Spring is Coming and so are the Lambs

Spring is Coming and so are the Lambs

Animals, Farm News

This past week, in temperatures in the teens, we had several new arrivals to The Farm. Our Katahdin ewes have begun to lamb. Katahdin sheep are best know for their mild flavored, delectable meat and we can certainly attest to that attribution. One characteristic that...

Cow Sharing Opportunity

Raw Milk

At Windy Acres Farm our standards are high, very high. When we bring a dairy cow into our cowsharing program she must have been raised organically for her entire life and been 100% grass fed since birth. Obviously these standards make it very difficult to increase our...

Living Well

Simple Living

I don’t believe a day that goes by when I don’t hear about the need to “get well” or “eat well” or even to “marry well”. We are encouraged to “be well” and certainly to “stay well” but how many...

Seed Savers Exchange Seed at Windy Acres Farm Shop

Organic Gardening

I have had organic gardens in 5 different locations over a 17 year haul and other than keeping the garden organic, doing my part to keep heirloom varieties of seed available has been my biggest gardening goal. My first step, way back then, was to find a company that...

Farm Happenings – Winter

Farm News, Seasonal Living

“So things must be slowing down for you guys on the farm now that the winter has set in.”This is question asked of us almost every day and it made me realize that it is been some time since I wrote about our farm activities.As was written by Sir Albert...

Organic Cooking: Stew, French Style – Part 2

Recipes, Slow Food

This dish comes from the the Carmargue, French cowboy country, and is traditionally made with bull’s meat which is somewhat tough but extremely flavorful. In the US, we can only dream of the day when the palette of the people, even only a handful of people, will...

Organic Cooking: Stew, French Style

Recipes, Slow Food

Once winter sets in for long haul I head to the bookshelf for Patricia Wells’ Bistro Cooking.  It stays with me until the first of my veggies come out of the garden and I tend to let the garden dictate my meals. I first learned of this treasury of savory dishes...

A Warming Soup

Recipes, Seasonal Living

As the weather is colder and I have a freezer full of pumpkin puree (having roasted six already and two more in the cupboard!), I find myself making this delicious warm pumpkin soup weekly. Paired with a loaf of fresh bread and some cheese, it makes a good simple...

The Naturally Sick Child

Health

My family suffered waves of illness last week, and I found it difficult to maintain a natural/healthy approach. I had some turkey bone broth on hand which, when cooked up with spinach and barley, made a healthy and healing soup for upset tummies. I attempted to make...