It’s berry season here on the farm, and that means early mornings and full baskets. If you’re visiting us this month, I’ll probably invite you to join me at sunrise to pick wineberries. When they’re in season, you have to act fast—these little bursts of sweetness don’t last long. But with a little effort now,…
I have had several compost systems over the years but have always wanted to have something that was a little more solid. Recently my husband and son found several pallets that were being discarded so they brought them home and built me a bin that should last for years and give me plenty of space…
One of my favorite parts of summer is all the fresh produce that becomes available in the garden and in the grocery. There’s just nothing like the taste of a fresh tomato, peach or strawberry. The problem is that fresh produce doesn’t last year-round. One way to get around this problem is to make homemade…
Did you know that dandelions are not just a weed in your yard? They are actually edible and make a beautiful, tasty jelly! Dandelion Jelly is a sweet, light jelly that goes perfectly with a batch of homemade biscuits! A few years ago I made my first batch of dandelion jelly and now this is…
Spring in Kentucky means unpredictable weather. We may have 70 degrees today and 30 degrees tomorrow. It may be full storms with rain, thunder, and lightning, tornado warnings, or even a few snow flurries. This is normal and just part of the fun of changing seasons in April. We have lived through so many weather…
I’m really comfortable with canning, dehydrating, and storing food from our garden. But I’ve never really experimented much with fermentation. I did make the best sauerkraut ever last fall with a head of fresh farmers’ market cabbage. And honestly, that gave me the confidence to try something else new – fermented cranberry pineapple honey. This…
If you come to our house on a Saturday morning, chances are we’ll have homemade biscuits and jelly with bacon, eggs, and a hot cup of coffee. Or maybe we’ll have a blackberry muffin or blueberry waffles with hickory syrup. And now that my new bowls from Wayfair have arrived, our weekend breakfast has gone…
When we bought the farm a few years ago, not only did we get some cool old barns with rusty treasures, but we also ended up with lots of dump piles filled with broken bottles, plastic jugs, and tires. Lots of tires. So this weekend, with clear skies and mild temperatures, we decided it was…