Category Archives: Cloud 9 Ranch

Planning the Garden

Written by msteiner on February 3, 2012 — Leave a Comment

I’ve been planning our garden for this year. Yes, I know it should be done already. But you know how projects keep coming up? Well, I’ve had about 4 new projects going since my last post, and no telling how many before that! I’m to the point where I don’t even care if my kitchen [...]

Also posted in Operations | Tagged ,

Christmas Dinner

Written by msteiner on December 5, 2011 — 4 Comments

It’s that time again when we start planning our Christmas Dinner. Since we had ham for Thanksgiving, we will be doing a turkey for Christmas. Along with Cranberry Sauce, stuffing, sweet potatoes, cushaw bread, and pumpkin pie. Everything but the Cranberry Sauce and the stuffing will be made from scratch, including our turkey that Nathan [...]

Tagged ,

Hulling Black Walnuts

Written by msteiner on December 4, 2011 — Leave a Comment

If you will remember, I started talking about our Black Walnuts back in October, when we got our first harvest of nuts off the ground. Since then, we have laid them out in the driveway to break the outside hull off, and have been drying those out. We ended up with three carts of unhulled [...]

Also posted in Operations | Tagged , ,

Cushaw Pie Recipe

Written by msteiner on November 25, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Zac had his first Thanksgiving dinner here at the house yesterday. He is just starting to crawl, he should be going strong by next weekend, and I hope to get some video of him then to share with you all! He’s such a good little guy, his mom is pretty lucky. For his first Thanksgiving [...]

Also posted in Recipes From the Ranch | Tagged , ,

Recipe ~ Fresh Pumpkin Bread

Written by msteiner on November 14, 2011 — 4 Comments

It’s been a busy week here at the ranch last week, hence the silence. I ended up working last week, as the Holiday Seasons roll into our lives. John Deere, where I work during the winter months, has been giving their employees vacation time and thus running themselves short handed. Which is where we “temps” [...]

Related Posts with Thumbnails
Also posted in Recipes From the Ranch | Tagged , ,