Book recommendations
When we're not weeding or feeding we spend our free time reading about beginner farmers, farming, and food and history.
Written by the chef of Blue Hill at Sone Barns, The Third Plate looks at what we're eating and what it all means. Dan Barber comments on food by looking at the farming that brings it to his kitchen.
This is a series of essays on farming philosophy and sustainability. This collection of works is base on Mr Kirschenmann's experiences on his North Dakata farm.
Farms with a Future is a how-to guide for the beginner small farmer. Rebecca Thistlethwaite has put together important perspectives from farm owners and managers accross the country to bring home lessons all focused on sustainability.
Judy
Recipes
Here are some of my favorite recipes. Needless to say, they're all better with fresh, local ingredients.
If you're a fan of lamb then you can find a lot more recipes on the fans of lamb web site.
You can’t be a small farmer without a garden. So we put one in. And, we are in this for the long haul, so the first priority was to get our asparagus started. Asparagus is an interesting plant. Like the hops, it’s a rhizome – the root system goes down deep and evades any damage from winter for many years. A well established asparagus patch will be productive for 20 years or more. We’re hoping for the “or more” but I figure we have time to see what happens.
Asparagus is planted i...
That’s right. Chicks, not checks.
Today, at 6:30 in the morning we got a phone call from the post-office. “Your chicks have arrived” said the postmistress. We were at the back door to the Fort Plain post office by 7:00am and driving home a box of chicks by 7:15. The US postal service has always had a policy of shipping day old chicks. When the chicks are first hatched, they have a small yolk sac in their bellies. During the shipment from Lancaster, PA to upstate NY, they absorb this yo...
You can’t be a small farmer without a garden. So we put one in. And, we are in this for the long haul, so the first priority was to get our asparagus started. Asparagus is an interesting plant. Like the hops, it’s a rhizome – the root system goes down deep and evades any damage from winter for many years. A well established asparagus patch will be productive for 20 years or more. We’re hoping for the “or more” but I figure we have time to see what happens.
Asparagus is planted i...
That’s right. Chicks, not checks.
Today, at 6:30 in the morning we got a phone call from the post-office. “Your chicks have arrived” said the postmistress. We were at the back door to the Fort Plain post office by 7:00am and driving home a box of chicks by 7:15. The US postal service has always had a policy of shipping day old chicks. When the chicks are first hatched, they have a small yolk sac in their bellies. During the shipment from Lancaster, PA to upstate NY, they absorb this yo...