Blessings on your Thanksgiving!

morning

evening
(photos by Ben)

Well folks, it’s been quite a month!  Between family visiting, our farm animal population increasing, new staff coming on at Wheatberry, the grain harvest, and Ella being her usual hilarious, sweet, challenging self, I hardly know what day it is, what I did yesterday, or what I’m doing tomorrow.  Looking back, it seems like last ...
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I did it!  I managed to make one apron for each of our staff members, restraining myself from beginning all those other exciting sewing projects brewing in my mind . . . I want to have two aprons for everyone eventually, but I think I need a little apron respite, as much fun as it’s ...
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Whew – we’ve had a lot of family visiting, and the week has flown by!  We’ve gotten a lot of lovely time by the lake with Ben’s family, and now my dad and brother are here with us.
I realized it had been a while since I shared a recipe, so I thought I’d give you ...
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light at the lake

someone’s handmade flowers

giggling cousins

an apron for Genevieve

a long overdue pedicure for Cole

. . . and a broken refrigerator and broken toes.  But we don’t need photos of those, now do we?

It occurred to me that many of you may be wondering – Why get a horse?  Or even, as one customer put it, “What on earth are you going to do with a 1600 pound horse?”
The answer to the second question is both simple and broad.  We’re going to farm with our horse, including plowing, ...
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The scene:
Sunday afternoon (our second day with Cole),walking down the street with Ben, Ella on my back and oats in my hand, looking for Cole. 8 ft cedar posts and 4ft hog wire fencing(our dog fence)is simply no match for a 1600lb curious horse named Cole. The crunch of  fence under Cole’s hoof(yes he crushed ...
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He’s a 9 year old 1600lb Belgian gelding(male with no goods) and he’s running around exploring the grounds behind our house. He’s a full well built draft who’s very sweet and ready to get to work! We have a plow, disc harrow, and row cultivator and our first job will be plowing and seeding the ...
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(photo by Ben)
Yesterday we had the good fortune to help out our friends Roy and Lauren bale their hay out in Princeton, MA and bring it in before the rains came.  Since Ella wasn’t too keen on me actually helping, I got to walk around and around the field and help out. They were using ...
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