Here we go.  Thanks for your patience – I made stock last week, but then some of our family got sick and drank it all up!  Plus, we’ve been busily getting ready for Halloween (someone explained all about trick or treating to my three year old – whoops – so we’re holding a non-corn syrup, ...
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we took a drive to Warwick, to get milk from Chase Hill Farm, who supplies so much delicious cheese for our sandwiches at Wheatberry.  It couldn’t be a more beautiful time to drive up into the hills, through trees that continue to be ablaze with color.

Did I say we got “some” milk?  I meant we ...
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Saturday.  We started the day with busy, happy customers at the bakery.  A birthday package from my other was waiting for me.  Wild mushrooms were waiting at the farmers market, dahlias, and lots of cheese.  Ella had to have a stalk of brussels sprouts.

We came home, we rested, we had sauteed vegetables for lunch, and ...
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This past week, when Ella wasn’t deep in some sort of developmental craziness, we talked about sheep and wool.  We made some felted rocks for our nephews’ first birthdays, and we did this sheep, which I’m totally in love with.  I just drew an outline on paper, gave her some fleece and glue, and she ...
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a chicken.  And make some sweet potato-apple casserole.  I was ready to post this yesterday, but our server was down – sorry folks!

So, here we go!  How fun.  I’d like to talk about ingredients a lot more soon, but let me say briefly that the quality of your chicken (and your sweet potatoes and apples) ...
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Today, I’m so excited to bring you an interview with Pioneer Valley Heritage Grain CSA member and wonderful foodie blogger Elspeth, who can be found at Diary of a Locavore.  Elspeth, you may remember, did a really sweet interview with me last winter when she came out to get her share for her radio show, ...
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So grateful to all of you who came out to our Open Farm Day last Sunday – we had an amazing time hosting more than 50 people!!  Kids got to thresh beans with our awesome farm partner Seth, we disced the field with Cole our draft horse, showed our grain trials, and shared lots of ...
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I never, ever used to plan my menus before last year.  I was way too creative, too talented, too cool to be hemmed in by something as fuddy duddy as a menu plan.  Right?
Before having a baby, this non-plan worked out sort of well.  Running to the grocery store to get ingredients in the midst ...
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We spent yesterday getting ready for our Open Farm Day.  As I get ready to take you on some nourishing culinary adventures, I hope you will take a few moments to get ready, too.  Let me preface this by saying that you may think I’m totally nuts or silly, and that’s ok.  I don’t mind.  ...
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*What wonderful comments from all of you, dear readers, on yesterday’s posts.  Replies are on the way – I would be delighted to make some chicken stock together, and some bread.  Let’s talk about nourishing your family (and yourself!) without driving yourself nuts.  Let’s walk this path together.*
The best antidote to feeling frightened at the ...
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