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Home Canned Apricots

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 / The High Plainslady / Leave a comment

This week I got 40lbs of apricots in addition to the 40lbs of cherries that mentioned in another post. I worked on canning them today. I almost always follow the Ball canning guidelines and did so this time with canning the apricots in light simple syrup and a water bath. I prefer not to add … Continue reading Home Canned Apricots

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Cupa Cupa Cupa Cobbler

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 / The High Plainslady / Leave a comment

If you've seen Steel Magnolia's (a thousand times) you know what I'm taking about. Yesterday I made cherry pie filling from 20lbs of cherries that I got for $1.75 a pound from a local farm. The farm doesn't grow them here in WY but they go get them in Utah. They are called Harmony Harvest … Continue reading Cupa Cupa Cupa Cobbler

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40lbs of Cherries

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 / The High Plainslady / Leave a comment

I got 40lbs of cherries this week for $1.75 a pound! So I spent about an hour and a half today pitting the first 20lbs and turning into pie filling. I thought I'd can it but I decided to go ahead and make turnovers, pies and a cobbler and can the other 20lbs plain. Today … Continue reading 40lbs of Cherries

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Quack Quack

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 / The High Plainslady / 2 Comments

Three weeks ago I got three 4 week old Cayuga/Pekin mix ducks. I have no idea if they are male or female so far. Our plan is to keep the females as laying ducks and butcher the males in the fall. It was pretty easy to prepare for them since we are using the old … Continue reading Quack Quack

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Baby Turkeys

June 25, 2018June 26, 2018 / The High Plainslady / Leave a comment

My friend and fellow homesteader, Kelly, raises turkeys, peacocks, chickens and ducks so when I learned she was hatching turkeys I definitely wanted some. I've visited her house and checked out her coops and thought the turkeys were cool plus I love turkey eggs and have always thought raising my own for Thanksgiving would be … Continue reading Baby Turkeys

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Apple Turnovers

June 24, 2018June 24, 2018 / The High Plainslady / Leave a comment

Back in the fall I ended up getting 80lbs of apples to can. I put up countless jars of jelly and plain apples and 8 quarts of apple pie filling. Today I used (almost) two quarts of the pie filling to make apple turnovers for my freezer....after we ate a couple of course! When I … Continue reading Apple Turnovers

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Chicken Math 15-1=17

June 24, 2018June 26, 2018 / The High Plainslady / Leave a comment

We got 15 Ameraucana chicks 6 weeks ago.  I went with Ameraucana because they are cold hardy, they lay colorful eggs and there is a good bit of variety in their feather coloring. I ordered them from Cackle Hatchery. I read up on several hatcheries and decided on Cackle because they had good reviews and … Continue reading Chicken Math 15-1=17

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I’m Back!

June 24, 2018June 24, 2018 / The High Plainslady / 5 Comments

I haven't written this blog in the last 8 months because I just got busy. I'm also not a very good writer and an even worse proofreader and despite my advanced degree and qualification to sit the for CPA exam, (which requires some...finesse...) I tend to write the way I talk. Y'all, I'm from L.A....lower … Continue reading I’m Back!

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PING All In A Day’s Work

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 / The High Plainslady / 2 Comments

Today I put up four half pints and a small jelly jar of apple  butter, six half pints and four small jelly jars of peach jelly and eight half pints and six small jelly jars of apple jelly. Hearing that PING when they seal is quite satisfying. I've had several people comment on how they … Continue reading PING All In A Day’s Work

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40lbs of Apples

October 2, 2017 / The High Plainslady / 5 Comments

Sunday I got 40 lbs of freshly picked Colorado gala apples from this guy in town that apparently cleaned house at a u pick it farm. I paid $50 which comes to $1.20 a pound which is a significantly less than the grocery store and of course much fresher. I'm not sure if the gala … Continue reading 40lbs of Apples

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