Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Book Reviews, Eat Local, Simple Living, Sustainable Farming

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life is Barbara Kingsolver’s memoir of the first year her family experimented with eating ONLY locally-grown foods. In order to abide by their agreed-upon rules, she and her family began growing more of their own food...

What To Do With Whey

Raw Milk, Recipes

I have recently begun straining my homemade raw milk yogurt to get a thicker product by placing a colander over a large bowl, lining the colander with a thin towel (cheese cloth would be even better for the task), and letting it drain, covered, in the refrigerator...

Begin an Organic Garden with a Simple Step

Organic Gardening, Simple Living, vegetable recipes

Seasoned gardeners often remark that the secret to a good organic garden is to constantly add to the soil and try new things, year after year. As a novice gardener, I was encouraged by that fact. For too long I was daunted by my perception that one had to get up a...

Bee Hives in the Organic Garden

Organic Gardening

A great desire of mine has been to have bee hives in the garden to help with pollination. Bee-keeping is a great component of sustainable farming and organic gardening because the pollination keeps plants hardy and helps seeds be more productive for the next...

Delicious Homemade Raw Milk Vanilla Ice Cream

Free Range Chicken, Raw Milk, Recipes

  Pictured at right is the beginning of Debbie’s Vanilla Ice Cream base!! Six golden egg yolks from our free range chickens! The best vanilla ice cream is made with vanilla beans that have been steeped in custard to release their maximum flavor. If you...

How to Keep the Girls Happy

Farm News, Free Range Chicken

A large part of my job on the farm is to keep the girls happy, all 175 of them. Our “girls” are our Rhode Island, Delaware and Red Comet free range chickens. I think it is one of the most rewarding jobs on the farm. Here is how I keep them happy and laying...