Farm News: Sheep

Farm News: Sheep

A Visiting Ram One of our most urgent jobs last week was the introduction of the new sire into the sheep flock. Due to our extensive losses from neighborhood dog attacks last year, we lost our precious rams. In keeping with the amazing camaraderie within the farming...

Mini Meatballs in Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

This week’s recipe is perfect with grass fed ground beef from the Farm Shop! MINI-MEATBALLS IN ROASTED RED PEPPER SAUCE Ingredients · 2 pounds Grass Fed Ground Beef · 1 cup soft bread crumbs · 2 eggs · 1/4 cup finely chopped onion · 2 garlic cloves, crushed ·...

Cut of the Week: Leg of Lamb

The leg of lamb is the most versatile cut of lamb. We sell our grass fed lamb legs whole or butterflied. To butterfly a leg of lamb, it is deboned and rolled and tied, this is a tough job and is better left to the professionals. Butterflied leg of lamb is perfect for...

Comfort Food: Home Style Pot Roast

I love chuck and arm roasts since they come from the most used muscles on a cow. Remember the equation: heavily used muscles = tougher meat = more flavor = cheaper cut less used muscles = more tender meat = less flavor = expensive cut Home Style Pot Roast Ingredients:...
Spinning Yarns: Fiber Arts for the Fall

Spinning Yarns: Fiber Arts for the Fall

As the temperatures drop our sheep look more and more in their element. The winter is a happy, happy time for the sheep. They work all year to grow a great fleece and it comes in mighty handy as the temperatures dip. I am looking forward to a great fleece harvest next...
"The Cook and the Gardener"

"The Cook and the Gardener"

Although set in the French Countryside, Amanda Hesser’s book The Cook and the Gardener holds many lessons and much encouragement for Americans seeking to tie their living more closely to the land. Over the year she served as a cook in a chateau in Burgundy,...
Angel’s Puppies

Angel’s Puppies

Angel, our beautiful Great Pyrenees, is pregnant. She seems to be about 35-40 days into the pregnancy and we are so excited about the coming puppies. Many of the puppies are already spoken for and that helps us to plan for puppy sales. We will train several of the...