2016 Woot farms.

[Indacouch]

When my grandfather was still alive we always had ~50 head of cattle at the ranch and miles and miles of soybean. Good to grow up around that.

Same here my great grandfather came straight from the Azores ..bought a little dairy farm my dad and uncles worked it as kids ....then by the time I was a lil guy it had progressed from the dairy to beef cattle and now we have ranches all over nor/cal Central Valley to the foot hills ...still have cattle but we mainly farm our land now alfalfa/corn etc ....but yes great way to grow up and make a living ....we still have the original farm my great grandad bought/built It's our homebase and my grandparents still live in the old Victorian mansion they built over many years .....cool stuff

 

[Larry {the} Gardener]

I used to want to take on being a butcher when I was still in school I never did instead I was a slaughterman for 7 years before changing occupations for better money.But I love the whole thing about the local butcher shop the service the smells everything...your raising your own beef etc how awesome is that

I was a cattle farmer for most of my life. Ate so much beef in those days I'm kind of burned out on it now.

 

[Indacouch]

I used to want to take on being a butcher when I was still in school I never did instead I was a slaughterman for 7 years before changing occupations for better money.But I love the whole thing about the local butcher shop the service the smells everything...your raising your own beef etc how awesome is that

Yes I always have two here at the house foods free mostly except for certain grains because we farm ....and it's hard to eat store bought beef now for sure it's totally different

 

[ruby fruit]

I was a cattle farmer for most of my life. Ate so much beef in those days I'm kind of burned out on it now.

you would do jerky as well yeah?

 

[ruby fruit]

you would do jerky as well yeah?

@Indacouch

 

[Indacouch]

@Indacouch

Oh yeah having the cousins running the butcher shop we do all kinds of that .....personally I like my deer jerky the most and the smoked turkey's are unbelievable ....my cousins do all kinds of smoked meats and sausages as well

 

[Indacouch]

Sorry woot didn't mean to blab on your thread ....your delicious looking BBQ started it ...

 

[Larry {the} Gardener]

you would do jerky as well yeah?

I used to do it pretty often. I saw my dehydrators in the shed the other day. Haven't done it in a while. But we bought one of those double convection ovens that will dry stuff out. I need to see how it works with jerky.

 

[mwooten102]

Same here my great grandfather came straight from the Azores ..bought a little dairy farm my dad and uncles worked it as kids ....then by the time I was a lil guy it had progressed from the dairy to beef cattle and now we have ranches all over nor/cal Central Valley to the foot hills ...still have cattle but we mainly farm our land now alfalfa/corn etc ....but yes great way to grow up and make a living ....we still have the original farm my great grandad bought/built It's our homebase and my grandparents still live in the old Victorian mansion they built over many years .....cool stuff

From the Azores and bought a dairy? No... I don't believe it. Lol

 

[Indacouch]

That's what I was thinking as well. I sprayed with cal mag last night. Thanks

How much cal mag do you use for foliar and how often when there's a def like that ?

 

[mwooten102]

How much cal mag do you use for foliar and how often when there's a def like that ?

I gave 1tsp for 2 gallons of spray. I'll give Epsom next time I water as well.

 

[mwooten102]

I used to want to take on being a butcher when I was still in school I never did instead I was a slaughterman for 7 years before changing occupations for better money.But I love the whole thing about the local butcher shop the service the smells everything...your raising your own beef etc how awesome is that

The only thing I miss about living in the cuts is not being able to raise a pair of hogs every year. We'd fill 2 stand up freezers with one hog and half a beef with ease. Of all the things I miss the bacon the most

 

[mwooten102]

Greenhouse supplies will be here Monday. So I'll put her top on soon.

Herb is still going well.

 

[ruby fruit]

morning from here woot.....whats the best looking strain for yield at the moment looking like for you mate.Just curious

 

[mwooten102]

The blueberry OG from g13 looks too be the biggest this year. Though I do expect a large pull off the cherry pie as well as the headmaster sr

 

[mwooten102]

The hedge cracks me up.
This is the Treemans mix section.


And these are the birthday cakes.

 

[ruby fruit]

awesome looking hedge..

 

[Indacouch]

The hedge cracks me up.
This is the Treemans mix section.


And these are the birthday cakes.

Well happy birthday to you so far woot

 

[Larry {the} Gardener]

The only thing I miss about living in the cuts is not being able to raise a pair of hogs every year. We'd fill 2 stand up freezers with one hog and half a beef with ease. Of all the things I miss the bacon the most

My BIL raises two pigs at a time. The last two he named Link and Patty. Whole hog smoked sausage. Damn good.

One of the reasons he keeps them, other than the meat, is the smell. His plants are close to the hog pen, and they do a pretty good job of masking the flowers.

 

[Smidge34]

A couple of my friends and I butcher 2 or 3 every winter and make almost whole hog. I say almost because we keep the loins of course and we slow smoke the barely trimmed ribs to eat on the spot. We usually fry up a few patties on the spot but I like my fresh sausage to sit in fridge a few days to meld the spice flavors. I want to taste fresh sage and red pepper from my garden in every bite lol.