Animals, Farm News, Raw Milk, Sustainable Farming
Dara’s Baby is finally here!! Dara had her baby at 4:00am yesterday and he is very healthy and very large. Thankfully, she had no trouble giving birth and by the time I pulled on my boots (yes I ran out in my pj’s, robe and tall green Hunter...
Animals, Farm News, Grass Fed Lamb, Sustainable Farming
My sheep breeding program is different from most shepherds I know. We have a great market for fleeces, yarn and knitted items but last year I sold 130 lambs for slaughter so I need something gorgeous that grows well on grass with little human intervention. Thankfully...
Organic Gardening, Sustainable Farming
Since the bible states unequivocally that Adam would toil to produce food by the sweat of his brow and that the ground would produce thorns and thistles instead of good food, it makes sense that a woman would come up with a method of gardening that would keep down...
Cultured Foods, dairy recipes, Homesteading, Raw Milk, Recipes
Thick, creamy yogurt is all the rage and with good cause. Ever since my travels to Germany where I found myself, trudging zombie-like over hills, through hamlets, over church yards with 125 steps (each way) for my daily dose of quark I have been addicted to the stuff....
Farm News, Simple Living, Sustainable Farming
There is no doubt about it… the air is crisper, the nights cooler, and the colors are about to change the the face of the ridge behind our farm. Every year autumn seems to come from nowhere and I never feel I am quite ready for it and the letting go of summer,...
