This would be a nice spot for lunch. If only farmers had time to do things like eat lunch.
So it looks as if the lovely kate & nick have found themselves with a baby fox. All of this makes a lot of sense to me. Kate is oh so talented at telling the stories of animals and their sagas and to...
my dad’s new painting.
Vermont becomes first U.S. state to ban fracking
Luke let me sleep in a little later this morning while he made coffee and prepared milking. By the time I got up I felt so indulgently spoiled in my extra sleep. I sat down at the computer with my cu...
thepigandwhistle: Bar Snacks 101 - How to make chicharrones! Get youself some fresh pigskin. If you make bacon or sometimes have pig heads laying around, these are good places to start - belly and he...
this is the way i felt about the weather on sunday. before it rained for two straight days and three inches. the goats are sopping. but i bet by the time the sun comes out again, those leaves will cr...
24 appleyard and saxony ducklings from a farm in Oregon are en route to the townshend Vt PO. see ya tomorrow ducks.
It would be nice if the goats decided that we should all sleep in on Sundays and milk after brunch or something like that. On the other hand, Sunday 7am and two cups of coffee in, Im ready to go!
Sometimes i think i want my entire garden plot to be filled with nothing but rhubarb. It goes so well with goat milk.
rainy day running around like mad with things to do. still exciting times.
vispoetica:
this was the weather two weeks ago. before it got outrageously warm and now icey cold. the apple blossoms seem to be holding on though, which is a very good thing.
exciting times.
My father and his paintings are taking part in the Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tours this weekend. Check it out! And on that note. I have to pack for our trip home to the city this weekend! Please beh...
cabinporn: From Peter Turner in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada: My 12’ X16’ cabin on Echo Lake, where I have lived since December of 2005. No running water and outdoor toilet (ok, it’s a little ...
My heart is beating a million miles an hour because I just thought we had lost our little baby Eva goat. I knew, at least, that she was with the herd on Sunday because that is when I took the three-g...
Its whats for dinner.: stonefold: (Last week, on the protein beat for Seven Days, I wrote about beef and crickets.) Katie Flagg with another great article in Seven Days…
Three generations of Big Picture Farm. Gertrude, Cy & Eva.
tarawray: American realism and fog
So many plans to make.
Looks like April.in.Vermont.Weather is about to make an appearance after having been a no-show. And in other news: as I was tucking the goats into bed last night (or closing their pasture so as not t...
climateadaptation: New government report: Rising Seas Threaten Hundreds of U.S. Energy Facilities. There was a senate hearing April 20, 2012 on sea level rise. Only one republican senator showed up. ...
A cheese portrait of one of my all time favorite imported cheeses - La Tur & below it the very delicious Jasper Hill Winnimere cheese (who our goat Winnie is named after)! Via nytimes & see more chee...
Joel Salatin responds to New York Times’ ‘Myth of Sustainable Meat’
Pretty happy to see the nytimes promoting diy kitchen cheese making. since we dont make caramels on the weekends, ive been making some soft bloomy rind goat cheese with the extra milk. i love spring ...
Here it is. A family portrait on the not-yet-green-grass. The plan is for the barn to go just to the right of the lean-to. Will it be exciting not to lug 5 gallon jugs of water, 8 of them a day to th...
First off. There have been an embarrassing number of text-only posts. But there is no time for romantic farm pictures. We are so busy keeping animals, lots of animals, over a hundred goats and sheep,...
I’m 30! And it is sunny and i took a very rare farmer sleep-in and I’m currently having breakfast in bed and my parents are coming up to the farm for the first time since last summer and ...
things i’ve learned: sheep are the dumbest animals. ever. T-13 days.
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