Thanks to Rajan Singh for manning the
Christmas Ham Road Trip 0
About to head out Grafton way to beef up our pig herd. We have a little Berkie boar and sow ready to go and I am hoping to score a larger pig to fatten up for Christmas.
Anyone want to join me on my adventure? Looks like I will be flying solo as the girls are all booked out for horse riding and friends visiting.
Barn Restoration Hoe Down-Rod Bottrell 0
Next time I am back in Canada I am going to book this talented Guitarist, his brother and Dad to play at a restoration celebration in Chatham. Ok so it might be a barn painting party too.
Go the Yakety Breakdown. Good work Rod and good luck with entering this video in the Sleepwalk Guitar Festival to be curated by Luke Doucet.
Natural Horse Work 0
Aubrey, Morley and Bella are loving working with their horses more then ever. The learning and experience they are getting from working with their Mum and Louise (their instructor) is amazing. Pictured below are Bella and Morley warming their horses up on the long line. After this we all mounted up bare back and had a little session in our ‘horse arena’ paddock. Looking forward to more riding with the girls this week.
Save the Federal Hall Campaign 0
Our local community Hall in Federal is under threat. I am proud to be doing a small part to save it. More to come on this. If you could like this page on facebook that would be a start.
In a Pickle 0
Sunday night and we have a fridge full of cucumbers and all the ingredients to make dill pickles. I am not up for a bunch of jars and all that preparation. All I want is to get those cukes into some brine. Found a 4 Litre sealing glass jar that looks perfect for a big batch to keep refrigerated. That should make it quick and easy. Here are some guidelines I am going to go by from epicurious that have been Greg’d. I have tripled them and embellished.
- 20 small pickling cucumbers (about 3pounds/1.5kg)
- 2 L white vinegar
- 2 L (500 mL) water
- 10 tablespoons (25 mL) pickling salt–how about some sea salt
- 20 heads fresh dill and 4 teaspoons dill seeds –got plenty of this in the garden
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Cattle Tagging and Drenching 0
A very successful day Mustering and drenching the cattle. Here is a summary of our work for the record books.
Tag Name Pour On Oral Drench Comments 101 Condamine 300 done Narly in the crush-head lock required 102 Abbelina 350 done good in crush 103 Reanna 300 done good in crush 104 Condillisa 300 done good in crush 105 Abella 300 done good in crush 106 Kicking Cross 350 done Narly and tried to head butt boo 107 Azalia 300 done good in crush 108 Milking Cross 350 done Narly in crush 109 Whiskquita 300 done good in crush 110 Gem 350 done Narly in crush 111 Ebby 350 done ok 112 Houdinie 300 done good in crush 113 Annabelle 250 done good in crush 114 Rosie 200 done good in crush 115 Carter 200 done crazy 116 Windsor 200 done crazy 117 Kharma 200 done good in crush 118 Archer 200 done crazy 119 Manchester 250 done crazy 120 Eddy 200 done crazy 121 Lowco 500 done such a good boy 122 Delilah 350 done good big girl 123 Daisy 150 done good girl 124 Chip 50 done Nils Tag-NCZ329SXBF00017
Barn Renovations Complete 0
Complete might be an over statement. Maybe one little room down and plenty of barn to go. However it is still very exciting to give the old barn a bit of love and to know we are doing things to help it last at least another 100 years. Great work on the cost effective and innovative renovations boys. All this work was done with materials that had been stored in the barn by my Great Grandpa and Gramps. Mum is so pleased to see the boards she remembers her Dad storing being put to such good use.
Cromwell Sheep Farm? 0
Maybe its time for a few sheep. Wish this was our little lamb. At $20 for a wee leg its tempting. The leg is not from sliver wood but it’s organic and I can’t wait to start rubbing it up and getting it in the oven. Sunday Roast Dinner my favourite.
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- Aubrey lambing it up
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- Aubs punching the holes
Traditional Garlic and rosemary lamb roast
Ingredients
1 organic leg of lamb
6 whole cloves of garlic peeled
6-8 sprigs of fresh rosemary
Salt flakes and freshly ground pepper
Method
Rub the meat with some olive oil and sprinkle well with freshly ground salt and pepper.
