Flying J Farm Journal -- Dedicated to preventing disease with food and lifestyle

Vol 12 (15)  

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Started Monday, September 20, 2010 – Streaming to Friends in 17 countries

 

It's been a quiet week on the Flying J Farm, my home, on the edge of glacial flow that left rolling hills to the east and flat prairie to the west. The rain gage says we got .75" this week, most from that storm that blew though here on Friday. No tornado here but some bad damage in southern Ohio.

 

The trees, the trees, they are a changing! We have started to see some of the maples turning colors. It is the weaker ones that show color first and then the strong ones come on. Today, I ran around the lake and got the same beautiful sensation that I felt before I bought the farm of going from place to place in that woods and finding nearly homogeneous carpets of different colors -- the yellow sugar maple being the most pronounced! Some are saying that you should exercise in nature because it rewards you with stress reduction -- I'm blessed!

 

Also, I must tell you that the buckeyes are falling in great numbers. Those of you who want to make buckeye necklaces, now is the time to pick them up -- before the squirrels get them. Actually, young Owen (6 years old) picked up a whole lot of them from the tree in the front yard saying he was going to make a bunch of money selling them. It reminded me of the time my brother and I would go to the dump to pick up metal pieces and take them to the scrap people who paid us for them. I have picked up quite a few and have dried them in the oven. I may make a bunch of money too!!

 

Cider's in!

 

Another sign of the time of year, fresh cider can now be found at the various fruit places here in the country. This is stuff even the richest people in the world cannot get unless they shop at these places because, here, it is not pasteurized. I don't know if you have had it, but it is worth the drive to go to one of these places. Then, if you leave it for a while in the frig, it starts to ferment with a fizz and that is another great sensation! This reminds me, I need to call Charlie of Charlie's apples to get him here for Fall Fest with his fresh cider.

 

All this Automation Making Me Lazy

 

I've felt a little down lately and could not figure out why. Then I got to thinking, I have not cut wood in a while. The reason is that I am not running the outdoor furnace because the water in the Garden Barn is now being heated by the solar panel, and the water in the house is being heated with gas from my well. On top of that, the stock watering tanks are now being filled automatically so I don't need to run water to the cows and horses. In fact, the rains have filled the tanks under the downspouts in the new cow barn so the cows have more water than they need, even though the creek is not flowing. All this automation is making me lazy. I really needed that run today to keep from getting depressed.

 

Fall Festival Oct 2

 

Here at the farm we are totally into getting ready for the Fall Festival. As you know the date is Oct 2 and gates open at 12:00 noon and it is free. We plan to have several speakers and vendors offering health and sustainability ideas and products. There will be a fishing contest and archery lessons for the children and nature hiking farm tours and demonstrations for both children and adults. We will have a barn dance, lots of food (bring a side dish),  a hayride and bonfire with somores. If you wish you can camp over night for $10 and I will fix a free breakfast of pancakes with Flying J Farm maple syrup in the morning. It's our biggest event of the year we plan for you to go home  with new resolve to be more healthy, physically and spiritually. I'd love to hear from you that you are coming and the number you are bringing with you. Thanks.

 

One more thing, I want each person coming to the Fall Festival to wear a hat or cap or t-shirt, that says who you are or who you would like to be -- you know, from a psychologist's perspective. Tell us with your cap what are your dreams. This will be a great conversation starter and a neat way to get to know each other. I have at least a dozen caps that say who I am from pilot, to farmer, to astronaut, etc. You will have to guess which I will wear.

 

In the Garden

 

The garden is winding down for the year. The tomatoes are suffering from the cold and peppers never did do much this year. On the plus side, we have some nice sweet potatoes, thanks to those of you pulled the weeds.

 

In the Coup

 

Six chickens still survive, it looks like 4 hen and two roosters, still no eggs. Scarlett say it may be because they have been traumatized by the hawks and raccoons.

 

In the Pasture

 

I just brought home the beef, yea! Many are asking for it. It will be available on first come first served basis. You can come out today but let me know if you are coming. I guess I will let you know my cell phone number 740-817-3602 if you don't get me at my regular number.

 

The following is a price list for this certified organic grass-fed beef per pound:

 

Filet (tenderloin) $21.00

New York Strip $11.00

Porterhouse Steak $14.00

Ribeye Steak $13.00

T-bone Steak $12.00

Top Sirloin $11.00

Bottom Sirloin Steak $10.00

Flank Steak $12.00  

Skirt Steak $8.00

Brisket $7.00

Round Steak $6.00

Rump Roast $7.00

Chuck Roast $6.00

Stew Beef (boneless) $6.00

Short ribs $4.00

Ground beef $4.75

Patties $5.25

Beef for boiling $3.00  

Liver $4.00

Soup Bones $2.00

Heart, tongue, tail, kidneys $2.00

Dog bones $1.00 ea

 

Other products of the farm

 

Flour (From which you can make “powder milk biscuits that give shy persons what it takes to get up and do what needs to be done” – Garrison Keillor). We are offering our whole wheat flour ($1.25 per pound), and spelt flour ($1.75 per pound) milled while you wait. I also, can mill corn meal for you for $1.00 per pound in 5-pound bags. I have new 2-pound bags and will sell flour and cornmeal in these for $2 per bag.

 

Maple syrup

 

We have all maple syrup here at the farm for you to pick up. The prices have gone up this year:

1/2 gal  $32

Quart  $19

Pint  $12

1/2 pint  $8

 

Until next week:

 

May your life be crowded with unexpected joys. May the Lord smile at you today. Be with someone who will make you laugh a little this week.

 

Dick, NBF, not a slave to fashion, the clock, or technology, saying, If you care for the Creator, care for His creation.

 

The Flying J Farm Motto: “Restoring the land, the buildings, and the people.”

Flying J Farm Website: www.flyingjfarm.com

 

Where ever you are, it is your friends who make your world. William James, 1899

 

"Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food."

Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine

 

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame and diet, and the causes of disease." Thomas Edison

 

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is a wonderful teacher, and he gives the farmer great wisdom.” Isaiah 28:29

 

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Proverbs 4:23

 

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety," observed Benjamin Franklin, "deserve neither liberty nor safety”.

 

Sign over the door to Albert Einstein’s office at Princeton Univ: “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts”

 

A government that is big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.  Thomas Jefferson

 

…to provide for the common defense, and to promote the general welfare.” Preamble to the US Constitution (Jensen note: It does NOT say “Provide for the general welfare” and that is why the USA has been so successful!)