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Thanksgiving at Briden Farm

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Thanksgiving Dinner 2021

Although, as expected, it’s going to take a few years before our Gardens are producing the way we’d like them, we do have lots to be thankful for this year. We have survived our first 14 months! It’s not all been easy, we have dealt with everything from sickness to pestilences. We’ve witnessed new births, dealt with deaths, and rejoiced in the living. 

This Thanksgiving our meal is a combination of the woodland pasture raised Berkshire pork that we raised. Vegetables given to us by a friend, pickles and preserves from both Grandma’s and from our Garden!

We’ve also had our own eggs, milk, cheese, butter, and apple sauce and fresh veggies, over the past months and even delicious farm raised chicken, duck, rabbit, and pork! 

We reflect at this time to give thanks not only for all the above, and each other, but for our families, friends, and friends who are family. So, we want to close by saying how special you all are to us and wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! 

Apple Time at Briden Farm

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Preserving Apples

Last year, when we first moved here, the deer had pretty much totally cleaned the apple trees! So, we weren’t sure if we had any decent apples or not. This year, with the activities from the gardens, the pigs, ducks, chickens, and goats, the deer have moved off a bit. So now we’re discovering we actually do have Apple Trees worth saving, and some of them have some pretty good apples. Thus we’ve been making things like Apple Sauce, Apple Jelly, Apple Butter, as well as freezing sliced apple to use in Apple Pies! It’s a great feeling to have your own fruits to make these treats that will be enjoyed all through the winter, especially on those cold days when something extra special always makes things seem a little bit warmer! 😉 

The Belles of Briden Farm

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The Belles of Briden Farm

It’s that time of year when all good Goat Herders put bells on their Goats! Don’t get me wrong, I am all in favour of hunting, wild game, and wouldn’t be insulted at all if someone brought me some! Having said that, there are those, not so apt, hunters who have the bad habit of shooting before they have a clear view of what they’re shooting at! Thus, once September rolls around, it’s time for our Belle’s to don their Bells! 

Pictured above are Eve, our 11 year old Saanen Doe. Nanna, and our new little girl, Stella. The later two are Nigerian Dwarf Goats.