{"id":6328,"date":"2017-10-23T17:17:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T21:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=6328"},"modified":"2017-10-23T17:18:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T21:18:09","slug":"were-making-use-of-a-very-nice-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2017\/10\/23\/were-making-use-of-a-very-nice-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re making use of a very nice fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will and I have been busy cutting and splitting all of the nice wood we had piled around the yard and driveway. In fact, we ran out of room to put it! Not only is the woodshed full, but also a 8’x12′ stall in the goat barn, piled eight feet high. But we had more wood. So I suggested Will put the pallet forks on the tractor and bring up the two pig houses which were mostly unused in the cow pasture. Ah ha! He did and so far we have one stacked plumb full and the other nearly so. What a wonderful feeling! All the wood was seasoned, split, and put up dry so it’ll burn very nicely.<\/p>\n

We got the pregnancy blood test results back on our cows; only two were bred. We’d kind of figured that. Luckily, Will’s friend, Mark, offered to loan us his registered Black Angus bull. So Will drove over and brought the bull home. Hopefully the unpregnant cows will soon be bred so at least we’ll have calves from them next year, albeit later than we had hoped.<\/p>\n

I’ve been canning like mad. After all, 900 pounds of tomatoes is a LOT. I’ve done salsa, barbecue sauce, plain chopped tomatoes and enchilada sauce this last week. Next I’m making a big batch of multi-colored salsa using Jaune Flamme tomatoes as a base. They’re wonderfully flavored, golden tomatoes so I can’t wait. I mix some red paste tomatoes in with them as well as multi-colored sweet peppers and a few jalape\u00f1os. Yum!<\/p>\n

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Take a look at these wonderful Keepsake apples. We’re so pleased with our young orchard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The winter apples are now ripe and we have a tree load of great Keepsake apples to bring in and store in the basement for winter eating. I’ve got canned and fresh Frostbite and Chestnut Crab apples too, so we have plenty for fresh baking. I made apple crisp from the Frostbites two days ago and was real happy with both the taste and texture of the apples. No mushy apples here! Now I’m making a BIG crisp as the 8″x8″ pan didn’t last long at all.<\/p>\n

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Our chickens enjoy running around in our big orchard. In the background, check out the old pig houses, chuck full of split firewood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I think the turkeys look pretty as they rustle for unpicked corn in the corn patch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our turkeys are enjoying foraging through our corn patches and the chickens love running through the orchard, eating blow down fruit, bugs, and fresh grass. Not only do they stay healthy that way but really enjoy life. Just like we do. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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