Zac spent the morning worming sheep and trimming hooves. The goat flock, waiting their turn. Ernie and Zac One of the geese has decided that the compost pile is a great place to lay her eggs. The bab...
The carrots in our garden are finally starting to get to a nice size. Fresh carrots are sweet and nothing like grocery store carrots. This means that they are especially delicious when they are sligh...
I took my 50mm lens out to the barn yesterday during the golden hour, that time before sunset when everything seems to glow. I may have overdone it a bit but I truly can’t get enough of Lucy...
Today was restful and so lovely. I even managed a 3-hour nap! How was your holiday weekend?
Amy and her family went cherry picking this week and we were the lucky recipients of 1 and 1/2 pounds of ruby-red goodness. After we’d eaten handfuls of the raw fruit, Zac was inspired to make ...
Buttered bread, thinly sliced radishes and a sprinkle of sea salt. Perfection!
Look out, y’all. We’ve got a lamb who’ll charm your socks off. He’s the one standing in the foreground, swaggering up to the camera with a smug little smirk on his face. Meet ...
Caballo Blanco’s Last Run: The Micah True Story from The New York Times. Best article I read all week. Uncatchable from GQ. “America’s most elusive fugitive, ran for forty years. He ran f...
Today was the puppies’ first day on solid food and it was hilarious. At first, they had no idea what that mushy stuff in the bowl was but once one or two of them caught on, it was pandemonium. ...
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I was really dreading our Shearing Day Celebration last weekend. I was sick with a nasty cold. I’d been out of town for the week leading up to ...
Garlic Scapes: mean we’ll be harvesting in less than a month! Baby Peas: eat them straight off the vine! Bell Peppers: That Tomato‘s getting bigger: Corn’s coming up nicely: With be...
Adelaide Boy Flock Alabama Buster Cosmo and Cassiopeia Orion Cini Little Draco Callum Sweet Aldrin Corvus and Canis Catalina, Liberty, and Snow Charles Lindbergh Beautiful Dora Capri and Diane Lovely...
Such a great reminder! $15 Hero Fingers: Ordinary Fingers Transformed Into Superheroes Birds made from Legos. Homemade Furniture Dusting Spray Recipe: Tandoori Chicken. This is very, very good. Love ...
We spent this past Sunday afternoon recovering from our best-ever shearing party by selectively harvesting some new potatoes. If you’ve never dug potatoes before, let me tell you: it is absolut...
I was first introduced to cold borscht when I lived in Lithuania as a kid. When I first encountered it, I was a little put off by the alarmingly bright pink color, and confused by the idea of a cold ...
Back in March, when my friend Emily came to the farm to shearing the ewes before lambing, I mentioned that we were thinking about getting a dairy cow. Jefferson, one of our beautiful calves, had pass...
Erin sheared one of the Babydoll Southdown before the party got started. Knitting and spinning on the front porch. My friend Chris, pretending to knit for the camera. Web Shepherd Michelle and Evie. ...
Buttermilk chicken is amazing because the buttermilk acts as a tenderizer and conveys the spices deep in to the chicken during the marinading process. The result is a perfectly seasoned grilled chick...
A few weeks ago, when I posted a picture of one of this year’s lambs, Dora, a few of you commented on how well she posed, and how much she looked like a model– she has poise, long limbs, ...
Is anyone coming to shearing tomorrow from Charlottesville who wold be willing to give someone a ride. Our friend Pat’s car is n the shop but she really wants to come and its willing to pay for...
I was in bed with a vicious cold this week, so I had loads of time to read, which means lots of great suggestions for you. Who Killed Mary Eula Sears? from Texas Monthly. Will cloning bring ba...
The puppies have opened their eyes! Just in the past few days, they’re suddenly much more mobile– they can almost walk, and we’ve been walking in and finding one or two asleep on th...
After champing at the bit all last week, nearly crazed with eagerness, I went out in the rain on Monday afternoon and pulled 7 lbs of lettuce (15 heads, 5 different varieties), 2 lbs of arugula, 30 b...
Asparagus is my absolute fav green vegetable. I like it steamed, roasted, grilled, wrapped in prosciutto. I like asparagus in served any way you can think of so long as it isn’t overcook. Overc...
I am forever reaching for the twine to truss up a chicken or a pork loin when my hands are covered in cooking goo. By drilling a hole in the top of a mason jar and threading the end of the twine thro...
It’s very rare that words elude me but I have to say, I am stumped. I am trying to come up with the right word for an important project and it’s driving me bananas! Last night I dreamed a...
We’re still up to our elbows in blackberries here at my mama’s house. Not that I’m complaining, mind you! Blackberry Syrup is the perfect want to celebrate a bumper crop of blackber...
Completely charmed by this print. $20 “Embroidered” cake, made with sprinkles. So, so brilliant. Cast iron seared roast chicken. Wow. Did you know you can use vodka to prevent a poison iv...
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