The farm is awful darn quiet these days. Late fall is harvest-time for most of our animals, and many of our pastures and paddocks are now empty. While we do miss the many voices of our barnyard companions, the very real flip-side is that our freezers are now full as we head into the heart of winter. We’d like to share some of the fruits of our farm labor with you. Just in time for Christmas eating and giving, we have our complete array of Garden Pork Cuts and Market Baskets now available. continued »

We sure hope you’ll be able to join us sometime today between 2 and 10 pm for our fall open house. The weather promises to be gorgeous, the wind is just right and we’ve got the whole farm spruced up as pretty as can be. You can expect to have lots of chances to sit and look at animals, wander around the pastures and gardens and visit with nice folks. We’ll have woolcraft activities, blue grass music and a potluck dinner at 6 pm. So bring a dish and join us! Click here for the full schedule of events. continued »

All are invited to this little homestead open house. Celebrate the harvest of a great growing year with us! Bring lawn chairs or picnic blankets, drinks for the day and a potluck dish to share for dinner. We’ll have swings to swing in, trees to climb, goats to get in and romp with, music to dance to, as well as lawn games set up all day. In addition to the events listed below, there will also be Homestead Meats for purchase at 10% off (bring a cooler), as well as Maidmarion Cottage Industry wool products and other locally made foods and crafts for sale. continued »

We’ve got our lovely pastured heritage Delaware roosters off the field and into the freezer. You can come pick some up while they are fresh at the farm or meet me for delivery in Madison tomorrow, Tuesday the 13th. Drop me a message here or call at 558-0501 if you want me to bring some for you. After that they will be available frozen.

Delivery schedule is:

5 pm: 6400 Schroeder, InterVarsity parking lot
5:45 pm: Community Pharmacy, 341 State Street
8:45 pm: Bunky’s Cafe, 2425 Atwood
9 pm: Willy Street Coop Parking Lot

Looks like today will be the last really hot day of the summer (or at least for the length of the weather.com forecast graphic). Oh Lord, let it be so! continued »

What a treat it is to get a break from the heat! We’ve moved 6 am harvests back to 7 am, pulled the shade cloth off the baby bok choy, and this morning I’m celebrating by baking (in the oven!) the fabulous Basil Chocolate Cake shared below. Summer on the farm is like labor with a child – you can do it as long as you get some rest in between the really hard pushes. And the payoff is tons of amazing food… continued »

Join us next Saturday for a celebration of summer fun and food on the farm! All are welcome from noon til night – bring a blanket to sit on and food to share for the evening potluck. We’ll have Hillbilly Golf, Cornhole Boards and other lawn games out to play all day. A camera is a good idea, as are messy shoes so you can visit the lambs and goats in their paddocks. The following is a schedule of the day’s events, including a pre-party Herbal First Aid Class presented by Nicole Klinge who led a very popular herbal walk here last year. continued »

Happy April 1 – no foolin’! Here’s a photo and video gallery of the last lambs we welcomed in March. continued »

Twelve lambs and counting. Here are some photos of the newest – continued »