If you are on a diet, stop reading now. If you, on the other hand, are like me and believe that adding a little wieght every year can decrease your wrinkles, READ ON!
Maple butter
1 stick of soft butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/8 cup maple syrup
1/2 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
Whip it all together!
At the very bottom of this page there is my youtube video giving instructions on making white bread. Follow these instructions except after you punch the dough down lay each half out flat like a rectangular pizza. Spread half of the maple butter (instructions above) on the 2 dough halves. Take some cinnamon sugar and coat a couple handfuls of raisins with it in a bag. Pour the whole bag over the 2 halfs and distribute. Roll up the dough to form 2 loafs. Bake as directed in the video.
When it is ready and has rested 5 miliseconds, cut into it, slather the still hot piece of bread with maple butter and hand that to your spouse or child. While they are distracted, eat the rest of the loaf.
Enjoy and be well!
Showing posts with label farm. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Lamancha Success!
I think things went well for Lamancha (Buttercup) and this spring (in 5 months) we will be proud goat grandparents! I'm hoping for girls so I can keep them :) Cricket and Cupcake were not as enthusiastic, so we will have to bring them back to the farm when they are feeling a little more frisky.
Today was a wet and nasty day but we got things done and now I'm going to head out to take one of my nieces and one of my nephews to west african drumming in Willimantic, CT. It is so much fun, I can't say enough about it!
This weekend I will be going to a local farm to look into adopting some laying hens to keep the store in stock with eggs (we just got eggs in if anyone is looking). At the end of the weekend I will head to another farm in eastern Connecticut to check out some silkies and frizzles (these are hens) for my fancy collection!
It's a good life!
Be well!
Today was a wet and nasty day but we got things done and now I'm going to head out to take one of my nieces and one of my nephews to west african drumming in Willimantic, CT. It is so much fun, I can't say enough about it!
This weekend I will be going to a local farm to look into adopting some laying hens to keep the store in stock with eggs (we just got eggs in if anyone is looking). At the end of the weekend I will head to another farm in eastern Connecticut to check out some silkies and frizzles (these are hens) for my fancy collection!
It's a good life!
Be well!
We are closing early today!
We are closing our doors at 3:30pm today in order to bring our 'girls' to a larger farm to meet the fathers of what we hope will be precious kids this spring! We are very excited and nervous! I will let you know how it goes! Be well!
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
November 2011 on the farm
Time is flying by over here in our little quiet corner of Connecticut. Our farm is growing, our store is growing, our lives are growing. It amazes me as I write this how much our lives have changed the past few years. Noone who has known me over the years would expect that I'd spend this morning feeding farm animals, mucking stalls, collecting eggs, and opening the doors of our own store - especially me. And it is all done with a smile on my face because those are the moments, the times when I am so comfortable with where I am and what I am doing. I am so blessed to have a partner that wants to share this crazy adventure with me. A partner willing to work hard, embrace the conservative living, skip the Dunkin Donuts (most days), and live a life the is so full we could never be considered 'poor'. This is the life. Be well.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
August already?!
This morning I started my day with a chai latte (my new favorite drink - thank you Emma!) and a fried duck egg sandwich. I also had a fried duck egg sandwich last night for dinner. These are from 'chicka-zee-farm - check them out on facebook. The egg sandwich was FANTASTIC! I use duck eggs for baking, especially breads because it makes them so moist (the exchange is 2 hen eggs for one duck but in banana breads I use a whole duck egg). Last night I wanted a fried egg sandwich but when I went for the hen eggs there were none in the house (they sell very fast at the store because they are delicious). So, since I was in the mood, I decided I'd try a duck egg. I will always do duck egg sandwiches from NOW ON! As a matter of fact, I'm thinking of adopting a few pekings just for eggs (and a little weeding). I will let you know how that goes.
This has been a very busy and strenuous summer for us and it has gone by like lightening! The turkeys are plumping up, the guinea hens are getting big (3.5 wks old now), the goats are getting a little on the heavy side - they are on a diet, and the bees are very very busy making honey for our lip balms and lotion bars. As a matter of fact, this summer has been so busy that I decided to leave my FT job and am now working a PT job as an analyst for a state school and PT for the farm and PT for the store :). I am thrilled to be able to do this and am looking very forward to being more involved in the store again and with the farm producing more of what we need at home and raising strong healthy happy animals!
Today is my day off from analyst work and a beautiful day for enjoying the outdoors. All the windows are open, the clothes are hanging in the sun, the rabbits are enjoying themselves in thier outdoor space and I am getting ready to get some weed wacking done! It has been a very busy day 'off' with caring for the house and the animals. The turkeys are so big they need feeding and watering twice a day and are even happier if I throw in some cucumbers and squash! I will have to video tape them tonight when John brings home some cukes - hysterical! I've brought water to the goats a few times and rewarded them for good behavior with horse treats - carrot and apple flavor! The rabbits get to go outside to dig wholes if its nice so they've been having a blast getting filthy all morning. Luckily they are good at cleaning up!
More great news - my sister and nieces are moving next door to us this month! They are city girls and have decided to move out here with us! We are thrilled! I am hoping to encourage the girls to write you a few stories about thier adventures and impressions once they arrive. I'm also hoping to encourage them to help me with the animals! We will see.....
I'm so glad to be back on line with all of you and hope to resume blogging! Be well!
This has been a very busy and strenuous summer for us and it has gone by like lightening! The turkeys are plumping up, the guinea hens are getting big (3.5 wks old now), the goats are getting a little on the heavy side - they are on a diet, and the bees are very very busy making honey for our lip balms and lotion bars. As a matter of fact, this summer has been so busy that I decided to leave my FT job and am now working a PT job as an analyst for a state school and PT for the farm and PT for the store :). I am thrilled to be able to do this and am looking very forward to being more involved in the store again and with the farm producing more of what we need at home and raising strong healthy happy animals!
Today is my day off from analyst work and a beautiful day for enjoying the outdoors. All the windows are open, the clothes are hanging in the sun, the rabbits are enjoying themselves in thier outdoor space and I am getting ready to get some weed wacking done! It has been a very busy day 'off' with caring for the house and the animals. The turkeys are so big they need feeding and watering twice a day and are even happier if I throw in some cucumbers and squash! I will have to video tape them tonight when John brings home some cukes - hysterical! I've brought water to the goats a few times and rewarded them for good behavior with horse treats - carrot and apple flavor! The rabbits get to go outside to dig wholes if its nice so they've been having a blast getting filthy all morning. Luckily they are good at cleaning up!
More great news - my sister and nieces are moving next door to us this month! They are city girls and have decided to move out here with us! We are thrilled! I am hoping to encourage the girls to write you a few stories about thier adventures and impressions once they arrive. I'm also hoping to encourage them to help me with the animals! We will see.....
I'm so glad to be back on line with all of you and hope to resume blogging! Be well!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
May 15, 2011
Its been a long time since I posted here and I'm sorry about that! We've been very busy with the store and the hobby farm and, well, keeping up with life. Our latest additions to the farm are the 'dirty dozen' - 12 new Turkeys hatched this week. With all of our animals - the goats, the bunnies, the bees, the dogs and cat I still didn't feel like we were running a 'farm' and then came the boys - 12 large white breasted turkeys! Now when I kick off my boots are 9pm just finishing my chores for the evening, I truly feel like a hobby farmer :) Check out our new turkeys by clicking here!
The stores been really busy with everyone cleaning up their yards, starting new gardens, hanging out their flowers :) We have another greenhouse we are working with and several new artists on board. We are talking about adding space to hold more wonderful locally produced items and expanding our year further into the winter. There is so much we can do, not enough hours in the day!
Yesterday I asked my parents to bring me binoculars so I could watch the cows grazing in the neighbor's field in the morning with my coffee. They thought it was very funny that I was going to watch cows while others might watch the news or read the paper. That is DEFINITELY not for me, I prefer to watch the cows saunter around the field, snacking on the grass, visiting each other. My parents came to the house and we all went to the deck to watch. I think they can see why I'd rather watch the cows now.
Be well!
The stores been really busy with everyone cleaning up their yards, starting new gardens, hanging out their flowers :) We have another greenhouse we are working with and several new artists on board. We are talking about adding space to hold more wonderful locally produced items and expanding our year further into the winter. There is so much we can do, not enough hours in the day!
Yesterday I asked my parents to bring me binoculars so I could watch the cows grazing in the neighbor's field in the morning with my coffee. They thought it was very funny that I was going to watch cows while others might watch the news or read the paper. That is DEFINITELY not for me, I prefer to watch the cows saunter around the field, snacking on the grass, visiting each other. My parents came to the house and we all went to the deck to watch. I think they can see why I'd rather watch the cows now.
Be well!
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