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We’re likely going to be making some changes to the poultry business for the 2011 growing season. We didn’t make enough money last season to pay ourselves — we did cover feed costs, which is better than the year before, and we also covered most materials and some gas. But if we really want [...] That’s not actually true, it’s back fat. However, I once saw one of those godawful women’s magazines at a grocery store and, after reading the headline “Cure your belly fat now!,” was honestly confused that they weren’t talking about bacon. As I alluded to earlier, there’s a little over a pound of fatback [...] This was the title of course offered down the street from us by the local parks and rec department. The joke, of course, is that we’d just ordered 15 muscovy ducks with the express purpose of making our own cassoulet. I now provide you with the timeline of the Official Dropstone Farms, LLC Quick [...] Well, not really. As Lauren posted earlier, we’re doing fairly well at reducing the contents of our still-very-full chest freezers. And, with the departure (ascension? transfiguration?) of orange and blue I’ve renewed my interest in curing my own charcuterie. And it turns out there’s a blog challenge underway. As is typical, I’m [...] This is more like what I had hoped my first Dark Days post would be like. I pulled out all the stops — OK most of the stops — for this one. They won’t all be this bad-ass … Today I watched Garth and our friend L.S. take apart the goats that we slaughtered [...] Wow, that was fast. After the last batch of 75 didn’t all sell, I was thinking we’d have to do at least two days at market. But one day plus some excellent word-of-mouth plus everyone stocking up for the winter means we are sold out already. If you want to get on the [...] I was at the market last weekend hawking chickens, which is always fun, but there are still plenty left. Order now and spread the word to family and friends! Details here: http://www.dropstonefarms.com/2010/08/chickens-round-3-pickup-august-21-23 Order here: http://tinyurl.com/chickens2010-3 Skip the deposit, since the mail probably wouldn’t get to us in time. Our second batch of chickens for this year went smoothly last weekend. It was a small batch and we had some enthusiastic helpers. I even had enough energy to go to the show (the New Pornographers) that I had tickets to in Seattle that same night! Two things that may or may not [...] Our first batch of chickens this year went pretty well. We didn’t lose very many of them, and they had a good and uneventful life. Processing went smoothly too, once we resolved three different electrical issues (wrong extension cord = another trip to Lumberman’s; tankless hot water heater not working = trip home for [...] ** UPDATE! 7/22 ** While most of the details here are still correct, this batch of chickens is long gone. We’re now accepting orders for the second batch. Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/chickens2010-2. This batch will be ready July 31. The rest of the logistics as described below still apply. We are now accepting [...] While working from home this afternoon, I realized that since it’s dark when I get home on weeknights, today was my last chance to go meet our pig — they are scheduled to meet Farmer George, the butcher, sometime on Saturday. So we called up Rolling Bay Farm, got directions and went on by [...] I was home not-quite-sick-but-not-great on Monday, the solstice, so we built a big fire in the fireplace and did our Solstice stockings at noon instead of after work as planned. And we cooked all day, which is what really makes it a holiday, I think. Our pretty Blue Slate hen turkey met an [...] |
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