Here in our little world it’s a time of heavy construction, both inside and out. The bakery got some lovely renovations this week (more customer space! Photos soon at the spiffy new Wheatberry site, I promise), that wall we knocked down finally got finished up with some gorgeous timber from our land, and the ...
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Sometimes, after making hundreds of tomato sandwiches and salads, and putting up dozens of quarts of tomatoes for the winter, you come home to kitchen counters filled with this.
And this.
Over 100 pounds of tomatoes, some to be used right away (there’s Roasted Heirloom Tomato Soup at Wheatberry, folks!), the rest to be sorted into flats, ...
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This week, I’m grateful for many things – the excitement in the air at the bakery with all the students returning to town, delicious new jam and mustards from Patti on the shelf at Wheatberry, our new tradition at home of veggie pizza on Sundays (so good! and so easy), the chance to help a ...
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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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We woke up early Wed morning to bleating.  Ben said, “Do you hear those new lambs?” and I lept out of bed, waking Ella.  She started crying but when Ben told her the new lambs were here, she jumped to her feet, too, tears filling her eyes, hand to her mouth, saying, “Oh, I had ...
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There’s a lot of new excitement at Wheatberry these days . . .

Decadent Brownies made with Taza Chocolate and topped with Taza Chocolate-Covered Nibs.  Why is Taza so incredible?  They buy their chocolate directly from the growers, then stone-grind it right in Somerville, MA.  Perhaps most delicious is what they don’t add – no corn ...
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Some sewing for the bakery is moving along, stitch by stitch, in a few minutes stolen here and there.
It’s amazing how those moments can add up.
Including, my first applique project ever.  (To be revealed soon . . .)

This week, we’ve closed down Wheatberry, to train some awesome new staff, and to prep and plant beans for the CSA.  In case you were worried we were sitting around, here’s our morning in photos:

Meet Kara – new Wheatberry staff, and PVHG intern extraordinaire.  She can now add “rock picker” and “wheat trial manager” to ...
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I try to be humble, but it’s true.  I melt on your tongue, I am so deeply chocolatey I should be considered medicinal, I am luscious.  Oh yes, and I’m back in the pastry case at Wheatberry.  So come eat me, or else Adrie will have to eat all of me (somebody has to!).

Don’t live ...
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Alright folks, this is your last chance.  If you live in our beautiful Pioneer Valley, we have only a few spots left in the local bread share program.  If you didn’t get a grain share this year, (or if you did but you’re not a bread baker) this is a great way to have delicious, ...
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