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The Season for Filling the Freezer

The Season for Filling the Freezer

Unlike most folks who call late fall “Indian Summer”, at Fasching Farm we call the time between the killing frosts of fall and mid-November as the “season of filling the freezer.”   Garden vegetables are typically finished growing by September and have already been harvested, processed, canned, frozen or stored in the root cellar.  Soon the temperatures will dive and the snow will stay – only a short window of opportunity to lay in the stores of food required for the…

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Raising Chickens for Meat

Raising Chickens for Meat

We are always fielding questions about raising chickens for meat.  And even though out meat birds are already half grown, you can use this post for planning next years meat bird adventure.  There is great satisfaction raising your own food and chicken is no exception.  Raising your poultry as a meat source is a way to live more sustainably while having control over where your food comes from. It is gratifying to know what goes into them, how they are…

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