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the farmer. 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Merry Christmas 2018!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/winter-2019-jan-104.jpgwinter 2019 jan 104We make our hills on the prairie.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/winter-2019-jan-092.jpgwinter 2019 jan 092More snow removal.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/winter-2019-jan-071.jpgwinter 2019 jan 071We should fire up the pizza oven.............. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/winter-2019-jan-055.jpgwinter 2019 jan 055Chief wanders down to see the snow plow coming!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/winter-2019-jan-023.jpgwinter 2019 jan 023The weather doesn't bother our sheep all dressed in wool!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/winter-2019-jan-085.jpgwinter 2019 jan 085Barrel of bacon ready to be smoked.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/winter-2019-jan-087.jpgwinter 2019 jan 087While livestock are fed and yards plowed, Fred and Bella prepare the bacon for smoking. 2019-01-23T22:59:47+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/11/13/piglet-count-and-more/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7397.jpgIMG_7397Rest in peace Rowdy. We loved this loyal and faithful friend of people. I doubt there will ever be a dog so much loved. Missing him so much.....https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7768.jpgIMG_7768Young butcher hogs hanging out in the very cold air. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7758.jpgIMG_7758Aren't we just darling?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/hereforddddd.jpgherefordddddA very shy Hereford cross Berkshire boar.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7707.jpgIMG_7707Fred grinding feed at night.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7743.jpgIMG_7743Sheep eating their feed laced with a strong worming treatment.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7530.jpgIMG_7530Weanlings enjoying the sunshine!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7672.jpgIMG_7672Weanlings being curious!2018-11-27T01:27:32+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/11/26/lots-of-apples/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7409.jpgIMG_7409https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7404.jpgIMG_7404https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7367.jpgIMG_7367https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7372.jpgIMG_7372https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7334-2.jpgIMG_7334 (2)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7381.jpgIMG_7381https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7505.jpgIMG_7505https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7498.jpgIMG_7498https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7497.jpgIMG_7497https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_7490-2.jpgIMG_7490 (2)2018-12-21T14:29:41+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/10/25/happy-fall/2018-10-29T16:19:29+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/09/28/callens-farm-photos/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7329.jpgIMG_7329A sample of Mario's cider he has been pressing lately. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7325.jpgIMG_7325Some of our recently harvested garden produce.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7291.jpgIMG_7291https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7308.jpgIMG_7308https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7269.jpgIMG_7269https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7319.jpgIMG_7319https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7321.jpgIMG_7321https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_5925.jpgIMG_5925Our milk cow, Autumn.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/gilts-august-2018-003.jpggilts August 2018 003State fair apples!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/gilts-august-2018-051.jpggilts August 2018 051Filling the Jerseys water tank.2018-10-06T15:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/09/17/late-summer-farrowing/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7225.jpgIMG_7225https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7209.jpgIMG_7209https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7178.jpgIMG_7178https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7115.jpgIMG_7115https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7138.jpgIMG_7138https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7128.jpgIMG_7128https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_7147.jpgIMG_71472018-09-17T15:25:05+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/07/26/one-farm-day/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6439.jpgIMG_6439Farm morning breakfast created with love for my family. Organic Prairie sausage stuffed burritos. Great fuel for the day!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6295.jpgIMG_6295Too cute not to post. Probably saying a silent rosary.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6277.jpgIMG_6277Not sure if we have enough beans. Ha hahttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6359.jpgIMG_6359Time for chores, I'm hungry people.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6199.jpgIMG_6199Fred came home from work and he and Mario fixed a building the sows were pushing around.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6289.jpgStarted making Choke cherry jelly and syrup.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_62561.jpgIMG_6256Flowers watered and weeded.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6261.jpgIMG_6261Bottled the Choke cherry juice for the steamer.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6280.jpgIMG_6280The mozzarella was finished.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6263.jpgIMG_6263The wine was checked, mixed and fed! And.....later moved to the butcher shop.2018-08-06T18:46:32+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/07/14/hotdogs-sausage-and-jelly/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6122.jpgIMG_6122Garden fresh green beans.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6154-2.jpgIMG_6154 (2)Life is good with this man by my side!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6189.jpgIMG_6189Ground picking Apricots. Not too bad in the shade!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6127.jpgIMG_6127Apricot jelly!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6193.jpgIMG_6193Juicing the fresh apricots for making jelly.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6173.jpgIMG_6173Shake that tree girls! That's how we harvest Apricots.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6163.jpgIMG_6163Fresh picked apricots!! They are in the juicer as I type.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6140.jpgIMG_6140Raw hotdogs, not bad for Mario's first try. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6139-2.jpgIMG_6139 (2)Mario, Fred and Al begin making the hotdogs.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6141-21.jpgIMG_6141 (2)Reece and Vonnie grinding the meat which in this photo was partially frozen.2019-03-31T03:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/07/03/worming-sheep-and-lambs/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6061-2.jpgIMG_6061 (2)This grass was planted in the spring and the rain really made it grow in nicely.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6059-2.jpgIMG_6059 (2)Bumper crop of weeds which now have been cleaned up by the sheep!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6043-2.jpgIMG_6043 (2)Sheep are easier to handle than the pigs! https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6029-2.jpgIMG_6029 (2)We used the pig alley to worm the sheep.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6053-2.jpgIMG_6053 (2)After Mario helped move the sheep in the runway he went to put up gates.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6051-2.jpgIMG_6051 (2)A fairly gentle touch keeps the group calm.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6033.jpgIMG_6033Bella had the job of gate keeper, sheep pusher!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6031-2.jpgIMG_6031 (2)Silvana mixed up the wormer which smelled really good. The sheep don't appreciate the flavor!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_6047-2.jpgIMG_6047 (2)Maggie marks the sheep while Silvana and Marisa administer the wormer.2018-07-03T19:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/06/19/out-with-the-old/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6013.jpgIMG_6013Hog moving crew!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6019.jpgIMG_6019New face lift on an old porch!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6016.jpgIMG_6016In with the new! Moving hogs.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5903.jpgIMG_5903The old Cat is gone now as well. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/34032621_2136960636538893_3032444208888676352_n.jpg34032621_2136960636538893_3032444208888676352_nSweet grandchildren out in Montana. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5889.jpgIMG_5889The old John Deere is now working hard in South Dakota!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5882.jpgIMG_5882"Old Yeller" and Mario after having hauled manure all day!2018-07-14T16:03:49+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/05/24/farrowing-pigs-etc/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_57752.jpgIMG_5775Good American Lamb on God's Green Earth!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/asparagus-hunt.jpgFirst asparagus hunt of the year, Sunday fun!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/pizza-with-a-lot-of-cheese.jpgpizza with a lot of cheese!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/more-pizza.jpgmore pizzahttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/pizza-over-the-fire.jpgpizza over the firehttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5750.jpgIMG_5750https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_57751.jpgIMG_5775https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5775.jpgIMG_5775https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/32240303_151577069025057_1405184407282647040_n.jpg32240303_151577069025057_1405184407282647040_nMarisa feeding the sows and their 5 1/2 week old piglets.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5870.jpgIMG_5870Silvana fed these 8 and 9 week old piggies!2018-06-07T19:53:38+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/05/22/lambs-and-spring/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5533.jpgIMG_5533https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5614.jpgIMG_5614https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5603.jpgIMG_5603https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5556.jpgIMG_5556https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5675.jpgIMG_5675https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5727.jpgIMG_5727https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_57851.jpgIMG_5785https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5785.jpgIMG_5785https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5768.jpgIMG_57682018-06-05T00:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/02/24/to-market-to-market-to-buy-a-fat-hog/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5215.jpgIMG_5215https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5223.jpgIMG_5223https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5233.jpgIMG_5233https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5230.jpgIMG_5230https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5210.jpgIMG_5210https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5199.jpgIMG_5199https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5204.jpgIMG_5204https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_51641.jpgIMG_5164https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5164.jpgIMG_5164https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5176.jpgIMG_51762018-06-05T00:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2018/01/12/freezing-weather-babies/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4862.jpgMass at St. Leo, a full house again!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4888-2.jpgIMG_4888 (2)Christmas Day 2017.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4943.jpgThe pigs have to be loaded under bitter conditions as well. Can you see the red faces?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4949.jpgIMG_4949Rowdy was so cold his teeth were chattering loudly today and let him in the house!! Old faithful dog, loved so dearly.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4984.jpghttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5015.jpgWarm milk served to a very sweet calf. I know she really appreciates it!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5008.jpgIMG_5008Two baby calves live under and behind these bales in separate quarters. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4996.jpgIMG_4996Newborn heifer gets a nice warm bottle of colostrum. 2018-01-18T13:10:13+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/12/24/twas-the-night-before-christmas-by-mr-sheep/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lambs-sheared-079.jpglambs sheared 0792017-12-25T07:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/12/16/fall-farm-life-photos/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4359-2.jpgIMG_4359 (2)All ready for the ride!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4740.jpgIMG_4740Discussing different problems concerning feeder pigs.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4735.jpgIMG_4735Checking over the breeding pen.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4733.jpgIMG_4733We had a nice visit and great discussions with a from a group of professionals from The U of Minnesota. The topic of course was Organic Swine Production.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4723.jpgIMG_4723Chief should have known better than to try to keep up with a Dodge Truck!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4707.jpgIMG_4707Working off the turkey and pie on this mild Thanksgiving day.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4714-2.jpgIMG_4714 (2)A mild Thanksgiving Day came and went. My nieces visited and made it extra fun.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4679.jpgIMG_4679Beautiful Minnesota morning. A gift for those who wake early to work.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4674-2.jpgIMG_4674 (2)My favorite job, wrapping the meat. A two day job.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_4675.jpgIMG_4675Slow smoking sausage with Hickory chips. Smells so good.......2017-12-17T19:00:58+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/12/13/happy-advent/2017-12-16T13:43:27+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/10/27/you-and-me-going-fishing-in-the-dark/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4196.jpgIMG_4196Bless us Oh Lord for these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord. Amen! Dig in.....https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4198.jpgIMG_4198Who's hungry now?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4173.jpgIMG_4173Alan in his butcher shop cleaning the fish. He is also the same man who has been teaching us how to make sausage and process meat the correct way. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4166-2.jpgIMG_4166 (2)Alan and Bella cleaning fish.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4149-2.jpgIMG_4149 (2)On the road again...........https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4158-3.jpgIMG_4158 (3)All smiles after a wonderful day on the lake!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4060.jpgIMG_4060Lynda always in a happy mood even while having been confined to a wheel chair for many years!! She is a joy to be around! She makes it a point not to let life pass her by! For richer or poorer in sickness and in health.....an inspirational couple!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4111.jpgIMG_4111The view from my side of the boat! Good for the soul.......https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_40301.jpgIMG_4030Big Stone Lake, South Dakota side!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4090-2.jpgIMG_4090 (2)I caught the least fish but I'd argue that I had the BEST time ever!!!2017-10-29T12:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/10/05/tomatoes-kraut-taters-hogs-etc/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3860.jpgIMG_3860These piglets are from the recent group born on the Callens Farm. They are located in the new building.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3857.jpgIMG_3857Cleo with her piglets. Hopefully they will grow to be as luscious as their mamma!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3947-2.jpgIMG_3947 (2)Hogs gently loaded. Make HAM not War!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4015.jpgIMG_4015I've been cooking with mostly cast iron and loving it. Gone are most of my stainless pots and pans. I kept only a few.....so far. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3711.jpgIMG_3711Grape harvest came and went. Fred has some wine brewing in the butcher shop made from these Fontenac grapes.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3793.jpgIMG_3793Farrowing is officially over! Sweet little piglets snuggle on mamma sow. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3799.jpgIMG_3799Fred grinds around 6 to 8 ton of hog feed every week. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3930.jpgIMG_3930A beautiful load of hogs went out last week to market.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_3915.jpgIMG_3915A romantic Minnesota moon shining down on me!!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3765.jpgIMG_3765Straw covered potatoes dug up and now safely stored for the winter! It's safe to say, we won't starve.2017-10-06T04:03:48+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/09/25/liquid-gold/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3764.jpgIMG_3764Pure liquid gold! https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3743.jpgIMG_3743Silvana, Bella and Marisa extracted all of the honey!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3682.jpgIMG_3682https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3680.jpgIMG_3680No stings....happy girls!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3643.jpgIMG_3643Silvana and I sharing a funny comment!! Bees and I don't get along very well.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3652.jpgIMG_3652Very heavy honey super being transported to the jeep.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3649.jpgIMG_3649https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3648.jpgIMG_3648Silvana and Marisa bringing in the 2017 honey crop.2017-09-26T01:07:37+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/09/14/recreational-cooking/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3586.jpgIMG_3586Apple Pie compliments of Bella and Silvana. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3636.jpgIMG_3636https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3884.jpgIMG_3884Sparkling Taters, another of Kent Rollins recipes. I wasn't in love with this one but the family liked it. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3887.jpgIMG_3887A little Bread and James Taylor helps set a nice mood for outdoor cooking.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3879.jpgIMG_3879The rain didn't put a damper on our cooking fun!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3845.jpgIMG_3845The meal which also included Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce. Silvana baked that in the oven. Another one of Kent Rollins recipes.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3843.jpgIMG_3843These are the copy cat Pillsbury Grand Biscuit dough again. Just as good at the real thing.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3841.jpgIMG_3841Best baked beans in the entire world!! Even my mom would like these. Recipe from Kent Rollins A Taste of Cowboy Cookbook. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3840.jpgIMG_3840Dutch oven cooking, you might call it Recreational Cooking!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3847.jpgIMG_3847Whiskey sauce bread pudding close up. I don't think I've ever eaten bread pudding in my life but I have to admit this was delicious. 2017-09-14T15:25:45+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/09/13/21-days-second-building-finished/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3700.jpgIMG_3700Nothing but blue skies..............hammers and nails!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3955.jpgIMG_3955The finished project!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3812.jpgIMG_3812Fred had to try out the shed with the truck and trailer.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3927.jpgIMG_3927Mario and Fred digging in the wires needed for new shed.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3827.jpgIMG_3827Fred, Mario and Caleb working on the roof metal.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3694.jpgIMG_3694Caleb and Mario working on the shed. Guess they are not afraid of heights! Or it could be they don't like making Kraut or canning Salsa!!!2017-09-14T02:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/08/20/new-building/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3499.jpgIMG_3499https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3532.jpgIMG_3532https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3496.jpgIMG_3496https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3383.jpgIMG_3383https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3380.jpgIMG_3380https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3387.jpgIMG_3387https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3098.jpgIMG_3098https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3095.jpgIMG_3095https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3088.jpgIMG_3088https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_3111.jpgIMG_31112017-08-22T11:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/07/10/busy-life-on-the-farm/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3130.jpgIMG_3130https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/angelica-clayton-and-rolland.jpgAngelica Clayton and Rollandhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2734.jpgIMG_2734https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2790.jpgIMG_2790A new mother with her lambs.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2913.jpgIMG_2913Dirt work began mud and allhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2933.jpgIMG_2933Silvana, Sandra, Renae Duppong and Maggie getting ready to move the cattle in for tagging, branding and shots.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2757.jpgIMG_2757Replacing old fences.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2763.jpgIMG_276325 broilers fed totally organic thanks to Rick Fonders's excellent feed!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2777.jpgIMG_2777Ladies in waiting. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2599.jpgIMG_2599Loading hogs first then the fences were all removed and replaced.2017-07-16T17:08:43+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/03/01/bull/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p5310033.jpghttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1557.jpgimg_1557What time is lunch?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2452.jpgimg_2452https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2468.jpgimg_2468This bull is no longer needed.2017-03-02T05:04:20+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/02/16/blue-skies-and-bees/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_2341.jpgimg_2341These lovely sheep are scheduled for a "hair cut" on March 2! Aren't they lovely?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_2314.jpgimg_2314Blue skies over some of our "new" bulk bins. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_2308.jpgimg_2308The biddies are out taking a dust bath in the warm afternoon sunshine.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_2303.jpgimg_2303Some of the cattle are excited just before we moved them into the arena. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_2283.jpgimg_2283Great weather for grinding up feed for the livestock. From dreary muddy days to blue skies.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_2297.jpgimg_22972017-02-17T20:51:29+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2017/02/07/cold-damp-muddy-minnesota-farm/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0301.jpgimg_0301One good and faithful dog, Rowdy! He and Chief stay up most of the night scaring away the coyotes. A good dog is a blessing!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0413.jpgimg_0413Some of the hives next to the orchard and garden during a long winter.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0399.jpgimg_0399Despite the dreary weather these bred ewes and lambs (75) remain happy and with good appetite. They are due to start lambing April 1. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0354.jpgimg_0354Happy bred gilts stay warm and cozy snuggled up together in a warm bed of straw. They don't seem to care about the boars do they?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0343.jpgimg_0343Lonely boar missing the gilts. He tries to stay warm in the hut without the ladies!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0389.jpgimg_0389The farrowing huts are being used as calf huts for a couple of weeks. They are snug and the calves are doing great.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0325.jpgMario and Fred built 16 A Frame farrowing huts in the cold! Brrrrrhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0404.jpgimg_0404Our beautiful cherry tree, a casualty of harsh Minnesota winds! Still enjoying our frozen cherries.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0384.jpgA muddy and dreary day on the farm. 2017-02-07T16:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/12/26/organic-prairie-hogs-shipping-day/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_2015-3.jpgimg_2015-3From the farm yard to the church choir, time to sing! Merry Christmas at last.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1930.jpgimg_1930Iced roof but warm chickens within.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1926.jpgimg_1926Cold Minnesota makes life interesting.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1998.jpgimg_1998All loaded and ready to go to the plant in Iowa.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1940.jpgimg_1940Curious Jersey's enjoy the action!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1939.jpgimg_1939Fred, Bella and Mario getting gates ready.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1934.jpgimg_1934Marisa and Silvana working out in the cold.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1966.jpgimg_1966Sorting the largest hogs for market.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1967.jpgimg_1967Here's the bacon ready for shipping to Iowa!2016-12-26T23:59:31+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/12/15/hog-heaven/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0105.jpgimg_0105Here is the recipe. The only thing I added was dried elderberries. Using this on the family now to keep them flu free. Wish me luck. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0104.jpgimg_0104Fire Cider is a winter tonic. I made my first batch and it is wicked!!! Thank you Kay for the recipe. I brewed it for a month.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0278.jpgimg_0278Okay lets get this straight. We did the hog, steer and then the roosters all in one day. All went well until the deep freeze hit that night. I mean deep, deep freeze. We lived through it and I am packing the new bacon this evening.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0274.jpgimg_0274Feathers be gone!!! Note how they are dressed....so cold.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0268.jpgimg_0268And then there's the chickens! We picked one of the coldest days last week to put the roosters in the freezer! Looking back tonight I realize that was a heat wave!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0238.jpgimg_0238This ham tastes as good as it looks! Thank you Alan Ferber for sharing your trade secrets with us!!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0198.jpgimg_0198When we're done with the sausage we'll feast on this Christmas Ham.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0192.jpgimg_0192Okay so you don't like Polish sausage? Can I tempt you with our own Summer Sausage? How does 150 pounds sound?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0189.jpgimg_0189Oh baby! Home made polish sausage from our own pork! Smoked by my very handsome husband!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0194.jpgimg_0194Anyone working up an appetite yet? You see a hog and I see Polish Sausage.2016-12-17T19:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/10/27/bees/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0880.jpgimg_0880Silvana and Marisahttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0877.jpgimg_0877Silvanahttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0882.jpgimg_0882Marisahttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0831.jpgimg_0831https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0828.jpgimg_0828https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0833.jpgimg_08332016-10-27T19:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/10/15/piggy-heaven/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1548.jpgimg_1548https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1516.jpgimg_1516Getting ready for shipping on a rainy day.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1506.jpgimg_1506Marking the big ones for shipping.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1563.jpgimg_1563Happy piggies on the Callens Farm.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1562.jpgimg_1562https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1560.jpgimg_1560https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1565.jpgimg_15652016-12-17T13:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/07/23/certified-organic/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_8407.jpgIMG_8407Are you my mother?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0544.jpgIMG_0544Silvana, Bella and Marisa, Organic Hog farmers!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0052-2.jpgIMG_0052 (2)It is official; we are certified organic for the hogs!!!2016-07-24T17:35:23+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/07/20/two-became-one/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0380.jpgIMG_0380Go in peace to love and to serve the Lord!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_20160521_115447053-2.jpgIMG_20160521_115447053 (2)A kiss for luck.....one for the road!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_20160521_144436329-2.jpgIMG_20160521_144436329 (2)As we were on May 21, 2016 Happy wedding day!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0730.jpgIMG_0730Outdoor dance floor right next to the church hall. Clayton and his beautiful bride, Angelica!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0735.jpgIMG_0735Clayton and Angelica during the second dance. Portable dance floor right outside of the church hall. So much fun!!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0582-2.jpgIMG_0582 (2)Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Callens May 21, 20162016-07-24T02:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/05/18/new-smoke-house-upcoming-barn-dance/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_9473.jpgIMG_9473Planting the peach trees earlier this spring.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_9423.jpgIMG_9423My shepherd husband Fred with a bottle lamb.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_9509.jpgIMG_9509Our meat birds came in several weeks ago and are doing well.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_9579.jpgIMG_9579Marisa trying out the new Hobart Meat Tenderizer with Alan talking her through it all.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_9585.jpgIMG_9585Alan Ferber and my handsome husband Fred.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_9633.jpgIMG_9633Love this photo of Chief and the grandchildren. They were out stirring up dust while we set up.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_9656.jpgIMG_9656Let there be light!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_9619.jpgIMG_9619Getting ready for the barn dance, planning ahead.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_9907.jpgIMG_990772 bottles of Apricot Blush ready for the wedding. Come to the Barn Dance to sample what is left!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_9894-2.jpgIMG_9894 (2)Packing the sausage with ease.2016-05-23T11:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/04/27/wedding-pork/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_8955.jpgIMG_8955Prime Rib Roast tied and ready.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_9012.jpgIMG_9012Lynda, Alan's wife comes along sometimes to add her cheerful smile and advice.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_8966.jpgIMG_8966Alan Ferber teaches his eager students when we processed a cow recently. He's fun and amazing.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_9544.jpgIMG_9544This is how the next generation learns where farm fresh food comes from and how to get it ready to eat!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_9556.jpgIMG_9556Two hogs are cut and being prepared for Clayton and Angelica's wedding.2016-05-17T21:58:49+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/03/28/good-friday-tradition/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_9307.jpgIMG_9307Bella, Marisa, Angelica, Jessica Kruse, Frenchy and Maggie on Easter Sunday enjoying life!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_9263.jpgIMG_9263Fred and Mario planting a few rows of potatoes to keep our tradition alive.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_9260.jpgIMG_9260A mix of our own seed saved from 2015.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_9261.jpgIMG_9261A little snow only on the north side of the garage.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_9250.jpgIMG_9250Digging and planting.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_9248.jpgIMG_9248The tilled land ready for the potato seeds.2016-03-30T15:10:26+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/03/19/sheep-shearing-on-the-callens-farm/2016-03-19T14:42:09+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/03/03/winter-on-the-farm/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_88041.jpgIMG_8804Bella turned 14; she's an angel.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_8703.jpgIMG_8703Can you find nine little piglets? https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_8804.jpgIMG_8804Bella turned 14 years old. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_8787.jpgIMG_8787These supply us with yummy RAW milk. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_8735.jpgIMG_8735Beautiful Organic corn for the pig operation. From Carmen Fernholz farm.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_8730.jpgIMG_8730Straw and hay for the livestock.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7921-3.jpgIMG_7921 (3)Sandra and Maggie, crazy and crazier......they say the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. Yikeshttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8273-2.jpgIMG_8273 (2)Best husband ever hands down and Frenchy enjoying a Sunday afternoon.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8302.jpgIMG_8302Wild game of Fox and Goose on the ice. Dangerous for those of us over 50!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_8271.jpgIMG_8271Caleb enjoying a Sunday on the frozen pond.2016-03-03T04:02:59+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/01/26/new-meat-grinder/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7971.jpgIMG_7971This was our first test of the grinder before Fred built the safety tray.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7964.jpgIMG_7964An eager student!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7973.jpgIMG_7973More instruction.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7946.jpgIMG_7946Allen explaining his methods to his students!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7975.jpgIMG_7975Our new meat scale for precision seasoning measurements. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7981.jpgIMG_7981This unit is mobile and low enough not to be a back breaker.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7985.jpgIMG_7985Front view of old military Sanitary meat grinder. This baby is one of a kind!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7984.jpgIMG_7984Stainless steel meat tray.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7965.jpgIMG_7965Sanitary Meat Grinder.2016-01-28T14:42:41+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2016/01/07/winter-video-the-callens-farm/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_7991.jpg2016-01-08T05:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/12/16/let-it-snow/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_6945.jpgIMG_6945A happy reunion! Fred, Silvana, Marisa and Frenchy out in Wyoming.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_6909.jpgIMG_6909Elk hanging out on the side of the road.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7621.jpgIMG_7621Fred was smoking the bacon late into the night after a long busy day on the farm. To him it is fun!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7676.jpgIMG_7676Decking the walls with bells.............https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7672.jpgIMG_7672Pop corn on a winter porch.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7643.jpgIMG_7643Angelica, deep in concentration at her Senior recital. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7656.jpgIMG_7656Ginger bread cookies will taste delicious with a good cup of coffee or cocoa.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7659.jpgIMG_7659Christmas baking, stuffed donuts. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7633-2.jpgIMG_7633 (2)Fred smoked 50 pounds of bacon using apple wood.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7667.jpgIMG_7667Wishing this snow would last until Christmas.2015-12-20T12:35:36+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/11/24/sausage-making-time/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/photo-1.jpgphoto 1Frenchy got a nice buck which is now part of a very tasty sausage recipe. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_6757-3.jpgIMG_6757 (3)Me and all of my grand children. Missing Jessi and her family very much!!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_6826.jpgIMG_6826Popcorn graces our front porch. Yummy!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7149.jpgIMG_7149Carrots fresh from the garden in November.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7235.jpgIMG_7235Sausage ready for the smoker. Isn't it lovely?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7184.jpgIMG_7184Maggie was so gracious to stay in the kitchen preparing a yummy meal of biscuits and sausage gravy with Apple Dapple cake. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7214.jpgIMG_7214Apple wood smoke makes for a delicious aroma. Got smoke??https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7213.jpgIMG_7213Farm yard setting adds to the beauty of it all!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7211.jpgIMG_7211Fred and Alan carrying out a load of sausages to be cooked in the smoker.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7208.jpgIMG_7208Silvana and Marisa stuffing sausages. On top hanging are some of the smoked sausages.2015-12-17T01:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/10/25/honey-harvest/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6683.jpgIMG_6683These are from Western Nebraska on our way to the Cheyenne Rodeo. Helps make the memories sweet for me!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6673.jpgIMG_6673Josie June and Kallie Jo helping me shine up my rocks. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6511.jpgInsert Fall fun between long work days.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6315.jpgBeautiful hay to be turned into meat and milk.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6313.jpgPotatoes to be served at least three times a day!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6618.jpgPopcorn crop 2015https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4445.jpgIMG_4445https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4418.jpgIMG_4418Beautiful, light honey being extracted 60 frames at a time!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4390.jpgIMG_4390Here Silvana is placing a full frame of honey onto the uncapping machine.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4383.jpgIMG_4383Marisa is seen removing any wax caps that may have been missed by the machine.2015-11-28T11:48:50+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/08/27/callens-farm-producing-and-consuming/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_4987.jpgIMG_4987Great crop of early tomatoes. We eat this salad at least one meal a day. Tomatoes, sweet onions, sweet basil, salt, garlic, garlic and more garlic, drizzle with olive oil. YUM Some like cucumbers or green peppers in this as well.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_4967.jpgIMG_4967Mario, age 10, had this job.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_5033.jpgIMG_5033Marisa and Fred harvesting grapes. They filled 4 five gallon pails which I started juicing. We will be harvesting more tomorrow and I am juicing them down.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_4812.jpgIMG_4812I turned 54 years old!! This is Kallie and I. Thankful for life ;)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3229.jpgIMG_3229No you can't eat these ;) This is a tray of rocks that Bella bought home from Wyoming for me. I am a rock hound on my spare time.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3246.jpgIMG_3246Zucchini pizza. Wow this is really good.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3362.jpgIMG_3362Zucchini every single day. YUMhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3361.jpgIMG_3361Never enough zucchini. I have four plants and we eat this Zucchini almost daily. With my own mozz. cheese.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3400.jpgIMG_3400Sweet Italian Basil! We have harvested this 5 times so far. This is a must in my kitchen.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3368.jpgIMG_3368The back garden 4 weeks ago. Pop corn on the left, sweet corn on the right. 2015-08-28T02:23:39+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/08/07/organic-chickens-and-another-barn-dance/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_4663.jpgIMG_4663https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3035.jpgIMG_3035Not too much to clean up. A job well done....until next year!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3034.jpgIMG_3034Packaged, weighed and hauled to the freezer. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3033.jpgIMG_3033Draining the chickens before packaging.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3008.jpgIMG_3008Chilling the birds in icy cold water.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3316.jpgIMG_3316Me having fun with my kids. I like this job best.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3021.jpgIMG_3021Marisa also ran the new chicken plucker Caleb put together. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3331.jpgIMG_3331Fred built this chicken butchering hot water dipper from an old water heater and it worked great! Marisa did the dipping.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3319.jpgIMG_3319Caleb handles the worst part of chicken butchering for us! We borrowed this unit from the Fonders.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3018.jpgIMG_3018Silvana, Maggie, Mario and Bella...You do not work......you do not eat!!2015-08-11T21:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/07/15/queens-and-engagement-announcement/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3192-2.jpgIMG_3192 (2)Clayton Callens and Angelica Ostry engaged July 10th, 2015. Life is good by golly...this is proof!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3128.jpgIMG_3128Adding a caged queen cell to a colony without a queen.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3113.jpgIMG_3113The girls were out caging the queen cells.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3172.jpgIMG_3172A queen cage with an empty queen cell which one of the new queens emerged.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3145.jpgIMG_3145Virgin Queens still a bit small, Nicot Method.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3148.jpgIMG_3148Another new Queen.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3140.jpgIMG_3140New Queen Bee!2015-07-17T12:14:07+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/07/07/bumper-crop-of-cherries/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3058.jpgIMG_3058Fruit from the tree, work of human hands.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3051.jpgIMG_3051Cherry trees ready to pick.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3059.jpgBeautiful crop of pie cherries!2015-07-17T12:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/06/02/barn-dance-friday-june-5/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1503.jpgIMG_1503Almost.........finished but not quite!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1511.jpgIMG_1511Maggie's masterpiece!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1486.jpgIMG_1486Flowers from the road ditches to the vase!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1243.jpgIMG_1243And then there was light! New this year.2015-06-02T17:00:45+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/05/18/feed-my-sheep-feed-my-lambs/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9976.jpgIMG_9976Are You My Mother?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0814.jpgIMG_0814Ewes and lambs being moved to their second grazing paddock.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0198.jpgIMG_0198Happy lambs playing in the evening.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0185.jpgIMG_0185Isabella Angel is an exceptional mother :)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0203.jpgIMG_0203Healthy crop of lambs enjoying the evening air.2015-05-18T23:24:25+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/05/01/spring-chicks-and-lambs-prove-it/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9893.jpgIMG_9893https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9887.jpgIMG_9887https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9888.jpgIMG_9888https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9896.jpgIMG_9896Baby chick housing where the lights went out!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_9879.jpgIMG_98792015-05-01T17:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/03/31/ice-fishing-in-minnesota/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9256.jpgDon cooking up a storm of very yummy fish. Thank you so much......https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9250.jpgIMG_9250Angela and Don cooking up fish fried onions, mushrooms and cauliflower. Delicious!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9150.jpgThe view on the way out only no Don to follow. They stayed later to fish. I followed the tracks of the other fisherman.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9144.jpgAlmost time for chores. The sun tells us so!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9123.jpgBella Angel on ice!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9094.jpgBeautiful, clean, fresh, cold out house view.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9090.jpgTime for naps; anyone awake yet?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9075.jpgGrilling and chilling....waiting too.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9061.jpgHome-made Elderberry wine on ice. A very warming wine!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9059.jpgMeatballs with plenty of hot sauce to warm up a body on ice!2015-04-07T19:44:24+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/03/19/bees-in-march/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9171.jpgIMG_9171https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9214.jpgIMG_9214https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9210.jpgIMG_9210https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9209.jpgIMG_9209https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9202.jpgIMG_9202https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9199.jpgIMG_9199https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9206.jpgIMG_9206https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9191.jpgIMG_9191https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9181.jpgIMG_9181https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9205.jpgIMG_92052015-04-07T19:51:50+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/03/03/our-son-clayton-shears-72-ewes/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8779.jpgIMG_8779This cat sat watching with her tongue out the entire time. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8723.jpgIMG_8723Nice method of shearing. There's a pattern to this shearing every time.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8688.jpgIMG_8688Clayton's job was catching for Clayton. Fred hand packed the darker type wool. That kind of wool brings less money.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8683.jpgIMG_8683Mario is in charge of packing the wool. He does a great job!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8680.jpgIMG_8680A beautiful birthday suit for this bred ewe, due to start lambing around April 6!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8671.jpgIMG_8671Nice clean job of shearing.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8804.jpgIMG_8804Close up of the action.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_8782.jpgIMG_8782Clayton shearing while Mario wait for the wool!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8761.jpgIMG_87612015-03-06T14:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/02/19/its-a-girl/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8559-3.jpgIMG_8559 (3)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8564.jpgIMG_8564https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8554.jpgIMG_85542015-02-22T13:27:24+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/02/24/vanilla-ice-cream/2015-02-19T14:07:20+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/02/09/winter-down-on-the-farm/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8150.jpgIMG_8150Summer sausage in the oven before Fred built the smoker.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7901.jpgIMG_7901This hog is now bacon, hotdogs and summer sausage. I didn't get any plain sausage......some chops and roasts.....We took advantage of a few warmer days.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7909.jpgIMG_7909Well cared for hogs. For livestock they have a good life too on the farm.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8232.jpgIMG_8232Fred built this new meat smoker for our bacon, hams, summer sausage and hotdogs. He makes something out of junk!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8239.jpgIMG_8239Bella with our three goats. There were two more that have been sold.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8244.jpgIMG_8244Content cat in a cozy barn. A good life for cats too!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8245.jpgIMG_8245Bella loves her goats and is very gentle with animals.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8243.jpgIMG_8243Silvana and Marisa giving some gentle therapy to the calf.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_82131.jpgIMG_8213https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_8213.jpgIMG_8213Niman Ranch pork for sale locals !!2015-02-09T16:23:02+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2015/01/19/merry-christmas/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7578.jpgIMG_7578Jessica, Shawn, Luke, Anya, Maura and Cael Dougherty. A South Dakota Christmas!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7443-2.jpgIMG_7443 (2)Francesca, Josie, Kallie Jo, Peter and Blasé Ryland at the manger scene in St. Leo.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7444-2.jpgIMG_7444 (2)Francesca, Josie, Kallie Jo, Peter and Blasé Ryland in front of the manger scene at St. Leo.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7568-3.jpgIMG_7568 (3)Fred and Sandrahttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7454-2.jpgIMG_7454 (2)Caleb, Silvana, Marisa Magdalene, Clayton, Mario and Isabella Angel on Christmas Eve after mass.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7432.jpgIMG_7432Full beautiful Mass at St. Leo's 4:00 P.M. mass. Caleb was happy to serve!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7450-5.jpgIMG_7450 (5)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7450.jpgIMG_74502015-01-21T13:56:37+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/12/10/thanksgiving-and-food/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_7305.jpgIMG_7305Grilling Pizza during cold weather. Check out the Temperature!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_7247-2.jpgIMG_7247 (2)Happy Thanksgiving....blast from the past. Before I married Fred !https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dscf4893.jpgDSCF4893Focaccia...white pizza grilled with our own cheese! Oh Boy........https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dscf5633.jpgDSCF5633Homemade bread with my own mozzarella grilled to perfection. YUMhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_7034.jpgIMG_7034Caleb had a pretty good trapping year. Chief and Rowdy looking so cute!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0271.jpgIMG_0271The making of a good eggplant parmesan. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0267.jpgIMG_0267These eggplants were fried and frozen to be enjoyed all winter.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0415.jpgIMG_0415This Quiche was delicious. Eggs, onions, milk, cheese etc. Wow!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_7207.jpgIMG_7207Potato and Yam bake before it is cooked!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_7221.jpgIMG_7221Cranberry Scones make for a nice 3:00 snack for my hungry crew! 2014-12-16T02:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/12/03/a-trip-to-the-country/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_7108.jpgIMG_7108Isabella Angel Callens.2014-12-05T20:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/11/19/piggies-in-a-basement/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_7077.jpgIMG_7077https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_7055.jpgIMG_7055https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_7086.jpgIMG_7086https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_7067.jpgIMG_7067https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_7024.jpgIMG_7024https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_7038.jpgIMG_7038https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_7049.jpgIMG_7049https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_7051.jpgIMG_70512014-11-20T17:58:26+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/11/07/potato-stuffed-burritos/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_6969.jpgIMG_6969https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_6959.jpgIMG_6959https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_6965.jpgIMG_6965https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_6963.jpgIMG_69632014-11-19T23:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/10/24/photos/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf8003.jpgDSCF8003https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0310.jpgIMG_0310https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0298.jpgIMG_0298https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0002.jpgIMG_0002https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0017.jpgIMG_0017https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0018.jpgIMG_0018https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0008.jpgIMG_0008https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0024.jpgIMG_0024https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0346-6.jpgIMG_0346 (6)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf8173-2.jpgDSCF8173 (2)2014-11-20T01:27:09+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/09/25/americanvelveeta-cheese/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf5421.jpgDSCF5421One of my batches of cheese as it is starting to melt and bubble. The red liquid is hot sauce for this particular batch.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf5423.jpgDSCF5423Mixing the cheese in a pan.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf5420.jpgDSCF5420After the citric acid is added stir until you get all the curds separated. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf7170-2.jpgDSCF7170 (2)Blasé and Kallie Jo were around to help mess up my kitchen....and test the cheese out too!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf7170.jpgDSCF7170Blasé and Kallie Jo ready to test the cheese out!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf7163-2.jpgDSCF7163 (2)This cheese is amazing! American ~ Valveeta melts wonderfully too.2014-09-25T19:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/09/20/nonna-is-here/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf7962.jpgDSCF7962https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf7939.jpgDSCF7939https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf7972.jpgDSCF7972https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf7947.jpgDSCF7947https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf7956.jpgdoughhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf7901-2.jpgNonnaBest mom in the world...my mom!!!!!2014-09-21T15:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/08/10/the-first-honey-run-2014/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf6933-2.jpgDSCF6933 (2)Loading the 12 gauge just in case the Badger shows up.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf6978.jpgDSCF6978This is a bee escape board which is placed right below the supers we plan on removing 24 hours before we harvest. This allows the bees to travel down but not come back up into the honey super. Most of the bees are out making it much easier.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf6962.jpgDSCF6962Checking the super to make certain all the honey bees are gone.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf6927-2.jpgDSCF6927 (2)Decapper and 60 frame extractor in the background. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf7127.jpgDSCF7127The honey gate is opened and the raw honey is filtered.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf7116-2.jpgDSCF7116 (2)Raw, unfiltered honey enters a holding tank.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf7111-3.jpgDSCF7111 (3)Beautiful honey being extracted. Light and delicious!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf7101.jpgDSCF710160 Frames are loaded into the extractor.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf7090.jpgDSCF7090The frame comes out the opposite site with the caps removed.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf7082.jpgDSCF7082The frame of honey enters the machine.2014-08-11T13:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/07/30/hops/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6940.jpgDSCF6940The honey harvest crew, 2014 Maggie, Marisa and Silvanahttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6842.jpgDSCF6842https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6837.jpgDSCF6837Hops crop 2014.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6895.jpgDSCF6895https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6843.jpgDSCF6843Rows of hops soon to be turned into beer.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6841.jpgDSCF6841Hops vine looks like something in Jack in the Beanstalk!2014-07-31T10:18:13+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/07/28/we-have-two-new-grandchildren/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6501-6.jpgDSCF6501 (6)Francesca and Josie at the party.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6386.jpgDSCF6386Baptism at St. Leo with Andrew, Frenchy, Peter and Josie.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6360.jpgDSCF6360Josie June Ryland just before her baptism.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/josie.jpgJosieJosie June Rylandhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/happy-b-day.jpgLittle Shawn Dougherty just several hours old!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6802-2.jpgDSCF6802 (2)Cael is very happy to finally have a little brother!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6375.jpgDSCF6375Josie June Ryland baptized at St. Leo.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6405-5.jpgDSCF6405 (5)Francesca, Josie and Peter.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6501-4.jpgDSCF6501 (4)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf6787-2.jpgDSCF6787 (2)Luke with his newborn baby boy. Life doesn't get much better than this !2014-08-04T00:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/07/10/barn-dance-tomorrow-night-july-11-2014/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf5911.jpgDSCF5911Pot luck snacks I am working on.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/josie-barndance-014.jpgjosie barndance 014Evening practice on the hay rack!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf5955.jpgDSCF5955Almost ready for the dance. Need to empty out the extra junk and use the shop vac. 2014-07-11T04:47:06+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/05/22/moving-bee-hives/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4791.jpgDSCF4791https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4874.jpgDSCF4874A couple more hives to load and we ask God to bless the bees and away we go.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4829.jpgDSCF4829Sheep would rather eat then observe the late day activity!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4823.jpgDSCF4823Marisa and Maggie plugging the holes with grass so that the bees would not escape while being moved.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4801.jpgDSCF4801Fred Moving Hives The End Of The Day!2014-06-17T02:09:19+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/05/26/a-few-photos/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4719.jpgDSCF4719Is this pork or beef? Take a guess. Pork the other red meat!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4892.jpgDSCF4892Pizza on the grill...fast food at it's best.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4985.jpgDSCF4985Hobart meat and cheese slicer...thanks to Gina who saw this at a garage sale. It works terrific!!!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4999.jpgDSCF4999Spring gardens and kitty on the post!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf5016.jpgDSCF5016Two goats born last night on Jess and Luke's 6th Wedding Anniversary! Happy Anniversary to a great couple. I think we are naming them after Jess and Luke too!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf5010.jpgDSCF5010Isn't this little jersey calf a real cutie? We have 4 babies and Maggie is in charge of feeding them warm milk fresh from the cow.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf5025.jpgDSCF5025One set of our bee hives out near the hops yard with Peter and Frenchy's place in background. More beautiful blossoms!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4982.jpgDSCF4982I love this front yard view. God is good to us and Life is beautiful!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4783.jpgDSCF4783https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4788.jpgDSCF4788A sample of the bread made recently.2014-05-27T20:49:10+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/04/30/make-parmesan-cheese-at-home/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf45451.jpgDSCF4545The ground cheese is poured on to a cookie tray to dry out for about a week. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf45501.jpgThis is how the cheese looks on the tray to be dried. You can lay paper towels on top lightly.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf4419.jpgDSCF4419https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf4413.jpgDSCF4413https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf4411.jpgMy CheeseThis is the cheese I made inside of a used container from the store!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf4404.jpgThis is the cheese after it is ground up in the processor. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf43261.jpgDSCF43262014-05-22T04:03:00+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/04/24/cookie-an-important-position-on-a-farm/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/breakfast-003.jpgSteak for breakfast, right next to my morning coffee. This is living........https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/blind-steer-040.jpgBlind Steer 040Lemon Ice Cream. A treat here and there never killed anybody right? No treats during Lent except for Sundays!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/blind-steer-038.jpgBlind Steer 038This is a delicious Hot Pepperoni Pizza Dip. This was made by Maggie and Frenchy for a pre-Lent gathering. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1400-pound-steer-065.jpg1400 pound steer 065One of our fat/oil sources on the farm. This happens to be Beef Tallow from the beef processed recently. That steer was almost a year and a half old. Tallow even makes great pie crust and also great for deep frying etc. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1400-pound-steer-003.jpg1400 pound steer 003Steak is on the menu lately. That's my Fred who just finished cutting these steaks! I love him!!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/butchering-beef-015.jpgButchering Beef 015Pre cooked frozen blocks of hash browns made from potatoes that were sprouting. Fry up and serve.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cooking-061.jpgcooking 061Stromboli! Dough, onions, pepperoni or sausage, garlic, olive oil, oregano......bake and devour! Dip in marinara sauce.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/clayton-luke-shear-2014-027.jpgClayton Luke shear 2014 027We put up as much asparagus as possible. We need our greens! Butter, garlic, black pepper and seasalt. Fry down till thickend. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1400-pound-steer-095.jpg1400 pound steer 095Unlimited supply of our own Mozzarella and Cheddar cheese. I make 4 gallon batches, grind and freeze for pizza and hot dishes.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/farm-food-14-053.jpgfarm food 14 053Fred's wine, Elderberry/grapes all from our farm. For the soul..........and digestion:)2014-06-11T12:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/03/29/luke-dougherty-and-clayton-callens-our-shearing-team/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/farm-food-14-047.jpgBagged wool, ready for sale.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/clayty.jpgclaytyClayton in his horse barn.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/farm-food-14-039.jpgfarm food 14 039Lukes truck......ready to unload some wool.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/clayton-luke-shear-2014-038.jpgClayton Luke shear 2014 038Lovely ladies minus a fine layer of wool.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/clayton-luke-shear-2014-058.jpgClayton Luke shear 2014 058Silvana and Caleb helped catch the sheep and pick up the wool.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/clayton-luke-shear-2014-090.jpgClayton Luke shear 2014 090Fred and Mario packed the wool.2014-04-02T01:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/03/23/29-years-of-marriage-wow-amazing/2014-04-02T01:20:28+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/02/26/milk-goats/2014-05-22T04:02:21+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/farm-kitchen/2019-03-31T02:45:21+00:00weekly0.6https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/02/17/life-in-the-winter/2014-04-25T22:35:56+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2014/02/10/horse-manure-heat-and-hot-water/2014-02-13T14:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/12/29/a-callens-family-christmas/2014-01-02T15:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/12/18/honey-farm-yogurt/2014-05-22T04:01:19+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/12/01/happy-thanksgiving/2013-12-28T15:18:29+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/10/14/sunday-fun/2013-11-01T18:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/10/07/time-flies-by/2013-11-14T21:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/09/09/busy-as-our-bees/2013-09-11T23:39:18+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/08/11/why-do-we-farm/2013-08-30T13:54:40+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/07/31/whats-cooking-on-the-farm/2013-08-09T14:33:03+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2010/12/31/callens-family-honey-farm/2015-12-17T01:55:06+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/07/16/back-home-again/2013-07-30T11:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/06/26/june/2013-07-30T11:02:10+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/05/28/our-last-first-holy-communion-mario/2013-05-31T12:31:21+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/05/18/the-grass-is-always-greener-in-the-next-paddock/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hops-mothersday13-008.jpgFred enjoying his one day off, Sunday!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hops-mothersday13-064.jpgThe CAT makes life a bit easier and saves on backs and hands!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hops-mothersday13-061.jpgThe road entrance took two cattle panels to form a portable gate.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hops-mothersday13-059.jpgThe girls getting the fence ready for the next paddock.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hops-mothersday13-100.jpgThe load of hay bleachers arrived on Monday. It will take a week of cleaning, off and on to get the barn ready for dancing.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hops-mothersday13-102.jpgThe nesting turkey's. We took 35 eggs for the incubator and also moved a Pekin duck and removed her 6 eggs. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hops-mothersday13-147.jpgBella found these Robin eggs in our hops yard. Beauty can be found everywhere. The Robin chose a very low spot on our front fence.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hops-mothersday13-159.jpgMario.......I love that boy.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hops-mothersday13-150.jpgMagdalene hauling water in. Fred asked me last night why we didn't just turn on the irrigation:) My answer: we only needed to water transplants!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hops-mothersday13-140.jpgView of our front hops yard. 2013-05-29T12:04:46+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/12/27/a-blessed-christmas-to-all-and-to-all-a-wonderful-life/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/snow-037.jpgThe kids baked ginger bread cut outs, a Christmas tradtion.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/snow-055.jpgMERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/first-good-snow-050.jpgThe snowy lane that goes up past Peter and Frenchy's place and then on to Luke and Jessi's place on the top right.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/christmas-eve-12-006.jpgSt. Leo church was filled to capacity as we celebrated the birth of Christ with a very beautiful mass.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/blase-weston-baptism-012.jpgOur married couples, Francesca, Peter, Luke and Jessica.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/our-family.jpgOur family.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/blase-weston-baptism-059.jpgPeter, Kallie Jo, Frenchy, Fr. Craig Timmerman and Blase Weston Ryland at his baptism.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/christmas-012.jpgBlase, Kalli Jo, Maura, Anya and Cael......our grand-children. Cute!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/christmas-eve-12-081.jpgLuke and Jessi singing Christmas carols.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/blase-weston-baptism-102.jpgMartie and Christopher Ryland with god-child, Kallie Jo, here for Christmas.2013-05-15T11:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/05/09/spring-is-here/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/clayton-037.jpgHorse stalls at Clayton's place.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/clayton-022.jpgShed that houses the horses he is training.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/grandbabies-045.jpgCael Dougherty, like his father, Luke, a country boy!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/farm-life-spring-13-106.jpgTwo peas in a pod. Of the "sweet" variety of course.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/farm-life-spring-13-136.jpgKallie Jo was hanging out with us last evening and is caught here climbing fences with her Aunt.......Bella!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/farm-life-spring-13-145.jpgIsabella Angel goofing off with a steer.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/farm-life-spring-13-184.jpgLonely boar, proud father of many! He's a Poland China / Black Hampshire cross.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/farm-life-spring-13-168.jpgView of the quonset and the dirt being leveled.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/farm-life-spring-13-170.jpgThe turkey's roosting for the night.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/farm-life-spring-13-078.jpgFeed pigs not quite ready for sale.2013-05-10T01:48:25+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/04/17/spring-lambs-in-winter-weather/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lambing-2-060.jpgHere is an example of shepherds being needed for this ewe who got her head stuck in a feeder. It took two to do because she fought it all the way!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/butcher-hog-108.jpgAnd more snow came.....https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/april-11-snowing-019.jpgAnd then the snows came........and came:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lambing-2-021.jpgThis is the same pen, before the last two snowfalls. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lambing-2-026.jpgThis is the pen that the babies and mother's move to after they leave the maternity ward. The next step is the feed lot/pasture.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lambing-137.jpgBred ewes are fed in the barn when we want to check them over.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lambing-055.jpgThe ewes are fed top quality and very expensive alfalfa hay.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lambing-038.jpgSilvana patiently teaches a lamb how to drink. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lambing-084.jpgCaleb moving one of our oldest bottle lambs.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lambing-162.jpgView of part of the maternity ward in the barn. Dry and draft free, extremely important.2013-04-17T15:03:10+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/01/06/ice-fishing-a-minnesota-tradition/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ice-fisg-214.jpgSee the portable fish house that one of Don's friends pulled out onto the ice to spend the night in. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ice-fisg-158.jpgEverybody switches places throughout the day especially when one hole becomes "hot" and we have to keep it filled with a line and bait. Fun!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ice-fisg-204.jpgThis particular hole produced quite a few fish for a short period of time. They are waiting patiently here.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ice-fisg-117.jpgStromboli on the ice:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ice-fisg-052.jpgA good view of what it looks like when a person fishes on ice. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ice-fisg-016.jpgTaking in the view of the other ice houses as we drove up to our fishing spot. See the lovely hills in the background.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ice-fisg-017.jpgA distant view of another little cluster of ice houses on the huge lake. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ice-fisg-129.jpgA view of our fishing neighbors. More fisherman came out on the lake in the late afternoon, most likely after work.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ice-fisg-080.jpgA freshly caught Perch near the hole in which it was caught.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ice-fisg-222.jpgI wondered what kind of luck the fisherman who arrived by plane had. Here he was seen flying off of the lake and into a fading sunset.2013-04-14T14:01:21+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/03/23/anniversary-28-years/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/28-years-009.jpgFred and Sandra Callens no worse for the wear, after a mere 28 years!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blazephoto.jpgBlaze, a beautiful mix of Frenchy and Peter. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/kall-kall.jpgKallie Jo with Bella's baby doll collection. Too cute.........https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/luke-n-jessis-babies-066.jpgCael, Anya and Maura Dougherty, Jessi and Lukes little family.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/luke-n-jessis-babies-009.jpgCaleb smoking the bacon and hams from the hog we processed recently.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/luke-n-jessis-babies-049.jpgLoading the wool on our road.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/luke-n-jessis-babies-020.jpgLuke's truck with wool, on the road waiting for the wool buyer.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/anniversary-bon-fire-006.jpgApricot blossoms last year, March 23, 2013https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/anniversary-bon-fire-1101.jpgFred Callens, the love of my life. How'd I get so lucky? https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/anniversary-bon-fire-110.jpgMy Love..........Fred.2013-04-14T13:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/03/07/shearing-day-2013/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sheared-sheep-13-006-e1362672997431.jpgsheared sheep 13 006The sheep enjoying their supper!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sheared-sheep-13-001-e1362672541554.jpgsheared sheep 13 001Sheep outside after being sheared.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sheared-sheep-13-003.jpgsheared sheep 13 003Out at the hay feedershttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shearing13caelbirthday4-106.jpgLuke, Jessi, Anya, Cael and Maura Dougherty.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shearing13caelbirthday4-340.jpgBeautiful are they not? They shivered at first but then became accustomed to the loss of wool:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shearing13caelbirthday4-373.jpgFrenchy stopped down. Surprise.....you have to have some beauty with all the work right?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shearing13caelbirthday4-355.jpgService with a smile, what a guy.......our son in law Luke Dougherty.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shearing13caelbirthday4-346.jpgThe beef seem to be saying, "glad it's them and not us", as they look on.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shearing13caelbirthday4-270.jpgMarisa and Caleb inside the barn.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shearing13caelbirthday4-301.jpgCaleb tosses wool into the packer.2013-04-14T13:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/04/10/taters-and-other-signs-of-spring/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lambing-2-069.jpgMouse control having breakfast, fresh milk.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lambing-2-059.jpgIsabella Angel mothering one of the 6 bottle lambs.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/butcher-hog-083.jpgThis lamb was born in the snow while we worked and later was brought in followed by her anxious mother who then birthed it's twin.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/beef-butchering-april-023.jpgThe Jersey being raised up in the butcher shop.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/butcher-hog-132.jpgTwins moving snow to make way for the hog.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/butcher-hog-123.jpgYesterday during the snow we butchered a hog and a jersey.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/butcher-hog-043.jpgKallie Jo snuck down while her parents were planting their taters. She helped knock over posts and bale twine and pull up the seed:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/butcher-hog-067.jpgRainy day on Monday bought hay for a tad bit cheaper. Staw also for the barn dance as our third load.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/butcher-hog-061.jpgMore of the cute little Easter chicks.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/butcher-hog-060.jpgMarisa hatched 56 cicks so far, this being one of two boxes. More eggs are being saved for another hatch.2013-04-17T01:10:18+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/04/01/lambing-takes-dedication-2/2013-04-02T01:41:11+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/04/09/lambing-takes-dedication/2013-04-01T19:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/03/15/the-long-winter-2/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/incubator-march-2013-009.jpgSeeds were started in the south window.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/incubator-march-2013-002.jpgOne of two incubators in basement. This one holds 41 eggs. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chickens-march-2013-036.jpgHappy hens, clean chicken house.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chickens-march-2013-103.jpgBella made sure the chickens did not escape. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chickens-march-2013-101.jpgCaleb pitching out the hen house.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chickens-march-2013-106.jpgMy snow covered asparagus garden.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chickens-march-2013-043.jpgBella holding a possible egg eater........https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chickens-march-2013-032.jpgOkay, I got carried away with the camera but look at those eyes:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chickens-march-2013-018.jpgAnother of our good layers.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chickens-march-2013-011.jpgCozy hen in her nest.2014-11-04T11:48:38+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/01/28/sacraments-birthdays-and-celebrations-of-life/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blase-baptism-party-st-leo-121.jpgCelebrate life!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blase-baptism-party-st-leo-116.jpgLuke with Anya and Cael........Fatherhood is fun! https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blase-baptism-party-st-leo-055.jpgKolbe Turbes and Kallie Jo Ryland kicking up their heals in style:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blase-baptism-party-st-leo-011.jpgThe St. Leo church basement before the party.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blase-baptism-party-st-leo-265.jpgAnya and Luke, Jessica and Kallie Jo at the dance.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blase-baptism-party-st-leo-179.jpgJoAnn Kruse, Blase Ryland, Francesca Ryland, Maggie holding little Kallie Jo Ryland.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/three-sisters-birthdays-026.jpgMarisa, Jessica and Silvana share the same birthday!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mario-first-confession-003.jpgMario's certificate!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mario-first-confession-005.jpgMario with his certificate and the holy card given to him by Father Craig Timmerman.2013-03-07T18:28:28+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2013/02/16/a-land-of-milk-and-honey/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/lent-party-011.jpgA little exercise during the party; there are 3 snowballs flying at me here.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/blase-feb-13-101.jpgHow sweet is this? Blase Weston Ryland at 2 months of age. Angel...................https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/granola-honey-011.jpgOur own Callens Family Honey. What could be sweeter?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/granola-honey-001.jpgHoney Nut Granola. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/granola-honey-005.jpgTonights Friday lent meal, Creamy Potato Walleye Soup! Divine...https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farm-food-winter-2013-148.jpgGreen and yellow beans with garlic and parmesan!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farm-food-winter-2013-132.jpgVenison, pork sausage mix soon to be meatballs. A perfect blend.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farm-food-winter-2013-122.jpgThese frozen Fall apples will become an apple crisp in just a short time.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farm-food-winter-2013-124.jpgEvery time we make butter this whole wheat buttermilk and honey bread is made.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farm-food-winter-2013-150.jpgFarm fresh eggs even in the Minnesota winter.2013-12-28T15:17:59+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/06/19/engagement-and-cherries-very-sweet-news/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cherries-2012-068.jpgIsabella with some of the cherries.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cherries-2012-056.jpgBeautiful pie cherries, trees were planted 8 years ago by Clayton. Frenchy made pies the other night and they were the best ever!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cherries-2012-081.jpgOne of our two cherry trees. The bees did a good job on them this year as you can see.2012-12-28T20:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/12/23/december-brings-new-life/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/blase-weston-2nd-day-084.jpgSheep are extra hungry with all of the snow and cold weather.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p-and-f-photos-with-blase-weston-293.jpgAunt Mary and her new nephew.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/blase-weston-2nd-day-055.jpgRowdy longing to come in to see the new baby.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/blase-weston-2nd-day-020.jpgSandra and Blase Weston Ryland, son of Peter and Francesca Ryland. 2013-01-13T19:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/12/10/blizzard-of-2012/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/snowing-007.jpgSunday's are great for reading a good Louis L'amour book.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/snowing-002.jpgThe front yard this morning before the winds started.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/more-snowwwwwww-013.jpgAll of the sheep were hiding in the barn.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/first-good-snow-069.jpgFred bucking out our yard.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/first-good-snow-061.jpgGeese and turkey's earlier in the day.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/first-good-snow-057.jpgBabe playing King of the Bales:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/first-good-snow-049.jpgLuke clearing snow hoping to make it to mass.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/first-good-snow-045.jpgfirst good snow 045A jersey steer peers out of the barn into the storm.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/more-snowwwwwww-007.jpgmore snowwwwwww 007On going blizzard blankets the bees today.2012-12-15T15:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/12/03/a-late-update/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fall-bees-2012-089.jpgFall bees 2012 089https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hunt-12-053.jpghunt 12 053https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hunt-12-040.jpghunt 12 040https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fall-bees-2012-076.jpgFall bees 2012 076Honeybee hives wrapped in tarpaper 2012-12-04T18:05:59+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/11/13/october/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hunt-12-147.jpgFred, Peter, Tim and Ezzy discuss how we are going to push a wild life area.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/trap-027.jpgCaleb with one of his coon that he trapped.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/trap-003.jpgCaleb and his first coyote. He skinned it in the garage............https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hunt-12-003.jpghunt 12 003https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hunt-12-067.jpgMaura and Anya Dougherty....Kallie Jo Ryland.......cousins unite! https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/frenchy-22-007.jpgBirthday girl Magdalene with Kallie. The cake is an apple pecan cheese cake. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/frenchy-22-016.jpgThe outdoor wood stove Fred put together now located under the shed Peter moved. Hope it will work:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/octob-er-2012-182.jpgSale barn worker helps to unload the cull ewes.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/octob-er-2012-046.jpgThat's my 7 yo son Mario, on top of the world getting to ride with his dad!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/octob-er-2012-097.jpgFred backing in the shed on Peter's driveway. Yikes......glad I was not driving:)2012-12-03T22:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/10/05/apples/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/farm-site-by-daves-old-house-012.jpgfarm site by daves old house 012https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/apple-pie-2-033.jpgHuge batch of salsa. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/apple-pie-2-031.jpgOur favorite salsa mix. This is the hot blend but we add our own jalapenos! The best out there!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pies-034.jpgSome of the plants yesterday hanging in the butcher shop.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p-and-f-horse-029.jpgThat's all folks! Y'all come back now ya hear? Kallie Jo on Penny............https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pies-044.jpgRaw, completely frozen solid pie, ready to be wrapped again for the freezer.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/lisamovingupyahoo-com-006.jpgSee how this pie is frozen as hard as a rock!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fffffff-004.jpgPie crusts ready to be filled with the apples.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pies-019.jpgCaleb, Bella and Maggie harvesting the winter apples.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pies-016.jpgThese are the winter apples from the oldest apple tree on the farm. They taste best after the first frost.2013-02-17T01:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/09/27/ohio-and-back-again/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-08-15-16-561.jpgTwo old friends, Jessica Dougherty and Sr. John Mary.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-04-18-10-46.jpgVacation or not, dishes 3 times a day are a reality! Maggie, Jessi and Silvana share the load.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-04-18-06-431.jpgLuke milking a Jersey like a professional. We kept him up late every night but he still kept a strict milking schedule!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-04-18-06-43.jpg2012-09-04 18.06.43https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-03-16-11-14.jpgA counsin reunion, Anya Dougherty and Kallie Jo Ryand together again, which means double trouble!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-06-11-39-30.jpg Beth Dougherty, is always working and this day she was in this tree picking apples with the kids. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo-81.jpgA VERY fun lunch date in Steubenville with Fiona Ruminski, Wendy Cukierski and Sandra!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo-8.jpgphoto (8)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-08-15-16-56.jpgTwo old friends together for the celebration, Jessica Dougherty and Sr. John Mary.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/t.jpgHuge bonfire at the Dougherty Farm with Buds' homemade torches lit. Beautiful!2012-10-14T23:22:24+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/09/01/petruccelli-visit-potatoe-harvest-and-hops-picker/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/testing-hops-picker-009.jpgFred and Peter making a test run. Now time to tweak things here and there, stay tuned!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/testing-hops-picker-002.jpgMario next to the hops picker.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/testing-hops-picker-027.jpgFred and Peter with a sample of hops.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dougherty-anya.jpgAnya Dougherty, a little Jessi, only a little more plump. Super cute!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/little-luke.jpgCael, a mini Luke, was out picking apples. What a sweetie!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/maura-dougherty.jpgMaura Dougherty, my love on her gramma D's front porch.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/joe-visit-2012-147.jpgThe sun sets on our family fun...........come see us again:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/joe-visit-2012-0861.jpgHome made vanilla icecream, from the cow to the freezer! How fresh is tha??https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/joe-visit-2012-086.jpgJoe visit 2012 086https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/joe-visit-2012-126.jpgMario Callens a face not only a mother could love:))))2012-10-06T22:01:53+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/08/26/this-skunk-wont-be-eating-bees-any-longer/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/petruccelli-visit-2-109.jpgSweeter than Honey:)!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/skunk-eats-bees-004.jpgSkunk caught using Perch bait. See the hives in the back ground. Good job, Caleb.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/skunk-eats-bees-014.jpgAspirin egg that appears to have been eaten.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/skunk-eats-bees-015.jpgSmall sample of the bees that have been chewed up and then spit out by the skunk.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/skunk-eats-bees-011.jpgCaleb with a skunk that was eating bees. 2012-09-01T00:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/08/19/eating-what-we-grow-enjoying-what-we-do/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bee-harvest-032.jpgHoney and frames in the extractor; what a beautiful sight!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bee-harvest-042.jpgRaw honey, from the hive to the house!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dry-hop-yard-001.jpgMan's best friend.......Rowdy, how I love this faithful dog!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/minnesota-12-082.jpgMario waiting for his turn to ride. That is Clayton's dog tagging along. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/minnesota-12-079.jpgCaleb giving Bella a ride with Star pulling them. What a great pony Star is. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/august-2012-023.jpgMy cheese press holds 4 gallon of milk batches of Cheddar Cheese. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/august-2012-022.jpg100% Whole Wheat bacon powder biscuits. Excellent with homemade butter and our own honey or crabapple jelly. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dry-hop-yard-043.jpgThe eggplant is growing well this season and these will make a nice eggplant parmesan for my brother, Joe, who will arrive very soon. Can't wait!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hops-picker-014.jpgDelicious potatoes freshly dug. One person reads aloud a good book while the rest dig, therefore making the time go by quickly and a lot more enjoyable.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/minnesota-12-055.jpgSome garden goodies and a vase of flowers prepared by Isabella Angel for my birthday last week.2012-08-21T15:47:21+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/08/07/country-life/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/honey-harvest-001.jpgCome on in, don't be shy!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sow12-034.jpgTrimming the sausage and lard, one in each lug. My job was packaging and figuring amts. to each package. The cutting and packaging took us under 3 hours which wasn't too bad considering how big she was.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sow12-001.jpgNatural pork, fresh......ready for the grill. You'd be surprised how delicious these chops taste.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sow12-065.jpgA relaxing evening roasting marshamallow and popping corn.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sow12-091.jpgIsabella and Fred went for a nice ride.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/honey-harvest-036.jpgPork ready to be cut up. We chilled these in our freezers and the cutting and packaging went very well considering this August.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sow12-027.jpgFred cut into the ribs very easily while Maggie worked the other end. Slick!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sow12-006.jpgOur new "used" meat saw. It cut our chops in record time!! https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/honey-harvest-010.jpgWe caught this egg thief red handed:) Bella and Kallie Jo often gather the eggs together.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bee-harvest-010.jpgMarisa and Dad, brushing off bees when they took the frames of honey out.2012-08-21T21:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/07/31/building-a-chicken-house/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apache-1191.jpgGlad you stopped by folks! How do you like our new house? Y'all come back now, ya hear?:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apache-119.jpgapache 119https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/196.jpgOld chicken house/bus 5 1/2 tons of steel sold for scrap metal hauled in behind the redneck rig.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apache-116.jpgNew chicken house interior, at this point holding 99 chickenshttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apache-114.jpgScreened inner door allows air to flow through.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apache-109.jpgThe girls washed the windows and painted the trim and door giving it the finishing touch!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apache-073.jpgChicken house ready for chickens.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apache-055.jpgA tight fit......https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apache-038.jpgChicken house on skids pulled by an Allis Chalmers 180.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apache-032.jpgNew chicken house on REA pole skids being moved to chicken area.2012-08-01T21:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/07/24/whole-wheat-rolls-and-bread/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apache-152.jpgThis view of the buns I took just after I put them in the oven! Kind of dark but nice and high:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apache-135.jpg100% Freshly ground whole wheat bread! Soft and delicious:)2012-08-01T12:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/07/14/calves-in-training-etc/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tin-and-mario-024.jpgMario checks measurements on new chicken house.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/summer-shots-040.jpgThis worker bee landed on Marisa....can you see the wax glands?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/car-wash-birthright-026.jpgPeter headed up our crew of 9 to help raise money for the local Birthright, fun day and a steady line of customers.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/car-wash-birthright-033.jpgA Montana truck gets a good wash during a Birthright car wash fundraiser.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012-stuff-096.jpgCaleb working on our new chicken house.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kallie-and-star-025.jpgIsabella, Kallie Jo on Star.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/summer-12-shots-087.jpgCayuga duck with her 11 ducklings.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/summer-12-shots-016.jpgCaleb, Clayton and Fred fixing a saddle.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/summer-12-shots-031.jpgMaggie milking Brindlehttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012-stuff-133.jpgUnloading big square bales of second cutting alfafa.2013-02-17T03:10:26+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/07/04/happy-independence-day/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/summer-fun-12-0361.jpgLive, love and laugh as often as you can!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/barn-dance-2012-159.jpgDeacon Mike McKeown and his lovely bride Gina!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/barn-dance-2012-134.jpgFrenchy, Kallie Jo and Peter with their bundle of joy.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/barn-dance-2012-028.jpgLuke and Jessica with two of their three blessings:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/july-2012-060.jpgRed neck farm site.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/july-2012-013.jpgFather, daughter..........spending time together.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kallie-clayton-026.jpgClayton smiling even in extreme heat! Makes you smile right?https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/july-2012-082.jpgSee the beauty.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/july-2012-0511.jpgHanging with friends!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/july-2012-051.jpgJuly 2012 0512012-07-05T01:50:49+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/05/08/graduation-mass/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012_0413gradtwinnies0100.jpgSilvana Sandra Callens, Twinnie Bhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012_0413gradtwinnies0077.jpgMarisa Gina Callens, Twinnie Ahttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/graduation-mass-117.jpgSilvana, Fr. Craig Timmerman, Marisa2012-07-04T20:30:30+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/07/02/nicot-system-queen-rearing/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/burr-comb-pics-004.jpgA sample of burr comb, very undesirable in a hive. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rodeo-bees-064.jpgThe youngest cowgirl, just like her mother.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rodeo-bees-066.jpgrodeo bees 066https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cherries-2012-037.jpgHere we were looking for the very tiny larvae, the ones that looked the best, then placing them on the frame. All done in our vehicle to avoid drafts etc.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/del-clark-lake-12-022.jpgFishing at Del Clark Lake.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1st-queen-clayton-vonnie-grad-033.jpgEmpty queen cell and cage after she emerged.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cherries-2012-078.jpg3 or 4 days later three queen cells are seen here being made out of 20.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cherries-2012-048.jpgCarefully placing the larvae within the new hive. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cherries-2012-038.jpgWe filled this frame with little cell cups ea. containing one tiny larvae which had just hatched.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cherries-2012-012.jpgThis is a close up of the Nicot frame, after checking that the eggs had hatched.2012-07-03T15:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/05/26/bees-swarms-and-life/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/queens-021.jpgNew fram grip tool makes this job so much easier. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mothers-day-2012-128.jpgWe took an entire afternoon off in honor of Calebs birthday. 6 kids are in this photo.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mothers-day-2012-399.jpgJessica and Luke with their three children on Mothers Day at the lake.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mothers-day-2012-227.jpgMoving the hive they had just captured to a new location.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/queens-037.jpg7 year old Mario, with dad, so happy to have a suit on today. He went along to work the hives with us and was just thrilled.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mothers-day-2012-237.jpgSee one of our new queens in the blue circle.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mothers-day-2012-236.jpgCan you find the queen in this photo?? https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mothers-day-2012-210.jpgHiving a swarm, our very first experience.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mothers-day-2012-178.jpgRedneck tiller by creative kids. Making the garden ready for planting.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mothers-day-2012-063.jpgMaking splits on over crowded bee hives. 2012-05-31T11:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/04/28/feed-my-sheep/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/twins-graduation-pics-2012-022.jpgMario and Caleb taking time out for some fun.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/twins-graduation-pics-2012-020.jpgtwins graduation pics 2012 020https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/nettles-rhubarb-077.jpgNettles and pasta.........very delicious.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/nettles-rhubarb-058.jpgNettles and rhubarb.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bread-and-fence-building-march-2012-084.jpgLasagna with my mozzarella and cottage cheese. No longer an expensive meal.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bread-and-fence-building-march-2012-079.jpgMy cottage cheese before I added the cream. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/twins-graduation-pics-2012-144.jpgFred building the fence out of utility poles. This really saves on the back:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/twins-graduation-pics-2012-118.jpgFred is using the new post hole auger to dig the holes for the new fence and poles to hold up the hop vines.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/twins-graduation-pics-2012-166.jpgThere are 8 little piggies here, some snuggled under the straw bed. So cute are these Hampshires hogs.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/twins-graduation-pics-2012-236.jpgUncooked blood sausage ready to packed and frozen. Looks awful but tastes great. Not an Italian tradition at all!!2012-05-02T13:24:36+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/04/14/spring-mix-we-are-lambing-again/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/spring-lambs-12-0311.jpgHops coming up, having survived this dry, open winter. Beautiful!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/potato-first-0931.jpgIsabella Angel carefully plants our potatoes.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/potato-first-093.jpgpotato first 093https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/eggs-0021.jpgBeautiful, fresh farm eggs! https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/eggs-002.jpgBeautiful farm fresh eggs. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/spring-lambs-12-074.jpgBlessed mother hood, a sight to behold!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/spring-lambs-12-027.jpgThese are the last of the sheep that have yet to birth. I think 35 are left.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/canoe-003.jpgCaleb, age 12, by Uncle Charlies, hand me down canoe. The paddle is new!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bread-and-fence-building-march-2012-066.jpgFence builders unite!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lamby-009.jpgBella and one of the triplet lambs born with in the hour. It was warming up by our wood stove waiting for a bottle.2012-04-15T19:24:21+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/04/06/honey-whole-wheat-bread-no-white-flour/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bread-and-fence-building-march-2012-012.jpgThese are the entirely whole wheat flour buns just after having been baked and eaten, I might add:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bread-and-fence-building-march-2012-007.jpgThese are raw whole wheat buns ready for the oven. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bread-and-fence-building-march-2012-0041.jpgWhole wheat dough that has doubled in size, ready to be formed into buns.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bread-and-fence-building-march-2012-004.jpgbread and fence building march 2012 004https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bread-and-fence-building-march-2012-002.jpgAll Wheat bread dough just after mixing is finished.2016-09-15T17:16:39+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/03/23/photos-march-2012-and-happy-27th-anniversary/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/muddy-mess-002.jpgBella, my little note writer had this home-made sign haging when we woke up today. Sweet!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/muddy-mess-050.jpgBull calf, Abel, born on Sunday at 6:20 P.M. to Abbey a holstein. Father is a Brown Swiss. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/muddy-mess-0161.jpgMaggie, Silvana and Marisa milking muddy cows this morning. Cow on the far left is a new mother as of this week to a bull calf!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/muddy-mess-016.jpgmuddy mess 016https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/muddy-mess-056.jpgA beautiful, wonderful, muddy, wet mess and fog for today! What a blessing. You should have seen the cows:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/muddy-mess-059.jpgmuddy mess 059https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spring-12-001.jpgCaleb and Mario have been collecting minnows for fishing. We check the creeks and waterways in the afternoons.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/kallie-jo-001.jpgMario, with his new cowboy hat and TOY gun. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/march-pics-12-0901.jpgMy farm guy. Happy 27 years of marriage today!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/march-pics-12-090.jpgHappy Anniversary to my beloved farm guy. 27 very wonderful years today!2012-04-15T19:16:16+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/03/15/busy-as-bees/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/march-14-2012-102.jpgCaleb and Peter took over the patty making job when the cows had to be milked.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mold-028.jpgThe honey extractor with an added motor along with some newly built boxes.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/march-14-2012-100.jpgCaleb and Peter took over the patty making when the cows had to be milked!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/march-14-2012-099.jpgMaggie, champion patty maker!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/march-14-2012-085.jpgGrinding the pepperoni sausage. Bring on the pizza!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/march-14-2012-090.jpgSeasoned pork, destined for the meat grinder.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/march-14-2012-049.jpgThis Berkshire hog is now totally Italian! (Sausage:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/march-14-2012-055.jpgA beautiful day to be out of doors!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/march-14-2012-079.jpgHive box painting crew.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bee-hives-march-006.jpgFreshly painted hive boxes.2012-03-18T13:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/03/09/clayton-callens-and-luke-dougherty-sheep-shearing-team/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sheep-shearing-12-165.jpgOur son in law, Luke Dougherty, shearing our sheep.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sheep-shearing-12-073.jpgClayton Callens shearing.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sheep-shearing-12-067.jpgClayton Callens in good humor even as he labors over a sheep.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sheep-shearing-12-189.jpgInside the barn where we do the shearing.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sheep-shearing-12-196.jpgNewly sheared lambs.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sheep-shearing-12-218.jpgIt started raining and then turned to snow......yucky day overall!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sheep-shearing-12-141.jpgLuke shears as Peter waits to grab another ewe.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sheep-shearing-12-096.jpgMario runs the wool packer.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sheep-shearing-12-155.jpgClayton Callens left, and Luke Dougherty on the right shearing.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sheep-shearing-12-076.jpgCaleb catches the ewe for his older brother Clayton.2012-03-15T19:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/02/29/isabella-angel-had-a-birthday/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sheep-shearing-12-0121.jpgMaggie made this Crazy cake for Isabella who requested it. YUMhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sheep-shearing-12-027.jpgThe twins kept Anya, (Jessi's baby) and Kallie Jo (Francesca's baby) happy. Aren't they cute??https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sheep-shearing-12-012.jpgChocolate Crazy cake made by Maggie for Bella, who requested that particular kind!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sheep-shearing-12-010.jpgMarisa made this creamy sherbert ice cream and it was really good!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sheep-shearing-12-011.jpgCookies and cream ice cream made by Silvana; way better than town made:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sheep-shearing-12-019.jpgHappy 10th Birthday Isabella Angel.2012-03-05T11:31:59+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/09/16/fall-days/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tomatoes-002.jpgPicked and canned 52 quarts of tomatoes, so far........plenty more to go.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/building-001.jpgOmelet before the eggs were added.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/j-heart-days-2011-075.jpgCowboy style shuttle service form the alfalfa field parking lot at J Heart Ranch Days, Waubay, South Dakotahttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/j-heart-days-2011-060.jpgClayton Callens put on a horse training demo at J Heart Ranch Days.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/j-heart-days-2011-023.jpgMarisa demonstrating honey extraction at J Heart Ranch Days.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/first-frost-2011-048.jpg25.......5 gallon pails for cider!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/first-frost-2011-0051.jpgWe had our first frost and started wearing coats and hats. Already have the wood stove going in the house to take out the chill and bake in.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/building-021.jpgThe guys worked hard to complete cement work in Peter and Frenchy's basement. Talk about hands on "shop" class for Caleb and Mario:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/building-026.jpgCompleted the new driveway fence on Frenchy's side.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/building-010.jpgMaking canned apple pie filling out in the butcher shop.2012-02-21T02:25:56+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/12/07/pizza-cookoff/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/thanksgiving-11-005.jpgThanksgiving Day with our beloved Nonna.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/november-27-066.jpgThe moment of truth, winners looking pleased, too pleased at that!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/november-27-059.jpgFred testing and comenting on the different pizza flavors.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/november-27-043.jpgMy pizza on top, Nonna's (the winning pizza) on the bottom. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/november-27-044.jpgHighly competitive contestant number 4, Peter.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/november-27-038.jpgContestant number 3, me.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/november-27-037.jpgContestant number 2, Francesca.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/november-27-034.jpgContestant number one. Nonna and the twins.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/november-27-054.jpgThe pizza cook off, four contestants, three unhappy ones:)2012-02-21T02:24:39+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/02/16/building-bee-hives-boxes-etc/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb-2012-122.jpgAlthough the photo doesn't do it justice, the full moon was lovely recently. So for those of you who have never experienced a full moon on the prairie, this one's for you!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb-2012-1011.jpgLuke and Jessica's children, Maura, Cael and baby Anya. Two became 5 very quickly:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb-2012-061.jpgFrenchy and Peter's little Kallie Jo, just after her nap!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb-2012-0301.jpgFred and Caleb with a Catfish from the Yellow Medicine River on after a mudy ice fishing trip.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb-2012-0011.jpgFred working on the building of bee hives for 2012. My guy: I LOVE HIM!!!!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb-2012-001.jpgFred working at the table saw in the honey house/butcher shop:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb-2012-024.jpgHome made top covers and a few telescoping covers for the bees.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb-2012-028.jpgSome of the screened bottom boards Fred and Caleb built.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb-2012-009.jpgScreened bottom board Fred was working on, made of cedar.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feb-2012-110.jpg5 yr. old Brindle, Jersey/Gurnsey/Ashire cross cow, who's milk is the source for our cheddar cheese which I posted a photo of last time:))2012-02-28T01:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/02/02/getting-the-oxen-started/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/open-winter-jan-feb-2012-0721.jpgThe home stretch, just a tiny dot on a our earth, but home to us just the same:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/open-winter-jan-feb-2012-099.jpgNotice the bee on the top left hand. It is carrying feed from our hog feeders in it's pollen baskets. We have yet to find out what it is they seek in this feed but they were all over the place carrying the stuff.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/turkey-0032.jpgBronze, Bourbon and Royal Palm Cross turkeys, showing off.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/turkey-0031.jpgturkey 003https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/turkey-003.jpgBronze, Bourbon Red and Royal Palm cross turkey's, showing off today and they really are beautiful.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/open-winter-jan-feb-2012-075.jpgThey say all roads lead to home! This is the end stretch to our farm:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/farm-pics-feb-2nd-0701.jpgIsabella Angel getting some hay for her rabbits up in the big barn.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/farm-pics-feb-2nd-070.jpgFarm pics Feb. 2nd 070https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/open-winter-jan-feb-2012-205.jpgThese are some of our beef that we sell as butchers. Mostly we sell jersey but we have a couple of holstein steers as well. If you haven't eaten jersey, you are missing a really tasty meat!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/open-winter-jan-feb-2012-163.jpgThe girls have been working with the young calves every day teaching them to lead. This is Jace and he is 2 months old.2012-02-07T14:13:34+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/01/25/italian-honey-bee-vs-minnesota-hygienic-bees/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bee-hives-june-2011-0211.jpgMinnesota Hygienic honey beeshttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bee-hives-june-2011-021.jpgMinnesota Hygienic honey beeshttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/honeybee-27527-1.jpgItalian Honey Bee.2012-02-29T23:54:49+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/01/16/poles-set-for-hops-trellis/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jan-11-poles-for-hops-016.jpgPosts for hops trellis.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jan-11-poles-for-hops-015.jpgHops field with newly planted poles!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jan-11-poles-for-hops-0111.jpgJAN 11 poles for hops 011https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jan-11-poles-for-hops-011.jpgStraightening the poles after they have been planted and filling in extra dirt.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jan-11-poles-for-hops-003.jpgFred moves in the Utility poles, then Clayton and Caleb plant it.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jan-11-poles-for-hops-020.jpgClayton and Caleb straighten an REA pole that will be used to hold up our Hops plants.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jan-11-poles-for-hops-027.jpgJAN 11 poles for hops 0272012-01-17T00:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2012/01/11/in-the-middle-of-a-minnesota-winter/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/january-2012-030.jpgAny and Maura Dougherty taking a nice ride around the farm. Mom's motive? They will sleep better:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jessi-house-11-12-0151.jpgToday, January 11...we awoke to a small snow before I got to post this entry:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jessi-house-11-12-015.jpgJessi house 11 12 015https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/january-10-2012-168.jpgJanuary 10 2012 Marisa and Silvana helped rake our lawn dressed for Spring:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/january-10-2012-159.jpgJanuary 10 2012 We observed and followed this bee as it carried a dead bee out of the hive. It's amazing how hard they work and how each bee has a special purpose. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/january-10-2012-149.jpgJanuary 10 2012 Setting out some water for the bees. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lovely-weather-361.jpgBees are amazing and remain busy even during the long winter. This is an unusual sight here in MN.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/january-10-2012-143.jpgAlmost 7 years old, Mario happily removes copper from the utility pole. Look at that smile; he was pretty proud of himself!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/january-10-2012-0561.jpgI watched Kallie Jo while I cleaned the pizza oven pit and her mother saddled up Penny for a ride.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/january-10-2012-086.jpgThe open winter is nice for the sheep, who were enjoying the weather as well today.2012-01-16T11:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/12/28/its-a-wonderful-life/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-tree-003.jpgJessi and Luke surprised me with a REAL Christmas tree this year! First one in many years.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-2011-3301.jpgRowdy has a bad leg but never misses out on the fun.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-2011-330.jpgChristmas 2011 330https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-2011-367.jpgFrenchy and Kallie watched from the safe side lines.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-2011-047.jpgLuke, Anya, Cael, Jessica and Maura Dougherty, Christmas Eve 2011https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-2011-063.jpgPeter, Francesca and Kallie Jo Ryland Christmas 2011https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-2011-293.jpgPete, with his hockey skates on, took Kallie Jo for her very first ride on the pond.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-2011-321.jpgLuke took Jessi and Maura for a ride on the ice, Cael in the background.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-2011-247.jpgBeautiful clear ice on the pond for Christmas day skating.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-2011-450.jpgRed Neck Hockey game on a warm Christmas afternoon.2011-12-31T19:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/12/20/italian-sausage-anyone/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sausage-014.jpgHuge pot of sauce, sausage and pork ribs for our Sunday meal!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sausage-011.jpgBrowning the Italian Sausage to be used in the pasta sauce. It was delicious!!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hog-butchering-dec-15-11-098.jpgWe now have another freezer full of good home grown meat. The chickens and venison are beneath these packages.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hog-butchering-dec-15-11-0761.jpgMaking plain, unseasoned pork patties for fast food use later.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hog-butchering-dec-15-11-108.jpgThis a sample of the blood sausage after it has been baked. It tastes a lot better than it looks.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hog-butchering-dec-15-11-076.jpgMaking plain, unseasoned sausage patties for a quick meal.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hog-butchering-dec-15-11-1041.jpgCooking the liver, lungs and onions.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hog-butchering-dec-15-11-104.jpgCooking the lungs, liver and onions.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hog-butchering-dec-15-11-053.jpgNonna gathering together the liver, lungs and onions.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hog-butchering-dec-15-11-096.jpgFresh, raw Italian sausage link ready for the freezer.2011-12-26T14:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/12/10/hand-made-cavatelli/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/nonna-december-2011-137.jpgForming the Cavatelli.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/nonna-december-2011-138.jpgNonna making Cavatelli for supper.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/nonna-december-2011-141.jpgEggplant parmesan, frozen from my garden with our own cheese. The one on the left went in earlier.2011-12-22T01:49:11+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/12/04/53-ducks-in-our-freezer/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ducks-072.jpgNonna takes on an easy job of helping with the bagging. Thanks Mom:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ducks-082.jpgThe longest, most difficult part is skinning the duck.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/duck-butchering-020.jpgI didn't like the skinning part so decided to be the person who removed guts, cut up the duck, washed and bagged. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ducks-0352.jpgWe use plenty of very hot water to keep our work area clean.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ducks-0351.jpgLots of very hot water help to keep the table and meat clean. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ducks-035.jpgducks 035https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ducks-025.jpgTable of ducks and the process of skinning. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ducks-0042.jpgAfter the heads are removed, a knife is used to make a slit just under the feather/skin layer and the entire piece is removed. This is the most difficult and time consuming part.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ducks-0041.jpgAfter the heads are removed, we make a slit in just under the belly feathers and gently remove all of the skin and feathers. This is probably the most difficult and time consuming part.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ducks-004.jpgAfter the heads are cut off, we make a slit on the belly side just under the feathers. Gently so not to cut into the flesh. They we remove the entire outer layer of feathers.2011-12-05T21:26:11+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/11/25/callens-family-on-the-road-again-with-jason-davis/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ducks-013.jpgMy nephew Vince helping butcher the ducks today.2011-11-28T02:47:21+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/11/25/so-much-to-be-thankful-for/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chickens-in-the-freezer-2011-013.jpg33 Broiler chickens also butchered this week.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nov-2011-0291.jpgWe butchered 10 Turkeys this week.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jerky-2011-061.jpgSome of the bee hives all finished being wrapped.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jerky-2011-0701.jpgWrapping the bee hives in tarpaper for the winter.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jerky-2011-070.jpgWrapping the bee hives in tarpaper for the winter months to come.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jerky-2011-044.jpgHeifer Coca-cola, a stock cow, had her calf on the 14th.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jerky-2011-045.jpgDrying Jerky strips on wood cook stove.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jerky-2011-033.jpgJerky strips being laid on cookie sheets to dry on the wood stove.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jerky-2011-014.jpgGround venison seasoned and ready to be made into Jerky.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nov-2011-029.jpgA before shot of the Turkeys.2011-11-25T16:52:29+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/11/10/pizza-italian-fast-food/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/deer-2011-first-073.jpgPart of our hunting party last weekend.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pizza-029.jpgPizza ready for the freezer. To be baked on the tin.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pizza-022.jpgPizza to be frozen raw.2011-11-14T19:34:01+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/10/06/babies-make-the-world-go-round/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/anya-kate-dougherty-0206.jpgProud Father holding both water babies!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/anya-kate-dougherty-0205.jpgHappy Luke, holding both water babies.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/anya-kate-dougherty-0204.jpgJessica, happy new mother of three.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/anya-kate-dougherty-0203.jpgAnya Kate Dougherty 8#'s 11 Oz. bundle of joy from Heaven!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/anya-kate-dougherty-0202.jpgAnya Kate Dougherty 8# 11 Oz. angel from Heaven!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/anya-kate-dougherty-0201.jpgAnya Kate Dougherty, 8 # 11 oz. of pure joy!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/anya-kate-dougherty-020.jpgAnya Kate Dougherty 0202011-10-12T21:45:44+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/10/12/beef-butchering-day/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pheasant-003.jpgThe entire beef hanging in the cooler. It stays here for several days.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peter-and-kallie-jo-116.jpgLowering the hind quarters to be placed in the cooler.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peter-and-kallie-jo-112.jpgRolling the quarter into the cooler.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peter-and-kallie-jo-109.jpgGetting ready to hang steer on the rail using the roller hooks.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peter-and-kallie-jo-104.jpgHand saw used to cut through the spine......quartering the beef.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peter-and-kallie-jo-101.jpgUsing a knife to quarter the steer until he hits the spine. Meat hook has been inserted between the last two ribs to be hoisted later.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peter-and-kallie-jo-089.jpgThe steer is hosed down with cold well water during the entire process to keep it fresh and clean.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peter-and-kallie-jo-068.jpgElectric saws all blade splits the steer in half. Steer has been hosed off with cold water every few minutes, the entire procedure time to keep it cool and fresh.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peter-and-kallie-jo-039.jpgFront view of the gut removal.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peter-and-kallie-jo-033.jpgSawing open the steer to remove the intestines and waste items to be dropped directly in to a compost bin.2011-10-15T16:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/09/30/kids-can-butcher-roosters/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rooster-butcher-end-v-0141.jpgThere you have it! Bag the chickens and stick them in the freezer!:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rooster-butcher-end-v-014.jpgThere you have it! Bag the chickens and stick them in the freezer!:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rooster-butcher-end-v-009.jpgFreshen up the birds with a final rinse. We did not save the livers or gizzards.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rooster-butcher-end-v-006.jpgThis is where we finished, only to wash and freeze the birds. If these had been our meat birds we would have cut it all up into frying pieces.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rooster-butcher-end-v-002.jpgCutting off the wing tips.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rooster-butchering-iv-024.jpgCut off tail and all "waste products" directly into the pail below to be composted. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rooster-butchering-iv-021.jpgReaching inside chest cavity to extract the inner parts including the lungs.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rooster-butchering-iv-014.jpgOpening up the legs by bending the the thighs all the way open and back.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rooster-butchering-iv-005.jpgThe older girls cut up the chickens while the younger ones hauled the feathers etc. to the compost pile. Here they are cutting off the feet first.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rooster-butcher-iii-014.jpgIsabella and Mario removing any feathers left by the machine, an easy job. We use empty shot gun shells to make the job easier by rubbing the feathers with the plastic end. The kids thought up that idea on their own.2011-10-07T10:51:20+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/09/27/life-is-good-by-golly-more-so-in-the-fall/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/more-pics-of-kallie-146.jpgPeter, Frenchy and Kallie Jo hosted their first bonfire at their new home!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/more-pics-of-kallie-147.jpgTwins and Maggie making music around the fire.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept-week-2011-005.jpgKallie Jo, not a care in the world.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/peters-addition-002.jpgLuke and Fred helping up at Peter's, in between trying to cut a winter supply of wood.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/peters-addition-008.jpg12 yr. old Caleb working with Luke.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept-26-2011-014.jpgElderberry wine being made in the honey house.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept-26-2011-013.jpgBella's fingers working very fast as our prize apple peeler:)!!!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept-26-2011-016.jpgGirls sorting the soft onions from the hard ones for winter storage. Half a day job!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept-week-2011-017.jpgWe fried a ton of eggplants and froze them for winter meals of Eggplant Parmesan, my personal favorite meal.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept-week-2011-027.jpgView from our front yard of neighbors corn field, lovely.2011-09-29T17:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/09/15/hops-harvest-in-minnesota/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hops-harvesting-018.jpgMature hops ready for harvest.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hops-010.jpgCaleb, Mario, Fred and Peter hand harvest the hops in the warm sunshine!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hops-harvesting-027.jpghops harvesting 027https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hops-harvesting-005.jpgPeter, Fred and Mario with the first load of hops.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hops-harvesting-009.jpgFred holding up one of the Cascade Hops Vine.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hops-harvesting-024.jpgRow of Cascade Hops just before harvesting.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/apples-and-hops-aug-30th-2011-008.jpgCascade Hops, Minnesota Grown!2011-09-24T13:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/07/26/bees-have-been-busy/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/not-sure-july-2011-067.jpgAdding a honey super.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/not-sure-july-2011-063.jpgChecking for capped honey.2011-09-09T22:59:09+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/08/15/work-and-babies/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/hops-field-strawed-057.jpgStawing the hops.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kallie-jo-ryland-birthday-017.jpgHoney extraction process.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/peter-basement-water-septic-078.jpgBuilding the basement.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kallie-jo-ryland-birthday-0651.jpgKids take turn cranking honey, 35 pounds harvested.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kallie-jo-ryland-birthday-045.jpgKallie Jo Ryland Birthday 045https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/39-weeks-and-honey-044.jpgWe bottled some honey for sale.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kallie-jo-ryland-birthday-065.jpgExtracting 35 pounds 2nd batch honey, kids take turns cranking.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sandra-birthday-2nd-bee-super-045.jpgHeavy super being moved out of the honey yard.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sandra-birthday-2nd-bee-super-047.jpgHoney bee escape removed to harvest the honey.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kallie-jo-sunday-002.jpgPreparing to make Kraut.2011-10-07T11:09:35+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/09/06/making-apple-cider/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sugar-syrup-bees-015.jpgFeeding mineral patties to the bees to hopefully keep them alive over the winter:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sugar-syrup-bees-017.jpgPreparing bees for the long winter. It has taken a turn for cold already:)https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sugar-syrup-bees-020.jpgOnions ready to cure for storage.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cider-089.jpgCattle following the kids for the apples.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hops-006.jpgSmall portion of onions drying in the sun.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/baptism-kallie-jo-ryland-006.jpgKallie Jo baptised by Father Timmerman.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/august-2011-022.jpgWe froze Peter and Frenchy's corn for them, Jessi and our family.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cider-002.jpgGrapes were harvested, turned into jelly.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/apples-and-hops-aug-30th-2011-007.jpgHops were harvested, dried and packaged.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/apples-and-hops-aug-30th-2011-012.jpgA batch of elderberry wine is set to brew.2011-09-24T13:59:31+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/08/08/clayton-shears-our-lambs/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/claytons-place-0541.jpgClayton Callens switching combs on clipper.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/claytons-place-0141.jpgThe girls caught lambs for Clayton to speed up the process.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/claytons-place-014.jpgTwins caught the lambs for Clayton to speed things up!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/claytons-place-051.jpgMarisa hand stuffs the wool since there isn't enough to justify using the packer.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/claytons-place-018.jpgClayton Callens Shearing Lambs.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/claytons-place-081.jpgShorn lambs........12:30 a.m.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/claytons-place-024.jpgCurious kittens inspect wool bag.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/claytons-place-068.jpgOur son-inlaw, Peter shears a lamb. https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/claytons-place-042.jpgClayton shearing lamb.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/claytons-place-062.jpgTwins tagging a ewe lamb.2011-08-08T18:20:38+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/08/03/the-process-of-extracting-honey/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/first-honey-11-008.jpgThe very first bottle of honey from August 2, 2011https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bee-harvest-aug-2-11-196.jpgFiltering out the wax.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bee-harvest-aug-2-11-187.jpgSee the honey being forced out of the frames as they spin.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bee-harvest-aug-2-11-184.jpgExtracting the honey with a hand crank.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bee-harvest-aug-2-11-156.jpg6 frames loaded with 3 to go!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bee-harvest-aug-2-11-137.jpgPutting the frame into the extractor after all wax caps have been removed.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bee-harvest-aug-2-11-150.jpgUsing a special fork to uncap the wax left behind by the knife.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bee-harvest-aug-2-11-181.jpgUsing the uncapping knife to remove bees wax.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bee-harvest-aug-2-11-107.jpgTools and equipment ready for honey extraction.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bee-harvest-aug-2-11-043.jpgMaking sure all the bees were out of the frame before loading the van.2011-08-08T04:34:17+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/07/16/out-door-pizza-oven-and-recent-addition/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/house-and-snow-shots-dec-24th-09-003.jpgThis photo shows where the hot logs are placed beneath the oven which at this time was filled with bacon.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/peters-visit-068.jpgPeter and Frenchy baking apple pie and stromboli.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/wood-fired-cookout-032.jpgLuke and Jess checking the pepperoni/jalapeno pizza.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tiling-oven-117.jpgWashing off the tiles while cement is still wet.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tiling-oven-115.jpgSmoothing out the finish with water.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tiling-oven-084.jpgTapping tiles into cement,removing air, getting just the right level to seal.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tiling-oven-061.jpgLaying the tiles on the wet service in cement.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tiling-oven-012.jpgLaying tile on wet cement.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tiling-oven-004.jpgLaying the first tiles on wet cement. Color pattern had already been chosen and laid on dry before hand.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/firepit-089.jpgPutting gravel around the base to keep staves from settling too much.2011-07-18T11:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://callenshoneyfarm.blog/2011/07/09/butchering-a-berkshire-hog/https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hog-069.jpgClayton couldn't resist the smell and stopped by for a quick taste taste!https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hog-089.jpgSeveral of the hams. We had to keep on turning them over and over and later covered them with the weber grill cover.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hog-082.jpgDelicious bacon, you can almost smell it! Tastes great, the right amt. of salt and real smoke.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hog-050.jpgCaleb and I smoked the hams and bacon. This took over 3 hours.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4th-of-july-2011-311.jpgPackaging the meat and Mario was in charge of running each package to the freezer in the butcher shop.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4th-of-july-2011-286.jpgTrimming for sausage.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4th-of-july-2011-289.jpgFred cutting pork chops.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4th-of-july-2011-193.jpgTesting the home made beer after the hard part was done. The kids had home made orange pop.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hog-025.jpgbacon and ham in the brine.https://callenshoneyfarm.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4th-of-july-2011-315.jpgFred uses tender quick for bacon curing. 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