Brown Avenue Acre

02/11/2024

When it is baking day and you have a ton of discard to use up, it is time for all the things! 1 regular, 1 chocolate sourdough, discard cheddar crackers, discard pretzels, and discard sandwich loaf in the bread machine! At least we will be stocked for a while and no discard went to waste 😂

01/12/2024

Since we have been in such a cold snap here lately, I have spent a lot of time in the kitchen using up some items we had put back this summer, and well as learning ALL the sourdough recipes. I love being able to cook things from ingredients that we have grown/preserved ourselves.

10/29/2023

I tried my hand at some artisan sourdough loaves this weekend. I am trying to find a recipe that uses the ingredients and tools I have on hand at all times. I am not looking to stock all the flours in the pantry. This batch was all purpose flour with some vital wheat gluten in order to make a bread flour substitute. I say it turned out pretty well!

10/29/2023

When daddy bags a deer, it is time for some processing, grinding, and canning! We also had a shoulder roast for dinner! So thankful for extra lean meat in the house!

10/29/2023

Busy weekend of adding to the cannery! If you have never cooked a frozen turkey in a pressure cooker, you totally should try it! Frozen to fall off the bone in 76 minutes for my almost 15 pound turkey. This turkey yielded 9 pints of turkey canned in the bone broth as well as 2 quarts of extra bone broth!

03/30/2023

The seedlings are sprouting, and we are so ready for warm weather to get them into the ground!

03/30/2023

The ladies are extra happy and working overtime! If you are looking for fresh eggs, we have you covered!

03/30/2023

22 eggs in the incubator are currently on lock down and estimated to hatch out this weekend! So excited to have some babies 🐣

03/05/2023

Ever wondered what year old eggs taste like? We found out this weekend. We used hydrated lime and water to preserve some eggs last spring and decided this was the perfect weekend to try them out. Things we learned; the whites are much more loose than a fresh egg, the yolks are much more delicate and runny eggs are nearly impossible, they almost taste creamier, but are very delicious! We will be doing this every year!

03/05/2023

Fresh pile of wood chips means first, you play queen of the pile, then you start creating a hard edge for your growing space. Or at least that is how it goes at our house!

03/05/2023

When you get a flat of strawberries in from a fundraiser, you save some to eat fresh, and use the rest to experiment with some preservation recipes! Strawberry jam, strawberry top syrup, and whole strawberries in their own juice!

03/05/2023

I’m case this weather has you ready for spring and wanting to get some plants in the ground!

07/15/2022

07/09/2022

07/09/2022

Spent the last few days honing some canning skills and recipes! So far we have some fresh dill pickles, salsa, Italian tomato sauce, spicy pickled eggs, pickled watermelon rind, and red hot watermelon rind. I have really enjoyed practicing these skills and spending some time putting up food for our family straight from the garden!