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….
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On the Homestead
It’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.
We’re sick. Let’s make some comfort food!
Really, there was never any hope of completely escaping it. We’re sick. Some of us are handling it better than others, alas, we’re here in our little cottage – together…
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Come clean the cottage with me!
Come clean the cottage with me! Truth be told, there’s hardly a better way (in my opinion) to spend the day than cleaning the cottage. I know. Some of my…
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All the food left in our winter root cellar.
It’s not glamorous – all the food left in our winter root cellar. The cabbage leaves have long gone a bit grey and moldy. The leeks are now spotted and…
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Einkorn Brownies
Chewy, crumbly, and left just barely gooey in the middle, this is my go-to brownie recipe. Einkorn is perfect for brownies because it’s already slightly crumbly and tastes subtly of…
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Jam Galette
This is one of my very favorite wintertime treats to make: jam galette. The good news is that the crust is so incredibly versatile that once you learn the very…
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Sourdough made easy: Keeping, maintaining, and converting to a dry-sourdough starter.
I keep a sourdough starter. A very healthy one. Right now, a small jar of my starter is living in the refrigerator where it sits, waiting for its moment in…
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What 2 feet of snow means on the farm.
The homesteader doesn’t always get to choose their day. A few times each week (I’m rounding, here) the farm chooses our day for us. There’s part of this uncertainty and…
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Stop taking yourself so seriously. Self.
Something happened. I can’t put my finger on when. I think it was maybe five or so years ago… when social media really began barrel down the hill and swept…
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2022: Small farm dreams, goals, mistakes, layout, and more.
Like most of you, I look at New Years as an opportunity to reflect on what this last year has taught us here on our small farm and feel reenergized…
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Homemade Bacon is this simple: salt, sugar, and 7 days.
It’s been seven years now since Brandon Sheard of Farmstead Meatsmith came to visit our (then) farm and taught us how to properly kill, clean, cut, wrap, and cure our…
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This toxic ingredient is in everything.
We produce a lot of beautiful food on our farm. From raw milk to red meat to rendered lard to herbed salts to organic vegetables to fresh fruit. It’s all…
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