Join us this week as we meet farmers, Scott and Leanne who make a living off their 760 tree truffle orchard.
To find our more about Millgrove Truffles visit: www.millgrovetruffles.com.au
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Join us this week as we say goodbye to our old sailboat, Mirrool and share in the excitement of new beginnings....
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It's the little things in life that make all the difference- even if that little thing weighs 80kg!
No, we don't mean Troy, we mean the big red thing, a carry-all, hanging from the rear of our new tractor. It has been the first bit of steel fabrication on...
With the free apples now over, we decide to process one of our pigs on the farm. Once butchered, we put some pork cuts on salt to cure and prepare some cooked dishes.
00:00 The time has come
00:47 De-hairing a pig using the scalding method.
05:59 The car...
Join us for the final weeks of winter on the Ramshackle Ranch and experience a unique synergy between our parrots and pigs. We'll show you how we move our pigs using electric fence set up and get them drunk for fun! Watch as our goats enjoy browsing and es...
Join us this week as we welcome Spring on the property. Spring clearing kept us busy for most of August and September relaxing of an evening by the warmth of an outdoor fire.
We try our hand at some regenerative agriculture planting seed in the fields p...
Join us this week as we build the first bed in our no dig garden, create a hugelkultur bed from trees felled on the property, sow our first seeds and plant out seed potatoes into bags.
Chapters
00:00 Finally we can plant a garden
00:40 Black plastic over...
This week it's time to cull another one of our pigs to stock up our fridge, freezer and pantry for Spring and Summer at the Ramshackle Ranch.
00:00 Intro including pork products made with our first butchered pig
00:35 Preparing
01:00 Saying goodbye
02:01 ...
Join us for our first (unexpected and unplanned) birth on the Ramshackle Ranch! I teared up, again...
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How do we go from a pig in the pasture to delicious home cured and smoked bacon?
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:42 Building the smoker
03:51 Smoker construction explained
09:12 Smoking bacon
14:08 Packing bacon
18:10 Preparing ham
19:52 Smoking ham
26:07 Cooking...
As Robert Burns wrote:
"The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry"
(To a Mouse 1785)
Our Indian Runner Ducks were turning out more difficult to manage than we expected. Of course at the Ramshackle Ranch there’s always a solution for unruly live...
In this video, we provide a 2-month update on our no-dig garden and showcase the latest harvests, including wild asparagus and radishes. We also share tips on separating and planting asparagus corms, using mini hot houses, and making fermented asparagus. W...
It's a Merry Christmas indeed on the Ramshackle Ranch, where we have some exciting new additions to our animal family. Join us as we introduce Jimmy the Boar and share some insights on piggy romance. We also take you through the process of plumbing our new...
Join me on this calm summer morning as I milk my 1 year old dairy goats Jude and Dot on the Ramshackle Ranch.
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It’s so easy to share with you here the wins on the #farm and ignore our failures and set backs portraying an image online that seems too good to be true. This is the story of an extremely hard week for us on the #homestead in late November. Too painful ...
Summer is here on the farm and the pastures that were luscious and green at the end of Spring are now crispy and brown. It’s a hungry gap in our dam irrigated garden as we await our summer fruits and vegetables to ripen. But the goat milk is still a-flow...
Join us in our garden with our booming zucchini plants! Pascale cooks up a storm in the kitchen making 5 delicious recipes.
00:00 The garden 3 February 2023
02:37 The beast
03:37 A 4 day harvest
05:25 New keyhole beds
05:51 Plans to renovate the original...
It's non stop goat antics this week as we try and keep our goats away from the garden and chicken food featuring cameos from the cats, dog, geese and dung beetles.
Chapters
00:00 Goat antics
01:22 Goat proofing the vegetable garden.
03:55 Dung beetles ar...
This episode is for the lovers of all things feathered! Our trials and tribulations with all of our birds on the Ramshackle Ranch over the last couple of months.
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Watch our time-lapse video of growing tomatoes from seed to harvest in just 24 weeks! Follow our exciting journey as we sow the seeds, build a no-dig lasagne style garden from scratch, plant the seedlings, prune and maintain the tomatoes, and finally, harv...
Are you interested in growing potatoes in containers? In this video, we uncover the truth about this popular gardening method. Join us as we take you through our experience of planting potatoes in containers in September (our Spring) and harvesting them in...
Watch chaos ensue with the new arrival of #piglets to the #homestead ! Join us on a journey through the lives of our pigs in this captivating video. Witness the arrival and departure of Jimmy the Boar and the birth of our first piglets. Watch as we battle ...
Join us at the #homestead this week as we show you how to build an incredible #nodig #garden in any location, with minimal work and inputs for amazing results in less than 4 months!
We will show you an existing thriving garden that was built this way a...
Join us for a chat in the bush with our #goats as we recount the difficult week we had on the #farm and announce some exciting news.
#selfsufficiency
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Join us on the Ramshackle Ranch as we navigate the challenges of raising #piglets . After the birth of several piglets, complications arise, and some of the newborns become gravely ill. Determined to save their lives, we embark on a journey of research and...
Join us this week as we #harvest our Summer crops and begin the mammoth task of #preserving the bounty on the #homestead
Chapters
00:00 Our first Summer living off the land
00:38 Harvesting French beans and tomatillos
01:55 Spider mite outbreak
03:26 Ha...
This is the story of how we embarked on a journey to raise a year's worth of chicken over a 3 month period at our #homestead . Inspired by our friends and #pasturedpoultry farmers Jeff and Michelle at @southamptonhomestead8747 we decide to raise and proc...
Join us this week as we forage for #wildmushrooms in the pine forest and take them home to #preserve by the fire. It's also time for us to separate the 10 week old #piglets from their mothers.
Chapters
00:00 Let's go hunt for mushrooms
09:01 Processing a...
We're back at Millgrove Truffles this year for an early season #truffle harvest and massive truffle cook up. Join Pascale as she shares with you 7 different truffle dishes, as well as, some other useful tips to make the most out of your #blacktruffles #t...
Pascale takes you on an early winter garden tour of the incredibly productive #nodig bed we renovated at the start of Autumn. Troy secures another free waste food source for our pigs and moves the young piglets on to new pasture.
#gardening #foodsecurity ...
Join us this week on the #homestead as we harvest our Summer crops and plant out our winter gardens. Pascale also gets busy in the kitchen #preserving the bounty. #gardening
00:00 Harvesting our Summer crops
03:12 Preserving corn
04:00 Planting garlic
0...
In the alternative farming scene, it's unlikely for anyone to have not heard of Joel Salatin or have been influenced by his larger than life personality. Here in our cozy corner of South-Western Australia, we were fortunate enough to meet another two farme...
We cover the lessons learnt since getting our fantastic Saanen dairy goats. They give us abundant milk and have become part of the family. If you would like to have dairy goats of your own, this episode is for you! A list of all topics covered is contained...
Join us this week as we finish the last of our Autumn chores before the winter rains set in, grading the road and building a diversion drain to our dam. We also find some free food for ourselves and the livestock off the property and Troy introduces you to...
Join us for frosty adventures on the Ramshackle Ranch this week as we tackle things we just didn't have time to do over the busy Autumn months. We also welcome some new additions to the homestead so make sure you stay tuned to the end!
#homestead #preservi...
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