Egg Breakfast Cups

Bacon & Kale Cheesy Egg Cups – Part of a Successful Weekly Meal PlanYield: 12 individual egg cups Temp: 325° (f) Cooking Time: 25 minutes Prep Time: 15 minutes   Ingredients – Equipment Needed 1 head kale, chopped 5+ strips bacon, cut/crisped (save some bacon grease for cooking the kale) 12-14 eggs, medium to large…

Raising Chickens

Raising Chickens “I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday” – Henry IV I have memories of birds as a child but never had I had the opportunity to work with raising chickens.  I had a duck when I was…

Welcome to Bell Hill Farm & Hen Scratch Quilting, Hollister CA

Welcome to Bell Hill Farm & Hen Scratch Quilting, Hollister, CA It was a late winter afternoon as I drove through the hills along Cienega Road in Hollister, CA. Blossoms are falling from trees and tiny green leaves are budding, letting us know spring is on the horizon. Also known as the “Wine Trail”, Cienega…

Welcome to Paicines Ranch, Paicines CA

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Welcome to Pasture Chick Ranch, Hollister CA

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