We write every month on the activities going on at HiBar Ranch here in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee to give our readers a sense of the seasonality of farm life. It is hard to believe it is the middle of August already. The thrill of fall is beginning to arrive. The pumpkins on […]
Did We Just Capture A UFO Sighting At Our Farm During The Great American Eclipse Here In The Smokies?
We live adjacent to the Smoky Mountain National Park and we run an organic farm. We were blogging yesterday and capturing our research about how the farm animals would behave during the solar eclipse that was at 100% here at the farm. There is an article forthcoming about the animals. But, in my photo download […]
Animal Behavior On Our Farm During The Great American Eclipse
Well the experiments at our farm are over and photos have been downloaded. All activity has been recorded and now we will share with all of you around the world who follow our blog what we learned. As the world knows, the Great American Eclipse took place two days ago and was at 100% totality […]
How To Make Homemade Venison Jerky
As an organic diversified farm we take both homemade and healthy very seriously. My daughter and I got two deer last year. We needed to process the venison recently as our freezer is going to be full again with our cow this winter. We wanted to make best use of the backstrap of the deer […]
A Typical Weekend In Our Harvest Home
Yesterday was crazy in the kitchen. It is the beginning of true harvest season and that means pleasure in the kitchen with efforts going towards yields that will be enjoyed for months to come. Food prep, drying, freezing, canning, composting, seed saving……all were going on yesterday in our kitchen. Let me give you a flavor […]
How To Harvest And Process Your Pears
We love our fruit orchard. We inherited it when we purchased this farm several years ago. There are apple trees, nut trees, pear and peach trees, grapes, black raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. So, we have had to learn alot about fruit and we are continuing to learn all the time. it is that time of […]
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