Processing the Meat

 {Pork}

After we got all the meat cut off the bone we ground most of it up and made it into sausage.

Mixing in the spices.

Getting ready to package it up!

Packing it.

We also rendered our own lard.

We ground up the fat and threw it into the roaster pan. Cooking it on low kept it from scalding.

Melting down.. 

After it's all melted down you strain out all the pieces.

And that's how you make beautiful, white, great tasting, lard. :)

 {Beef}

Micah borrowed the meat saw from his Dad. It makes great steaks, t-bones, roasts, etc...

Cutting the meat off the bone.

Packing it.

Lots of hands make light work. :)

Grinding hamburger...

Lots of yummy ground beef.

We are so thankful for all the good meat we got! :)

Babies on the Farm

Mom has been selling eggs to milk customers and can hardly keep up. We let some hens set on 4 batches of eggs. They all did great except for one hen only hatched out one chick. We picked up a dozen chicks at the feed store and she gladly claimed them as her own.

Jubilee adores them! :)

The baby calves are growing fat and strong on all that good milk! 

Some of them aren't so little any more. 

Jubilee was so excited when our cat had kittens. We would've had five, but Poppy thinks that kittens are no different then gophers, so we ended up with three. :/

Spring is always a fun time on the farm! :)