Milk Consumption Tied to Lower Risk of Breast Cancer

Health, Raw Milk, Recipes

A study published in the International Journal of Cancer has shown that childhood and adult milk consumption can protect against breast cancer.Women who drank more than 3 glasses of milk per day had half the risk of breast cancer compared to women not drinking milk...

How to Hang a Clothesline – the Technical Part

Seasonal Living, Simple Living

Clothes and linens dried in the sunshine smell fresh and feel crisp. A clothesline is a wonderful addition to any back yard. Here are two ways to install one:The first method is for a simple, single line that is easy to take down and put back up. The second is for a...

Laundry on the Line

Seasonal Living, Simple Living

I have been a die hard clothesline fan since I purchased a kit from Martha Stewart and set up a proper line. Sure you can use a couple of hooks and a plastic line from Home Depot in a pinch but if you intend on committing to forgoing the dryer whenever possible you...

Time to Plant Beets

Organic Gardening

Most people will tell you they hate beets but that’s only because they have only tasted the horrid red imposters sliced and jammed into tin cans. For shame!!! Beets are one of my favorite vegetables and dressed in Celtic Sea Salt and Kerry Gold butter, you just...

Happy Easter

Farm News

Happy Easter from The Farm!

Maple Syrup Restocked in the Store!

Recipes

This season’s REAL maple syrup is in stock now at the Farm Store. If you’ve never tried real maple syrup on your pancakes or as a sweetener in recipes you are in for a treat. Don’t miss these posts on maple syrup from the archives: A discussion of...

Small Changes Matter

Simple Living

They say that it’s important to always be learning and growing as you go about your life. Sometimes this takes the form of huge leaps forward, but more often people take small incremental steps. You may not be able to make a comprehensive shift to a completely...

Planting Peas

Organic Gardening

When it comes to fresh-from-the-garden vegetables that cause you swear off grocery store knock-offs, peas are at the top of the list. Fresh from the pod, peas are exquisite! They are easy to grow, easy to pick and if you have never eaten a fresh pea still in the pod,...

Traders Point Dairy Products

Sustainable Farming

When I was in the throes of starting a new farm I met a couple from Indiana, Fritz and Jane Kunz, who had an idea to start an organic dairy on inherited land in Zionsville, Indiana. They planned to bottle their own milk and yogurt for sale from the farm. For those of...

The Fine Art of Letter Writing

Simple Living

Most of those closest to me know of my utter and vehement dislike for Facebook. Unless you have nothing planned for the afternoon you shouldn’t ask me if I have a Facebook page.I have many, many good reasons for shunning this newest form of...