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frühlingskabine micro farm from a scrappy 1 4 acre to a homestead on more livestock gardening meat wool eggs dairy diy projects and life from scratch frühlingskabine micro farm main menu skip to content our story our farm frühlingskabine rabbitry shop handmade d i y projects printables contact us from a scrappy 1 4 acre to a homestead on more livestock gardening meat wool eggs dairy diy projects and life from scratch post navigation older posts ducks are hard to catch posted on february 18 2016 by sarah 4 a couple weeks ago some friends gave us a beautiful breeding pair of muscovy ducks the drake is about nine months old and the female is a bit younger i believe we brought them home and i instantly fell in love that is a pretty big deal considering i don t like ducks or geese in close proximity to myself but these muscovy ducks are adorable and quiet near silent and sweet they even wag their tails when i feed them in the mornings i mean really they wag their tails like little puppies with bills and webbed feet we recently converted our big insulated shed that our angora rabbits lived in into a chicken coop the long enclosed hoop arch we put together out of pvc and welded wire fencing for turkeys and pumpkins last year was attached to the back of the new coop for some outside space safe outside space i should say as much as i would love for the ducks especially the ducks to be able to go play in the seasonal creek that cuts through our property we have a very large population of hawks here in fact when we first moved here and did let the chickens free range we had two hens mysteriously disappear and now that i think of it we caught a red tailed hawk red handed pinning one of our hens down in the yard doubtless she was too heavy to take off with quickly as big as the hawk was on to today s story our house is situated in an odd mountain top valley there is always a constant breeze which is especially nice in the heat of the summer the other side of having such nice breezes is that when a strong storm comes through we can experience extreme winds like blow the shingles off your roof kind of extreme winds last night we had a lightening storm come through with high winds this usually blows everything around and makes a mess of the yard so when i went to do my animal chores this morning it didn t surprise me that some of the animals were weary of leaving their warm nests to see what was for breakfast when the male duck but not the female came out into the run to eat i grew a bit concerned i went around the other side of the coop to look for her and discovered the human sized door to the coop had been blown wide open my very first thought was crap my next thought was if i were a cute duck where would i go duh the creek the creek is downslope from the coop across a one acre field looking across i was easily able to spot the little white head of the female duck swimming happily in the deep end of the creek ugh so i grabbed a small scoop of food and spent the next half hour trying to coax a darling little duck out of probably the best creek she s ever swam in our creek is mostly overflow from multiple ponds up the road from us so it is hardly the kind of water humans would want to swim in not to mention that the cold foggy weather was not really ideal for tromping around in water soaked earth jumping across mossy rocks half emerged in ice water eventually i was able to herd the duck back up the hill to the coop where her drake promptly told her to get her wet tail feathers back in the house trollup at least that s what i imagine he would have said in that breathy hissing voice muscovy ducks use in the end i am shown once again how ridiculous farm animals make us look it s hard to hold on to your dignity and grace while spending a rainy morning in your pajama pants chasing a tiny duck around while she flaps and swims and dives in the water happily and i doubt that will be the last time i am ever made to look silly around here i don t mind it really but it would be nice not to have to change clothes as soon as i waddle in my own front door share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in farm life snow day posted on december 24 2015 by sarah 2 share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in farm life honey carmels posted on december 21 2015 by sarah 3 surprisingly we still have honey from our august 2014 harvest just a tad under 1 4 gallon it certainly is not enough to give everyone a jar of honey for christmas but it is enough to make carmel candies i modified a friend s recipe for making carmel topping into this recipe that makes more solid carmels using none other than honey if you are livin the dream but livin it in the poor house this holiday season you have just enough time to make a batch of carmel candies to feed a small army or deserving family and friends plus some scraps to shove into your mouth while you re wrapping these beauties up honey carmel candies you need 2 cups honey 2 cups heavy cream 1 teaspoon salt directions line a 9 13 pan with parchment paper the bottom and sides should be lined making a full paper insert in a heavy sauce pan lightly simmer the cream and salt together be sure not to boil stir in honey and bring to a boil stir constantly with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula cook until the temperature has reached 250 f with a candy thermometer or 20 30 minutes when the carmel does not easily drip from the spoon think sludge when the carmel reaches 250 degrees remove from heat carefully pour carmel into parchment paper lined pan when carmel is nearly cool feel free to sprinkle it with sea salt or nuts allow to cool completely in the pan remove whole parchment paper to the cutting board when cool to cut into pieces it helps to lightly oil your knife between cuts so the carmel does not stick cut 4 2 strips of parchment paper to roll the carmel candies into trust me as cute as mini cupcake papers look carmel sticks to them like crazy roll up and twist the ends share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in bees recipes tagged candies candy caramel carmel handmade homemade honey winter is coming posted on december 6 2015 by sarah 1 a good inch of snow fell late last week oh you know just in time for holiday travel it s alright though the snow melted as just soon as the sun came up over the back hill we were able to get a little crunch under our boots walking out to the goat pen and cami built a small snowman that s about all you need share this share on facebook 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forceful thunder and lightning it could easily bust our fence and i d be screwed feeding a donkey wouldn t take much more than we are alrea dy set up for so that wasn t a real issue it s taking in a large animal with no time to prepare that gave me pause like someone handing you a candy bar when your mouth is already full uh i dwont tink i cawm hanmule tmat mright now i would have said yes if we had our new fence up and if i had the cash to go down and buy a horse blanket i guess this donkey had been out in our recent mega hail wind rain storms with nothing and was fine but it would give me piece of mind i had neither so i gave a reluctant no thanks to my candy bar alas no donkey this week it would have been incredibly fun though sigh someday i will be adequately prepared and then i will have my donkey share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in farm life moving on to happy things posted on november 14 2015 by sarah 3 it has been too long since i was last in the blog groove so i m going to show off our pumpkin harvest luckily when we were evacuated our pumpkins were mostly ripe when we returned the plants were long dead after the oppressing smoke and lack of water but a dozen or so beautifully orange pumpkins and deep green squash were ready to pick we have since made a couple batches of pumpkin soup recipe around the blog somewhere and a pan of pumpkin bars these beauties were seeds harvested from our climbing amish pie pumpkins planted at our sonora rental garden great tasting pumpkins for certain share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in farm life post navigation older posts sarah s little family of three lives in an old 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