Sustainable Small Farms Class Saturday was the first all day Farm class.  We had webinars about Whole Farm Planning, Evaluating Your Resources, Selecting Enterprises and Assessing the Market.  Each webinar…

In the Kitchen We are roasting a duck today!   No…this is not a picture of the duck I am roasting…it is still in the oven as I am typing…

Happy New Year! I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year! I am starting the year with a resolution…de-clutter!   I actually signed up for this…

In the Kitchen We had a lovely Christmas with prime rib and figgy pudding.  Joshua suggested that we make figgy pudding because it is a traditional Christmas dessert.  (I also…

Sourdough Bread I was reading more about fermenting foods and the sourdough bread was listed.  I started to do a little bit more reading and it was said that the…

In the Kitchen/Garden I have been meaning to start an inventory of items that we have on hand.  I am going to try and get a good idea about how…

In the Kitchen I decided that on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving I would can up my spaghetti sauce.  I had been gathering tomatoes all summer and putting them in the…

Crafting… I don’t consider myself a really crafty person.  However, for some reason, I really have an interest in learning to knit or crochet.  I picked up an adjustable loom…

In the Kitchen A short blog post today.  I have a terrible headache that I just cannot shake 🙁 Yesterday, I made some Peach Bourbon Jam!  Something new that I…

In the Kitchen A short blog post this week…super busy almost every single night this past week with parent-teacher conferences and the boys were home from school on Thursday AND…