Long ago (6 years) and in a far away land (2 hours north of where I sit now) I brought home my first milk cow, Maybelle. She was young and bred and dry. In just a few months we would learn how to milk a cow and be swimming (not literally) in all of the…
There comes a time in the life of every homesteader when you look at your breakfast plate and you see the homegrown eggs, the garden fresh vegetables, maybe the homegrown bacon, and you start to wonder what life would be like if you had a glass of raw milk from your own cow or goat…
When you’re serving up this beautiful, thick custard-like dessert and stumbling over fancy words like Cherry Clafoutis you’re going to look totally gourmet when it actually a simple slow cooker dessert! I don’t know what did the trick, but we had our best harvest of cherries ever this year! Not counting the straggling harvests of…
Our Independence Day celebration was a bit of a bust this year. Before we head out of town on vacation, Bill thought getting the van checked out prior to a cross-country drive was a good idea and he timed it so we were housebound that whole week. With no prospect of fireworks, we settled for…
Strawberries and honey are a great pair and this honey-flavored sourdough biscuit recipe makes the perfect strawberry shortcake. I’ve been spending a few weeks playing and tweaking my favorite sourdough biscuit recipe to make a honey-flavored sourdough biscuit. ‘Cause strawberry season means strawberry shortcake! (Or Strawberry Chamomile Cake and Strawberry Banana Nut Bread. Or Strawberry Jam…
I had a love/hate relationship with sourdough. Until I baked the Quintessential Sourdough Farm Loaf that is. I love the flavor of baked goods made with sourdough of course. I love that it is something I could pass down to my children one day, an heirloom food. I love that I know I can make “our…