GRF Farms

21/05/2025

CSRA opportunity

30/01/2025

I am always looking for more rabbit recipes!

This traditional German rabbit stew is rich, hearty, and full of flavor. Slow-cooked in red wine with aromatic herbs, Hasenpfeffer is a comforting dish that’s perfect for a cozy dinner.

Ingredients

2 lbs (1 kg) rabbit, cut into pieces
2 tbsp (30 ml) vegetable oil
1 onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup (240 ml) red wine
2 cups (500 ml) beef or chicken broth
2 tbsp (30 g) flour
1 tsp juniper berries (optional)
1 tsp thyme
1 bay leaf
Salt and pepper, to taste
Red cabbage and potato dumplings, for serving
Instructions

Prepare the rabbit: Season the rabbit pieces with salt and pepper. Heat vegetable oil in a large pot and brown the meat on all sides. Remove and set aside.
Cook the base: In the same pot, sauté the diced onion and minced garlic until softened. Sprinkle in the flour and stir well, cooking for 1 minute.
Deglaze and simmer: Deglaze the pot with red wine, scraping up any browned bits. Add the broth, juniper berries (if using), thyme, and bay leaf. Return the browned rabbit pieces to the pot.
Simmer: Cover and simmer over low heat for 1.5–2 hours, or until the rabbit is tender and the flavors are well-developed.
Serve: Plate the Hasenpfeffer with a side of braised red cabbage and fluffy potato dumplings for a traditional German feast.
This flavorful stew is a hearty and comforting dish perfect for special occasions or family dinners. Guten Appetit!

28/01/2025

We make this with ground rabbit!

OLD FASHIONED GOULASH
Ingredients
2 lbs ground beef or turkey
3 teaspoons minced garlic
1 large yellow onion diced
Please express something to keep getting my recipes....Thank you
Full recipe 👇💬

04/11/2024

Trying deeper beds next cycle.

Creating Steep Hugel Beds: A Guide to Increased Garden Efficiency
See more: https://1millionideas.com/how-to-build-steep-hugel-beds?utm_source=TVA

Steep hugel beds, a variant of the hugelkultur gardening technique, are gaining popularity for their ability to enhance soil fertility, conserve water, and boost plant productivity. Recommended by permaculturist Sepp Holzer, these elevated garden beds have distinct advantages:

- Compaction Prevention: The steep slope minimizes soil compaction from foot traffic.
- Increased Surface Area: More planting space allows for greater crop diversity.
- Easy Harvesting: Height reduces the need for bending, easing

08/08/2024

I like this idea… only in my case it is just:
Whole rabbit
Ground Rabbit
Rabbit Sausage

This is so smart

05/07/2024

While watching cooking shows, I heard this chef beat Flay with a rabbit pot pie. I’ve made rabbit pot pie a few times, and we really liked it. Definitely a cold weather dish, and I needed extra time to make the dough. Life has changed a lot, and I have not made it since we relocated to GA.

It is awesome to see a professional chef work with rabbit. His recipe is in the link below.

Chef Keeley, the Executive Chef at Fire Restaurant & Lounge inside the Art Hotel Denver went head-to-head in a Food Network episode for the chance to ‘Beat Bobby Flay’ – and won wit…

20/06/2024

We are always looking for more rabbit recipes!

What's your favorite rabbit recipe?
https://www.hostilehare.com/rabbit-recipe-index

15/05/2024

We both love this one brand of peach mango juice, now I have an idea what to use them for other than frozen rabbit bottles or rabbit water.

A very cool and clever way to recycle all those old water bottles!! Presenting..the water bottle greenhouse!!

01/05/2024

All my life I have been told pine needles are acidic…. Interesting to hear different logic.

Pine Needles don’t make the soil acidic! And they’re a fantastic garden mulch!
This photo shows ponderosa pine needles being used as a mulch around garlic plants. The pine needles were applied right after planting the seed garlic last fall and have been on the soil since.

The gardening myth that pine or fir needles can’t be used as a mulch because they will acidify the soil is commonly repeated. It results in people throwing tons of dropped needles into the city compost bins and then going and paying lots of money for premium mulches like chopped straw.

We don’t blame anyone for believing this, since it sounds intuitive and is often mentioned even by very experienced gardeners.

But studies have proven that Pine Needles do not ever have a powerful effect on soil PH, even when fresh and green.
The fact that soil beneath Pine or Fir Trees is acidic is not because the trees themselves make it acidic, but because these species evolved to grow and thrive in naturally acidic soil.
If there are no small plants growing beneath a pine tree, it is most likely due to the shallow and dominant root system of the tree, along with its shading, which does not allow other plants to easily establish below it.

Fresh GREEN ponderosa pine/Douglasfir needles are acidic, but as they age & microbes decompose them, they quickly turn brown. Once brown they’re PH neutral. At this point, they’re a perfect mulch.
They a dense, long lasting mulch. They don’t compact. Allowing air & water to pass through, while still aiding in shading the soil and keeping seeds from germinating if applied thickly. Once fully decomposed after 1-2yrs they release lots of valuable nutrients.
A thin layer can be used like straw so that larger seeds/bulbs can easily sprout through.
Pine needles also do not blow around or wash away easily. So they make an ideal mulch in spots where other materials might not stay put.

We always recommend utilizing the materials available for free. Why go and pay a premium for bagged mulch if you don’t have to?
You might have a neighbor with a ponderosa pine that throws out bins & bins of needles each year. Ask if you can have them!

Sources:

https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/myth-vs-reality-what%E2%80%99s-truth-behind-some-common-gardening-practices

https://extension.unh.edu/blog/2019/10/do-pine-trees-pine-needles-make-soil-more-acidic

29/04/2024

Lots of spiderwort in our garden. This series of posts are fun to learn about all the species.