Major highs and lows of lambing.
It wasn’t an easy lambing season. Even on our small farm with just a handful of ewes, you have to face the issues that come – they’re inevitable with livestock….
Read MoreIt’s not always glamorous or clean, but at least life on the farm is entertaining, beautiful, and oh-so-delicious. Follow along with recipes, dreams and confessions, and garden growing here.
It wasn’t an easy lambing season. Even on our small farm with just a handful of ewes, you have to face the issues that come – they’re inevitable with livestock….
Read MoreSteven Rinella, a popular hunting advocate and star of Meat Eater (love that show), said it best. He says he’s not the best hunter, nor is he the most gifted…
Read MoreHow to tell when a ewe will lamb. I’ll never be the type of person that has life in complete order because a) I don’t think it’s possible and b)…
Read MoreBefore I introduce this tasty Lamb Tagine recipe, a little confession: I hate how few lamb recipes I have on the blog thus far. Truth be told, our lamb is…
Read MoreShaye… you should go check on the little piglets. No. It’s cold. Shaye… you should go gather the eggs because, baby, it’s cold outside, and they’ll explode. No. It’s 3…
Read MoreSlow down, Shaye. Just slow the heck down. Breathe, Mama, just breath. In. Out. Breeeeeeeeeeeathe. Last week, I took my own advice, and followed through with deep, satisfying breaths. I…
Read MoreI didn’t intend to be lambing in winter. Aren’t lambs naturally supposed to come in the spring time? Isn’t that just the way that nature works or something? Oh wait….
Read MoreIt was the long, brown curls that hung in front of his eyes that captured my heart. From the moment I first saw Hugh Ferring-Wittingstale on River Cottage years ago,…
Read MoreI swear, y’all. You cannot even make this stuff up. Farm life… home life… they continue to just leave me speechless. Ya, speechless. Or screaming. Either one. So take a…
Read MoreA reader once told me that the veil between life and death was so sheer thin, it almost made it impossible to breathe. Last night, as I held our dead…
Read MoreIt’s amazing to me that after two years of life on our farm, we’ve yet to welcome any new animals via birth on The Elliott Homestead. We should have had…
Read MoreHere’s how to butcher a lamb… Two weeks ago, we said goodbye to our beloved ram lamb Guido, and hello to the most delicious meat I’ve ever tasted. Okay –…
Read MoreAnd as experience is the best teacher, I’m here to share with you how to bake better bread at home. Save yourself years of bad loaves. My many baking flops are your gain. Here’s how to bake better bread at home.
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