A delicious cold weather soup served best with a slice of fresh baked crunchy crusted bread. Try using different variations of sausage - I once apple sausage from a local butcher and the flavor profile was incredible! INGREDIENTS 1 pound...
These semi-sweet and beautifully colored tiny apples cook down into a delicious jelly, paired well with homemade biscuits or as a glaze on a pork tenderloin! INGREDIENTS Crab apples, washed and quartered leaving the peels and cores in place...
It's been hard keeping up with the blog (lots of drafts to publish still!), work and fixing up our little farmette. This Labor Day Weekend, I was determined to at least post a little something! Our tomatoes are coming in...
Most people use their July 4th holiday to spend time with friends, throw a few cold ones back, and enjoy the dog days of summer. As I'm sure you already guessed, with as much work that needs to be done...
It’s been 17 weeks since we got our first chicks back on that cold day in March. We knew that we were looking at 16-20 weeks before they started laying but let’s be honest, around week 14 I started to...
Last weekend, a friend from high school (@toadstoolsandthyme) posted on social media she was re-homing a Maran rooster. He had a nice disposition but he was fighting with the other roosters and so he needed to go. She didn't want...
It's been an interesting few weeks here at the farm. Lots of wildlife, a little heartbreak, and a lot of hard work. We spent 13 hours in the garden and orchard on Sunday weeding, planting, and harvesting. The...
CHICK CHICK! This morning we went to out first Poultry Swap, right here in Smithsburg, Maryland! Since our first chickens were "brown" (ie no breed) from TSC, we wanted to get some good Heritage breeds. We settled on...
A few weeks ago we had gotten some light snow, juuuuuuuust enough to block my view of the rocks lining the driveway. I managed to slide right over them, ripping off my heat shield in the process and needed to...
Yesterday's big news? Settlement. Today - we're expecting! Chickens, that is - 6 cute, yellow, fluffy chickens. I like the idea of fresh organic eggs, and should we decide to use them for meat there's something to be said for...
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