Hello everyone, and happy weekend!  Welcome back to Whole Grain Weekends, a space to share and explore cooking with whole grains!  Whole Grain Weekends will be happening in this space the first and third weekends of the month.  I’m going to post a recipe and photos, and have a space below ...
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Simple Shawl with undyed wool from Cranberry Moon Farm.

Fan and Feather Shawl from the book Folk Shawls, with luxurious lambs wool from Barberic Farm (handspun “in the grease”).

Two Socks at once from Toe-Up 2-at-a-Time Socks.
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New to me – embroidery (it will be a clock!) from Meg’s awesome book Sew Liberated.

Getting all our grain trials labeled ...
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(us, circa 2007 – Ella was three months old when we opened this space!)
That’s right friends, this month marks three years on Main St in Amherst!  We have the most amazing customers, and we’re so proud to be part of this thriving, beautiful community.  To celebrate, we’ve had free birthday cake in past years, but ...
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First – my favorite moment this week, for which I am so grateful, amidst turmoil and our whole family being really sick:
Standing in the twilight drizzle, feeding the chickens with Ella, watching her gather weeds for them, and “read” them a story about bunnies.
I hope you’ll forgive me for mish-mashing a bunch of things together ...
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Before we get started on the menu – we’re featured in a lovely article in The Atlantic about the revival of grain growing in New England – check it out here.
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Well, apparently you, dear Readers, weren’t the only ones excited by me talking about Keller last week, because this mysteriously appeared at our ...
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Hello folks – wanted to share some links to some of our wonderful CSA members, many of whom have blogs where they’ll be posting recipes and photos of the delicious meals they make with their shares!
Leslie Cerier – local cookbook author and chef, holds cooking classes, and has many whole grain recipes in her book ...
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(using the apartment’s towel rack to wind some Mountain Mohair)
First, can I just say that it is so good to be home?  We went to Montreal for two reasons, really.  One is that without physically removing ourselves from home and work, we have a really hard time not working.  Second, when we do travel, we ...
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Deck the halls with bags of grains Fa la la la la la la la la

(photo by Jim Sims)
Tis the season to be cleaning grains Fa la la la la la la la la
(photo by Ben Lester)
Don we now our gay apparel Fa la la la la la la la la

(photo by Seth Seeger ...
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Because there’s always more to be grateful for.

This morning, we have an email in our inbox from a very experienced, long-standing New England farmer who suffered terrible crop losses this year.  So bad that he’s asking us to provide him with Early Riser corn seed for next year, which we’re going to do our best ...
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