Monthly Archives: March 2012
Solar electric fence
I decided to install a solar electric fence after the pigs got settled in their new home. I wanted to close off part of our back field to let them pasture some and give...
Simple Pig Pen Design
Here is a simple pig pen design we had built one year when we decided to get some piglets at the last moment. A friend of mine raises them and had asked us earlier in the...
DIY Solar Dehydrator
One afternoon my wife and daughter were going to see the latest twilight movie and asked if I wanted to go. I politely declined. So after they had left to head to the theater...
Homemade Blackberry Wine
There is nothing better than homemade blackberry wine. We have a very large patch on our property and last year we had a abundance of fruit. Time to make some nectar of the gods!
I...
Dehydrating Jerky
After letting the meat marinate all night it was time to start the process of dehydrating jerky. So this morning I grabbed my dehydrator and all twelve trays.
I grabbed the marinated meat out of...