As requested – here is our Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde. I’m glad we overplanted these. Since everything did so poorly, we ended up with a small batch of excess tomatillos. The trick on this Salsa Verde is to know when to harvest the tomatillos and get a mix of ripe, overripe, and almost ripe fruit.
Welcome to Raven Grove Farms
Raven Grove is a small homestead located in the Central Willamette Valley near Eugene, Oregon. Our goal is to work toward more self-sustainability with an emphasis on food, lifestyle, and awareness.
What we do at Raven Grove Farms
Beekeeping
We have been beekeepers for three years and have a small but growing apiary. There is nothing quite like fresh wildflower honey.
Learn MoreHome, Farm, and Garden
When we moved into Raven Grove, we weren't thinking about homesteading. But as we started to look around the lifestyle and processes involved intriqued us.
Learn MoreFood and Drink
We have learned about home cooking, preservation, and brewing. This is the final product of what we grow and produce at the farm.
Learn MoreExperimentation, Fun, Exploration & Travel in Oregon
Western Oregon is beutiful and it is a pleasure to get out see the world. explore, and have a good time.
Learn MoreOur Horses
We love our four horses. They are a major part of our family and our activities.
Learn MoreOur most recent journal entries. Click the links above for more specific category posts.
Automatic Chicken Coop Door
September 17, 2020
By Marcus
Keeping chickens safe is tricky depending on how far you want to go in creating a chicken friendly safe environment. I’ve seen some pretty impressive chicken coops with attached enclosed runs with buried metal mesh and other fancy predator controls. Those are nice, but we have other projects that require that finite resource of money
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Wildfires 2020
September 11, 2020
By Marcus
This has been a difficult post to write, I’m devastated over what has occurred this week and it’s with a very heavy heart that I journal this. I’m keeping this short and limiting to how this has impacted us – but know that every fiber of our beings reaches out to those who have lost
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