So I am canning the soup and some plain stock (so I don't waste the canning space and I run a full load) in my pressure canner. Dan looked up for me how long it needed to process and @ 11# Quarts have to process 75min. That is a long time.
I am concerned that everything will be mush when it is time to eat it.
I will have to find out and report back. The first snow will be the perfect time to test the soup. After playing and shoveling we can warm up with that. YUM!
Yesterday was much nicer. I let the goats run loose all day. (don't worry there is nowhere that they would go - my property is pretty large and the area they hang out in is in our "yard" They only stay in the few acres around the house- I can see them always, and I am always checking on them) I let the goats run because they can get more forage that way. There is less to eat with the weather change and I feel like hay must get boring. I don't have any goat poisonous plants (except in my garden which is fenced off and a peach tree that has already lost it's leaves) so they can munch and munch. So they do. It's also an added bonus because they clean up my garden so next spring I will have less work to do.
Instead of waddling in the open they hang to the sides and run through the wide open spaces (for the most part) They are the funniest little characters. We have the two Adventure-Chickens who we laugh at because they are fearless. Last night they were headed down our driveway! (if you are familiar with our property you know how silly that is)
They follow us on our walks in the woods, on trips to the Blind, and even though they love to follow where we go for the sake of adventure. They never want the adventure to end and they are difficult to put up at night. Like impossible. I chased one of them tonight (In the rain) for at least 10 min. It was like I was going in circles. Well I'm running back and forth to the pressure cooker trying to monitor 11# pressure so I will get going so I can keep a closer eye.
It's almost December! Is anyone ready for this weather? I know I have a lot to do to get ready. Hay storage, extra bedding on hand, supply of feed... and I am still working on the meal planning experiment.
Always something to do on the farm. I am so blessed, what would I be doing if I lived in the city?
This comment thing, "gets my goat". I keep loosing everything in cyber space. If I would stop deviating while writing back there would be several more comments to read. (I'm talking paragraphs) I'm trying to laugh it off with "gets my goat". Ha, ha.
ReplyDeleteThe weather is frightful, tornado type winds.
so sing ...as long as you've stored for winter,
let it blow, let it blow, let it blow.
I like silly little songs. How about you guys do the "25 Days of Christmas" around the "Citadel". It can be anything, remember the twisted one, "12 Pains of Christmas"? Like "stringing up the lights", "7 months of bills", etc. Austin could write them down. It'll be fun!
Food for thought...what about using a net to catch Adventure-Chickens? I chuckled when reading about the long chase. Invisioning you running after them, ha, ha. Did that "get your goat"? I'm trying to be clever and funny, OK.
I love jerkey! I'd buy it more often it wren't so expensive.
I love your soups too! You'd put "Campbells" out of business if your creations were on the store's shelves.(jarred) Yumm!
Taking the goats hiking was as much fun for me as them. Watching them frolick and kicking up their heels was a good time for them. They're more food motivated than dogs!
The farm definately compliments you. City life seems more plastic and rushed where country life is a more natural type setting, more of what you like. The fresh air vs smog, no contest there.
Wholesome, fresh foods vs pre-packaged, heavily processed, no brainer. Although you do work a present day job, it's the past, sweat of the brow hard work that doesn't "get your goat". Therefore, sing (Green Acres tune)...goodbye city life...The Citadel... we are there.....da da da dunt dunt. I don't picture you with the pitch fork, but rather with the bountiful garden, standing there with eggs in the basket, the animals all around you, and Dan and Austin with their rifles and fresh kill, (deer). Da da da dunt dunt! BTW-the egg foods look so delicious, not waste there. I've copied your custard recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Love Always,
Mom