By Nature Farms

Re-seasoned cast iron cookware

TempestT-37 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:24:51 +0000

First, if you find your cast iron needs to be stripped down and re-seasoned do not fear. All you have to do is place the utensil in your Self Cleaning Oven on the shortest cleaning cycle (usually 3 hrs. on most models), and it will come out looking like the day it came out of the [...]

Recipe Ingredient Substitutes

TempestT-37 — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:28:05 +0000

Copied from Old Recipe Book

Here’s some quick recipe substitutes for those times when you think you have all the ingredients. For instance, when you get ready to make a dessert and it calls for a can of sweetened condensed milk and you haven’t any, you don’t have to run out to the store to get some.

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How to Make Homemade Mayonnaise

TempestT-37 — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:27:42 +0000

Copied from Old Recipe Book

Make Easy Mayonaisse

1/2 cup herb or cider vinegar 1 egg 1 tsp honey 1/2 tsp seasalt (optional) 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil

Blend the first 4 ingredients well. Then add the oil slowly and continue to blend till the mixture is thick. Place in a covered bottle or jar,and let stand for an hour at room temperature. [...]

Homemade Brown Sugar

TempestT-37 — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:00:18 +0000

1 cup of granulated sugar 1 tablespoon of molasses

For dark Brown Sugar use darker molasses or use up to two tablespoons for every cup of Sugar.

Soften Hardened Brown Sugar

All types of brown sugar can harden if not properly stored in an airtight container. It can become virtually unusable, but don’t throw it away. If you’ve discovered your [...]

Selling animals

TempestT-37 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:48:29 +0000

NPIP tested last month. Narragansett Turkey

6 poults – $15 each

1 Hen – $25

Midget White

3 poults – $15 each

Silver Lace Wyandotte – 2 chicks Looks like 1 pullet, 1 cockerel $10 for both OBO

Double-Laced Barnevelder – 4 chicks – Looks like 2 pullet, 2 cockerel $15 for all OBO

SOLD – Toulouse Goose – 2 $10 each [...]

No Yeast Pizza Crust

TempestT-37 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:37:43 +0000

4 cups wheat or white flour 2 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt Herbs and Spices as desired (Like Tomato and garlic powder, Oregano, Italian Season)

1 2/3 cup water 2 tbsp cooking oil

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare pizza pan by rubbing with shorting or dusting with flour.

Combine dry ingredients in mixing bowl. Add liquids and stir to incorporate dry ingredients. Knead dough [...]

Protected: Mom’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

TempestT-37 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:12:24 +0000

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Our new popup camper

TempestT-37 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:19:06 +0000

Here is our first popup camper, but we have no idea what year it is. It needs some TLC. We have some great ideas on how to fix it up. Anyone know what year this is?

[View with PicLens] [...]

Moms Biscuit’s

TempestT-37 — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:45:25 +0000

Mom’s Biscuits

2 Cups Flour 4 teaspoon Baking Power ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda ¾ Teaspoon Salt 2 Tablespoon Butter 2 Tablespoon Shortening 1 Cup Buttermilk

Combinde Flour Baking Power Baking Soda Salt

With Fingers add Butter & Shortening until pea size

Make well in center add buttermilk, will be sticky.

By hand press out to about 1 inch thick, cut in 2 inch circles and bake.

Cook @ 450 for 15-20 [...]

Dad’s Dutch Oven Meatloaf

TempestT-37 — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:29:42 +0000

3 pounds ground turkey 2 or 3 slices of bread 2 eggs 2 or 3 tbsp Brown Sugar

I don’t measure this stuff, just add what looks good. Worcestershire Mustard BBQ Sauce Steak Sauce (57 style)

Onion Powder Ground Cayenne Lemon Pepper Seasoning salt Poultry Seasoning Italian Seasoning Seasoned Salt Cajun Seasoning Black pepper Garlic Power Cilantro Leaves

Fresh Bell Pepper Chopped Fresh Onion Chopped Fresh Garlic diced

Form meat into a even loaf and Cook at 350 [...]

6 year old registered 100% Kiko doe.

TempestT-37 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:22:59 +0000

6 year old registered 100% Kiko doe. 2009 she kidded triplets and March 27, 2010 she kidded quadruplets. One was still born. Due to our inexperience, none survived. Large goat, approximately weighing 150-180 pounds. She is out of condition due to her recent kidding. She is our dominate female. We are limited [...]

Ticks: Natural Prevention and Remedies

TempestT-37 — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:15:03 +0000

By Barbara Pleasant

Article Origin Mother Earth

If you live near or often spend time in a wooded area, blood-sucking ticks are part of your world. When tick populations rise in July and August, you’ll again feel those familiar tickling sensations on your legs and neck, and again drag the dog into the sunlight so you can spot [...]

More Narragansett Turkeys

TempestT-37 — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:36:39 +0000

Sunday Michael, Charlie and I drove back over to Lees Summit Missouri and picked up Year old Narragansett Hen, Mom to the poults. We also bought 2 Midget White Turkeys and the owner gave Charlie another Midget White turkey which Charlie name [...]

2 Nubians for sale

TempestT-37 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:38:21 +0000

We are selling 2 Nubian does. 1 doe (Leia) was born in February 2009. Our son took her to the 2009 4-H fair and received a blue ribbon. The other doe (Belle) was born beginning of 2008. We don’t have any lineage information for either goat. Belle had her first kidding February 14, 2010, [...]

Narragansett poults

TempestT-37 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:00:46 +0000

Sunday Michael, Charlie and I drove over to Lees Summit Missouri and picked up 7 [...]

Swap meet Overbrook Kansas 6-12-2010

TempestT-37 — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:06:02 +0000

Saturday the boys and I went to a swap meet down in Overbrook Kansas. We bought a Broken Black Mini Rex Jr buck, Jacob bought a pair of White Face Black Spanish Bantams (NPIP) and Michael bought 2 Buff Orpington chicks. The swap meet was very nice, 20 to 40 vendors. There was all types [...]

Eggs in the incubator

TempestT-37 — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:52:20 +0000

Saturday I filled the incubator up with our Barn Yard mix chickens eggs. Our Barn Yard mix consist of Welsummer, Black Australorp, Cuckoo Maran and Easter Egger Ameraucana hens and a [...]

Holton Poultry and Rabbit Swap Meet 6-5-2010

TempestT-37 — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:29:37 +0000

Micheal, Charlie and I left early, I wanted to get around 8:00 am. My main gaol was to get some chickens for Jacob so he could show them for Poultry in 4-H. I bought only one chicken a Blue Ameraucana Easter Egger, but we did buy some rabbits. The boys did sign up for rabbit project [...]

Hatching Eggs

TempestT-37 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:58:44 +0000

May 2nd Michael and I went on a road trip to pick up some Turkey eggs to hatch. We got started around 6:00am driving down highway 59 to Altamont in southern Kansas. In Ottawa we missed our turn in and ended up on highway 35, we did not realize it until about 20 miles down the [...]

Pancake Syrup

TempestT-37 — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:19:53 +0000

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar 1/2 cup sugar 1-1/2 cups water 1 cup corn syrup light or dark

1 teaspoon maple flavoring 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a saucepan, combine the sugars, water and corn syrup; bring to a boil over medium heat. Broil for 7 minutes or until slightly thickened.

Remove from the heat; stir in maple flavoring and vanilla. [...]

Chicken and Turkey wish list

TempestT-37 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:21:47 +0000

Chickens

1. Ameraucana – Blue Wheaten 2. Ameraucana – Blue/Black/Splash – Complete 3. Ameraucana – Lavender – Complete 4. Andalusian 5. Barnevelder – Complete 6. Brabanters 7. Faverolles 8. Lakenvelder – Gold – Complete 9. Marans – Black Copper – Complete 10. Marans – Wheaton 11. Orpington – Blue/Black/Splash – Complete 12. Silver Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhaubens 13. Sussex – Coronation 14. Sussex – Light – Complete 15. Vorwerk 16. Wyandotte – Blue Laced Red 17. Wyandotte – Silver Laced – Complete

Turkeys 1. Bourbon Red 2. Narragansett – Complete 3. Royal Palm 4. Slate [...]

Dad’s Family Famous French Toast

TempestT-37 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:53:26 +0000

4 eggs 1 Cup Milk 1 Tablespoon sugar ½ Teaspoon Salt 1 Teaspoon Vanilla ½ Teaspoon Nutmeg 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

Mix all ingredients together in a cake or pie pan. Lay bread into mixture, flip bread in mixture, move bread to skillet, fry on both sides till lightly browned.

Optional: Sprinkle Ground Cinnamon on skillet before putting bread on skillet, Sprinkle Ground Cinnamon [...]

Winter has come!

HikerMom — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:27:54 +0000

It was inevitable. The first “real” snowfall has started. We currently are expecting 4-8″ of the fluffly stuff. However, all you do is turn around and that changes. We are very excited about this. Except maybe the kids. They are homeschooled, so no real snow day for them. We are looking forward to snow angels, snowball [...]

Holiday Traditions- Thanksgiving

HikerMom — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:37:30 +0000

Thanksgiving is very big in a lot of households in this country. However, I’ve noticed more this year that our family doesn’t put as much into it as I think we should. I mean, we have a few things we do. For one, I like to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade while reading the ads for [...]

Holiday Traditions- Halloween

HikerMom — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:12:38 +0000

Our family is big on traditions. It starts in October with Halloween. Better yet, the preparation for Halloween. We always go to a pumpkin patch. When my husband and I were dating we visited a pumpkin patch and have been going there every year since. Shaake’s Pumpkin Patch is the best. It is a real working farm [...]

Big Tom Turkey

TempestT-37 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:28:32 +0000

Big Tom Turkey [...]

Tax Poem

TempestT-37 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:35:35 +0000

Tax his Land, Tax his Bed [...]

My 21st Century Woodbadge Trail – The Tickets

TempestT-37 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:14:43 +0000

My 21st Century Woodbadge Trail – The Tickets [...]

Another Blue and Gold in the History Books

HikerMom — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:25:41 +0000

Another year has come and gone again, and everything seemed to go off without a hitch.

We had our blue and gold (yellow) tablecloths and balloons on the tables. Unfortunately we hadn’t any table decorations made by the scouts this year. We decided not to put up streamers this year. It seemed to take away from the [...]

Loch Ness? Do you really want to know?

HikerMom — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:50:23 +0000

For decades many people from the casual vacationer to the very educated scientist have been trying to get a glimps, and I might add proof, of one of the biggest mysteries of our time.

There have been photographs taken, and proved to be hoaxes. There are a few pieces of evidence that cannot be proven either way. But, [...]