Author: Nerdbilly


  • Thanksgiving Turkeys 2013

    Thanksgiving Turkeys 2013

    Well, despite the storm a few weeks back that resulted in a lot of turkeys freaking out and bashing out the back window on their enclosure, thus escaping (all but two were recovered, but we heard them for a couple of days out in the woods, but they never returned) – we DO still have…

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  • Growing New Ideas

    Growing New Ideas

    It’s been busy times here on the farm as summer winds down. We have lots of projects we need to complete before the cold weather comes, and it may seem premature to even talk about that, but it’s just a few weeks away, and we are keenly aware of it.  We’ve also been trying to…

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  • Raising Your Own Meat: The Emotional Aspect

    Raising Your Own Meat: The Emotional Aspect

    Lately, I’ve had people telling me that they couldn’t do what we do, in terms of raising our own meat. They hear or read about us raising our pigs or turkeys, and then say that they couldn’t feed and care for animals and then slaughter and eat them. Or, if they could, they say they…

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