In Sulpher, OK...a town 18 miles to the North of us there is a Dog Trade Days every Sunday. It dates back to the late 1800's and is still going today. It is like a massive Flea Market that spans acres and acres. It was originally so farmers could trade their chickens, goats, livestock, pigs, hunting dogs, canned goods etc to get what they needed and get rid of what they didn't need.
We went this past Sunday and I got the stuff to make Salsa Verde to can for this winter. I had never made it before but I decided on a whim that it was getting done. I wanted to just do a small batch because I wasn't sure how it would come out.
OMG I am good....really good...at that!!! It is the next best thing to Chocolate. Oh it has a nice kick to it but it isn't one of those set you on fire kicks. I am kicking myself for not getting more stuff to make it with.
I ended up with 4 pints and 3 jars of 1/2 pints. I used one of the half pints as tasting so it went into the fridge. I WILL be making more. It is delicious.
After Dog Trade Days we went to pick up 8 Lakenveldor chicks. We have been wanting some but they are kinda hard to come by down here. This is what they should look like when they are older.
So now I have 25 White Leghorn Chicks and 8 Lakenveldor chicks.
The man that sold us both sets of baby chicks has this huge pear tree in his front yard. When we went to get the leghorn chicks I asked him about pears. He said to take all I wanted. So when we got the Lakenveldor chicks I took along a tote and got some pears, too. \
I canned pears on Sunday evening. I had a few pears....well a total of 55 pints. That was about 3/4 of one of those standard size storage totes like you get at Walmart. Now, I don't know what I am going to do with 55 pints of pears. Morgan is the only one who eats pears. So he is set for a long while. LOL
Of course, nothing goes to waste. The pigs will get the peels and cores..which there was a good amount of. I apologize for the blurriness of this photo. I am not real sure why it came out this way.
On Saturday, at the Farmers Market, we bought an Israeli Melon. I had no clue what it would taste like. The man said it was white meated and really sweet. I forgot to take a photo of the whole melon but the rind looked like this....
It tasted like a super sweet cantaloupe. These were organic so I saved the seeds to plant my own next year. :-)
I got a new toy on Thursday evening. It is a 1930's or so butter churn. So naturally I had to try it out.
So that was the weekend on the farm :-)
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
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