I have been looking for ways to use up all the apple butter I canned last fall, and you can use it for applesauce in any recipe where spices/sweetness works. Using the apple butter (or applesauce) drops the amount of oil you need in baked goods, and it works well in brownies. These brownies are… Continue reading Apple Butter Brownies
Month: April 2021
Adding A Third Chicken Coop
A year goes by and you realize you are putting in a third chicken coop on the homestead. Chicken Math. It's real. We now have 15 hens and 1 rooster. The numbers slide up and down. We have lost a few to Bald Eagles, but then we adopt ones in that need new homes. Of… Continue reading Adding A Third Chicken Coop
Raising Chicks (and other fowl) Without Heat Lamps
I am scared of heat lamps. It's a slightly irrational fear, but based in truth. I have known far too many cases of chicken coops and barns burning down from heat lamps that fell. Every year something happens. It is horrifying to read about it. When we got our first baby ducklings we picked up… Continue reading Raising Chicks (and other fowl) Without Heat Lamps