Utilizing a Whole Chicken
Its no secret that purchasing a whole chicken is a better bang for your buck…you get more meat for the price! You also get the added benefit of nutritious bones to make stock with! But, in todays fast paced convenience food market, a whole…
4 meals for $50
Shopping and coming up with dinners during the week can be such a pain! You’ve got school, sports, after school actvities, doctors appointments, work and house chores. Somewhere in there you need to shop and cook! I struggled with this too! I found that…
HOW TO SAY IT……?
This blog post has been rolling around in my head for probably about a year now…and Ive been trying to figure out the best way to put my thoughts to ‘paper’. I probably won’t do a good job here, but at least its from…
THE LIFE OF A BEEWENCH BROILER
BeeWench chickens arrive on the farm as a day old chick. 150-200 fluffy little peepers are mailed to us every other week. They spend their first 4 weeks in our nice cozy brooders. They have access to fresh water and food 24/7. Their shavings…
Mr. Salatin Goes to Washington……
THIS ARTICLE IS COURTESY OF THE FARM TO CONSUMER LEGAL DEFENSE FUND AND CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR SITE HERE The nonprofit Food Tank recently posed 10 questions on food policy to the presidential candidates in the 2016 race. Joel Salatin throws his hat in the ring…
LOOKING FORWARD AND BACK
2015 has been a whirlwind year for us here at BWF. When we moved here in October of 2014 we had high hopes for what we could accomplish here. Starting out the early part of the year with the loss of my off-farm job…
BEEWENCH FARM FAVORITE TURKEY RECIPE
This is my favorite recipe for cooking our holiday turkey. I used this recipe about 13 years ago and have been the official turkey cooker in our family ever since. This recipe would also be great with one of our chickens! As always, keep…
Farm – Year To Date…….
Well, as usual…a lot has happened since our last update! That’s pretty much par for the course around here!! In March of this year I was laid off from my off-farm job…after a lot of discussion Ryan and I decided that I would not…
THAT’S THE MEAT OF IT…
Recently, I was part of a conversation on Facebook regarding the popular ‘meatless Monday’ idea. I use the term ‘conversation’ loosely, as we all know how conversations on Facebook can be. A popular movie, Food, Inc. had posted on their Facebook page about what…
Making Dreams Come True
Since 2009 when I first discovered I loved to farm, its been a dream of mine to be able to do it full time. To spend my days planting, harvesting, building and watching the world go by with a baby goat snuggled in my…