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.
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
So there we were, in the garden, trying to get it ready. This was a good while ago. We have been too busy to blog, so I am trying to catch up in the odds and ends of time, and it shows. This is all from September 4th, the day Elli got her tonsils out.… Continue reading Turnip Fritters
This is the story of a beef stew. It begins very early, a long ways back. In some ways, I suppose, it begins when we bought the steers. Or maybe when the steers were born. Or maybe when the first cow was created. Or maybe on the First Day of Creation. We are eating part… Continue reading Beef Stew
This is a story about what happened last Thursday. this is ellie this is a picture of me and rhea l am wareing a yellw hedaband I found Althir. Althir is a big hollow tree known as the lair of the Sable Quean. (This is a book from Redwall. Okay now, back to the blog.)… Continue reading Farm Feast
What do you do with a 13 Lb red cabbage? This cabbage was one of the late planted cabbages from last year that didn't sprout in time for winter, but took off as soon as the ground started to warm up in the spring. It has been growing next to the pea trellis ever since.… Continue reading Sauerkraut!
On days when Mommy and Daddy don't have to go to work, we usually don't have much of a plan. We just sort of go with it, doing whatever sounds good as it comes to us. This usually results in us working madly to catch up on odd jobs that have fallen behind. This sometimes… Continue reading Abbey Scones: A very patriotic post
One of Ellie's favorite Christmas presents last year was... "The Redwall Cookbook." https://www.amazon.com/Redwall-Cookbook-Brian-Jacques/dp/0399237917 She and Evie have both been into reading the Redwall Series ever since Daddy read them "Redwall" "Mossflower" and "Mattimeo" last year for bed time reading. She has now read thirteen of the 22 books in the series. (She wants everyone to… Continue reading Cheerful Churchmouse Cherry Crisp
Cooking with the kids is so much fun! (Most of the time). Winnie is pretty sure she is big enough to do everything. If you tell her she is too small she assures you with complete confidence "I know how to do it." What she lacks in size, she makes up for in attitude... except… Continue reading Another Food Post: Pie, Breakfast, Duck Breast
We hosted Lords Day, not too long back and decided to try making the bread from fresh ground flour. It takes about 15 minutes to grind enough flour for a large loaf of chala bread. Adam had it mostly done before I even got inside, but his comment was, “that’s good cardio! That’s a bunch… Continue reading Bread and Lamb Breast
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 