I am looking for a small property to farm in N.W Montana, I want the usual , chickens, a pig , cow for milk and 4 or 5 cows for meat for my family and to sell for profit. How many acres would i need to support 5 grazing cows and how many acres of hay would I need for winter feed.
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Are you planning a New Year’s Eve party or just a family get together over the holiday weekend? Here is an old favorite recipe – Party Mix and one with a new twist – Barbecue Party Mix – it’s really good, you need to try it! I use my Roaster with Granny Speckles to make both of these recipes. Did you think the only use for a roaster is for your Thanksgiving turkey or Christmas ham – think again. Enjoy!
Original Party Mix
Ingredients:
6 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons seasoned salt
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
3 cups corn cereal
3 cups rice cereal
3 cups wheat cereal
1 cup mixed nuts
1 cup bite-size pretzels
1 cup garlic-flavor bite-size bagel chips or regular-size bagel chips, broken into 1-inch pieces
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One of Cleveland’s newspapers, The Plain Dealer, recently featured an article about Lehman’s.
The article features an interview with Galen Lehman, Glenda Lehman Ervin and Jay Lehman as well as a glimpse into the workshop and work of Eli Miller (Lehman’s Craftsman) and Chuck Kirkpatrick.
Galen, Glenda, and Jay talk a bit about preserving quality American-made products, while focusing on Eli and Chuck’s role in Lehman’s efforts to continue to supply Historical Technology. Eli and Chuck work hard to manufacture and assemble some of our most historical and popular products that are still very useful today. Such Eli/Chuck exclusives include:
Also mentioned in the piece is a bit of Lehman’s history including the oil embargo and Y2K that are prominent chapters in our long proud story. There is even an audio interview.
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As part of our grand opening celebration in July, we had six wonderful prizes in our store. Customers were encouraged to register to win one (or all) of these prizes. Galen got to draw the winners’ names, which was fun. But I got the best job! I contacted each of the winners, and arranged delivery for the prizes. It is always a wonderful experience to speak with customers, but chatting with folks from across the country, who remember their trip to Lehman’s with fondness, was a real treat. 
One woman told me how her trip to Lehman’s was a tribute to her grandmother, who had recently passed away. Receiving her prize was a bright spot in the first holiday without her beloved grandmother.
Another mentioned he had family in the area and never missed a chance to stop by Lehman’s on his way through Ohio. We received thousands of entries, and some included requests for the catalog and/or to be added to our e-mail list. If you were one of these folks, you should be receiving information from us shortly.
Each prize was worth over $250 and included an electric skillet; cherry rocking horse; copper kettle; collector’s set of Case knives; limited edition oil lamp; and retro stand-up radio. Winners were from Florida, Ohio, Tennesee and Pennsylvania. Vist our web site, or watch for our next e-mail newsletter, for more information on our winners. Although I want you to know — every Lehman’s customer is a winner in my book.
Here is the Prize Winners Announcement.
Have a blessed holiday and a safe new year!
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Sonya of Conway, AR: If you’re reading this post, here’s a photo of my son, Matthew, getting your order ready for packing.
This is the time of year when we pull out all the stops. Most of our business happens near the end of the year, partly because of Christmas and partly because we sell so many cold weather items. Examples include woodstoves to keep the cold outside where it belongs, oil lamps for dark winter nights, snowshoes from the Huron Indians and “Yak Trax” to keep you on your feet when it’s icy.
And, just as we’ve been for 52 years, it’s still a family affair. When I first started working at Lehman’s, I was still in high school. One of my first jobs was to prep and pack food strainers. Check out my personal review of these strainers if you want to learn more about them.
This year, my high school age son, Matthew, joined us help pack orders. This makes the fourth generation of the Lehman family to work here. (Although my Dad, Jay, started the store, his first employee was my grandfather, Ezra.)
I hate to admit it, but Matthew probably works harder and smarter than I did at that age. (Hopefully, he’s not reading this post or I’ll have to take a ribbing later.)
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One of my favorite things I enjoy about living in Kidron, Ohio is the Amish. My husband has family here but I grew up maybe 20 miles north. 20 miles doesn’t sound like much in distance but as far as culture it is worlds apart. I lived on a farm so the rural lifestyle is not new to me. What was new were the Amish and in particular having Amish neighbors. Contrary to popular belief my experience with my Amish neighbors is they are not standoffish at all. They are quite friendly and quite talkative. We meet in our shared lane or by the mail box often and chat for long stretches of time about all sorts of things. I happen to like horses so we can talk horse talk or talk about gardens, livestock or the weather. We talk about my dogs (who misbehave) and their dogs (who behave). The wife makes soap that she sells to Lehman’s so I help her by printing off soap labels on my computer. She makes a beautiful product but to label it would be difficult as you can imagine without a printer or computer. I am glad to help her with this. Last time I did she wanted to pay me for the soap labels but we decided she could just lend me their billy goat to visit with my doe instead of exchanging any money. How’s that for bartering? Not your usual exchange but it works and now with any luck I’ll have goat’s milk this spring.
I also give my Amish neighbors rides to doctor’s appointments or the bus station for the times they travel to see relatives.
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Webmaster: A Story and an Idea ( in New England, we call them Idears)
The power just came back on after a very cold day in Vermont, an ice storm, no heat, no electricity until a little bit ago. Well, an old woodstove helped us get through the day. This old stove come with the house and isnt really designed for cooking, but it was pressed into service today for coffee, hot water for tea, soup, and beef stew. Without Sunday football on TV to distract me because we had no electricity, I got to thinking about those beautiful woodstoves I’ve seen in Kidron when I’ve been back in Ohio visiting the relatives and family. So when the power came back on, I got on the web site and started wishin’ and thinkin’ about the many products that Lehman’s offers that could help us get through a day without power here in Vermont. We have many power outages here.
That was the story. Here is the idear. I would like to have a Lehman’s Wish List capability in My Account so I can place items on a wish list. I can think of many. Having the list would help me prioritize purchases based on our budgeting.
Whats the best wasy to learn about the cook stoves and whether or not they are appropriate for my home? I want to get rid of this old heat stove and put in a cook stove.
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Years ago I had a recipe for a sourdough bread that used sugar, warm water, and instant potato flakes to “feed” the starter. In searching on the web for a sourdough starter, I ran across a link to countrylife.net. However, I could not find the recipe on the website. If anyone has the recipe for the starter, please respond as I would like to make some for the Christmas holiday.
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trying to respond to southern farms ~ gafarmwoman~i live in north florida ~ we have homesteaded for some 30 years ~is a pleasure to find someone in the south~we have milk cows,feeder pigs(two,three/yr)sheepes(i spin and weave) chickens, geese, turk……you name it, we have it, probably. nice to ‘chat’ with others of similar interests~and not have folks look at you as tho from another planet. tingo
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Okay, we’ve all been getting a little slap-happy around the catalog office, it being a mere 11 days until Christmas and all. That said, this posting is both a “Rant” and a “Rave” (not necessarily in that order).
Rave first: we’ve just added a really, really neat product to our website. (Personally, I wish we would’ve had these a tad bit sooner because they would make amazing stocking stuffers. But, what can you do?)
Several weeks ago we received a mysterious box in our department, full of what sounded like wooden marbles or ball bearings or something of the like.
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