Cottontail Farm

A diary of life in rural western Pennsylvania

Monday, June 5, 2017

Rainy weekend, eating our greens

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It's rained quite a bit here over the last couple of days. My father brought his tractor over with the tiller attachment and took care...
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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Artifact hunting, rum cake & learning to drive

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Yesterday was my dad's birthday and we spent most of the day together. One of the things we've always enjoyed doing together ...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Container gardening

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The tiller is still broken so I haven't been able to get into the second side of the garden yet. It doesn't matter anyway because i...
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Friday, May 26, 2017

Garden in May, homestead overview

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You can see most of it in these pictures: the garden, the coops, the crap-tastic PVC tractor.  Laying it all out there.  Because agricultur...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Favorite coffee cake

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I love this coffee cake recipe.   It comes together in about 10 minutes and is just the right combination of soft and crumbly with a cru...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Meat chickens, getting real

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The first batch of meat chickens, 6 Cornish Cross, were sent to the butcher last week. They were 7 weeks old which was a bit early - it...
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Saturday, May 20, 2017

Every day you're alive is a special occasion

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I was wishing Donna a Happy Birthday over on her lovely blog the other day and I was reminded of this story. It's something I ...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

A Day in Pictures

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It's been a week.  We were all laid low by bad respiratory infections, the kind where you just lay in bed all day with a box of Kleenex ...
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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Quail harvest - butchering, results, costs & process of raising quail for meat

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Hey there. I'm going to talk about butchering quail. There are a couple of pictures with very minimal blood, nothing graphic. I am also ...
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