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:barnie Well, hubby and I just found out that his job is transferring him, and we're going to have to move a few hours south to central Arkansas. Not the end of the world I guess, but we've worked so hard to be as SS as possible here on our 20 acres in what we think of as paradise, in the area...

Hubby finally talked me into going to a couple of the local bow shops, and after getting measured and all that, walked out having ordered a 50 lb. PSE Chaos with all the bells and whistles. It should be in next week. i've wanted to try bow hunting (for deer and turkey) for a while now, and I'm...

I thought I'd give everyone who was interested an update on the lard making - in a nutshell, it was a success! The butcher ground the fat for me, so I was ahead there. I started out outdoors with my biggest dutch oven on the grill, put about 1/4" water in the bottom, and started heating it up...

We just had two pigs butchered, and for the first time I'm saving the fat to render into lard. The butcher has already ground it for me, too. From what I've gleaned from Grandma and the internet, it's pretty straight forward and simple. But I'm wondering, has anyone else rendered? Any nasty...