Over the summer, our family decided to do a little experiment with two different kinds of meat birds: the Cornish Cross (which we generally raise) and Red Rangers. Spoiler alert—our family decided we were not huge fans of the Red Ranger bird and are choosing …
Some of the best things about the weather turning cold are the beverages that are made to help warm you up. One of my favorites is Russian Tea. Russian Tea is similar to wassail or a spiced up apple cider, but if you ask the …
It’s amazing to me that a pile of flour, yeast, water, sugar, and salt can turn into so many different kinds of bread type things. Today, we’re going to use this pile of goodness to make bagels from scratch. Mmmm. Homemade bagels made from scratch. …
There are three bread recipes that I consider to be “staples” at Clucky Dickens Farm, and One Rise Baguette is one of them. It’s a fast, fancy bread that can be used for sub sandwiches or as a great side to spaghetti, soup, salad, or …
When it’s time to clean out your garden for the year, you might be left with a lot of green tomatoes. What in the world do you do with green tomatoes? Well, you have a couple different options… Green Tomatoes: Ripen Them! If you’re one …
I like to have coffee with my coffee cake. How about you? Of course you do. I mean, the name coffee cake makes it obvious that it’s a cake that deserves to have coffee served with it. But here’s the thing about coffee cake. There …
I often get asked how in the world I can do “all the things” I do on a daily basis. After all, I run a farm, homeschool my kids, and work as an author. So I thought I’d write up a lil’ something to let …
A couple years ago, after a sob session about my very large garden once again being taken over by weeds, a friend shared with me her tactic for keeping a weed free garden for over 20 years: black plastic mulch. We decided to try it …
Since we raised pheasants here at Clucky Dickens Farm for a few years, we are often asked about our experience raising pheasants. We get a lot of questions having to do with the actual incubating and hatching of the pheasant chicks themselves. Here are a …
Note: We haven’t had horses at Clucky Dickens Farm for a few years. Because of that, I had taken this post off my site. But since nothing actually ever leaves the internet, I often get emails from folks asking where the article is. Pinterest and backlinks from …