Musings: Winter at the Farm

Musings: Winter at the Farm

You know that period right between the midst of winter and the start of spring? I used to hate it. It felt like it was out of proportionally long, beating any other season in length and challenges on the farm.   I realize now it is all about how that times gets...
Can you raise honeybees in your backyard?

Can you raise honeybees in your backyard?

  Have you ever wondered if you’d be able to raise honeybees in your own backyard? The answer, most likely, is yes.   When I lived in Queens, NY, I was looking for ways I could learn more farming and homesteading skills while living in the city. On a...
Monthly Musings: Spring at the Farm

Monthly Musings: Spring at the Farm

When I think about spring here at the farm, I think about cuddling the softest lambs, the peepers singing their songs in the wetlands and the joy of watching the land green up after a long winter. It’s all that, it really is. But reality often times looks more...
Recipe: Slow-Roasted Rack of Lamb

Recipe: Slow-Roasted Rack of Lamb

It’s officially spring, and the whole farm is shouting it out loud. We are drowing in goat kids and little lambs, the first bulbed flowers are opening, we are woken up each morning in our tent by overly eager phoebes ready for the new day. There is not a time a...