Ok, that title may have grabbed your attention and some of you may be intrigued while others of you are searching for a stick and an old pair of underwear to fashion a torch. Before the pitchforks get sharpened and the fires start blazing, let me take a moment to quantify that statement. Yes, [...]
Jump to Recipe In my quest to use every zucchini harvested from our garden this year, I have scoured the interwebs for highly rated recipes that would have appeal for all of my guys. Not necessarily a daunting task, because my guys are not very picky, but they definitely have preferences and I [...]
I regularly use my instant pot to roast our whole chickens, then use them for 2-3 meals & bone broth, too! The chicken turns out extremely juicy & delicious & you can crisp the skin under the broiler afterwards, if you prefer. Typically, I use a 6 minutes/lb cook time, however if your chicken is [...]
It appears that the demand for local, farm-raised protein is steadily increasing. Even prior to the pandemic which caused a run on grocery store meat supplies, we saw an increasing interest in our pastured products. During this pandemic, I think a person might consider knifing someone for a pound of hamburger (Walmart meat section [...]
One of the key characteristics of an avid homesteader is repurposing worn out junk or finding multiple purposes for an item on the homestead. An item we find extremely beneficial on the farm is the galvanized cattle panel. You may be asking yourself, “I didn’t think Red Tool House even had cattle?” You would [...]
So, before I get into this lament/satire about all the rain we have experienced in the past several months, I want to public recognize if I had to choose form having excessive rain or drought conditions like some of you regularly experience throughout the country, I would take the excessive rain every time. This [...]
