This post is a follow up from our first butchery attempts. We learned loads in that first year, and we’ve tried to learn from our mistakes, got better with our recipes and tried a few new things. The first thing we’ve done differently this year has been the timing. Last year it was still really warm in November when we…
Category: Butchery

Back to work after our bit of a break
Well we finally got some proper snow and some freezing temperatures which the dogs have loved but Fog hasn’t been to happy about and has abandoned his rat/mouse control duties to guard the pechka. We knew it was coming so were well stocked up on the essentials but neither of us appreciated how long it would last. We are used…

What to make with a whole pig
We butchered our first pig on Monday. It was a monumental task, and we learned loads during the whole process. This is our attempt to document what we set out to achieve, how that went and what we learned from it, so we can remember for the next time as it will be a whole year before we have to…