Category Archives: Birdsong Farm
Duck and Mushroom Gravy
When I am vending the farmer’s market, offering my Muscovy duck and rabbit meat for sale to local customers, I often spend half of my time explaining my favorite recipes and how best to prepare my meats. Both rabbit and … Continue reading
Filed under Birdsong Farm, Cast Iron, Cooking, Duck
How To Braid Garlic (Illustrated Step by Step)
You carefully planted your garlic last fall. You cared for it all spring: watching its water, fertilizing a few times, weeding the patch well. Sometime around July you harvested a bundle of gorgeous bulbs and dutifully hung or laid them … Continue reading
Filed under Birdsong Farm, Gardening, Handmade Holidays, Preserved Food
DIY Pasture Shade / AKA ‘No More Fried Ducklings’
Like much of the country/world, we have been dealing with increasing temperatures here at Birdsong Farm Oregon. Last year we lost a half dozen nests of Muscovy ducks due to the heat frying the eggs under our half barrel nests … Continue reading
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Planting Garlic – A Fall Favorite
Leaves are turning golden, days are bright yet shorter, and it’s time for one of my favorite chores in the garden: PLANTING GARLIC! I have blogged my ‘how to’s a few times on this blog and have several links to … Continue reading
Filed under Birdsong Farm, Farming, Gardening, Vegetables
