Hi all! This is Rachel, back with you again after three months of having my nose in the books, sniffing around for things. That totally sounds like a Caseyism. Oh well. He’s rubbing off on me… and that’s a good thing! It’s good to be on break from college and to be able to work […]
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We are now safely into the zone of Christmas music and holiday cheer (if you go for that sort of thing). ‘Tis the season, after all, for us to be grateful for all that we have, especially those dear to us and Jesus Christ, who sacrificed his life for us so that we may not
Starting this past weekend, a few of the Hust Roosters began what appears to be a long and arduous journey. We made our first soap. It turns out that making soap is a pretty simple process. It still took us four attempts to get it right (it is amazing how many problems are actually very
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For all of our ideas and plans and dreams, there is one that, in my opinion, is clearly the most bizarre. Goats, pigs, chickens… those are all things that fit into my farmyard mind. They make sense to me. Tilapia, however, are a bit different. I don’t usually think of them when I think about
Well, it’s officially cold now, and except for some stolen pockets of warmth, outside projects are about done for the year… unless you count shoveling as an outside project. I do not. Already, I am looking forward to spring. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want life to skip over the holidays (that would make
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If you are like I was before I was converted to the idea of vermiculture (that is the fancy word for worm farming, specifically to use worms to make compost or use/sell as bait), you are relatively certain that there are a lot of other more pressing matters than worm farming. After all, you or
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Photo Courtesy of Brent Moore Let’s talk about rabbits. Not bugs bunny. Not those furry pets that people say are adorable but don’t ever really do much (I apologize to any pet bunny enthusiasts, but cats beat bunnies for me, and dogs beat them both in my heart). I want to talk about farm rabbits
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Somehow, Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and so what better time to talk about the turkey enterprise. Admittedly, this is one of the enterprises that we often forget when we make lists or attempt to answer the question of what we will be doing on the farm, but turkeys have been on our radar
Right next to the goats, on the paper with all of our goals on it, on our map of the future farm, and in our hearts (ok, maybe not in our hearts) are pigs! While the idea of raising them seems appealing (at least to me), the idea of freshly smoked bacon makes me go
It has occurred to me that I have been describing some of the things we plan to try in the future, but I have not really hit upon who we are. Most everyone that has read this blog knows one of the founders of the Hust Roost, and most know a couple of the founders,
