They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Christmas Cookies! Few things evoke the nostalgia of the Advent season like the baking of Christmas Cookies. There is something magical about spending a quiet afternoon indoors, while the weather outside fulfills its seasonally appropriate frightfulness, listening to the Julie Andrews, Bing Crosby and the Vienna Boys Choir in their original vinyl glory on the… Continue reading The Christmas Cookies Begin!
Cooking for this crowd isn't easy, especially on days when life is hectic, which is practically every day. We place a premium on meals that are quick, hit all the major food groups, and dirty the smallest number of dishes. E.g. Chicken over rice. One Lb leftover chicken, shredded and lightly fried in bacon lard… Continue reading Little Chef
We recently came across this beautiful print of a pen-and-ink drawing of the three hearts, sold by a family owned company in Steubenville, OH. Thinking it would make a beautiful fixture in our workshop, we ordered it, and I successfully turned a 10 minute project into a several day project, framing and mounting it. First… Continue reading Three Hearts Poster
A day late, but… Happy first week of Advent!
We skipped the turkey for Thanksgiving this year. Instead we roasted two of the ducks that we harvested last weekend. Kathleen stuffed them with apple and onion slices, and rubbed them with salt and pepper. She set them in the turkey roaster and filled the bottom with half an inch of apple cider to steam… Continue reading Roast Duck
I subscribe to an online (and print) magazine called "Cultivate" by homesteader and food journalist Holly Hickam, produced by the School of Traditional Skills. If you are at all interested in food, homesteading, or food freedom, you should totally subscribe as well. The weekly newsletters are a very entertaining read. In last week's issue she… Continue reading Old Timey Pumpkin Pie
Tuesday we spent the whole day at the farm. It was a light school day, and we had people coming over to pick up their turkeys for Thanksgiving, so it made sense to make if a farm day. Rocking the cool farmer look. We checked on our ducks in the garden. They were still hiding… Continue reading Ducks in the Garden
I told Winne "Someday, when you are big, you will be able to pull the strings off the bales all by yourself." No! Me do it! Help! I did it!
We pulled the last of the pumpkins and winter squash off the garden on Monday of this week. First we tried to liven up the ducks a little. Since we put them in the garden area on Saturday they have been huddling along the fence on the east side of the garden, mostly hiding under… Continue reading Last of the Pumpkins
The science is clear. A child under the age of, let's say 10, will learn far more from a stick than he or she ever will from the fanciest pants screen device ever invented. (This is only slightly hyperbole. Many studies do confirm the critical role that concrete manipulation of three dimensional objects in space… Continue reading What the farm is for: Learning to Drive a Wheelbarrow
Little Farm in the Big City 