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.
Ellie finished her school early. So she gets to learn how to make focaccia! Focaccia is one of the easiest breads to make. It is very simple, but time consuming to make it. We weigh out 500mg of high gluten pizza dough. Then we whisk in 3 tsp yeast, and a teaspoon of salt. We… Continue reading Focaccia!
Allow me to introduce you to one of our kids' favorite books. The children call it "Christmas Family" for reasons that become obvious as soon as you read the book. One of the key moments in the early part of the book is the family preparing candles from the wax of bayberries, to burn on… Continue reading The Day Before the Day Before Christmas
Just a semi-quick update on various things from last weekend, Since it is now this weekend, and will be past this weekend by the time this publishes. Edit: or not, since I hit "publish" instead of "schedule." Feeding the sheep. I don't remember which day this was, but it was a sunny afternoon. This was… Continue reading Weekend Update and some Pasture Musings
https://youtube.com/shorts/j49IEp-aJek?feature=share Yes, it really is this chaotic around here. All day every day.
Sometimes people may wonder why so much of our time is spent in making food. Don't we know that we can just go to the store and buy the same stuff, cheaper and faster? No mess, no prep, just pop it in the oven. Or the microwave. Then you don't even have to wash dishes.… Continue reading Farm Food. Bread, Mama Mac, Elderberry Cordial
Miscellaneous food projects from the last few days. We started a new batch of elderberry elixir. 1/3rd quart jar of gently crushed elderberries (we used the silicone spatula so as not to risk crushing the seeds. 1/3rd 100 proof vodka. 1/3rd honey (with a cinnamon stick and a chunk of ginger root. We stuck it… Continue reading More Farm Food
Hopefully it tastes good too.
Monday is the day we bake bread, most weeks. We try to get it done as early as possible in the morning, so that we can have fresh bread for lunch. Since Seppi still doesn't have very much school this year, and Winnie has no school at all (except for coloring "pretty pictures") they usually… Continue reading Monday, Bread Day.
Little Farm in the Big City 