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Recipes, seasonal updates, and the quiet stories from Angry Dog Farms. Slow posts, by hand.
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Chicken Processing Class Near Houston, TX (Aug 29)
Join our next hands-on chicken processing class on Saturday, August 29 at Angry Dog Farms in Hempstead, TX, about an hour from Houston. Learn field to freezer and take home a bird you processed yourself.
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What a Chicken Processing Class Is Like, Start to Finish
An honest, start-to-finish look at what a hands-on chicken processing class feels like, from pulling in the gate to driving home with your own bird.
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The Real Cost of Processing Your Own Chickens
Raising and processing your own meat chickens is rarely the cheapest chicken. Here is the honest math on chicks, feed, gear, and the meat you get back.
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When Are Meat Chickens Ready to Process? A Timing Guide
How to tell when a meat bird is ready for the freezer, from fast Cornish Cross broilers at 6 to 9 weeks to heritage birds that take much longer.
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Seed to Harvest: A Hands-On Vegetable Gardening Class
Our seed-to-harvest gardening workshop is hands-on in real beds: soil health, seed starting, succession planting, and natural pest control. Leave with starts and a plan.
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Goat Milk Soap Making Workshop: A Hands-On Farm Class
A goat milk soap making workshop using milk from our own goats: meet the herd, learn cold process safely, and take home a full batch to cure.
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Sourdough Class for Beginners: A Hands-On Workshop
Our sourdough class for beginners is hands-on start to finish, so you leave with a live starter, a loaf you shaped, and the trick to an open, airy crumb.
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Farm-to-Table Cooking Class: Pick It, Cook It, Eat It
Our farm-to-table cooking class starts in the garden: harvest your ingredients, cook a 3-course meal with the farm chef, then share it at one long table.
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Backyard Chicken Keeping for Beginners: A Hands-On Class
Backyard chicken keeping for beginners, taught hands-on with our flock: coop design, predator-proofing, flock health, and collecting eggs the right way.
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Inside Our Chicken Processing Class: Field to Freezer
What a hands-on chicken processing class is really like: humane handling, breaking a bird down, and the ready-to-cook chicken you take home and freeze.
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Farm Workshops Guide: Hands-On Classes for Beginners
A guide to hands-on farm workshops: sourdough, soap, backyard chickens, gardening, cooking, and more. What each class teaches, and how to pick one.
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Farm Party Activities Guests Actually Remember
Farm party activities that hold a real crowd: chores as games, ideas by age from toddlers to grandparents, what flops, and how to pace it start to finish.
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Your First Farm Workshop: What to Expect (and What to Wear)
What to expect at a farm workshop: what to wear, what to bring, how the day actually runs, and honest answers to the worries every first-timer has.
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Is a Guided Farm Tour Worth It? An Honest Comparison
Is a guided farm tour worth it over general admission? An honest comparison from a farm that sells both: what each visit includes, and who should pick which.
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Why Your Next Team Offsite Should Be on a Farm
The case for a corporate retreat on a farm: what teams actually do here, sample agendas, honest costs vs a hotel offsite, and who it isn't right for.
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The Best Time of Year to Visit a Farm, Season by Season
The best time of year to visit a farm depends on what you came for: baby goats in spring, harvest in fall, quiet winters. Our farm year, season by season.
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12 Questions to Ask a Barn Wedding Venue Before You Book
The real questions to ask a barn wedding venue before you book, answered honestly by a farm that hosts weddings: power, restrooms, rain plans, parking, and cost.
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Visiting a Farm with Kids: An Age-by-Age Guide
Visiting a farm with kids? An age-by-age guide from toddlers to teens: which animals win each age over, stroller truth, safety without fear, and plan B.
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Farm Birthday Party Ideas (From a Farm That Hosts Them)
Farm birthday party ideas from a farm that hosts them: what works at every age, what it costs, and why the goats out-entertain any rented bounce house.
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What to Wear to a Farm Visit (and What to Leave Home)
What to wear to a farm visit, season by season: shoes that survive mud, layers that earn their keep, and what to leave home. Honest advice from the farm.
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Hosting an Event on a Farm: The Complete Guide
Hosting an event on a farm, explained by one: what we provide, what it costs, weather backups, and the questions to ask before you book anywhere.
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Visiting a Working Farm: What to Expect (Complete Guide)
Everything to know before visiting a working farm: what you'll actually do, what it costs, etiquette, and the best season to come. From the farmers themselves.
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Welcome to the Farm
A warm welcome to Angry Dog Farms. Here's what our small working farm is, and the three ways to join us: a visit, a hands-on workshop, or an event.
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How to Plan Your First Farm Visit
How to pick your visit, what to wear, what a day on a working farm actually looks like, and how to be a good, safe farm guest. Everything you need for an easy first visit.
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