Ramblings From the Flip Flop Farmer

Top Desserts: Featuring Boca Negra From Alaska

Top Desserts: Featuring Boca Negra From Alaska

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate…we all crave chocolate! This weeks top dessert is the Boca Negra Cake made famous by Two Sisters Bakery in Homer, Alaska.  The Boca Negra Cake has been dubbed a flourless cake. However, with 1 1/2 tablespoons of flour in the recipe, I’m not sure how that makesRead More…

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Top Desserts: Featuring Lane Cake From Alabama

Top Desserts: Featuring Lane Cake From Alabama

Did you know that every state has a signature dessert? I honestly never even really thought about it. I saw an article somewhere one day that had was talking about all of these great desserts, so obviously we needed to investigate that. After-all, who doesn’t like dessert! I found thisRead More…

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Easy All Beef 3 Alarm Summer Sausage Recipe

Easy All Beef 3 Alarm Summer Sausage Recipe

I’m sure you will love this easy all beef 3 alarm summer sausage recipe, just as much as we do. We started doing a low carb diet, at the beginning of the year. We’ve all done fairly well on it. The main goal is to get Mr. Clucking It Up’sRead More…

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Which of These 13 March Vegetables Will You Start Growing

Which of These 13 March Vegetables Will You Start Growing

Which of these 13 March vegetables will you start growing now? It’s March and I know our brains are in overdrive with what to plant right now. It’s so close to spring and I fear, we’ve already sprung. I’m so excited, I’ve already wet my plants! So, get your seedsRead More…

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Which is it, Scalloped or Au Gratin Potatoes?

Which is it, Scalloped or Au Gratin Potatoes?

Which is it, scalloped or au gratin potatoes? Do you know the difference? I was recently asked the difference and totally drew a blank…what is the difference. Hence, this post. Now, we will all know the difference. Both dishes obviously are potato creations and we all love our potatoes right.Read More…

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Create a 30 Day Garden

Create a 30 Day Garden

We’ve compiled a list of 9 our favorite crops that can be harvested in 30 days or less. Let’s create a 30 day garden together! The best part of these crops is that they DO NOT have to be planted in the ground. Each of these will do excellent inRead More…

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What’s the Difference in Farmsteading and Homesteading?

What’s the Difference in Farmsteading and Homesteading?

We get asked this occasionally.. what’s the difference in farmsteading and homesteading? In a lot of ways each of these is married to the other, but they are also different from each other. We’ll make a fancy schmancy Venn diagram to show you the difference (and cause it’s cool). Let’sRead More…

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Easy Homemade Egg Noodles

Easy Homemade Egg Noodles

Over in Facebookland, it always asks me what’s on my mind. Well, I’ll tell you what’s on my mind, noodles! Easy homemade egg noodles. It could be because we’ve been doing low carb for the last 6 weeks or so. But, I really want noodles! Instead of breaking our “diet”Read More…

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15 Seeds to Start in February

15 Seeds to Start in February

Give your summer garden a boost this year, with these 15 seeds to start in February. We all love fresh veggies and winter is the worst for me here on the farm, but with careful planning next season, we will have veggies year round. You can get started now andRead More…

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