[hiredhand]

41. Learn to cut up a chicken; buying a whole chicken is cheaper than buying parts.

HA! The two Hiredhand "Jrs" here killed two of our meat birds this morning. :-) Killed them, skinned them, got the guts out of them, and ready to cut into smaller/select cuts. The "yard birds" are chilling in the fridge now! SP takes care of the rest. Having to COMPLETELY cut it up isn't MANLY! :-)

I'll forward this to SP though...she LOVES reading stuff like this and makes use of a LOT of it! :-) Thanks!

[Squantos]

I traded a full cord of hickory this AM for eggs for a year ! I eat eggs for breakfast only , maybe two dozen a week at best yet it only took me an hour to cut and split a full cord. And the wood was free where I got it. And the person I bartered with is a good friend . I have thus far added a cow elk, a mule deer and two white tails to the freezer this fall. Root cellar is full, canned goods stocked and no more empty ball mason jars. A canning is DONE !

Harvest is on the shelf and in the freezers.