2015 Cow

We've clearly gotten a bit spoiled with our purchase of half a cow every year. It's delicious, affordable, and obviously of high-quality. We buy from a random family we found off Craigslist. They have been great to work with it, and haven't even raised their prices in the past three years. Unfortunately, they are reducing their herd and it's unlikely they will have any extra to sell next year. Cue the panic!  This year's cow was slightly smaller than the last. All in all, our half ended up at 268 pounds, hanging weight. We spent a total of $898, which got us: Ground beef - 40, 1 lb packages Stew meat - 8 Soup bone - 5 Heart...

2014 Egg Tally

This year we added four new chickens, bringing us up to a total of 8. We felt that was a few too many for our city lot to handle, so we ultimately rehomed two. Whitney, one of our original Barnevelders, was a frequently talkative lady, and ultimately had to get the boot. She also had some strange summer egg-laying strike, so that was a somewhat easy decision. Annie, one of our new chicks was flat out not suitable for city life. She SCREAMED. You'd let her out and she still screamed. While I had an emotional attachment to Whitney, Annie was lucky she didn't become dinner. Don't worry, our wonderful chicken store was happy to take them off my homes....

2014 Garden Tally

Apples -2 Basil – 3 lb Beets – 22.29 pounds Birds eye pepper – 75 Broccoli – 5 lb 1 oz Bulgarian Carrot – 10 Cabbage – 11.16 pounds Carrots – 10.78 pounds Cauliflower – 4 lb 3 oz Corn – 16.91 pounds Cubanelle pepper - 1.65 pounds Cucumber – 9.71 pounds Garlic  14.9 oz Green Beans – 17.78 pounds Lettuce – 4 lbs Onion - 36 lbs 7.5 oz Plums – 11 Potatoes – 32.85 pounds Raspberries – 1 qt Spaghetti Squash – 29.2 pounds Serrano pepper– 39 Tomato – 26 pounds Tomatillos - 7.03 pounds Zucchini – 39.20 pounds This comes to roughly 270 pounds of food. ...