

On Sunday it was time to try out the red rangers we just butchered. We loved raising these. They’re much more active than regular CornishX broilers. They have way fewer heart and leg problems. And they’re smart enough to put … Continue reading →

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How to Cook : Pork Carnitas Tacos

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Kelli Miller

Recently I discovered a great website called 100 Days of Real Food. I love it because the recipes use simple, unprocessed ingredients and they’re not overly complicated. Perfect for my “lazy cooking from scratch” style! Once upon a time I … Continue reading →

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Unexpected blog fodder

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Kelli Miller

Surprise! It’s always interesting when I download the pictures off my camera’s memory card to find pictures that I didn’t actually take. That was the case tonight. I thought I was downloading pictures of football games and volleyball matches and … Continue reading →

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Eighteen

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Kelli Miller

So all of you longtime blog readers… remember this firstborn of ours? (from this post) That scrawny, sunny little girl that liked to show her dog… (from this post) …and all manner of other livestock at the fair? (from this … Continue reading →

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Italian Beef Sandwiches

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Kelli Miller

So of course the first things we sell out of every summer are steaks and burger. And then… it’s time to get creative with the other cuts we have! Roasts can seem like more of a winter comfort food, but … Continue reading →

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How things change

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Kelli Miller

Tonight we loaded out chickens from our garage brooder to the pasture. Something we’ve done for years and years now, but with Madeline’s graduation imminent I guess I’m even more nostalgic than usual. I started thinking about how this chore … Continue reading →

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Got pork?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Kelli Miller

We’ll be butchering half/whole hogs in the next 2 to 3 weeks. Let us know by Monday if you want one! Chops, bratwurst, ham, bacon, sausage… yum! Raised the old-fashioned way, and not fed any yucky stuff or treated with … Continue reading →

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Snow day

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Kelli Miller
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