Frozen Pizza
Baking is always a fun winter activity.
We love pizza and what is better then homemade crust, not much. We usually double our batches and freeze the extra pizza bases. On this night we tripled it, yep 6 pizza crusts. …
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Big day at the Shyre, pasta, bread and coyote!
Coyote Attack
And then there were 14….
Today we had our first lost of an “adult chicken”. We had a few not making it out of “chick-hood” and while it was sad, we would be too lucky to have not …
Kiwi Harvest
We were lucky enough to inherent an established old vine Kiwi. Kiwi however require 10 days below 40 degrees F to fully mature. Yes we may have waited a bit late but these are sweet ripe beauties.
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Welcome 2013
Welcome to the 2nd year of The Smithshyre Farm and Blog. Our first year was a success in that we learned a great deal about market gardening and raising poultry.
We are excited about 2013 we hope to continue to …
Harvest Day
Wednesday is Co-op day. We market our surpluses with the Fresh Food Revolution. On Wednesdays Roni and I get up extra early to harvest, wash and package our surplus. Early in the morning when the dew is fresh and …
Bean Pole Raising
Yesterday we raised some bean pole tepees. Roni made a few that were done in reverse with a large branched tree limb sticking up and spreading out. As we took care of this task, which seemed simple but wasn’t, I …
The final row of Tomatoes are in the ground!
For the first time we grew our tomatoes from seed. This has already been a rewarding process even before our first tomatoes appear. All six of our tomato varieties are heirlooms; Orange Banana, Hssiao (orange cherry), Amish, Stupice, Tomatillo, and …
Fresh Food Co-op
The best place to get our produce is at the Fresh Food Revolution.
This is a great local community based project. Join the Co-op and have access to dozens of local farms and local producers.…
